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linguistwho · 5 months
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The new Sonic Screwdriver’s writing is written in Sherman’s Circular Gallifreyan!!!
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If you start from the symbol I made an arrow towards and continue counter-clockwise, it can be read as “the sharpness of the tongue defeats the sharpness of the warriors.” You read always from the outside in, so instead of the words starting at the bottommost part, they start at the part furthest from the center.
Note: it can be read that way. But the dots in letters like sh and r are missing, and none of the lines connect in interesting ways (except for the i in warrior which connects to the second layered r). Also the a in defeats is placed like an e.
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Y'know what, you can also have this
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It was meant to go in tandem with my Prime bros fic but because since I drew this I rewrote the draft of the first chapter so many times it doesn't fit anymore
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nova-rpv · 4 months
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i got this ask by someone some time ago that i made a post about and sent to queue, and now its gone for some reason :)))) im so fucking mad jesus christ. i dont remember who submited the ask (if ur reading this, thank u so much!!!), but they requested me to draw venice the mink, silver's early desing(s)
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this was the reference they sent:
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i didnt know about him until this ask, which is trully unacceptable. i apologize. this lil man is so meanie weanie looking i luv he <<33
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trashcreatyre · 3 months
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Drawing a mobian design without shoes feels wrong but I think I kinda like this direction of this design?
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other-peoples-coats · 3 months
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hey like. can you force crush air and create a blackhole. like. you can force crush droids and people and ships etc. but could you -- if you were so inclined and also a space wizard -- just force compress a bit of air and make 1) a suddenly appearing vacuum/blackhole 2)whatever happens when you implode Local Planet's Air (explosion, it's probably explosion).
like. I don't physics. but also. are there clone wars moments where a jedi is alone on a battle field except for A Shit Load Of Droids and they're just like. zhoop sonic boom takes out the droids and surrounding area, clean up is fragments of metal for the surrounding nine thousand square space km.
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chili-dogz · 11 months
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my 05% effort comic on Sonic at the Olympics! he loves swimming. he does. its fine. (image id with text transcriptions under the cut)
[Image ID: A comic about Sonic at the Olympic games. The first image shows Sonic standing in front of an Olympic swimming pool. His quills are standing on end, and he’s shaking, ears flattened against his head. His thought bubble reads: “This is fine”. The second image is another view of the swimming pool, from Sonic’s perspective. You can see his big nose in the P.O.V. His thought bubble says: “I’m having fun”. The third image is of Sonic looking down into the water, the pov being underwater and looking up at Sonic. He’s thinking “Water is safe. I have this under control”. The fourth image is underwater still, Sonic now under the surface. He’s thinking “I don’t feel trapped at all”. The fifth image is of the Olympic swimming pool, angled in a way so that you can see the crowd and the pool. A banner across the top of the image reads: “Swimming competition delayed”. Underneath the banner, Omo Chao is saying: “Sorry folks! The Blue Blur is more like a Blue Blip right now. We’re working on getting him out into the water right away!” and, in much smaller text, “Thank you for your patience”. In the right corner of the screen, there’s an image of Sonic huddled into a ball, quills standing on end, and back to the audience. End ID.]
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sonic-adventure-3 · 9 months
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rig and jerry humansonas cause i just felt like designing humans. pretty happy with these, i think it captures what i was imagining them as pretty well. rig maybe looks a little plain but whatever, she does look cool as hell. i need to stop drawing her on the left though it totally ruins the naming scheme
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misterbaritone · 5 months
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Wild to me that Sonic Dream Team, a game for phones and shit, looks more polished and fun than a whole ass console game like Frontiers
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wereh0gz · 1 year
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I need to talk to stop myself from looking up spoilers anyway ever think about how most of the gods in the sonic franchise have green eyes. And how sonic has green eyes
Chaos iblis mephiles dark gaia. They all have green eyes. Chip doesn't have green eyes but he has the big green gem on his neck so close enough
And also sonic has supernatural powers beyond his speed. Like he's strong as shit and can control winds and can chaos control with a fake emerald and can FUCKING HEAL HIMSELF BY VIBRATING HIS FUCKING MOLECULES?? SOMEHOW?? And that's probably not all the weird shit he can do that's just stuff I can think of off the top of my head
Sonic is a god and can kill one I will always stand by this
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beskarandblasters · 11 days
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Packin’ (In More Ways Than One)
Din Djarin x GN!Reader
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Main Masterlist | Din Djarin Masterlist
Author’s note: This is inspired by this HOT art by @cass-hues 🍑🔥 Unfortunately, I do not know who made this gif so if that’s you or someone you know, don’t hesitate to inform me and I’ll give credit where it’s due! Thank you to @freelancearsonist for beta reading! 🤍🤍
Summary: You see Din’s bare ass for the first time and get the urge to peg him.
Word count: 1.6k
Warnings: canon divergent (long live the Razor Crest), reader is able-bodied and has no physical description/no genitalia mentioned, anal fingering, sex toys, lube, pegging, praising, pet names (cyar’ika), sonic = shower, refresher = bathroom, no use of y/n
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“You’re really going to shower with that bucket on your head?”
Din’s leaning against the doorway of the refresher with a towel sitting low on his hips. He just captured a bounty on Coruscant where it’s currently raining, a downpour that chilled Din to his bones. You suggested that a hop in the sonic would warm him up. But you didn’t expect to see him stripped bare of everything besides his helmet. 
“Yes,” he says plainly. “What’s wrong with that?”
“Nothing! …You just look a little funny right now, that’s all.” 
“Funny?” he asks, turning and walking to the mirror. But as he walks his towel drops to the floor and you’re met with the sight of his bare ass. And Maker, it is juicy. You had no idea he was hiding that underneath his cape and his flight suit. 
“Oh my-”
“Sorry!” he says, hastily grabbing the towel and wrapping it around his waist.
“You’re sorry?”
“I didn’t mean to… expose myself like that.”
“I didn’t mind.” 
