#ben shwartz

[jackskeletonpivi]

Sonic The Hedgehog (2020) directed by Jeff Fowler

[renfreakk]

Renfield (2023) eyeshadow palettes!!

[spoopdeedoop]

scrounged up some ben schwartz clips to animate leo over. 10/10 would recommend

[nicholasxxhoult]

BTS with stunt doubles

[hurricanepursonafied]

Why does Ben Shwartz play the same guy in both things I know him from? What other things does he do besides Sonic and TMNT I must know if he is blue anywhere else.

[princessofmarvel]

Wonderland

summary | renfield sees a woman that catches his eye and knows that he shouldn’t speak to her, but he finds that he just can’t help himself.

pairing | robert montague renfield x fem!reader

wc | 1.2k

warnings! | none! maybe some cursing and not really proof read but it’s just fluff lol

genre | fluff!

author's note! | I saw renfield on sunday and just knew that I needed to write for him lol, especially since there are only a few fics on here about him, most of them are written by the amazing @youlightmeupfinn so definitely go check those out! this is a part of my “swift series” (where I write fics based on taylor swift songs)  so if you have any requests for the swift series (or for just something that you would like for me to write) please send them in! I would be happy to write about them! and as always, I do I have really bad OCD that causes me to write in some random capitalization, and punctuation, but I think that we don't have to worry about that in this fic lol. and let me know if there are any mistakes, but please be kind!

 Renfield was taking a stroll down the streets of New Orleans, he tells himself that it is to relax and to clear his head but in reality he was trying to figure out what to bring his master to eat that night. He didn’t want to bring him anyone innocent like he so desperately wanted, that's why he joined the support group in the first place, to bring those people's monsters to him. To bring people that he wouldn’t have to feel so guilty for. But, his boss didn’t like the taste of those people too much. 

He spotted a coffee shop that doubled as a bookstore a few paces down and decided to slip in to sit and think about this. That was when he spotted her. Someone he knew his master would actually praise him for bringing back to the lair. She was the most stunning beauty he had ever seen. Sat in the back corner with a latte and what appeared to be a new romance novel that she was on the last few pages of. She was perfect. 

Renfield ordered some tea and took a seat not too far from her, but not so close that he would seem weird. He knew he couldn’t bring her to him. No matter how much his master would appreciate it. No matter how much praise he would get for doing such a good job, he just couldn’t do it, it couldn’t, wouldn’t be her. 

He wanted to speak to her, he knew he shouldn’t though. He knew that he should never involve someone like her in his life. But, he also knew that if he had the chance to, that he would regret for the rest of his life if he didn’t 

The girl then got up and moved towards the bookshelf. He watched her as she spotted something on the very top shelf that she wanted. He watched as she frowned to herself and huffed and she tried to reach for it but couldn’t. He knew he shouldn’t do this, that this one simple and kind gesture would end up leading him down a rabbit hole, but his feet thought for him as he stood up and made his way to the bookshelf and reached up and grabbed the book she wanted and handed it to her. 

“Thank you so much! I wish these things weren’t so tall.” She said as she looked up at him. Her voice just added to her appeal, it was soft and you could tell she was kind just from the sound of it. 

“I agree, It’s like the person who invented them just wanted a cruel laugh.” He said before he could stop himself. 

“Yes! Exactly! Oh I’m (Y/n) by the way.” She said as she put her hand out to him, his body taking over his mind and shaking it. 

“Robert Montague Renfield” He said as he shook her soft hand. 

“That’s a nice name, sounds fancy.” She said which earned a chuckle from him. “I noticed you’re alone, would you like some company Robert?” She asked. He could tell she was nervous to ask, but seemed like she wasn’t asking out of pity, but out of genuine interest in talking to him. He found himself saying yes and following her back to her table in the corner. 

The two spoke for hours, she asked about where he was from, which led to him talking about how hard it is to find good tea in america. He asked about the new book she had picked up, which was ‘Alice in wonderland’, which led to her talking about her love for the 1951 animated movie (He made a mental note to watch it later). They just laughed and talked for hours. Then the conversation led to work. He found himself telling her about having a narcissistic boss that worked him to the bone. And, it never seemed like he really Appreciated it. Then he accidentally let it slip that his boss made him feel like he was undeserving of happiness. He regretted it immediately because he saw how sad it made the girl look. 

“Oh Robert, that's just not true. Everyone is deserving of happiness.” She held up her hand to keep him from interrupting and stopping her. “I know it seems like sometimes you don’t, maybe because you’ve done some things that you regret, but as long as you make peace with those things and accept those things, to know that they were the wrong things to do. And, you work to better yourself from them. Then there is no reason why you should not deserve happiness.” She said to him with a smile. 

