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not a cabayomi shipper but i do believe in their beliefs (cabanela and yomiel's dynamic is rife for analysis and fanwork with regards to their many many narrative parallels and the contrasting roles they play. their relationship in the new timeline is especially fascinating to examine because cabanela is the one person who's wrongdoings are left completely untouched. he is still wearing the white coat in the new timeline.)
because like. so much of sonic is that he does not lie. he tells you exactly who he is and what he's about. but he also hides so much of himself that no two people really know the same hedgehog.
and a lot of these dynamics that i make up are less about their relationship to sonic, and more about how they see sonic, how they interpret the aspects of himself that he has dared to show them
it's not really about their relationship with sonic, because sonic's response is always the same. it's about what their view of sonic says about them.
ive thought about a lot of these. ask me about a ship and i'll ramble. or i'll ramble on my own but interactivity is fun
Guess what time it is? HAMMER TIME.
Specifically, yelling about Perrin's metaphorical decision and journey regarding his choice of Hammer or Axe.
It's one of my favorite narrative tropes in the entire series, because it feels viscerally real and relatable. The peaceful MuscelyBoy™ having to negotiate his relationship with violence, and it's cost.
The axe in question was *Made* to Kill, while the Hammer he wields¹ is a smiths tool.
It's a beautiful analogy, especially since the tool of creation can be used to destroy and kill, but it's not it's sole purpose. His choice is a refutation of the idea that he must become a weapon to have worth in the struggle against evil, and it's one of the most beautiful morals in the entire series
¹ up until he forges the first power wrought weapon made in the third age!
when i first started this blog i said that "metal wants to be everything that sonic is but he is everything that sonic isn't."
time for me to elaborate on that.
metal's ultimate goal-- to prove himself as The One True Sonic-- is impossible. both literally and thematically. by its very nature he cannot accomplish it.
he can't be sonic in a very literal sense because sonic already exists. the guy is already there living his life. nothing to be done about that.
but more importantly, he can't be sonic in a thematic sense because he is so obsessed with becoming someone else. a keystone of sonic's character is that he is wholly and unapologetically himself. it doesn't matter what anyone else wants or thinks, Sonic is Sonic, and he is perfectly happy with being sonic, and any attempts to make him anything else just don't work at best and actively make him miserable at worst.
metal's single minded drive to prove himself, to become something he isn't, to be something more, is exactly why he can never achieve what he wants. sonic would not care about being someone else. he would just Be. if metal was truly sonic, he wouldn't care so much about it.
so ironically, the less metal sonic acts like sonic, the less he tries to be someone else, the more akin to sonic he becomes.
postgame sissel (cat) uses any pronouns because he's a cat and doesn't really care about human social constructs like gender. EXCEPT they refuse to use she/her because of sissel (human). it has no actual issue with the pronouns themselves he just thinks they're really important to sissel (human) because "humans care a lot about this sort of thing" and they don't want to impose.
the murder of sonic the hedgehog: how could you lie to amy. it's her birthday. everyone is allowed to be sassy on their birthday. the birthday girl makes all the rules and gets the birthday key. it's her birthday.
sonic generations: it's sonic's birthday? who gives a shit. he's in my way. don't care. im not giving you my chaos emerald. fight my time demon, idiot
re: one sided sonic ships
jet is the only one in the lineup who has actually managed to date sonic. normally i wouldn't entertain the thought of sonic in a relationship because i can't see a scenario where he would willingly go along with one, so to speak. however:
sonic and jet bring out the absolute worst in each other. they bring out the worst in each other SO easily. and this is incredibly funny to me. they get toxic yaoi privileges
[Recording starts. POV from Orbot. Robotnik sits in a hoverchair, swirling a glass of wine. behind him is a large floor-to-ceiling window, giving a perfect view of his robots wreaking havoc in the background. Sonic and his friends are already on the scene.]
Robotnik: You know, when I imagined my future as a big-time villain I thought my nemesis would be someone a little more... dignified.
[In the background, Sonic and co. has managed to rip the cannon off of a mech]
Robotnik: Not an idiot in spandex and a cape, of course, but at least someone with *class!*
[After puzzling over it for a moment, the gang starts turning the cannon around to aim it at the tower Robotnik is narrating from. He finishes his glass and sets it in the cupholder on his chair, gesturing flippantly with his now-free hand.]
Orbot: Um, boss--
Robotnik, cutting him off: But here I am, having caught the attention of the world's most insufferable highschoolers.
[The gang realizes they don't have any ammunition for the cannon. They *immediately* start climbing inside of it to use their own bodies as cannonballs]
Orbot: Boss?? Robotnik: Maybe this would be easier to deal with if I'd finished my teaching degree--
[LOUD EXPLOSION, followed by the shattering of glass]
Sonic, at the top of his lungs: YIPPEE KI-YAY, EGGHEAD!
[Cut to static]