“Really?”
“But I am a little mad at you right now.”
“Why??”
“You didn’t tell me you were packin’… in more ways than one,” you say, walking and standing beside him in the mirror. 
“Oh… You mean my… behind?” 
“Yes, silly,” you chuckle, running your hand over his ass with the towel in between you two. He tenses up at the motion and you’re just now realizing that he’s probably never had his ass appreciated like this before. He doesn’t say anything. Instead, he lets you feel up his ass while the towel hangs dangerously low around his hips. 
“Is it weird I want to peg you?”
“No,” he says quickly. 
“No as in…?”
“No, it’s not weird.” 
“Oh,” you say, your eyes widening. “Should I… go to the store?”
“Yes,” he says, without hesitation. 
“Alright, I’ll be back,” you chuckle, grabbing your bag and lowering the exit ramp of the Crest. 
You think of where the nearest sex shop might be and quickly decide that lower levels are your best bet. The rain has thankfully subsided, leaving puddles in the street for neon lights to reflect off of. You cruise the streets, searching for the perfect place until you happen upon a goldmine; Nova’s Novelties. 
The door opens and you step inside, immediately overwhelmed by the sheer volume of sex toys occupying the shelves and walls. There’s a counter in the back where the register is. A woman is there and you can only assume that’s Nova, a beautiful woman with an inviting aura. She makes buying sex toys seem less intimidating. 
“Welcome!” she says, motioning for you to come over. “What brings you in tonight?”
“I’m looking for… a strap-on.”
“You’ve come to the right place,” she smiles, stepping out from behind the counter. “Follow me.”
She brings you to a shelf where there’s a strap on of every size and color, all encased in clear packaging. A silver one catches your eye. 
That’ll match his armor, you think to yourself, stifling a giggle. 
“What do you recommend for a beginner?” 
She reaches and grabs a modest looking one, bright pink in color. 
“This one is great for beginners. Not too big, not too small. And it comes with an adjustable strap.” 
“Thanks!” you say, taking the box from her. “Does it come in any other colors?”
“What were you thinking?”
“…Silver.” 
“You have great taste. Let me check the back.” 
She heads to the back room while you take time to explore the rest of the selection, opting for a bottle of lube, too. Once she emerges with the silver dildo in hand, you check out, handing her a fistful of credits and heading back to the Crest. 
“Have fun!” she says with a suggestive smile just before you step out onto the street. 
As you walk back to the docking yard, you think about Din, waiting for you like such a good boy. You think about the trust he places in you, letting you see him without his armor or his fight suit on and the trust he has to let you do something like this… It’s a testament of your love. 
When you get back in the Crest you find Din, standing in the doorway of the refresher with droplets of water peppered on his skin with steam wafting into the hull from the sonic. His bulge pitches a tent in his towel. You can’t believe your eyes, gawking at how gorgeous he looks. It’s almost criminal he keeps all of this locked away under his armor and it blows your mind that this is the first time you’re seeing him like this. 
“Did you find something?” 
“You bet I did,” you smirk. You take off your bag and hang it on a hook, reaching for the strap-on and the lube. You hold it out in front of you and think about his face underneath the helmet, wondering if he clocked how the dildo matches his armor. 
“You like?” you ask. 
“I do.”
“Good…” you say, stepping closer to him and placing a hand on his chest. His skin is warm, still slightly damp from the sonic. “Now be a good boy and get in the bunk for me.”
“Yes, cyar’ika,” he says, dropping his towel and walking across the hull to the bunk. 
He gets on all fours on the bed while you shed your clothes and take the strap out of the packaging, setting it on the edge of the bunk because you’re not ready for it just yet. 
“Are you gonna be a good boy for me?” you say, kneeling behind him and cupping his ass. 
“Y-Yes, I promise.” 
“Don’t worry,” you giggle, “I’ll go nice and slow at first.” 
You squeeze lube onto your index finger, coating his hole with it and teasing it lightly. He lets out a small whimper in response, already aching for more. 
“What was that?”
“I… want it… already.”
“That’s what I like to hear,” you say, sliding your finger in. 
His breath hitches before he exhales with a moan while you slowly work his hole. You curl your finger while your other hand caresses his ass. 
“More,” he softly begs. 
“Be patient,” you coo. 
He sighs, resting his helmet down on the pillow and sticking his ass up higher. Never in a million years did you think you’d have Din in a face-down ass-up position and yet here you are, enjoying every minute of it. 
You pull your hand from his ass and add lube to your middle finger, pushing both back inside simultaneously. A deeper, guttural moan forces its way out of his throat as he melts into the cot faster than a block of ice on Tatooine. 
“Good boy,” you praise, pushing your fingers against his prostate. “But I’m far from done with you.”
“I know,” he whimpers. 
You feel his hole relax around your fingers and a slew of whispers and Mando’a curse words slip out from under the helmet. 
“Cyar’ika, I’m gonna cum.”
“Oh yeah? Let me feel it.” 
He cums around your fingers, a different kind of orgasm he’s never experienced before. His thighs shake beneath him as he rides out his high. 
“Such a good boy for me,” you praise, slowing the movement of your fingers to a stop. You pull them from his ass and get off the bed, putting on the harness and attaching the strap. “But are you ready for more?” 
“Yes,” he sputters, staying in the same face-down ass-up position for you. 
You walk to the front end of the bed, crouching down by his helmet and telling him, “You’re doing so well, baby, coming for me like that.” 
“I am?”
“Mhm,” you whisper, rubbing his back. He shudders at your touch, eliciting a giggle from you. 
“You’re so sensitive right now, aren’t you?” 
“Yes,” he sighs. 
“It’s almost over,” you remind him, taking your rightful position by his ass again. 
You spread lube onto the strap and align it with his hole, one hand holding his hip as you thrust into him slowly. He lets out another string of curse words in Mando’a. It’s unintelligible but it’s a sign of how good he feels. 
“You like that?” you chuckle. 
