#thoam lore

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Hi i wanted to comment on the ask where you posed the question if dark gaia has already appeared in the comic (also love that thoam's dark gaia goes by she)!

I went back to issue 7 where shadow turned to dark shadow the first time and there's a moment when he says to sonic 'consume power', 'fix me' and 'return'

Now that could've been shadow telling sonic to remove the dark gaia energy so he could return to normal but i think that was dark gaia speaking through shadow and telling sonic to consume her energy so all her energy was in sonic and she could be fixed by having him return her energy to her

That also connects with a theory i have that dark gaia will talk through shadow again to ask chip, sonic and the gang for help

Excited to see if this happens or not and i love the new page with everyone protecting sonic with the power of teamwork so cool!

GOOD EYE you are my favourite reader now 🥇 (joke)

You are right we DID meet dark gaia before hehehe.... :3333

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God, I love Chip's Perfect Light Gaia form so much. The seven eyes being the colours of the chaos emeralds is such a clever detail too, as well as (in general) how his pinks remind me of a sunrise!

I was just wondering, I know they've called Dark Gaia "The Thousand Tongued Devil", I was wondering if Light Gaia had any similar epithets?

well have u seen dark gaia? She DOES have a thousand tongues! And she also has 7 eyes, and 6 limbs. And her colors are those of the earth when it rests; she is the beauty of a life saving shade on a hot summer day.

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I love Dark and Light Gaia for their differing "source of grief" compared to other beings Sonic encounters.

Chaos, Shadow, Solaris. All three of them were either hurt or their loved ones were hurt, and then were imprisoned because the world was afraid of what these immensely powerful beings might do in retaliation of that hurt. They're awakened/released and immediately want to exact revenge on those that hurt them, and anyone that gets in their way of that revenge.

Light Gaia and Dark Gaia? They were NAPPING. They weren't sitting there in the core of the planet stewing and awaiting freedom to exact vengeance on the world, they are part of a cycle of "death" and rebirth, keeping the world in a constant motion of progress and change by not letting anything remain the same too long to become stagnant.

And then Eggman rudely awakens them— when it's not "morning" yet— for his own selfish ends by punching them hard enough to break their bed into splinters. Honestly, who WOULDN'T be upset when they were dead to the world and then awakened by a punch to the face?

Dark Gaia's reaction is COMPLETELY VALID in my opinion

we dont even know how dark gaia feels yet, or has she shown up before and we could reference that? Hmmm..... 🤔

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i forgot to post him, im so sorry my boy idk how this could happen

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Hey! I was wondering, how did you come up with the name of the comic?

good questoin

at the beginning the central part of my idea for thoam was exploring sonics emotional journey through the story. how turning into a monster affected him. most people would say the heart is the symbolic center of our emotions....... in a double meaning way it is also where our souls are.

so the heart of a monster not only refers to the emotions of sonic in this journey, but it also refers to his heroic soul behind the monstrous appearance.

there's also a secret third meaning but I'll disclose that at a later time

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i may be talking about something old but ie had this in my mind for a long time now --- ok so ever since u released sonics ref the 6th stage looked familiar to me. it was one of ur artworks u posted in halloween a year ago, so i imagined the silhouette as if it was sonic from the halloween art, and it fits the silhouette but esp since u said it wasnt canon i thought that the transformation would look a bit different

oh the canon part was referring to black arms shadow (and it remains a FACT i did NOT lie. dark shadow is NOT black arms shadow.)

as for sonic. the design back then was a silly idea from way back, so don't think too hard about it. I've unfortunately been very inconsistent with keeping any "true dark gaia sonic form" hidden, because undeniably it is probably THE REASON for a lot of ppl to even get interested into the comic (myself included)

over the years i made around??? 30??? different "final forms" for sonic and only recently (when making sonic's ref) have i managed to say "that's enough. no more redesigns"

I'll definitely release all the concept art for his final forms one day, but that will have to wait until we get to the true one that is in the comic...

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rouge is here to judge you (affectionate)

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Just out of curiosity, is there anything Sonic may enjoy about his Gaia form? Even if it’s more of a subconscious thing since he probably can't admit to it. Despite looking like an evil creature, his fur seems so soft, and it must keep him pretty warm. Or maybe something like his enhanced senses has some perks. Anything Shadow could comment on?

shadow definitely could comment on sonics fluffy coat but chaos would dry up before that happened

sonic definitely gets a kick out of the atypical physical strength, wouldn't like admitting it to himself through, since it is rather off character for him to be violent (and gaia is the reason he does act out of character like that) - and the elasticity is great for parkur (gameplay stuff jsut really doesnt translate well to a comic so imagine he does cool tricks here and there while getting around)