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Female / Sonic nut since 1994 / Fan translator (JP to EN) / SAFE-FOR-WORK ACCOUNT / Ex Sonic Stadium Staffer / Writer for Concept Mobius
England, United Kingdom
Joined May 2020
A thread of very obscure Sonic facts you may not have known. SOURCES UPON REQUEST [1/?].
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Shadow’s expression sheet says that his smiles are either mocking or confident. But this is a legitimate smile, a gentle one. There’s no arrogance in it whatsoever. God this game rocks.
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THIS is how you do sadness with Shadow. And Sonic too. This is much more effective at tugging the heartstrings than full on inelegant blubbering IMO. Marvellous 👏
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Shadow’s emotional control flounders when Maria flatters him 🤭
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No wonder the dude was screaming and grabbing his head when he spouted Doom Wing. Ouch….
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Man these interactions are sooo good. Kudos Flynn. Kudos.
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If Sonic is all-natural, where does his energy-storing and molecular structure change abilities come from?
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Roger Craig Smith reads one of IDW!Sonic’s best lines in his Sonic voice :D #SonicTheHedgehog #IDWSonic
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He's Super Sonic. This literally isn't a mystery, it's outright stated on a JP Sonic X poster.
🚨NEW VIDEO🚨.Nazo the Hedgehog, the mysterious character that hooked the entire Sonic community. and then vanished. Who, or what was Nazo? Let's discuss the biggest misunderstanding in the entire Sonic community. (🔗 in replies)
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Shadow got to say goodbye 😭 He got closure at last.
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MARIA HAS A SISTER BACK ON EARTH!? SHE HELPED CONCEPTUALIZE SHADOW'S SHOES!?.I'M EATING SO GOOD RIGHT NOW.
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This is some really good animation and use of expression. Shadow is very conflicted about seeing the man who was kind, ethical and fatherly but who morphed him into an instrument of revenge with no respect for his memories or autonomy.
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This is a cool detail. Sonic seems to have photic sneeze reflex i.e A quirk that causes eye-watering, runny nose and sneezing when exposed to sudden bright light. This is why he asked for a tissue #SonicTheHedgehog #SonicPrime
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According to this, they’re supposed to look as though Shadow is bleeding too.
I didn't notice his 06 model there. Apparently, the wings are also meant to look like blood vessels
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I always liked Maria. The recent media featuring her makes me like her even more.
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Ken Penders’ “synopses” of Sonic’s character are quite possibly the worst most off-kilter interpretation of the character that I’ve ever heard. What the fuck am I reading? #SonicTheHedgehog
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When you get down to it, Sonic is actually a pretty polite and gracious person. Very overlooked trait of his personality if you ask me #SonicTheHedgehog
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SXSG also nails it.
Rouge's lower eyelids are white. This was actually nailed in TMoStH.
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I always found this trait of Sonic interesting. He’s not one for titles or obeisance. #SonicTheHedgehog
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Something I just noticed is that when you come out of Doom Wing form and have no rings, Shadow looks exhausted and his irises and pupils vanish.
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According to Blaze's profile on the Sonic 2006 site, she views Silver as a younger brother #SonicTheHedgehog
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Shadow loves his coffee. I imagine he’s the double shot espresso kind of guy. When he’s not eating the coffee beans that is.
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I found it to be a charming little touch to X!Sonic's character that he likes to read about different places in books and bases what he's going to do from the info.
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She ain’t wrong. He’s protected Sonic from Silver, saved Rouge more than once and counting Prime, saved Sonic’s life more than once.
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Bet you the man on the right is Dr Eggman's father, he has the grin and the shaded glasses. Also, Maria as an infant.
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One thing I love about some Sonic renders is the detail on his shoes! There's wear(?) on his soles and tarnishing on his buckles even! #SonicTheHedgehog
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A thread about common Sonic character design mistakes and how to rectify them [1/?].
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Sonic lengthens the strokes on the letters in his handwriting. He does so on the "C" on the end of his name that he carved into his shoe soles in Sonic Adventure.
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He has a white tuxedo and tie too!
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Mephiles only tries to murder people when their backs are turned. He’s such a dirty coward. Sonic wasn’t so lucky but Shadow saw it coming and dodged.
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Doing research into Sonic CD's development, searching the web in Japanese when I found this. Another mention of Sonic's danger sense. This seems to be dated before the game's release as the screenshot of Dr Eggman is from a beta.Sonic goes Hakushon! (Achoo!) when near danger!
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Sorry to burst your bubble but uh, Sonic CAN reach the speed of light actually. It’s stated in the info box of his profile in the official JP Sonic Adventure Guidebook.
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Squee! I love it when they use Sonic’s ears to get across his emotions and/or physical condition. They did it so well in this game. #SonicFrontiers #SonicTheHedgehog #ソニック
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According to her profile inside the official JP Sonic Adventure Guidebook, Amy lives by herself in an apartment in downtown Station Square (Paragraph that mentions this outlined in red) #SonicTheHedgehog
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What I find interesting about Dr Eggman's profiles in the official JP Jam and Adventure guides is that it's stated that his character is more like a child who can't discern right from wrong (Jam) and that he means no ill will (Adventure). IMO, this makes his apathy scarier.