“Yes. So much, cyar’ika,” he moans, just as you draw your hips back and thrust into him again. You put your other hand on his hip, holding onto him as you thrust in and out, working him up to his impending orgasm. His moans, grunts, and whimpers are melodic, like music to your ears. It fills you with a deep sense of pride that you can reduce your big strong Mandalorian to a whimpering mess with just your fingers and a strap. 
“Cyar’ika?” he whines. 
“Yes?” you smirk. 
“I’m gonna-”
“Gonna cum again?”
“Y-Yes.” 
“Do it,” you command, making sure your pace never falters. 
Another moan escapes his throat, slipping out from under his helmet in his beautiful, modulated tone. His whole body shakes with pleasure, quivering as you fuck him through his high, being sure to slow down slightly to not overstimulate him. 
Once he’s done you pull out of him, letting him collapse onto the bunk. Aftershocks of his orgasm make him quiver here and there, his ass shaking with each involuntary movement. You giggle watching him rest peacefully after you just fucked the living daylights out of him. 
You crouch down and whisper, “Looks like you need to hop in the sonic again.” 
“I know,” he groans. 
“I’ll join you.”
“Let’s go,” he says, shooting up and heading to the refresher. He has that specific walk about him, the kind where you walk side to side after a good dicking down. It looks good on him, you decide.  
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Fic notifs: @beskarandblastersfics
Dividers: @saradika-graphics
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iszaranothere · 11 months
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Dialogue prompts but they're things the GameGrumps have said
Struggling to start your scene? Having trouble writing dialogue? Don't worry, I've got you fam. I even sorted them into two catagories, a clean one and a more vulgar one, for your pleasure. If you end up using one of them, by all means tag me in the post, I'd love to see it.
Clean quotes
"And then I fired, and then I missed."
"The bananas has gone bad!"
"BECAUSE HE'S A GREAT KISSER! …Is what I've been told."
"I don't understand why the Chinese don't just use forks and spoons."
"Shutting down. Rebooting."
"There's so many places that aren't Andorra!"
"Jennifer dumped me."
"Did you point? Did you point? DID YOU POINT?!"
"Today is football."
"I'm gonna lay face-down on the radiator."
"Just what the heck is going on here?"
"UNAVOIDABLE CHIN MOVE!"
"The carbuncle ate itself."
"At age six I was born without a face."
"Great to see you again! You must die."
"I'm grapes!"
"Why did my dad birth me?"
"That's crazy. Especially since… who cares."
"I'm the video game boy! I'm the one who wins!"
"Bienvenue powerbottoms!"
"MY DAD WORKS AT NINTENDO!"
"With great confidence comes great wonfidence."
"Get bigger hands!"
"MORE ONION PLEASE."
"Why do I have to suffer in this meat prison?"
"That baby is not a baby, that is a jelly bean with a face."
"I HAS BRO! DO YOU HAS BRO?"
"JUST SOMETHING HAPPEN PLEASE."
Vulgar quotes
"I mean look at the way he slurps up his soup, what an asshole."
"Don't believe me? Look at my resume! Thirty years experience in jacking off!"
"MY DICK'S FALLEN OFF."
"If you shit in a bowl of rice crispies, do they go snap crackle poop?"
"Who needs a blue coin when you got a fucking mental breakdown coming in the back of your head?"
(sing-songy) "My asshole burns 🎶"
"I'm gonna pre dude."
"It's Clifford the big red stab wound."
"You think Sonic shits?"
"What's more in the spirit of Christmas than eating ass?"
"I'll fucking kill you. I'll fucking kill you. I'll fucking murder your face, fuck you."
"I feel like I just came back from a mythical creature bukkake."
"Plump, sweet and begging for cream!"
"Isn't it weird how at least once a day your hand is touching your asshole?"
"GOD! IT'S SO HARD TO FUCKING FUCK!"
"I was the greatest load my dad ever shot."
"You think I came out of the pussy drawing fucking Mozart?"
"Oh, bump off you bumpin' grasshoe."
"I would fuck anything on this screen, including the animals and the bicycle."
"The only thing I bust are rhymes and nuts."
"Am I about to see your skyward sword?"
"WE WON'T LET THOSE FUCKERS TAKE THIS LAND!"
"I fucked a cantaloupe once."
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thankskenpenders · 7 months
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Sonic Superstars!
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Superstars is out! And guess what? It's good! It's a worthy new entry in the series, and I mostly like it. Mostly. Except for the handful of parts I don't. As usual, allow me to share my thoughts.
(For the record, I got the PS5 version of Superstars. I can't speak for how it plays on older hardware like the Switch, or how the weird Steam version that seems to make you log in with Epic runs. But I encountered zero performance issues, personally.)
General thoughts
The thing is, aside from two notable flaws I'll discuss in greater detail below, I can sum up my feelings on most of Superstars quickly. You see, it's... a Sonic game. This will either be a blessing or a curse depending on who you ask. It's not a bold new take on the series that'll blow you away, but they also didn't fuck it up. There's no catch this time! There's something refreshing about that straightforwardness, given how rare it is to get a regular-ass New Sonic Game from Sega. It's just a new classic-style game where you can play as Amy, set on a new island with all new zones, and Fang is in it! This might be damning with faint praise, but that's what it says on the tin, and they did a good job overall.
(It also has co-op. That's nice. I didn't play it in co-op.)
It plays exactly how it should. At no point did anything feel Wrong. The graphics might not have the absolute highest fidelity, but I think the character models look really nice, and the levels look appropriately good with vibrant color palettes. A couple zones like Sky Temple gave me Klonoa vibes, which I like. One zone is an absolutely incredible homage that I won't spoil. The story here is minimal (as expected), but there are a few good moments of telling the story through the gameplay, particularly one very cute sequence with Trip. I did find a couple stage gimmicks moderately annoying (Speed Jungle 2 and Press Factory 2, looking at you), but like... I could say the same thing about Mania, and also damn near every other Sonic game ever made. There's always That One Level. Superstars may not raise the series to new heights, but it generally executes well on the standard beats of the series. It's an easy recommendation for all fans of 2D Sonic.
