#bsc canon lore

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reminder that espio is a cunty bartender in sonic x and that more people should headcanon him working at club rouge as a side hustle (useful for rouge too because there’s probably shady people there and he’s a ninja detective)

just… imagine the conversations he eavesdrops on… he’s a good listener… he’d do tricks for tips… the people watching…

#espio the chameleon #bsc canon lore #bartender espio supremacy #also before someone asks he does server alcohol in the jp version #he’s just being a dick to eggman here

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podcast recs: “i need shit to do” edition

As an appendix to this post, here’s a bunch of podcasts I have listened to and enjoyed.

True crime:

You’re Wrong About (O.J. Simpson, maligned women of 90s pop culture)

Man In The Window (EAR/ONS -- murder/serial sexual assault)

Monster: Atlanta Monster (murder)

The Fall Line (cold cases, Does, child abduction)

Uncover (cults, murder)

Cover-Up (Chappaquiddick scandal, Ted Kennedy)

The RFK Tapes (assassination of Robert F. Kennedy)

The Ballad Of Billy Balls (unsolved murder, police violence)

Ear Hustle (daily life in US prisons)

Crimetown (organized crime in Providence, RI and Detroit, MI) 

Stranglers (Boston Strangler case -- murder, sexual assault)

In The Dark (s1 murder/sexual assault of Jacob Wetterling, s2 false conviction/miscarriage of justice)

Criminal (episodic, deals with crime and criminal justice)

Long-run true crime series: (YMMV, standard true crime pitfalls apply)

Criminology

Crime Junkie

All Crime No Cattle (Texas true crime)

Nonviolent (or not-all-violent) true crime:

Darknet Diaries (digital crime and hacktivism)

The Dream (s1 multilevel marketing, s2 predatory wellness practices)

The Queen (con artist and criminal Linda Taylor)

Swindled (white-collar crime and scams)

Mysteries:

Odd Ball (unidentified mysterious metal ball found in FL -- trust me)

Blurry Photos (cryptids, aliens, mysteries)

Mystery Show (low-stakes delightful mysteries)

Lore (you’ve probably heard this one but it’s good for a lolspooky back listen)

Folklore (tonally the opposite of Lore, academic folklore)

Film:

We Hate Movies (favorite eps are The Good Son, Batman V. Superman) 

How Did This Get Made

The Canon

Art of The Score

BBC 4 Film Programme

In Voorhees We Trust (With Gourlie And Rust)

Hollywood In Color (history of WOC in Hollywood)

You Must Remember This (20th c. Hollywood history)

BGM: Bad Gay Movies, Bitchy Gay Men

Bloodsucking Feminists

Music history:

Hit Parade (music history/Top 100-type chart history)

Cocaine & Rhinestones (country music history)

Disgraceland (musicians behaving badly)

Set It Straight with Midland (more country music history, Spotify-only)

Books:

A Podcast To The Curious (M.R. James and James-inspired fiction)

Teen Creeps (80s-90s YA horror and genre fiction)

The Baby-Sitters Club Club (BSC rereads)

For The Gothic Heroine

History/culture:

BackStory (US history)

Sexing History (history of sexuality/LGBTQ history)

Spectacular Failures (incredible business failures)

This Podcast Will Kill You (contagious disease -- potentially not right now)

Household Name (brands/marketing)

Baltimore: The Rise Of Charm City

The Kitchen Sisters Present

HOME: Stories From LA

Yo, Is This Racist?

Pure silliness:

Page Seven (celebrity gossip, Spotify-only)

My Dad Wrote A Porno (bad erotica reading)

Gay Pulp (audiobook-type reading of vintage gay pulp)

The Mortified Podcast (people read their overwrought teenage diaries)

#more information than you perhaps require

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ok i’ll post my rant from last night on tumblr dot com. you have to understand that i love extreme gear

#wave the swallow #extreme gear #the babylon rogues #babylon rogues #sonic riders #sonic riders zero gravity #sigh #sonic free riders #bsc canon lore #yeah yeah i could get more technical with it but i just like to talk about my girl

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thinking about the line “Unlike Sonic, however, Shadow’s speed comes from his Hover Shoes, which allow him to glide just above the surface.”

yeah, we knew that. but there’s something so poetically tragic about it too? despite falling to the planet and being made to save it, he will always be an inch away from acceptance. never landing, never connecting with its pull of gravity. maybe it’s his alien blood that marks him as a spacething, or maybe it’s the lack of authenticity to his design.

shadow can crash through the atmosphere but he will never have what sonic has. he will never be made of the planet, its own handcrafted guardian who never fails to protect it. sonic saves the planet from terrestrial beings all the time, but what about shadow? shadow alone has only ever been able to prevent harm which comes from the stars, the place he is from… not the monstrosities of mobius.

so yeah. sonic IS the real ultimate lifeform, guardian of the planet and its people. that is HIS world. and while the wind carries him just as it is him, his feet still touch the ground.

but shadow hovers. his own superability rejects him from the role he thought he had. reach but never touch.

