#knuckles the echnidna

[sonicfandomsecretsanta]

Hey, everyone, I’m back for another year! (This is actually the tenth year of this- time flies, doesn't it?) Please reblog this to get it around!

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[inamindfarfaraway]

Sonic the Hedgehog movies AU where the times Knuckles and Sonic respectively arrive on Earth are reversed. Five-year-old Knuckles, searching his village for useful supplies after realizing that nobody is coming back, discovers the distant planet Earth marked as important on a map of likely locations the Owl Tribe may have hidden the Master Emerald. With nothing left for him in his homeland, he takes his father’s bag of portal rings and steps through. He is taken in by the Wachowskis first. Four-year-old Sonic meanwhile grows up alone, travels the galaxy and initially appears as an antagonist.

Right now I can think of two main plot divergences beyond that. Firstly, complicated but interesting: Knuckles doesn’t stay hidden, as he’s trying to find the Master Emerald and also with his code can’t resist rushing in to help when sees Tom in need, so he gets unofficially adopted practically right off the bat. He then grows up the best kept secret of Green Hills. His parents adore him, but he’s still kinda an outcast from the rest of human society, because he’s just so different and potentially dangerous - he struggles to take the necessary care with his strength and suffers from the same loss of control of his Chaos energy when deeply upset that canon Sonic used to. The townspeople see that he’s a good kid and they can’t speak ill of their upstanding sheriff and vet, but they don’t exactly trust Knuckles either. Not feeling like he’ll ever fully belong, afraid of causing more damage and not having processed his grief for his birth father and people and everything he knew before nearly enough, he develops strong tendencies to isolate himself and bottle things up in shame. And, oh yes, he still hasn’t completed his mission to retrieve and protect the incredibly powerful most sacred object to his lost culture. He fears that at this rate he never will. He feels very guilty about all of this.

Repairing his strained relationships with Tom and Maddie is a key part of his arc in the first movie, alongside learning to accept, forgive, trust and be kinder to himself. He ultimately decides that the Master Emerald is evidently safe enough for now and his mission can wait until he’s older and wiser. His current focus shall instead be being a normal teenager who Has Fun and Likes Himself.

Secondly, Sonic’s antivillain personality would not be a dutiful, honourable warrior genuinely believing he’s in the right. No. How does his literal theme song go again? “Long as the voice inside drives me to run and fight/It doesn’t matter who is wrong and who is right”. This Sonic, pre-second movie, is a cynical, untethered pragmatist who cares only about his own survival, benefit and freedom; a notorious thief and swindler sly and swift enough to get away with anything. They call him the Blue Devil. Where Knuckles had an excessive sense of responsibility, Sonic has all but suppressed his. The only person who mattered was Longclaw and she’s gone. What’s the point of getting attached to other people? They’ll all leave too. But that won’t need to hurt him - he won’t hurt them - if he follows his mother’s advice and never stops running. Yes, deep down he blames himself for Longclaw’s death. He has better social skills than Knuckles, but not his principles. Is Robotnik mean and shady? Absolutely. Is that Sonic’s problem, when he’s confident that he can either stay on the doctor’s good side or outrun his bad one? Nope! Getting to kick an echidna in the nuts with super speed is a nice bonus.

But beneath that arrogant, apathetic facade he does have a conscience. His character development starts with it slowly dawning on him how much worse than him Robotnik and big of a deal the Master Emerald are and he begins to take the stakes seriously. If Robotnik wins, innocent people will die. This entire (admittedly very beautiful) planet could be in danger. None of his crimes have risked going this far before. Does he really want to be an accessory to the rise of an actual tyrant and supervillain who wants to murder a teenager? So he begins to hesitate about aiding Robotnik. Next Knuckles notices that they’re about the same age and empathizes with him, knowing from the previous film what it’s like to be a traumatized, terrified, self-loathing fifteen-year-old in over your head; that they lost everything on the same day just draws more attention to their similarities. Tails curtails that conversation, but it remains the first taste of empathy and connection Sonic’s had since he was four. That’s pretty enticing. He saves Knuckles’s life to not be in his debt (ostensibly at least), and the rest is history.

Knuckles’s arc in the second movie is learning what it really means to be a hero and leader, after idealizing the concepts - and his parents, who are his heroes - his whole life. He’s internalized that he’s a kid and is allowed to make mistakes, but can’t reconcile that with now being responsible for an innocent and younger friend, Tails, and having to complete his Heroic Quest for the Chaos Emerald much sooner than anticipated. Surely a Hero has to be perfect and a leader has always know what to do. His birth father seemed that way, after all. When his moment comes, he can’t afford to fail. Learning that his beloved dad, and generally the echidnas, were responsible for Longclaw’s death and Sonic’s trauma shatters that idea. He eventually resolves that he can be a hero and his imperfect self simultaneously and his team are his equals and able to cover his weaknesses.