Really, aside from the two big flaws (we'll get to them), this game's greatest crimes are simply not being quite as good as Mania, and also coming out the same week as the more creative and polished Super Mario Bros. Wonder. If we hadn't gotten Mania, I would easily be calling this my favorite 2D Sonic game since... what, the Advance trilogy 20 years ago? I like the Rush games, but if you asked me to replay one or the other, I might have a better time with Superstars. And, yes, it beats the hell out of Sonic 4. It's not even close. Anyone who says this game is exactly like Sonic 4 is just being a hater.
...I guess I would say that $60 is a bit steep for this, but you know it'll be on sale for a more appropriate $30-$40 in a few months. This isn't a Nintendo game we're talking about here.
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Nice little tweaks
Superstars also features a number of welcome quality-of-life updates over Mania, bringing it more in line with the design ethos of modern platformers.
You have infinite lives! No more getting a game over on the final boss and having to redo the whole final zone - or, god forbid, the entire game
Time overs are gone! It'll warn you before you go over ten minutes, but I have no idea why because it doesn't kill you anymore
The game features a hub from which you can easily replay previous levels, rather than needing to beat the game or put in a cheat code to unlock the level select
This means you can easily go back and hunt for any special stage rings you missed. However, as a tradeoff, it seems like you can only get one Emerald per zone now, rather than being able to get Super Sonic by the end of the first or second zone
You can swap characters between levels! No more having to start a whole 'nother save file to play as Tails
And those characters even have optional little movement tutorial rooms available from the hub, which is great for new players who may not know about things like the Drop Dash
And, finally, checkpoints now feature arrows pointing in the direction you were supposed to be going, in case you forget upon respawning
Of course, while you might not be getting game overs, Superstars certainly compensated with some bosses that kicked my ass.
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Bosses
Here's what I would consider notable flaw #1.
I have mixed feelings on the bosses in Superstars. I don't think many of them are poorly designed - in fact, a lot of them are good, and offer fun moments of spectacle. But for a 2D Sonic game, they're REALLY long and drawn out, and by the late game this was starting to get draining.
Bosses tend to be the type where you have to dodge their attack patterns for a while until you get the chance to hit them exactly once, MAYBE twice. A few bosses seem to have quicker options if you abuse your post-hit invulnerability or play as a character with a double jump, but many will either be completely invincible or run away to the background for long periods of time, making it impossible to damage them outside of the allotted windows. And even if it seems like you'll be able to get in a second hit, many bosses turn invincible and skip ahead to the next attack pattern as soon as they take the first hit. Again, most of these fights aren't BAD, but because of this behavior they sometimes take almost as long to beat as the entire levels preceding them. This didn't bother me much early in the game, but against the more challenging bosses towards the end that kept killing me several minutes into a long fight, it got tiring. The final boss of Story Mode probably took me like an hour.
While this certainly isn't an uncommon style of boss design, part of me suspects they did this for the sake of co-op players. For one, playing in co-op means that you don't necessarily have to start the entire fight over if one person dies, so I assume the length is less of an issue. But in particular, true classic-style Sonic bosses that you can just hit repeatedly with good timing would go down in a few seconds against a team of four players. Likewise, the swarm of clones from the "Avatar" Emerald power would probably obliterate every Genesis era boss with one button press. So I get why every boss needs all these invulnerability periods, but still. I at least wish they'd made some of those attack patterns shorter and given you more frequent opportunities to deal damage.
Emeralds and their powers
Speaking of the new Chaos Emerald powers: they're neat, I guess? They're fine. I didn't use them much. Actually, I kept forgetting I even had them - although the game will play a noise and show an icon in the corner of the screen to remind you any time you reach a spot where a specific power is useful. Avatar, the first power you get, is at least good for getting a couple free hits in on the trickier bosses. Yellow's ability to slow time is obviously good, but, again, I always forgot I even had it and made it through just fine without it. I was also pleased to realize that the swimming power is useful for the water levels and not just for climbing up waterfalls.
Oh, and the new grappling-based special stages kind of suck, but they're not the worst, and I'll at least give them credit for trying something new. (Motion Sickness Zone from Sonic 1 does return as a bonus minigame, but I only did it once lmao.)
Battle Mode
I haven't played Battle Mode. Couldn't tell you if it's good or not. It did, however, give us official designs for Metal Tails and Metal Amy after all these years, and also it let me make this:
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...Okay, enough beating around the bush. Let's talk about the thing that REALLY drags down the experience.
The soundtrack...
(This lengthy section on the music will feature some light spoilers for things like zone names and themes.)
Now, don't get me wrong. There are some bangers in here that I've been listening to on loop. But this is one of the most inconsistent soundtracks I've ever heard, and I'm not sure I've ever played another game where the music has such a sharp dip in quality in the back half.
As anyone following this blog knows, prior to release I was a little obsessed with trying to gauge what the soundtrack would be like. "Jun Senoue" and "new Classic Sonic game" naturally evokes the memory of Sonic 4, but from the start we knew Tee Lopes was involved as well, and almost all of the music previewed before released leans more towards the sound of Sonic Mania than anything else. I was hopeful! I was excited! Jun deserved another chance at doing another classic Sonic OST, and Tee is one of my favorite game composers of all time between his Sonic material and other works like the TMNT: Shredder's Revenge OST. I frequently thought back to this Sonic 4 remix medley by Jun and Tee as a reminder that these two could really be the dream team, bringing out the best in each other's work.