#bsc canon lore #this is why i collect physical copies of games and manuals lol #shadow the hedgehog #sonic the hedgehog #sonic analysis #i mean. you CAN tag this as ship if you WANT. i won’t stop you #but like. also do read it

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not to place a moral narrative on the babylon rogues who are canonically thieves, but i find it very interesting that besides the chaos emerald, the one thing they stole (in zg) was technology from their ancestors

i think a more charitable interpretation of the babylon rogues is a wayward mission to collect back their technology. we know they rob for riches, but i wouldn’t be surprised (if at least, from Wave’s perspective) they’re stealing back from museums because the stuff technically belongs to them.

this obviously doesn’t account for all their robberies, but i’d like to think that part of their mission is to take back a part of their heritage, which as we learn in zero gravity, means a LOT to them (or at least to Jet and Wave).

anyways, while this does bend canons like idw and archie, i think this is somewhat compliant with the games, even if it is a bit of a stretch, and i like this interpretation!

if the rogues wanted money, they’d just steal money. clearly there’s some connection between their babylonian heritage and the artifacts they are constantly swiping from museums. it also begs the question of how much worldly technology is babylonian if it’s that integrated and popular everywhere

#bsc canon lore #the babylon rogues #jet the hawk #wave the swallow #storm the albatross #sonic riders #sonic riders zero gravity #something about middle eastern characters with very elaborate cultures robbing artifacts from museums #like hm. i wonder WHAT they could POSSIBLY BE STEALING (back) #make it make sense? yeah i think i will

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no like. think about it. eclipse was created because his people were defeated and a dying species already, and they came to earth to hopefully restore the black arms SO THEY DONT FUCKING DIE LMAO??? and he doesn't instantly go apeshit like even though he was created to destroy shadow and is plagued by being made in his image aka not his own person (cough shadow cough metal sonic) but he asks shadow to join him. against his orders btw. and then tries to mind control shadow to cooperate instead of just like, y'know, killing him. basically begging for an ally.

then later on eclipse gets thrown to earth with the eggs as he literally begs to help back home (because unlike literally other black/dark arm antagonist he ACTUALLY fucking cares about his species' survival). oh then black death fucking dies and so does the eye so eclipse is furious and also hurt (very reasonable that's his dad basically?!?)

to make matters worse, in the crash landing only 4 of the hatchlings survived. 4. yeah that's a real strong generation guys like ??? he's distraught he's so relieved when he finds survivors just look:

like??? look how pure he is i'm so mad about it:

he's literally just this young dude thrown into existence to save his dying people, and then disobeys orders to try and make sure everyone he knows is safe and happy BUT THEN ALSO BEFRIENDS THE GUY HE'S SUPPOSED TO KILL NOT ONCE BUT TWICE BC HE DOES IT AGAIN LATER AND WANTS A DAMN FAMILY MEMBER??? EVEN AFTER SHADOW & CO KILLED HIS DAD???

like. some people might argue "well he still wants to harvest the earth" uh yeah because food? He'll do anything to protect his people that's not inherently wrong just help the dude by giving him a different source because using earth is all he knows? sure he's the only black arms with free will (lmao in your face shadow) but he tried to ask for shadow's help numerous times and that fucker denied him. like. SHADOW. MY DUDE. YOU ARE MAKING AN ENEMY HERE. HELP ECLIPSE RESTORE HIS (ACTUALLY BOTH OF YOUR) ENDANGERED SPECIES/ALIEN RACE WITHOUT IT HURTING ANYONE SO EVERYONE WINS???

i think shadow should have said yes but worked with eclipse to find sustainable food for the black arms that wouldn't hurt others so they could get an ally and a family member out of it. imagine eclipse ruling the black arms which restores them to full power??? AND THEN THEYRE REALLY STRONG ALLIES IN CASE OTHER THREATS COME ALONG LIKE IMAGINE SEASON 3 OF SONIC X BUT SORTA LIKE 06 WITH A VIBE OF SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG 2 WHERE AT ONE POINTS HE CALLS ON ECLIPSE (revealing the now prosperous colony) TO HELP ASSIST SONIC & CO??? AND IT WORKS???

