#at least since my sonic x days i've shipped them

[cizzle-freezy]

rules: tag 9 people (or so) you want to know better and/or catch up with, then answer the questions below! — I was tagged by @whitewyrmings !~

~Song~

The Mind Electric-- Specifically the Chonny Jash version.

Dear goodness has this song given me major earworms lately. Sure, the original is great! Amazing even. But this one tickles my brain in many ways. Not only is it satisfying to listen to, but my mind wanders to the "Bad End AU" plot thread for the Phantom Gang (Seph, Izulda, Angelo, Tempys, and Gelum... and technically Ignis?), and keeps associating the lyrics to different OCs. The feelings that the Phantom Gang has to come to terms with when they meet the worst versions of themselves.

~Ships~

I rarely indulge in fandom ships, because generally I can appreciate the chemistry people write between characters (as long as its not like... toxic or pedophilic or something)

Huntlow (Owl House... despite only watching the first 3 eps and I SHOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT THEM--)

Virgil x Richie (Static Shock)

And whatever the HECK is going on in Maya and the Three (the entire series I kept saying "is this a prophecy or a polycule?")

I do have some OC ships I am especially soft for, but that's so many to list, especially when considering friends and mutuals ;w; (looking at YOU, Greyscale)

~Books~

I haven't picked one up in a long time because I am DETERMINED to read the Amulet series before anything. I read the first book in middle school (so like, as of 2023, 10-12 years ago??), and it's been stuck in my brain since.

~Movies~

I rarely watch movies unless it's a Discord Watch Party Night, which I haven't done in a long time... The last movie that sticks out in my mind is Turning Red, which I found pretty enjoyable and brought me back to my old Flipnote Hatena days. Maybe it was the Sonic movies?? Which were also pretty fun. Just sadly, movies don't stick out like shows do.

~Cravings~

Well... I often crave meat and seafood more than anything these days. I'm diabetic, so ever since I've weaned myself off of excessive sweets, sugary foods like candy and soda haven't tasted the same, but at least chocolate is still pretty good depending on brand. I find that spicy sushi rolls such as crunchy rolls, spicy tuna/salmon/etc are safe bets despite the rice, because by now I've memorized the carb amount. Plus, the sushi guy at my workplace tends to make them special for us!

Outside of food, my brain is always craving drawing, writing lore, and RP. It likes being creatively stimulated, and I'm lucky my workplace is cool with me bringing my art supplies to keep myself entertained when I'm bored.

~Tags~

@jessebizarreart @juan-o-clocks @jorgedrawssomethings @hikaririnku-blog

sorry for the ping yall! but it might get yall more accustomed to tumblr lmaoo

#tag game

[latin-dr-robotnik]

SonAmy end of the decade report

The 2010s are coming to a close and I thought it would be nice to report what happened between our two lovely hedgehogs during this decade.

The 2000s were the years this dynamic of "Amy says something silly - Sonic runs away" got established. This way of interacting, while not malicious in its japanese-rooted nature, got pretty much blasted negatively by quite a lot of the western fandom, mainly due to questionable localization efforts and cultural differences. Also, the prevalence of other forms of Sonic media with their own canons (mainly Archie Sonic) didn't help so much, especially in Amy’s case. So, by 2010 there was quite some work to do to "fix" the way Sonic and Amy interacted with each other, even if some today say there was nothing to be fixed to begin with.

Legendary Sonic Team writers such as Shiro Maekawa and Kiyoko Yoshimura (I always like to reference this post), both of which set the tone for some of the most famous "SonAmy moments" during the 2000s, were no longer at SEGA by 2010, so what happened after their departure?

Things started... rather rocky with some of this weird stuff right here. The fandom always considered this a little too rude, and its canonicity has been up for debate ever since. Some say it's been officially confirmed as out of character for Sonic to act like that. (Sonic Generations, 2011)

Amy almost died, and Sonic felt quite lonely for the half hour or so he thought this happened for real. After beating Eggman and the Deadly Six, Sonic was quite pleased to see her once again ("Hey, Amy. Looks like springtime’s come early!") (Sonic Lost World, 2013)

2014, the so-called “Year of Sonic” (editor’s note: that didn’t age well at all), kicked off in February with the announcement of Sonic Boom, a new spin-off series boasting both new videogames AND a TV show. Later that year, during the Sonic Boom 2014 event, the voice actors from the show did a table read featuring a couple of the heavy-hitting SonAmy moments from the show’s first season. As you can imagine (or remember), the audience went absolute nuts. (Meta, 2014)

Sonic Boom was officially unleashed to the world, and with it the fandom got quite the shakeup. A new Amy was born, which ended up shaping the way all of her continuities were going to be handled from that point on. This new, fully-Westernized Amy introduced a new dynamic with the also-kinda-new Boom!Sonic: now Amy would also try to keep her crush in secret, acting shy whenever the topic of her relation with Sonic was brought up. Sonic himself was seen acting quite strange during this time, making lots of fans speculate he might finally be falling for her. America once again took the core SonAmy dynamic and ran WILD with it, so wildly that it ended up spiralling out of control, causing the producer of the TV show to get real death threats from at least “one SonAmy fan”. A very, very shameful moment. That’s not good, at all. (Sonic Boom, 2014-2017)

Sonic’s 25th Anniversary party was held during SDCC 2016, the party was quite a meme-fest itself (and the livestream was a shitshow), but we got the Sonic Boom voice actors together again to do a fun skit, and yes, there was some SonAmy teasing at the end. (Meta, 2016)

The Sonic Social Media Team started doing more Twitter Takeovers since 2015, and you bet your rings they answered at least one SonAmy related question... on two occasions! They also started dissing Sonadow fans... which was... quite unfortunate to watch. (Meta, 2017 & 2019)