Sure enough, the front half of the game is largely dominated by the Mania sound, whether it's a track by Tee himself or one by an in-house Sega artist that's compatible with his style. Pinball Carnival Act 1 by Rintaro Soma (an up-and-coming composer who wrote a bunch of the Cyber Space themes in Frontiers) takes obvious inspiration from Mania's Studiopolis Act 1, to the point that I was shocked when Sega posted the track and revealed it wasn't written by Tee. Act 2, however, forges more of its own sound by leaning into the act's spooky haunted carnival theme. And despite being the music lead, the only level theme that I know for sure was written by Senoue in the front half of the game (Bridge Island Act 1) was actually arranged by Tee Lopes to give it more of that Mania sound. Hell, the level clear jingle is literally just the one from Mania. A few level themes by other composers don't quite match that style, but they fit in well enough.
But there are early signs that this sound won't be consistent throughout the game. Our first warning of things to come is the boss music:
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When early copies started floating around and the soundtrack leaked, many, many people hoped that this was merely a placeholder, like the literal Sonic 4 Episode II music used in the earliest previews of Speed Jungle, and that it'd get replaced with a day one patch. Oh, those poor, innocent fools...
Even if you don't mind the poor production with the returning Sonic 4 faux-Genesis sound, this is a very simplistic thirteen second snippet of music that then plays a second time in a higher key before it loops. This wouldn't be the end of the world if the bosses were as short as the ones in the Genesis games, of course, but they're not! This theme is used for a ton of lengthy fights throughout the game, including an EXTREMELY long and tedious autoscroller boss at the end of Golden Capital Act 2. Maybe I would've enjoyed the bosses in this game more if they were paired with some earworms that'd get me hyped up and sell how cool and exciting the fights are supposed to be, but grating songs like this just made the minutes spent fighting those bosses feel like an eternity.
Still, boss music (and menu music) aside, all of the level themes in the front half of the game ranged from decent to great, with the peak easily being the phenomenal Lagoon City Act 2 by Tee Lopes. And then... I got to the back half of the game. And the Mania style completely disappeared, replaced largely with the dreaded Sonic 4 sound. That isn't the style for EVERY song in the back half, but even the ones that try something different tend to be weaker than the material from the first six zones, with less engaging melodies and less intricate arrangement. Many sound straight up unfinished, leaning on extremely basic synth patches with no personality. And there isn't a single track from Tee in the back half. He just disappears from the project altogether.
What this means is that we go from this absolute banger by Tee Lopes in zone 6, which elevates what's otherwise a bog standard desert level to a thrilling adventure:
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To... this, in zone 7:
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It's EXTREMELY jarring!
The thing is, this is actually one of the better tracks in this style. I have to assume this is by Senoue, because you can totally hear a good Adventure or Heroes era Senoue track in there once you get past the crude synth replication of the Genesis era Sonic sound. Senoue is still a great composer, as you can hear clear as day with Bridge Island, but he's working with a restrictive sound palette that doesn't play to his strengths at all. If only he'd bust out that damn guitar, or at least pick some better synths.
(And no matter what people will tell you, no, this is not an accurate recreation of what the Genesis's YM2612 chip really sounded like, nor is it representative of what it CAN sound like at its best. Go back to the Streets of Rage 2 or Ristar soundtracks if you need a reminder.)
While I can at least see what the Press Factory tracks were aiming for, some other faux-FM synth tracks are just really bland. They don't have anything interesting going on, and they also don't seem particularly tailor made for the levels they accompany. They're just attempts to mimic what Sonic 1-3 sounded like on a very literal level. Take, for instance, the Golden Capital Act 1 theme, AKA "we've got Sky Sanctuary at home." While the better level themes in this game enhance the mood or even completely carry the vibes of a level, the weaker tracks can really suck all the air out of the room and make a level feel like more of a slog.
What kills me is that there are, in fact, a couple examples of how to do throwbacks to classic Sega FM synth music well on this very soundtrack! They're just not the Sonic 4 type tracks. I love the Frozen Base Act 2 theme, presumably composed by legendary Sega composer Hiroshi "HIRO" Kawaguchi, who's responsible for all-time classic arcade soundtracks like Fantasy Zone, Out Run, Hang-On, After Burner, and more, as well as the hacking and pinball themes from Frontiers. Maybe to an untrained ear this doesn't sound all that different, but it has a catchier tune, better instruments, and stronger production overall. I'm also a fan of the track for Sky Temple, which isn't perfect, but it blends a few Genesis-esque instruments like the Sonic 1+2 snare with other instruments for a richer sound. If the whole soundtrack sounded more like these examples, I'd definitely be complaining less.
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I really just have to wonder... how did this happen? How did this end up being so inconsistent? Many fans on social media are jumping to the conclusion that Senoue is just extremely stubborn and refuses to ditch the style from Sonic 4. I can't deny this possibility, but some things just don't add up. The almost complete lack of "retro" style music in the promotional material. The fact that the style just suddenly shifts halfway through the game, then disappears for the final zone, as if that's not the note they want to end on. The complete lack of any tracks by Tee Lopes in the back half. The focus on the Mania-style tracks in the bonus "mini soundtrack." And most perplexing of all, the fact that three of the first tracks you hear in the game were Senoue compositions that were given extra attention with arrangements from Tee Lopes.
This is pure speculation on my part, but it almost seems like they straight up ran out of time.
Perhaps Jun wanted more of his tracks to get full arrangements from Tee, or for Tee to contribute more songs, but things were down to the wire and they chose to leave in some of the raw Sonic 4 style demos. The soundtrack being crunched out in a matter of months at the end of development would certainly explain why Speed Jungle had to be demoed without its music a mere four months ago. It'd also explain why a game that's only a few hours long needs NINETEEN composers listed in the credits. And also the fact that multiple zones just have completely different, unrelated music by different artists across their acts. Did they need multiple artists working on different acts simultaneously, completely independent from each other with no time to cross reference each others' work, due to extreme time constraints? I'd buy it.
Ah well. It's not the end of the world. I've heard worse Sonic music. But I'll always think of what could have been...
