im pretty good at remembering names and ive been wondering how my old buds have been. not much has been going on, life continues as it does. hows it going for you?
Harumasa quite enjoys skin contact. Not particularly of the sexual kind though. He’s down for it if Wise is down sure but that isn’t even the half of it. (More below, mdni)
Trust; to him such a deep level of intimacy is a very clear progression of trust between people. It’s a show of how deep his bond with Wise has become; to have know that they’re both comfortable seeing and feeling all of each other was truly a massive step. For Harumasa at first he was reserved and sometimes the thought of somebody touching him (and in the wrong places to boot) felt frightening. Wise was able to prove that touch wasn’t foreign and it didn’t have to scare him or make him uncomfortable. Nowadays thanks to his efforts Harumasa often initiates touch with him.
Care; sometimes Harumasa can barely stand to bathe properly, Wise will help him walk and undress in the bathroom and always, always asks if he should stay or not. When the answer is yes Harumasa is more than happy to take a bath with him, just glad to feel Wise’s hands on his bare skin. Sometimes they’ll talk during the bath while other times they’ll just laze around against eachother. While washing Harumasa’s hair it’s important to make sure he doesn’t slouch, else his hair will get in his eyes (and so will his shampoo.)
Warmth; Put simply that man hates being cold, he’s like one of those little Italian greyhounds. He almost melts into Wise’s arms on a number of occasions but when they share a bed he entirely tries to fuse himself with the proxy. It was kind of cute, maybe funny too, Wise would tease him about it when Harumasa wriggled into his clothes giving him that wide eyed kicked puppy stare. He just wants to feel the warmth of someone else’s body for once.
All in all, Harumasa is a touchy guy with Wise and just enjoys some skin contact.
Honestly? So much of Sonic Prime happens the way it does because Sonic is unabashedly, wholeheartedly neurodivergent, and I wanna talk about that in detail for several reasons
I think most people assume he has ADHD, and while I agree, I think they tend to leave it at "he's hyperactive and impulsive" when there's actually a lot more going on there.
For example, he lacks a filter. He says exactly what he's thinking, all the time, regardless of who's listening. I wouldn't be surprised if he does it as a type of vocal stim, considering that he talks to himself as much as he does to other people. Maybe he dislikes the way silence feels on his ears, too?
Something I noticed was that when Thorn gets on his case for this, asking if he ever stops talking, the way he says "eh, not really" sounds... almost resigned?
He could have easily said it in a more jokey way, but his tone (and the wide camera shot) gives me the impression that this isn't a trait of his that he feels especially positive about.
It's not cool or funny to him, at least not in this instance; it's just something he does, which further proves to me that it's more of an unconscious stim than anything else.
On the topic of the jungle world though, it also shows us a couple instances of him not being able to read others' intentions very well. Prim lies to him about knowing what the Prism shard is, and Thorn uses him to get to said shard - and despite how hostile they are, he takes both of them at their word.
He only realizes Thorn's intentions after she hits him across the clearing - not for the first time that day, mind you - and Sonic berates himself a little for not seeing this coming.
But it's not like this is the only time he has difficulty understanding intent; just look at his interactions with Shadow.
This is not the behavior of someone who understands why Shadow's picking a fight with him. He doesn't understand the implications of "you literally shook the world" because he doesn't know about the Weirder aspects of the explosion. In his mind, he just messed up a mountain.
Though I think his attitude implies another thing about his dynamic with Shadow that might explain why he was so quick to dismiss what he was talking about, which is. I don't think Sonic usually understands why they fight??
Shadow is a person of few words and Sonic has a hard time picking up on subtleties, that's a recipe for miscommunication already. And if Sonic's already predisposed to thinking that Shadow fights him Just Because, then of course he didn't take this particular instance seriously.
Though going back to "he only registered the physical effect of the explosion," Sonic is actually pretty consistent with understanding things that are tangible a lot better than anything else. Case in point: that One Palm Tree
His first reaction to seeing it presented as a gift is that it must be a trick. because he doesn't see the tangible point of the tree, and isn't enough of a symbolism guy to see the sentimental point of it, either.
Don't get me wrong, he is being insensitive here, but I don't think it's on purpose in any way. Look at his body language and expressions:
Even as he's getting on their case for being too sentimental, he's not unhappy or uncomfortable with them. He's just completely failing to recognize that this was supposed to be a big deal for them, so he's treating it way more casually than is appropriate.
Which is like. a classic social flub for neurodivergent folks
(Quick side note - this specific "huh" that he makes as Tails is flying away before Sonic realizes he's upset is a whole mood. I don't know how to explain it but this is Exactly what it feels like when you can sorta tell something's not clicking but you don't know what yet)
(Look at him. brain static)
I could go on with the detailed explanations but some of that would just be me repeating past posts I've made, so I'll leave it at "he is clearly not handling change well either" and link back to an example.
So anyway, this is what I meant when I said that so much of the show is impacted by Sonic being neurodivergent. It affects how we hear his thoughts as viewers, it affects his ability to understand and connect with his friends, it's why he dismisses Shadow, it's why he impulsively smashes the Paradox Prism, the list goes on.
And he's not stupid because of any of these traits, either. None of what I've described has to do with intelligence, but I've seen "Sonic is too dumb" as a reason to criticize the show, and that's just not what's happening here.
If anything, I'm actually really impressed with how well the writers have managed to portray a more nuanced take on what a character with ADHD would look like. Because he's not just being hyperactive and chatty, you can tell it affects how he perceives things too.
Which is a much bigger part of the overall experience, and it's really cool to see in a cartoon like this - and in the lovable main character, to boot! Who cherishes his friends despite his struggles to understand them! Why is it so good!
In conclusion Sonic is the ADHD king we both needed and deserved, thanks for coming to my TED talk
ive never actually drawn metal before, terribly sad on my part. anyways this was a sketch to try and get him down (ill need to do more i CANNOT draw robots for the life of me) and him with a teletubby fit (which is actually based on my roblox avatar LOL)
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