Also, Knuckles still speaks the same while Sonic absorbs modern slang and speech patterns like a sponge. This is crucial. When Knuckles calls his parents Mum and Dad at the end of the first movie instead of Mother and Father, it’s a huge affirmation of intimacy.

Now I just need a name for this AU. Any ideas?

#knuckles has one of his father’s quills as a keepsake #sonic seeing the owl statues and remembering longclaw and how she wouldn’t want him to be helping robotnik #is another factor #in his ‘i might have done a bad decision here - ACH NO FEELINGS’ arc #okay but knuckles and tails’s relationship getting more screentime #i feel like this knuckles would work really well as the team leader #and the echidnas were big on teamwork and organization and respect so it would tie into him wanting to uphold his old culture’s values #like he’s coming up with the strategy to take down the death egg and leading the charge #and sonic and tails exchange a look that says ‘oh yeah we’ve got an ECHNIDNA on our side’ #maybe sonic says ‘dis is how I roll’ the first time too #robotnik: (leaves stone behind) #sonic: that was pretty dishonourable #r: do you have a problem with that? #s: (smirking) pfft. as if! dis is how i roll #r: ha! i like your style blue devil #s: of course - you have good taste #and then later #r: disloyal! #s: (deadly serious) dis is how i roll. #sonic movies #sonic cinematic universe #scu #sonic movie au #scu au #sonic au #knuckles wachowski #knuckles the echidna #sonic wachowski #sonic the hedgehog #sonic

[catholic-character-tournament]

Round 4 - Catholic Character Tournament

Propaganda below ⬇️

Knuckles

Knuckles is very heavily Christ-coded - walking on water, resurrection, prophecies, the whole nine yards. Not necessarily Catholic specifically, but I feel like there’s a comparison to be made between the Brotherhood and the Catholic Church as a structure. Also he’s made it to the semi finals of the Christ coded tournament if that means anything to you

God this whole thing was literally insane. Also pretty much completely forgotten as soon as p*nders was off the comic, which was probably for the best tbh.

Ken penders did a lot of wierd fucking bullshit, and made knuckles literally Jesus.

Nothing left to say except another fuck ken penders.

In the Archie comics, Knuckles inherits the role of being a spiritual leader to a lost tribe of Echnidnas, that have been wandering, searching for their prophesied homeland for centuries. Knuckles is the one to finally lead them there.

He also dies and comes back, and because of this is hailed as the prophesied “Avatar” by his people, the one who’s supposed to bring peace to their planet, Mobius. Cannot for the life of me remember where this went though.

It maybe isn’t allegorical as much as it is the writer thinking putting Judeo-Christian themes would make it cool or something. But the comparison to Jesus is at least intentional, whereas it probably isn’t with Shadow.

Shadow

In sonic destruction (the AI generated fan thing snapcube made a while ago) shadow was catholic or something which I think is reallyyyyyyy funny

Ok listen. I know this is a stretch but hear me out. He says “oh my God” in the Twitter takeovers so we know this is a possibility. I see him as a Christ-like figure because I saw his whole confrontation with Mephiles and was like “this is a thing that happened in the Bible??” and the pose Mephiles shows him in is literally like a crucifixion and Mephiles is meant to be a demon / false prophet reference. And also he’s called a demon in Shadow The Hedgehog 2005 then the guy who calls him that is like “I was wrong I’m sorry” and that also reminds me of a thing with Jesus in The Bible. But the biggest reason is his whole thing with Maria cause I think he’d come to earth and hear Ave Maria once and convert to Catholicism idk he’s like we’re comforted by a female familial figure named Mary sometimes called Maria?? And her color is blue????? Heck yeah I’m in because I Will Cry. Also feel free to share this as propaganda obv even if he doesn’t get in the bracket just. It’s funny.

I feel like he’d battle a lot with being seen or portrayed as a demon and how the aliens he’s related to very much look and act like demons idk lmao- and also I feel like confession would just be good for him I think he needs it for his mental health

There is a debate on the lovely website tunblr that Shadow T. Hedgehog is an allegory for Jesus Christ.

He is Jesus, idk what to tell you. He lived, he was sealed away, he was awakened again and deemed the ultimate lifeforms, he’s angry but not evil, does what he believes is best for people and the world at any given time. Total loser.

#cct polls #tumblr tournament #tumblr bracket #tumblr polls #polls #r4 #knuckles the echidna #sonic the hedgehog #Sonic Destruction #shadow the hedgehog

[musecheerios]

Permanent Starter call for Knuckles the Echnidna!