At least the final battle with Eggman at the end of Story Mode has a pretty kickass boss theme, which ALMOST makes up for how bad most of the preceding boss music is (and the fact that that very difficult fight doesn't have a checkpoint between phases and took me like an hour to beat lmao). It even seems like it might be written by longtime Phantasy Star Online composer and recurring Sonic contributor Hideaki Kobayashi. That's the guy who wrote NONAGRESSION!!!!!!!
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The postgame
Speaking of beating Eggman! It turns out Superstars has a good deal of postgame content, as merely beating the last zone with all the Chaos Emeralds doesn't take you to the true final boss. In order to do that, you'll need to do something else.
Before we hit the big spoiler warning, I'm going to give any future players who are still reading a warning. If you value your sanity... don't force yourself to do all the postgame stuff. Don't make the mistakes I did. It's not worth it, and it may very well knock your personal score for the game down a couple points.
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The bonus scenario
Sonic Superstars has a big surprise in store for anyone who beats the main story. For the first time since... what, Silver? In 2006? We finally have a brand new playable character in a new Sonic platformer! (I wouldn't count the player avatar in Forces as a full-fledged New Character.) Yes, after the credits roll, you unlock Trip as the super-secret fifth playable character. I was really excited to see this. Trip is cute, even if her masked appearance from early in the game is perhaps a more unique design than a Sonic-ified lizard girl who can only vaguely look like a real sungazer lizard. She IS the first new Sonic character Ohshima has designed since the '90s, though, so she gets points for that - and she gets even more points for literally turning into a dragon when she goes Super. We love a girl who can turn into a dragon, don't we folks? And her playstyle is fun, too, with a double jump and the ability to roll along walls and ceilings.
But Trip isn't just playable. Like Knuckles before her, she gets an entire alternate story mode of her own, which somewhat remixes the level layouts, generally makes things more challenging, and swaps out Eggman for Egg Robo. I was so excited to see this! It really felt like the game had so much more in store for me than I'd anticipated.
...Then I spent probably around three hours attempting to beat the new final battle with Fang at the end of Trip's Story. And it made me regret doing Trip's Story at all.
Once you learn the patterns, a lot of them are actually piss easy. But the difficulty comes down to a few misguided factors:
The fight is LOOOONG. On a successful attempt the whole thing will probably take the average player about, like... seven or eight minutes? Maybe longer? This is where I really started to get pissed at the game for making me wait through these stupid attack patterns before I could attempt to hit the boss once.
The fight is divided between two phases, one with Fang in a vehicle and another with him in a giant robot, with no checkpoint between them. Dying to one of Fang's bullshit attacks on the second phase means having to redo the ~5 minute first phase all over again. And, worst of all...
Fang has multiple projectile attacks that are guaranteed instant kills, even if you have rings.
Also there's a stupid desperation headbutt attack that can really easily catch you off guard and kill you, but I only got that far in the fight once.
It's the instant kills that got me. If those fucking immobilizing net attacks just made you drop your rings, or you could at least wiggle out of them by mashing buttons (EDIT: apparently you CAN do this but you literally have to button mash so rapidly that it's a crapshoot whether or not you'll physically be able to do it), it would have been totally doable! Kinda fun, even! Slow, but pretty cool in terms of spectacle. But nope! Three hours! Three hours on this! This is, without a doubt, the hardest boss I have ever faced in any Sonic game, period, and one of the hardest bosses I've ever seen in ANY game. All because of one attack pattern where making a tiny mistake means starting over.
The glitches didn't help, either. Something about the way the circular boss arena was set up in both stories' final battles seems to make the floor intangible sometimes for non-player objects. Occasionally my dropped rings, enemies I was supposed to knock towards Fang, or one of Fang's insta-kill projectiles would just fall through the floor randomly. This definitely wasn't my main problem, but it helped drive home the idea that this fight just wasn't worth my time.
After three hours of attempts, I gave up. I just went and looked up the ending of Trip's story, as well as the contents of the Final Story, on YouTube. Turns out I made the right call, because boy, that true final boss looks like dogshit. It's just a very dull fight against a big generic cartoon dragon. Apparently this is the thing Eggman was looking for. It appears and is defeated with little fanfare. I think I liked it better when I assumed the scary dragon being foreshadowed was just Super Trip.
...Also, hey, what's up with The End being very conspicuously visible in the background of the last zone?? I know it's just a cheeky cameo, but, like... isn't it supposed to be sealed away in Cyber Space right now? Should I be taking this literally? Does this have lore implications? This is one hell of a way to remind people that the timeline's been reunified, I guess
Closing thoughts
I really hate to part ways with Superstars on a sour note like this, because like I said up top, I mostly enjoyed my time with it! It's really just a small handful of particularly frustrating bosses and the inconsistent soundtrack that drag it down. Other than that, it's solid as a rock. Maybe wait for sales if you're not dying to play it, but it's definitely worth playing for any Sonic fan. Just... skip the true ending. I would have stepped away MUCH happier with this game if I'd done that.
I wanna try to end this on a more positive note but I'm tired, so, uhhhh... look, you can unlock a Metal Nights skin for your Battle Mode bot!!
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Anyway back to jamming to about half the soundtrack on loop while pretending the other half doesn't exist, and looking forward to the continued Fang Renaissance with his upcoming IDW miniseries
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My redneck neighbor Doug's interpretations on various 'Bad Batch' characters: Side Character Edition!
I'm chuffed that everyone thinks my neighbor Doug is funny: he really is a gem. I had no idea we'd bond over Star Wars and crappy weather, but here we are.
Naturally, I had to bother him about other characters that showed up on The Bad Batch, so, here we go!
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Phee Genoa: Ah-ha, that there’s Church Lady. You know her, she’s got a big square in her pocketbook and you don’t know if it’s pound cake or a brick, because the Lord saves but He can’t help you in the alley when you’re in Treme and the streetlights just turned on. She has two ex-husbands who are both preachers and they turned to Jesus because they are so scared of Church Lady in court. 