oh my god. since they're potentially not forced to stick around earth for food they could explore the galaxies. why couldn't the black arms eventually SOS shadow because these extremely advanced aliens are wrecking their shit and stealing everything and draining them because these dudes are basically gods and shadow is like "okay i'll get help" because these godly aliens will eventually find earth. oh turns out these are the babylonians! yeah! like they found the REAL babylon (planet) not just the measly scavenger ship that crashed to earth and caused all that riders crap + gave us the babylon rogues.

why. why couldn't we have this. SEGA i'm so disappointed this is why i used to never bring up archie because while i admit i haven't reread the comics in years and thus the nostalgia and bias might have warped my memory of events... eclipse deserved better. we could have had really cool allies but instead they went with a second black arms genocide. grrrrrr

#bsc canon lore #bsc words #archie sonic #eclipse the darkling #the black arms #shadow the hedgehog #sonic x #the babylon rogues

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(basing this on a real experience lol)

wave totally did serious sibling gaslighting on jet. like CRUEL levels of misinformation. she’d tell him that if he says “solaris” GUN would hunt him down because they have cameras everywhere and they’d take him away and brainwash him into being a normal civilian and he’d never see his father again and he’d be scared SHITLESS

… at age 14. like, wave still does it. all the time. she is actively teaching jet misinformation just to fuck with him. “the beginning of the conjuring wasn’t scripted, the doll just started doing that and they wrote it into the plot”

cue jet being absolutely mortified to the point he has to sleep in storm’s bed for a month.

OH AND BEFORE YOU’RE WONDERING, storm isn’t that gullible. i know he’s not the brightest but he can tell when wave is spouting bullshit but he also doesn’t stop her from telling jet these things since it’s kinda funny. sometimes they team up

#babylon rogues #my idiot bird babies #jet the hawk #storm the albatross #wave the swallow #bsc canon lore

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infinite isn’t redeemed for me btw he’s just semi domesticated. he’s still an immoral selfish piece of shit he just has enablers now

the best way i sum it up is that infinite is the jeffree star of the sonicverse. but not the jeffree star i bet most of you are thinking of. i mean myspace jeffree star, whose merch dominated hot topic, and who would do shit like this:

this is infinite to me. yes he can have his sweet moments but that’s because he thrives off of attention. this is who he is to me

#infinite the jackal #bsc canon lore #the girlies might not like this one

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new headcanon:

wave has autism attachment with broken tech. you cannot take her to a garage sale, thrift store, dumpster, eggman base, etc… because she’ll just give you sad puppy eyes until you let her spend a couple grand on broken dirty gadgets. she does it with cars and computers too, even just accessories like keyboards. wave gathers this shit like she’s about to starve and then if you try to throw anything out she gets smad and starts scream-crying at you for being a wasteful prick

anyways. wave tech hoarder

#wave the swallow #bsc canon lore

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oh yeah some context for prev post: wave made a silicone espio head. she gets lonely in her workshop without someone to rant to so she made it for company but girliepop is NOT stable and everyone thinks she’s lost it. espio is flattered for the record

it’s also a reference to gibby

#bsc shitposts #bsc canon lore #wave the swallow #espio the chameleon #espihead the silicone gibby reference

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some random espave questions bcuz i love them:

go-to drink when they go out to eat? favourite place to go out to eat?

what movie does one of them like/love that the other can't stand, if any? (like, if wave liked smth like uhh idk the human centipede, but espio hates it with his entire chamussy)

biggest 'wtf is wrong with you' moment?

favourite drink:

oh boy! that depends on the venue, so i’ll list a couple. wave likes chai lattes, but she’ll also have a cappuccino if it’s morning brunch. they’ll split a wine at a restaurant (one that caters to both their dish palettes, red white or rosé are all possibilities as it depends on availability and parity) and wave’s favourite cocktail is a moscow mule! espio’s a gin and tonic guy, but he’ll get a london fog at brunch

favourite place to eat: once again it depends on the time of day, but there’s a french cafe they usually go to for brunch all the time at! they’re brunch havers!!!

movie intolerance: espio hates when wave puts on spirited away because she just relentlessly calls him haku and pokes/teases him for it. he probably also wouldn’t understand the beauty of the human centipede 🥺💔 wave hates when espio watches clara-era doctor who because she doesn’t like clara no i’m not projecting haha what

biggest wtf is wrong with you moment: CAN I SAY BIOHAZARD EUROVISION? IDK IF TUMBLR KNOWS WHAT THIS MEANS idk tldr wave nearly kills espio via mobian mono by getting fiona to give it to mighty who gives it to espio not realizing that the strain is often fatal for reptiles. anyways espio’s wtf moment would be when he started transforming into a fucked up hybrid super form, grew some weird horns, got a lot more humanoid, and routinely sparred mephiles who is back now and actively ripping apart the spaciotemporal fabric of reality!