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IDW!Silver as drawn by Stanley is extremely OoC and off-model expression-wise. Note the images below - When Silver is drawn in-character and on-model by Uekawa or Karasuno, his eye shape and mouth stay on-model even if he's happy. Stanley!Silver is a mangling of the character.
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Sonic’s non-visible back spines when he wears clothes leads me to believe that he compresses them against his spine to fit into clothes easier.
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@alameenadewunmi His Wisp forms are the result of him changing his molecular structure. This was stated by SEGA. Whilst multiple games and Prime show that he can store energy inside his body.
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Rouge's lower eyelids are white. This was actually nailed in TMoStH.
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Sonic's brows/eye ridges have rules. But so do Sonic's spines. Model sheets dictate that his spines maintain their curvature. They don't wave-around in wind. This is why even when his spines are pushed upwards, they ALWAYS maintain their curvature.
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Lol Sonic fandom “pecking order”. How pretentious. No matter if you’re a fan of the games, the cartoons, the books or anything else Sonic, you’re a SONIC FAN. That’s all there is to it. There’s no “hierarchy”.
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A pretty overlooked ability of Sonic’s IMO is his piloting ability. He’s never really been depicted as an incompetent aviator #SonicTheHedgehog
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Hoo boy…. Grab a sandwich peeps this is gonna be a long one….
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What’s that IDW? Can’t hear you over the sound of C A N O N.
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Cool little fact - Perfect Chaos was originally intended to look like this and have a scaly upper half in Sonic Adventure but technical limitations prevented it. His scaly design is shown in one of Naoto Ohshima’s artworks of him.
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Sonic's shoes are boots. The white cuff is the top folded down and as such they are part of the boot. They are not socks.
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Silver's eyes are not rounded i.e "Tareme" They are strictly sharp-cornered i.e "Tsurime" to get across that he is a serious character.
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The yellow part of Classic Dr Eggman's clothing is NOT a cape. Regardless of what Twitter Takeovers tell you. It's actually a collar of the like seen on Sea Cadet uniform.
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Sonic's cranial quills do not bend in the middle. They maintain a curvature when pushed upwards or blown by wind.
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According to Sonic’s concept art, his shoes are boots and the white cuff is the tops folded down.
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The way she touches his cheek and he's just totally gone, unresponsive ;_; #SonicFrontiers #NintendoSwitch
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Note the time and date. Reference to SA2's release and confirmation of Shadow's birthday (If you consider his day of awakening his birthday.).
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Flynn’s view on female Sonic characters and why it’s bullshit [Thread]
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I added transparency. Do with it what you see fit hehehe.
this page always makes me laugh, they look so proud of themselves at first 😭
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Darkspine Sonic's front-lower quills are always oriented downwards and attach to his head differently than his other quills.
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One is from Archie. The rest are IDW. They are all objectively off-model and OoC.
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The black undergarment of Modern Dr Eggman's clothing appears to be a close-fitting one piece body suit. His red garment seems to go over it.
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Sonic is so pure and kindhearted at his core that I struggle to even think of one compelling reason as to why he's unlikeable. Game version of course.
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Sonic inscribed/carved his name into his shoe soles in Sonic Adventure.
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Silver’s bracelets only open and show their cyan-coloured lines when he is using his PSI. They are closed when he isn’t using his powers
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The End takes on whatever form it’s viewers perceive “death” to look like. 👀 #SonicFrontiers
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The crescent-shaped marking on Knuckles’ chest symbolizes the moon whilst the circular patch on Sonic’s stomach symbolizes the sun. This was to make their designs contrast.
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WTF is up with Yardley and making Amy look as stupid and unflattering as possible? It's fucking ugly and nothing like Uekawa's Amy art that makes her look cute.
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Most anthro Sonic characters do not have toes as defined as separate digits. Their feet are toeless. Unless they're Chip or a Koala. Sonic, Amy, Tails, Big and Tikal prove this.
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Birdie’s kin are his siblings NOT his parents, regardless of what Ian Flynn claims in the Encyclo-speed-ia.
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According to Naoto Oshima, Sonic does not shed tears of grief in front of anyone
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The yellow part of Classic Dr Eggman's clothing is not actually a cape. It's a collar inspired by Sea Cadet uniform.
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Sonic’s body language here is so interesting. I don’t think he likes the forcefulness with which Jet questions Amy.
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God I feel sorry for Silver fans. Imagine having your fave this mangled and babysat by an OC because an official writer honestly believes he’s too stupid to use his powers non-destructively.
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Sonic has a precognitive ability that manifests in the form of sneezing when he senses danger
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Maekawa. Hands down. Blows the others (Especially Flynn) clean out of the water. He has a particular flair for Sonic. And writes him completely true to character. Unlike a certain shitty comic and certain tv series that turn him into something he isn’t.
Interested in a little thing, what's your favourite Sonic writer?.
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According to Naoto Ohshima, Sonic is not exactly a Hedgehog but a Hedgehog-like fairy.
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Thinks less of female characters if they’re not kick-butt action girls. Hence why nearly every female character he’s made never really deviate from that trope. Wants to and to an extent has already altered Amy into something she isn’t to express this one-dimensional view.
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@KhaosKontrollr Yeah but to me, it’s a little squicky how they’re his blood vessels. I mean, they even indicate the wound on his back where they emerge from in the concept art 😱.
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