#gear's rambles

[gizmogearszz]

Metal Sonic is so interesting to me in terms of both character and design because I genuinely wholeheartedly consider him to be a perfect design, and so does SEGA lol.

It's crazy to me how a character who's been around for this long has faced little to no design changes. You can't even consider it a full-on redesign considering how the only changes made between classic and modern is more realistic robotic parts, oval eyes and being given a hip

And I gotta say, it works. He for sure looks like a roboticized version of Sonic but he hits a good balance between looking like an existing character and looking unique. Other robot Sonics don't really hit this middle ground as good.

etc...

They're all certainly based on Sonic, and they're good in their own ways, but none of their designs scream "This is Sonic if he were a robot".

But Metal Sonic's design is genuinely perfect. I could not think of something you could add to make it better than it already is. In fact, adding more to it would just mess it up to me. Metal Sonic's design perfectly parallels Sonic's by making him have more complex body parts in contrast to Sonic's simple design, giving him sharper points to make him look more dangerous, and of course, giving him segmented joints in contrast to Sonic's cartoony rubberhose-like arms. Of course, his red eyes make him look threatening and evil so you know what's up. Everything about him screams malice. Metal Sonic's overall busier design looks so constrained, and considering how Sonic is meant to be freedom, this makes sense and it fits so well.

Perfection. Zero notes. Kazuyuki Hoshino cooked. This guy right here is peak character design and I could go on forever talking about how well he parallels Sonic and why he is the definitive arch-rival to me. I just had to get this out of my system and praise how well-made Metal's design is.

All living things kneel before the superior Sonic; the REAL Sonic!

[gizmogearszz]

what’s your take on metal scourge?

My take on "Metal" Scourge really doesn't follow the canon one at all and rather gives him a character so he's more like a Moebian counterpart of Metal Sonic rather than a one-off Eggman creation that teams up with Metal Sonic.

@flowerybardsblog helped a lot and she's awesome so don't give me full credit for him since we both played a part in his creation

Steel Scourge is the take on Metal Scourge and he basically keeps the extreme obsession Metal has but it's directed toward a different thing. Whilst Metal is obsessed with the idea of replacing Sonic and believing himself to be Sonic while being the furthest thing from him, Steel is obsessed with the idea of being his own individual self with an identity that doesn't rely on him being Scourge's doppelganger. Unfortunately, this obsession spirals into vengeful wrath and hatred for his organic counterpart that is harmful to both himself and others around him. He wants to wipe Scourge's name off the planet and is willing to go through any means necessary to do that.

TLDR; Metal Sonic is extreme envy while Steel Scourge is extreme wrath. There's more to him but that's the basic gist.