… so yeah. my lore gets weird we’ll leave it there LMAK

#bsc canon lore #bsc anons #espave #espio the chameleon #wave the swallow

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Do you think Espio took drugs before he met Wave? Or did he take them after meeting Wave? Did Wave give Espio drugs for the first time or introduced him to new ones.

hm… that totally depends on if you consider weed a drug lmao.

like, listen. YES, marijuana is a drug. sorta. well it is, but it’s not real to me <- canadian who forgets the whole world isn’t pro-weed. espio is, though. 100%

wave however, she’s a wee bit more ambitious lol. mainly your club drugs and some psychedelics (which to me, aren’t real drugs, i know i’m biased!) but you could slide some narcos in there for some flavour and she wouldn’t be opposed.

i’m not saying wave would force espio to do anything, but he IS an arrogant prick who thinks he’s invincible. they’d probably do shrooms together, but that’s some spirituality shit right there so it’s not out of character for him necessarily.

honestly, wave likes that espio’s more stable than her in this department. she wouldn’t want to ruin him, she already likes who he is! espio is an intellectual adrenaline junkie who listens to her rant unconditionally and loves spending time with her. she couldn’t ask for a better match! even if he’s kinda into the darker lifestyle of the rogues and isn’t opposed by any means, wave puts a boundary there since he has a lot more to lose than her.

TLDR: they’re weed smoking girlfriends for the most part! espio isn’t as pure as people may think, and wave isn’t that much of an enabler either… not for drugs, anyways. she WILL enable him to stand up for himself for instance, or encourage him to set work boundaries, but not drugs hehe

#bsc canon lore #bsc ships #espave #espio the chameleon #wave the swallow #drug mention #idk if people care about that stuff #some people might get mad about sonic characters doing drugs but idgaf #if you’re willing to normalize disability and neurodivergency and gender/sexuality hcs in fanon you should also be fine with substance abuse #addiction is a real thing my guys and it doesn’t make you a shitty person to be struggling or to depict struggling #as long as it is in good taste as with any other example i’ve given

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extra bit of my personal canon before work, ehem:

wave gives espio blackout tats from his hand up his forearm ever since he stopped wearing his arm inhibitor sets since the visible scarring made him uncomfortable. she tatted over it and had it fade up his arm!

i cant draw atm but here’s some references for those curious

#bsc canon lore #espio the chameleon #wave the swallow #espave

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oh yeah lol from dog&hog server yesterday:

#bsc canon lore #bsc ships #shadow the hedgehog #rouge the bat #knuckles the echidna #knouge #knuxouge #team dark

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Espave at a football game. Discuss.

Bonus Round: They're somehow at an American football game. Neither one knows what the fuck is happening.

ILL DO THE BONUS!

so. like… i also know nothing about american football. besides glee. so you can imagine why i’m lagging on this one rn.

ANYWAYS! you clearly know your bsc lore because espave are notoriously bad at sports knowledge all around, nevermind the weird omega rugby.

they’d probably get all dressed up for it and espio would bring them a rulebook for the trainride but wave would keep interjecting and complaining about the rules so they forget

at the game, it’s like this

wave: HEY! THAT WAS A— psst. esp. give me something to say. do they have an offside rule?

espio, checking his book: uhhhh. i think it’s out of bounds i didn’t get that far though

wave: k thanks babe—THAT WAS OUT OF BOUNDS. REF????

tldr: they’re hopeless and i love them

#lea enabling me #bsc canon lore #espave #espio the chameleon #wave the swallow

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haha no offence but could the person who instigated the horrendously misinformed "shadow the hedgehog is 15" statement pm me? actually i'll just uh, have you over for a tea or something :")

(no but seriously i have made COUNTLESS posts on this shit. shadow is ageless. not 15, not 50, not 20, not 0. he's ageless. treat him as you would a robot if that helps, but labelling him as 15 just because he's a reflection of sonic and so you can ship them is just exhausting and irritating)

#bsc canon lore #bsc‼️ #semi vent #shadow the hedgehog #i know this is a bit harsh but i'm literally so tired of this lmao idk when it happened because it wasn't here in the 2000's #his body doesn't age why the fuck would gerald make an ultimate lifeform who's physically underdeveloped 💀 #but also he's not an adult either because he's only been conscious for a couple years max #his brain and training capacities are a part of his implemented behaviour just like how dogs can swim and babies can blink #but he doesn't have the conscious experiental knowledge of a fully-developed person because HES ONLY BEEN FUCKING CONCIOUS FOR LIKE 4 YEARS #ughfjfdkkd. sorry. i hate this #stop giving shadow an age i stg. stop. AGELESS. ship him with whoever you want i know damn well that's the only reason people make him 15