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sonamy x single4eva sonic 🩷💙🩵

i love sonamy

i love the fan (re)interpretation[s] / headcanon[s] of transmasc & aroace sonic

i love both <3

this was supposed to be just a sketch lol but might as well post while i’m working on a fan comic 👀

It's international ace day of visibility ! Dont forget that all ace and aromantic ppl are valid as hell!!!!!!!

Let me indulge in my own little sonic headcanon with this phone doodle nowww

Here are a few alts with my flag (the aroace flag) and the trans flag since trans day of visibility was a few days ago!

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Romance repulsed Aroace Sonic

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Sonic the Hedgehog really out here delivering a fantastically fun power of friendship/found family film on a day meant to be about romantic love like the absolute aroace icon he is

#sonic movie #sonic the hedgehog #it was so good #i cried like twice #aroace sonic #ace sonic #aro sonic #aro #ace #asexual #aromantic #aroace! sonic #kay says #safeforaro #500 notes #sonic says aroace rights

Okay so now at least the Tumblr side of the Sonic fandom can agree on and/or joke that Sonic the Hedgehog is gay and ace just to spite Ken Penders. Here is a writer that knows nothing about LGBT+ and women’s rights and it shows.

To keep everyone in the loop without describing everything that’s been happening (because that’ll take forever).

This dude wrote Sonic—a cartoon character with a target audience of children (though the demographic is much more diverse) and a canonically 15-year-old character—as a womanizer. Many of the female characters in Penders writing were at one point “Sonic’s girlfriend”. And the way Sonic and other male characters treated female ones in the comics under his writing is gross and it is almost never addressed as a bad thing until an “evil character” does it. If a male character is redeemable in any way by Penders standards *cough* Geoffrey *cough*, he is okay with an older male raping a female minor, harassment of female characters, and treating the female characters as possessions or prizes to be won. Turns out, the people who created Sonic and work on Sonic titles didn’t like this kind of thing being represented in a children’s cartoon character like Sonic, who is supposed to be kind of a snarky, arrogant jerk, but has a strong sense of justice and enjoys helping other people.

Ultimately, he is supposed to be a heroic character, and he cannot be seen that way if he takes advantage of other people. (In an episode of Sonic X he does take advantage of other characters, but this is because he is scared and cornered in a situation those characters put him in. The situation? A cruise trip. They made him uncomfortable first, and ignored him when he told them no. They were aware of his inability to swim and still took him on a trip in the middle of the ocean, so Sonic is justified to try and escape in cunning ways. Before he even attempts to manipulate other characters, he endangers his own life trying to jump out at the sea hoping to fall on dry land! I believe the episode is titled “Blues Cruise”).

SEGA warns Archie and other media groups working with Sonic characters to back off on writing Sonic being in a relationship because it doesn’t match his character to slow down for anyone. Why should he settle on someone now? He’s 15!!!

So of course, in all his brilliance, Penders decides that this must either make Sonic a player (which would completely go against his character in nearly all canons, including the initial game canon), gay (which would be fine with me if it wasn’t forced representation but I have a feeling Penders is attempting to say that it would be wrong considering other homophobic things he’s said), or ace (which is an identity he then stated he doesn’t believe exists because “people want to pass on their family legacy”).

And honestly, I know that overall in the games the canon hints at Sonic and Amy being a possible match (though in most canons Sonic doesn’t appear to share these same romantic feelings as Amy), but just out of spite it would be cool to see a version of Sonic in one of the few side-canons identifying as gay, ace, or both. Of course, such a change in canon would have to be treated respectfully and treaded carefully to present the topic for all audiences. So Penders obviously can’t write it because he doesn’t understand the meaning of being charmingly subtle or graceful in his writing. This is the man who, when faced to acknowledge that writing statutory rape in a kid’s comic series is wrong (especially if the predator isn’t punished or called out for the harassment specifically), made excuses instead. These were often worded in a way that suggested that because it happens in the real world, it is an acceptable topic. Not the kind of writer that would understand how to kindly portray a gay or ace character.

Personally I would be interested in an “out” ace Sonic, as it seems to line up to the idea in canon that he’s not interested in romantic relationships or physical attachment. This, to me, would make the most sense for following through what has already been established for Sonic.

However, it would also please me to watch homophobes squirm at a version of Sonic that is gay (though this is not backed by any canon yet that I am aware of and would have to be carefully implemented over time for the community to adjust accordingly). I feel that a character like Sonic would want to weed out intolerant people from the fandom anyways...(Even if that’s just the representation/support I might want to see because I’m a fan of Sonic and I want the gaming community—like any other—to become more welcoming for LGBT+ and other minority groups).

From the Sonic lore and media I’ve consumed as a child growing up, I know he stands up for environmentalism, individual freedoms, and people/creatures less fortunate than him; why would human rights for women and LGBT+ in this case be any different?

(Being actual representation of that minority would just be a plus! Because screw Ken Penders.)