Then he realized that her hand was laying on top of his from across the table. She must have realized that she had done that because she pulled her hand away and seemed slightly embarrassed. 

“Thank you, you don’t know how much I needed to hear that.” he said while looking at her. He felt like he needed to change the subject, in fear of making things awkward. “So, what do you do for work?”

“Oh, I uh, work here actually.” she said finally looking back at him after feeling embarrassed. “Oh god i seem pathetic, I swear I have a life and friends, I just like to come here when I have some time to relax.” She said while letting out a small laugh. 

“You don’t seem pathetic, I would do the same if my work place was as relaxing as here.” Renfield said while giving her a soft smile. 

“I actually go in later, wait what time is it?” She checked her phone and jumped up out of her seat when she saw the time. “Oh my god I was supposed to start an hour ago, and I’m here, Linda why didn’t you say anything?” She said turning around towards the older woman working the register. Who in return gave her a wink and a smile before tending to the customer now in line, the first in hours. 

“I’m so sorry Robert, I have to go.” She said as she gathered her things. He knew he shouldn’t, but he needed to see her again. 

“Perhaps we could do this again sometime?” he said, folding his jacket over his arms.

“I would love to, you could give me your number and we could plan something.” The girl said with a smile. 

“Oh, I don’t have a phone.” He said, which he immediately regretted since he knew in this day and age was weird. “I broke it yesterday, I was going to replace it tomorrow.” He said quickly thinking of something. “But, I can pick you up here this weekend, if you would be interested.” 

“That sounds great, what time?”  

“I was thinking maybe around 1:00? I hear the weather will be nice on Saturday, so I thought maybe we could have a picnic.” He said, knowing that doing something during the day would mean that his boss could not interrupt it, 

“That sounds wonderful, It’s a date.” She said while making her way to the registrar. “I’ll see you then Robert.” 

He smiled and said goodbye as he made his way out the door and onto the street, the sun starting to go down. He had realized what exactly he had done. He knew that he couldn’t let his boss find out about her, and he also knew how hard that would be to do. But, knowing that he would get to be with her, made how hard this would be worth it. 

“Oh fuck me.” he said making his way back to his boss, but with a smile on his face, something that hadn’t truly been there in a long time.

[ultraericthered]

2020 Memories: Sonic The Hedgehog

On Valentines Day of 2020, it finally sped its way into theaters across the world, and became an unexpected sensation, all the more so when it turned out to be among the last major theatrical releases prior to the Covid Pandemic hitting. I speak, of course, about the Sonic The Hedgehog movie. A movie based on an IP that began with a video game with no plot, thus gave it little to work with in terms of the story they could kick this cinematic iteration of Sonic off with. A movie that, from its embarrassingly awful first trailer and the initial ugly CG model design for the titular hedgehog, made everyone expect it was going to flop hard. A movie that, in spite of all that was stacked against it, proved just good enough to dominate the box office for that time and ensure that sequels were greenlit, leading to the Paramount Pictures Sonic Cinematic Universe we have today!

Ben Shwartz was pitch perfecting casting for Sonic, with his voice and delivery being arguably even better than Roger Craig Smith even on his best days, and a great match for Ryan Drummond and Jason Griffith despite being a younger, fresher, more naive and hyper-emotive Sonic than what we're used to. The way he plays off of James Marsden's small town police officer character actually makes him a welcome and necessary presence in this story rather than the bland stiff he might've been if this was a non-Sonic film, and we even got some gold out of his girlfriend and her family as well.

But the true star of the show, quite obviously, was Jim Carrey.

In a process that would later be replicated with Jack Black as the voice of Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the first ever announcing of Carrey being cast in the role of Dr. Robotnik both caught many like me off guard and had us going "Uh, yeah. I can actually see that working. Especially if he goes full Retro 90's Living Cartoon Character Jim Carrey in the role while also sparing enough genuine malice and madness a la Count Olaf to be a legit threat." Which is exactly what Carrey ended up giving us, and more! Who could've imagined that Jim Carrey would see a resurrection of his acting career entirely around a single role, and that single role would be Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik, no less? For as much appropriate clowning as Jim enjoys doing in the role, he also takes the character very seriously and loves him so much that he is committed to doing him justice so long as he has different turns to take and facets to explore with him upon every reprisal. Eggfans, we are very blessed!

[lillastarr]

drawing for Ben Schwartz’s birthday !!! yes it is late but shhhhh no one has to know