(So I guess he’s saying Phee has raw WHO DAT energy, for my Saints fans out there)
Cid: Looking at this fat lizard bitch makes me hungry. I call that one Houma-BBQ because I’m guessing we could feed a whole parish fire station based on the size of her tail. I wish she’d shut up, she reminds me of my mother-in-law. 
Cad Bane: Homeboy looks like a Sesame Street character who teaches Big Bird about concealed carry laws. I call him Gun Safety Muppet. I don’t like him because he shot my Wife and I’s Boyfriend on the other show and his robot needs to be tossed into a wood chipper. 
(“I’m not gay, but Jenny and I…well, we would make an exception to that man. You ever see ‘Deadwood’? Man is fine. I’m not GAY.”)
Fennec Shand: That’s The Chick that’s in Everything. She was on ER and Boba Fett and I think a Marvel show too? I like her. Hope she kills Gun Safety Muppet and hurls his blue ass into a dumpster. 
Howzer: That’s my niece’s boyfriend, Jorge. We all love Jorge, nice guy, owns an auto repair shop and always remembers plates and napkins for the cookouts after church.
Gregor: Jorge’s cousin, Manny. Met him once at Christmas in Miami, nice guy, only drinks brown liquor and insists everyone arm wrestle him. But he’s got a good job as a PE teacher, we respect education, come on now. 
The Martez Sisters: Aw, man, it’s Jorge’s Unemployed Sisters. I hate it when they show up for Christmas and get into fights with my momma. 
(“Doug, you know they’re not related to the clones at all, right?” “Says who?” “The PLOT?” “Eh, they’ll change it, just watch.”)
Mayday: Aw, I liked this guy so much! That’s Sassy Park Ranger, he’s the type that gives you your camping permits, warns you about the bears, and then is all disappointed when you don’t properly stow your food and the bears destroy the campsite. I need to go back to Little River Canyon, that place was pretty. 
Lt. Nolan: THAT STUPID BLOND JACKASS. (Doug was so enraged by the guy he had nothing else to add. Damn.)
Senator Chuchi: Why does this lady make me want a blue slushie? I’ll call her the Sonic Special. They need more Sonics here in the north, they really do. 
Cody: That’s Obi-Wan’s Boyfriend, he’s sad all the time. We know why. (Confirmed that Doug is a Codywan shipper and I don’t know what to do about that)
Royce Hemlock: Is that Jimmy Neutron after he grew up and became one of those guys that’s on the internet all the time writing creepy things? It’s Jimmy-the-Scientist. He looks like the type of person dogs get weird around.
Rex: That's Rex. He's a king. Respect him.
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rizzyu · 8 months
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this is so weird but
yk that tiktok art video of grimace crying because people are throwing up his shake? i saw it and now im crying
do you mind writing how luxiem would react to their s/o or friend crying when they see the vid?
When You Cryge About Grimace HC  
Pairing: Vox, Mysta, Luca, Ike, Shu x gn! reader
Category: Comfort, fluff
Warning: uh NO
Summary: How would Luxiem react when you started crying after watching a Tiktok art video of Grimace sadging about his shakes getting thrown up.
A/N: HOLY FREAKING COW I’M NOT DEAD- anyways sorry that took so long thx for the request buddy chum pal :) (I totally wasn’t running out of ideas in the process)
Also bye bye Mysta we love you :(
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After a long day, you slumped onto the bed. You took out your phone and began scrolling through Tiktok. That was when you came across an art video about the recent Grimace Shake trend. Grimace was upset that people were puking his milkshake and started crying. You sat there, watching the video and began feeling sorry for the purple mascot. So much that tears began brimming in your eyes, before falling onto the bedsheets as you blink. Just then, you beloved (member name) walked into your bedroom to let you know that they had just ran a bath for you. As they stepped in the room they saw you sitting at the edge of the bed, sniffling while having an arm over your eyes...
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Vox Akuma
Walked over to you to lift your chin, making you face him
"Darling what happened? Is something wrong?" He spoke to you gently while wiping away the tears on your face tenderly
Oh man your heart went inserts holy music AaaaAAAAaaaAaaaaAAAaaAaaA from how loving he was with you
BARKS-
When you told him about the video, he smiled, and placed a hand on your head
"Don't cry, I bet Grimace would be glad to know that you're crying for him."
You looked up at his face as your tears slowly subdued, before you smiled warmly at him
And then inhales C U D D L E S
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Mysta Rias
Starts to panic
"YO WHAT- WHAT HAPPENED? ARE YOU HURT? DID SOMEBODY BULLY YOU? DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG???"
To be completely honest, you were now more concerned about Mysta than crying for Grimace
After calming him down, you told him about the video of Grimace you saw
"BAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAH BRO YOU WERE CRYING FOR GRIMACE??" WHEEEEEZE
Your face:    •̄ _ •̄
After laughing his ass off, he'd buy you a Grimace shake to make up for it
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Luca Kaneshiro
Committed sonic speed to your side
And started frantically asking if you were ok, what happened etc...
Possibility of Luca shaking you frantically as well: 80%
He'd also be ready to threaten whoever made you cry at GUNPOINT
But when he found out that you were crying for Grimace, he'd be flUTTEring on the inside from how sweet you were
But he'd still wanna cheer you up because you're his POGCHAMP and you're so POG and POG AND POOOOOGGGGG
So to properly celebrate Grimace's birthday, you two decided to order 2 Grimace shakes
Wishing Grimace a happy birthday, you took a sip, only to find that the shake is actually quite good 〃°o°〃
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Ike Eveland
Rushed over to you and gave you huggies while asking you what happened
You'd probably shed even more tears from seeing how lovingly and worried his gaze was on you
After you had calmed down, you told Ike about the Tiktok video of Grimace you saw and how sorry you were for Grimace
Ike couldn't help but curl his lips up to a gentle smile, knowing how sweet you were to shed tears for someone else
He'd then whisper affirmative words to you and try to cheer you up while cuddling you
Might have Grimace shakes later (with some caviar toast on the side ≖‿≖)
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Shu Yamino
Went over to hug you and help you wipe away your tears
You told him about the Grimace video and he chuckled while stroking your hair
"No need to cry babe, how about we celebrate Grimace's birthday together later? Besides, it's not good to cry so much"
He'd try to cheer you up with jokes (works everytime  ˘◡˘ )
"Hey babe have you ever heard of grima? GRIMA BALLS"
So there you go, making dumb jokes in the middle of the night while sipping on your ordered Grimace shakes
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lttl3babybug · 4 months
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since requests are open maybe lil scott with cg wallace 👀👉👈 like either general hcs or like the first time wallace saw scott like genuinely regress idk wjqkqlnd whatever u want is fine 😋😋
EEEK FIRST SCOTT PILGRIM REQUEST!! Ofc I can sweetheart!! Very excited abt this!! I’m gonna do headcanons for both bc I’m very excited
Regressor!Scott and Cg!Wallace Headcanons!
