Gorgonchu

A sideblog dedicated to my unhealthy obsession with Sonichu.

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Please read me

The owner of this blog doesn't defend or excuse any of the crimes commited by Chris Chan.

The same goes to the multiple trolls that harassed her over the years.

When talking about the real Christine in any point in time, the pronouns she/her will be used.

When speaking about her comic counterpart before transition (up to episode 10), the pronouns he/him will be used.

This blog doesn't mean to promote harassment towards anyone mentioned.

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if sonichu was published in an omnibus by a comic company and not by chris chan would you buy it

No... I'm not giving money to Chris, and I'm not giving it to someone else profiting off her work.

I would consider, MAYBE, having the first three issues in physical form, but I won't be the one going to print them at a stationary shop. Not worth the embarrassment.

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In another world, this could have been Sonichu.

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sonichu dream blunt rotation?

I'm not sure if I would like to be close to any of Chris's character while we are all high, but here you have it.

Clockwise, we have Allison Amber, Slaweel Ryam (I feel bad using the full name of this poor woman), Bubbles, Giovanni, Naitsirhc, Sylvana and Scotpalazzo.

Don't ask me about what kind of guideline I've followed, because I don't know it myself. But it was clear from the start, somehow!

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How did you get into sonichu

Almost ten years ago, I found this very specific video by chance titled Sonichu y Chris-Chan (Y El Fandom De Sonic) [Zebitas Martinex Classic]. Nowadays I think it's very outdated, ableist, and plain mean to innocent artists (something even the author admitted five years later).

Back then I didn't think much about it, and then the jail saga happened and memes floated everywhere. And I thought, "how horrible has to be this comic made by this terrible person?" It's always weird to think about criminals as people with similar hobbies than you, so I gave it a shot.

I unintentionally became bewitched by this unironically terrible and dense work, so rooted in Chris's sad and turbulent life. It also helps that my appreciation for "cringe" media fits perfectly with Sonichu's case.

I didn't know how terrible Chris was until the jail saga, but after that I did fall into the rabbit hole.

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July hit so hard I forgor about tumblr entirely. Time to get back to work.

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The reason I can tolerate Sonichu more than any "romance" top comic on Webtoons is that nobody will ever be influenced by Sonichu. It simply won't happen.

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I will do an essay on how bad the misogyny is in Sonichu when I have the time. I'll do it in several posts to divide my thoughts properly.

The first part is going to be about Rosechu herself and trust me I am going to rant about how she's pink and not orange as she should.

She should have been this queen.

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Who do you think has the best design in the comic? I like Bubbles and Megtune, they have nice color palettes

Imo, if we're talking about Chris's own creations, it's Bubbles and by a long shot.

I have no clue what kind of marker was used when coloring her, but that blue is so pretty! The white complements it very well too, but the nice palette is mostly because it's pulled from the Pokémon Marill, so... If you copy from literal perfection, you're going to get at least a decent result. Take away the tail and make Bubbles resemble any animal that isn't a hedgehog and you got yourself a nice Sonic OC with water magic.

I don't really vibe with the human characters, tbh, the only thing I remember from Megtune is that sick obsession Chris has with showing her underwear, it's gross. As for her design, I think it would go better withou the pink, since the green and blue already looked fine together. Megagi tho, she looks great, but it's not Chris's character, no matter how much she whines about it.

And Sonichu is just iconic at this point. He's THE character that comes first in my mind when someone mentions fan characters. The perfect fusion for a parody that never was.

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I was today years old when I realized that Magichan's relationship with Mewtwo looks like a fucked up crackfic of Phantom of the Opera.

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Let me check:

The main characters are young and lost without their parental figure ✔

An older character fills that void, comunicating with their victim without interacting physically ✔

The older character acts as mentor of their victim, being responsible of their greatest abilities ✔

The main character is isolated in a fucking cave with a lake surrounding it ✔

The moment the main character and the old one see each other, the story plummets into some very toxic and romantic tones ✔

Anyways, I'm sure that this wasn't done on purpose, Magi ends up in Cerulean Cave because that's were Mewtwo used to live, so it's just a coincidence. It still very funny tho, a shame that PotO actually ends this relationship in a more healthy way. Enjoy my work.

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I was today years old when I realized that Magichan's relationship with Mewtwo looks like a fucked up crackfic of Phantom of the Opera.

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I adore how the Sonichu species is a blatant Pikachu hybrid, but it's evolution process is a more convoluted version of Eevee's. Stones, friendship, held items and trading as a plus.

I'm not shaming it thou, it sounds extremely fun to do and some of those evolutions are sick! Like giving a flute, one of the most obscure items, to evolve a Pokémon to a musical form, like Jamsta? That's funky, I like it.

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Blake becoming a different species of Sonichu due to accidental dose of cherry cola it's the best joke in the comic, I said it.

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Its not discussed enough how Sonichu, Rosechu, and Blachu were originally stand-ins for Chris, Sarah, and Wes but none of that is in the actual comic

I've honestly never heard of that, but it does not surprise me at all. It's almost the same dynamic, nice heroic Sonichu/Chris, sweet faithful Rosechu/Sarah and despicable selfish Blake/Wes.

People probably don't give it so much attention because Chris was very quick to make herself, Sarah and Wes into canon characters to worship the first two and curse the latter, wich is much weirder than "just" making Sonic OCs for them.

And it's not in the comic maybe because Chris didn't like to imply that Rosechu liked Blake/Wes in any way, or she simply wasn't satisfied without namedropping her "rival's" name.

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Reject AI, embrace colour markers.

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(By "original run" I meant #0-11 lol) BTW as someone who is also obsessed with Sonichu I love this blog so far. It's got a very different tone than other reviews of the comic

Oh, sorry, my native language isn't English, so I assumed "run" meant "issue", lmao. Ansewring to the first question, it does pass the Bechdel test, but I bet it's only for 3 dialogues max. The girls in this comic (except Chris) are very much handbags for the guys and not much else.

I'm happy you're enjoying this blog! I made it more to vent than anything else, really. I guess that it's different because I'm far more interested in the comic itself rather than Chris's life and not the other way around. I like to study her thought process when writing stuff, it really shows how, despite not being creative at all, she still has a unique way of understanding and portraying the things she want. IDK if I explained myself well here, I'm planning on writing something about Sonichu VS AI at some point.

Thanks for sending these asks! Have a nice day!

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Gotta love how the Chaotic combo goes from having a decent design for a Sonic OC like Bubbles...

...and then a Knuckles knock off with Asian stereotype flavor.

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Looking throuh the wiki, i found this

I guess it's because he's a fighting type? But he really looks nothing like those two. But it's possible that the eyes were more inspired by Hitmonlee's rather than to be racsit. Or not. Who knows.

Punchy, you ugly thing.