Okay, I really wanted to analyze this brief moment.
When I first saw him falling and saw his friends running towards him, I was thinking "Catch him, catch him!"
They did not catch him. (To be fair though, after a few more rewatches I realized that he actually crashed WAY further away from them; he just skidded a long way. They probably wouldn't have been able to reach him in time, anyway.)
And then they're just standing there looking at him. He's quite literally unconscious on the ground. Again, when I first watched it, I thought, "Why aren't they checking on him? Why aren't they helping him up?"
Then it hit me.
These are Sonic's closest friends. They know him, better than anyone else. They know he doesn't like to be fussed over, or touched (especially when he's more vulnerable than normal) even if he did literally just almost die.
And with this knowledge in mind, I could suddenly see how very concerned they really were. Look at the tiny bits of body language they express in just this moment.
Amy covers her mouth and reaches towards him with both hands, but doesn't touch him.
Knuckles just stares at him, half-lidded eyes, and when Sonic starts stirring, he moves a hand towards him ever so slightly like he really wants to help him get up, but he doesn't.
Tails has less to analyze, since the impact literally knocked him backwards off his feet and he's just getting back up, but his concern earlier and the fact that he was the first one to start running says enough.
They love him. They know him. And they respect him.
They know he'll get up. They respect his boundaries, even when those boundaries are vastly different from the average person's boundaries.
And that knowledge that he'll be okay works out, just like they knew it would. Watch the change in their expressions and body language as he stand back up and smiles at them.
Knuckles straightens up and smiles, regaining a more normal expression for him. Amy lights up and holds up her hands excitedly. Tails gets just as excited.
And THEN Amy jumps to hug him, and high fives and fist bumps ensue.
I dunno. I just really liked the volumes spoken by this silent, wordless progression of events. The animation team really went all out.
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💪🤘💙🩷 ! I'm too hype for Sonic Frontiers The Final Horizon, Working away like a wummin possessed at night in my free time, using that creativity juice I have right now while it lasts! Glad it came back!
Peep preview sketch. It's of all them together before the big fight but here's the Mr & Mrs ready for action, the ultimate power couple.. I'm really curious where Amy heading after listening to her theme song. 👀
I've an Amy animation I'm gonna try to get done before the DLC comes out, collabing with my husband 💖 He's going to do a piano cover over it of Amy's new theme👌 💎🎹 It's my first time animating 😬
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