#The Last Echidna {Knuckles}

[meroedraws]

I was looking back at my portrait of Knuckles the Echnidna by the late, great Nigel Dobbyn the other day. I’d like to give it a new frame. He drew this for me in 2004/05 when he very kindly met me in Durham for an interview for my A-level graphic design essay. Nigel worked on the British Sonic the Comic for many years, along with a range other fantastic publications like 2000 AD. A wonderful man who sadly passed far too soon. #nigeldobbyn #nigeldobbyart #sonicthecomic #fleetwaysonic #knuckles #knucklestheechidna #sonicthehedgehog #britishsoniccomics #2000ad #judgedredd #illustrator #comicbookartist #graphicnovelist #illustration #sega https://www.instagram.com/p/ChxKKFqMIch/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#nigeldobbyn #nigeldobbyart #sonicthecomic #fleetwaysonic #knuckles #knucklestheechidna #sonicthehedgehog #britishsoniccomics #2000ad #judgedredd #illustrator #comicbookartist #graphicnovelist #illustration #sega

[sergeant16-bit]

Got all 4 now

#sonic the hedgehog #sonic #sonic the hedgehog 3 #sonic 3 & knuckles #sonic 3 #dr robotnik #dr eggman #tails prower #sonic tails #miles tails prower #tails #tails the fox #sonic knuckles #knuckles the echnidna #knuckles #mcdonalds #mcdonalds toys #happy meal #happy meal toys

[bluinary]

Today on "reaching for discourse":

The post with a humorous doodle of Howl Pendragon smooching Knuckles the Echidna being criticized for its themes of pedophilia and beastiality.

#AND EVERYONE IN THE NOTES AGREEING THAT ITS CREEPY LIKEYALL #ITS A SONIC THE HEDGEHOG CHARACTER #i think that anyone impressionable enough to possibly be harmed by this crack ship #of howl Pendragon from howls moving castle and knuckles from sonic boom #would not get from this doodle that it is okay for 16yos to smooch supposed 27yos #or for humans to smooch echnidnas #because to be perfectly honest guys.................. #the sonic the hedgehog characters kind of exist outside of any direct parallel to a human demographic. #'knuckles is supposed to be 16 in human years' literally who the fuck would know that except people who read his wiki page #he isnt even an echidna. hes a weird ass depiction of what an anthropomorphic echidna might look like #i dont know how to break this to you guys but. knuckles isnt real. and no one like him is real. no one. nothing. #and if you want to talk age gaps.....hello????? sophie hatter is 17?????????????? #i still have no idea how old howl is and i read the book. #but this is on par with the amy adams goldfish abuse discourse #most of the time ill look in the notes to make sure im reading something right or bc ill find something funny #but sometimes ill see a widespread opinion so fucking stupid i am compelled to make an entirely separate post about it #its like some of these people have never left their house before #blu babbles

[djpurple3]

If knuckles is an echnidna then the fuck isnt he australian

#knuckles the echidna #i mean it means i dont hate him so dhsjdbksjd #but like aussie knuckles would ve hysterical #OI MATE GET OF MY FUCKIN ISLAND ALRIGHT???? #theres only 1 thing funnier than an angry american and it is an angry australian #dj rambles

[unclerippuascension]

my favorite thing about these knuckles side stories tacked onto the end of the sonic comic issues is that all of the echnidnas look like knuckles.

like literally why do they all look like knuckles??

#sth #im still waiting to get to the panel where they irradiate his egg for some fuckin reason

[winterywitch]

knuckles the echnidna is a mansplainer

he’s trying his best ;_; he is and im so mad that he is but he’s trying. he’s a salvageable ally, i believe in knuckles

#dingdongyouarewrong

[troasta]

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#sonic boom #sth #knuckles the echnidna #speedrun #rise of lyric

[zarglepoetry]

buy here

#knuckles the echnidna #i hope this one doesnt get taken down

[sergeant16-bit]

Predaknux

A little something for the Halloween season. had fun with the shading on this one.                    

#predator #sonic the hedgehog #sonic #knuckles the echnidna #sonic knuckles #knuckles #halloween #digital art #my art

[unclerippuascension]

reading the archie sonic comics because...idk im bored and im not reading the single character side stories (this series is like fucking 200+ issues, i already have enough shit to read) and maybe its bc i didn’t read knuckle’s dedicated mini-series but i read about the echnidnas’ history in the side story and i cant help but go “what the FUCK are you talking about, ken?”

#sth #like actually what the fresh hell is this man talking about #had i now been aware of what an absolute batshit insane weirdo this man is i'd find this unironically hilarious