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The first time
🎸 The first time Wallace caught Scott regressing was at 2 in the morning
🎸Scott hadn’t head the best day and he was trying his best to sleep it off from the moment he got home till he had to get up the next morning
🎸Didn’t work, what a shocker!
🎸Anyway, he ended up waking up at 2am and just couldn’t get back to sleep so decided to play sonic
🎸While the volume was done the bright light coming from the centre of the fully dark room made Wallace stir in his sleep till eventually he woke up to see Scott sat in front of the tv playing on his game
🎸He looked oddly relaxed for it being 2 in the morning. So he got up to check on him (aka tell him to get his ass back in bed)
🎸When Wallace approached Scott he noticed that his roommate was snuggled under a blanket with a pacifier lodged between his lips
🎸Interesting
🎸Now sure Wallace knew Scott was somewhat aware of age regression due to his friends but he had no idea Scott partook in the recession
🎸He was stumped.
🎸So he leaned down and gently tapped him on the shoulder, Scott nearly jumped out his own skin. Immediately the paci was disgraced somewhere across the floor and Scott’s face filled with a panic as he fumbled out an explanation before Wallace just sort of shushed him
“Oh my god I’m so sorry I didn’t mean for you to see that at all, it’s nothing weird honestly it’s like what Neil and-“ “shhhhhh, use your inside voice buddy”
🎸The way Wallace spoke so sweetly to him immediately made him stop talking. He was flabbergasted.
🎸Wallace had really just brushed this off like it was nothing?? Of course Scott wasn’t complaining. He was glad Wallace was okay with this he was just in shock really
🎸Safe to say the rest of the night was spent with Wallace and Scott talking about the insistent and setting some boundaries about this newfound relationship they’d gained
General headcanons
🎸Scott regresses either very small or slightly older. I’d say from either 1-3 or occasionally 5-8 depending on his feelings
🎸If he’s regressing from stress then it’s 5-8 but for bedtimes and general cuddles or naps he regresses to his younger state
🎸He has a sonic themed paci!! Ofc he does (yes Wallace bought it for him)
🎸Lots of stuffies. So many stuffed animals.
🎸If he regresses in the night and Wallace isn’t awake he’ll manage to shuffle his way into Wallace’s arms so they’re snuggling while Scott sucks his thumb
🎸He also uses teething toys! The little bubble circle ones are his favourite, he has a red one that’ clear and sparky
🎸He LOVES the movie cars. Like he adores that movie. Will watch it religiously. Watched it so much Wallace has BANNED it from the apartment unless Scott has had a particularly bad day
🎸Ramona co-caregivers with Wallace! Wallace is his main cg with Ramona taking care of him when he’s at hers
🎸Scott doesn’t necessarily bite but he’ll put your hand in his mouth and just sort of…hold it there
🎸He won’t suck on your fingers or anything it’s just in his mouth
🎸Wallace calls him ‘little dude’ and ‘little man’ a lot while ruffling his hair. Scott pretends he hates it but secretly he loves it
🎸He called Wallace ‘Wally’ and Ramona ‘Mama’ when small
🎸GRABBY HANDS!!!
Thats I can think of rn, Ty for requesting!! <33
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my-name-is-jefferooni · 5 months
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Okay someone please explain to me how this only has 444k views?
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Because, let me be honest, THIS SHIT HAS SOME OF THE BEST VOICE ACTING IVE HEARD IN YEARS!! I mean, yeah, the voice acting scene has been getting better and better as of late, especially with productions like the Owl House and Helluva Boss, but this!? This type of talent is on a whole other level! To be honest, I haven’t heard such amazing voice acting since The Owl House, and that ended a while ago! This? THIS IS THE KIND OF BEAUTY AND RAWNESS WE’RE TRULY LOOKING FOR.
Which brings me to my next point, THE UTTER AND RAW-ASS EMOTION IN THESE PERFORMANCES!?!? TOP NOTCH!!! BRO I CAN FEEL MY HEART BREAK EVERY SINGLE TIME I WATCH THIS, AND TRUST ME WHEN I SAY IVE SEEN IT ENOUGH TO WARRANT AN ASYLUM RESIDENCY. THIS SHIT IS LIKE DRUGS TO ME WITH HOW EMOTIONAL IT MAKES ME. I CAN GENUINELY FEEL EVERY LITTLE VOICE CRACK AND EVERY LITTLE WAVER IN THE VOICES AND IT ALL FEELS SO REAL!!!! IT GENUINELY CANNOT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!
And… It only has 444k views at the time of writing this…?
To be fair, fandom comic dubs are not the most well-loved things on the internet. Just look at the 2 Vivziepop shows as examples. That shit has some weird comics piled onto its name… (Ew. Just ew.) Sonic fandom dubs are no exception.
Well, except for this one, that is.
Seriously, please. Please just give this a try, you will not be disappointed! I was not lying when I said the voice acting is absolutely incredible! Please get this video to a million views AT LEAST. THIS SHIT NEEDS TO BE KNOWN!!
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. 🥰
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