Sonic "died" (again), and it was implied that Amy could not get over it; yet when he came back six months later she didn't melt on his arms (only on radio and for like, 5 seconds total). Rather, she kept going strong with her new Resistance duties. For the first time in years, things changed between them canon-wise... or maybe it was a consequence of the weak writing. (Sonic Forces, 2017)

Amy finally told Sonic she loves him for the way he's always been, and that she wouldn't want him to change. Since that touching moment, both have been awfully close (Sonic even offered her to tag along in his adventure, but she declined, opting instead to keep leading the -back then- Resistance), with Sonic actually enjoying some adventure time with her. By 2019, things started getting dark and nasty, and Sonic and Amy’s relationship suffered a lot by the (still) current Metal Virus saga. A very tired Sonic tried to approach an equally exhausted Amy in some ocassions, only for her to be interrupted by urgent stuff, and him having to run off, feeling quite down. (IDW Sonic, 2018-present)

Sonic CD’s 25th anniversary happened, and so Amy’s anniversary. For once, SEGA dropped the act and simply called her “Sonic the Hedgehog’s girlfriend”, without any sign of them changing that description over at the official SEGA Shop. (Meta, 2018)

Classic Amy (Rosy) returned! She's still head over heels for Sonic, but acts rather like her Sonic Mega Drive (2013 I believe?) comic counterpart. (Sonic Mania Adventures, 2018)

Sonic and Amy can finally hang out like friends without having weird, uncomfortable moments! They throw some shade at Eggman, laugh together and possibly even go on a picnic without any problem. (Team Sonic Racing, 2019)

Amy also is quite determined to leave her crush behind when it comes to winning, blasting Sonic out her way if needed. (Team Sonic Racing Overdrive, 2019)

I believe there are more moments from this decade out there (Colors DS and particularly the Olympics games kind of threw some questions around, wondering what’s going on with them, if Sonic considers Amy his girlfriend and that stuff, right?), but this is most of what I could come up for the last few months of thinking I’ve been doing. So, if you have any more official stuff that happened during this decade involving our loving two hedgehogs, feel free to reply below!

Also, what was your favorite moment from this decade? 

I remember being there, exploding of joy, as we learned Sonic Boom was going to lean heavily into ship teasing, and the whole show is one of my favorite highlights of the decade. I also loved IDW Sonic #2, when Amy finally expressed that she loves Sonic for what he is, and she doesn’t want to change him. That felt organic in such a level I haven’t seen in quite a while, it was a truly heartfelt moment. Such nice memories.

#sonic the hedgehog #amy rose #sonamy #i felt kinda weird posting this in a moment where things are hot between some ppl #but i had this post in the backburner since may #and i'm clearing all my posts before new year #anyways let's return to our discussion #when i jumped in the fandom back in 2010 i was kinda a sonamy shipper #at least since my sonic x days i've shipped them #but it was sonic lost world and then boom what caught me in the shipping side of the fandom #to be honest i'm quite pleased with the current status of the ship #it ain't canon but it's teased harder and harder #and in some cases there are actually good points raised in favor of their pairing #what else could i ask for?

[lea-andres]

so why is Espio your favorite? Give us the ramble on why you love him!

So, between my 6-8 hyperfixations I usually have and tend to rotate between, there's certain patterns in terms of my preferences within those hyperfixations that always surface.

Two of them are "adores the 'straight man' (or closest equivalent) in the comedy duos/trios" and "adores detectives (especially comedic ones)", so I'm naturally just hardwired to like Espio, LOL. But that's just scratching the surface.

He's also got a nice soothing deep voice to listen to, which is always a plus for me.

He pretty, in both just overall design and in color scheme. He's just a good looking lizard. 😂

His powers are cool as fuck. As is the ninja detective thing, it's a weird combo but it works.

We know enough about him and the Chaotix that we've seen them interact with a fair amount of the core cast at least once, but not so much that we constantly see them. (Ever notice that I rarely talk about Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy? It's because you could point to those four and call them the "main characters" of the series just based on how frequently we see them in stuff. I LIKE them, but they're not as fun to sit and theorize about because we've seen so much of them and had so many questions about them answered) So there's a lot of fun holes in Espio's (and the Chaotix's) story that can be thought about for way too long. Where did they come from? How did they meet? What does an average day/case for them look like? I'm a writer by nature, and one of my favorite ways to amuse myself is to fill in holes the side characters have.

And Espio's the most intriguing of the trio! Why the hell does he put up with Vector and Charmy's bullshit? (to the point that losing them TRAUMATIZES HIM, like in the Metal Virus saga.) I love a character I can sit and overthink for ages (instead of thinking about more important things 😜), and Espio's got a lot of intrigue to ponder about.

He hasn't always been my absolute favorite (it was Silver for a long time, but within the last year Espio overthrew him.), But I've always been into puzzling him out, ever since I was in middle school and my friends and I all got each other into Sonic at the same time. While my best friend was focused on Shadow, I was tackling Silver and Espio. (But not at the same time, shipping Espilver is also a new development for me, because my presence in the fandom either barely predates Sonic Rivals 2, OR I was just unaware of the game's existence, so I wasn't aware the two had ever canonically met. I probably would've shipped it had I known. 😂 I was convinced they'd be friends if they'd "ever met", so I was almost there...)

Also most of the Chaotix episodes of Sonic X were my favorites because any time the Chaotix showed up you knew you were going to be laughing your ass off, so yeah. 😁

This was all over the place and probably really confusing, I'm so sorry. 😂

#espio the chameleon #lea rambles