Taro Marshmallow

I'm just a Sonic fan with supressed opinions and no one to share them with, so here I am 😛 Mainly for Amy and SonAmy, but I enjoy all the Sonic characters

[taromarshmallow]

Amy Rose: What Makes A Strong Female Character?

Amy Rose is known as Sonic's "self-proclaimed" girlfriend, but is that all there is to her personality or can she fit the description of a "strong female cha...

It’s been a while, but I finally uploaded my video on Amy 😊

Amy’s been my favorite character since I was a kid and I felt the best way I could portray how I feel about her was through a video.

I wanted to show a little bit of her history in the franchise and then highlight many of her personality traits. I also try to tackle some of the common criticisms her character faces, from being a “fangirl” to the claims that she’s abusive.

I hope my fellow Amy fans enjoy it! I also hope this video can bring a new perspective on Amy to those who are indifferent to her.

[spiritsonic]

Why did SEGA ask you to tone down Sonic’s expression from when he and Amy were hugging in Issue 35? Its really bizarre that they’d censor our beloved blue hedgehog’s emotions.

(For those not in the know, this is in reference to a WIP panel I shared where Sonic was blushing while Amy hugged him. In the final version, Sonic’s expression was changed to have much less blush and showing less surprise.)

It’s not bizarre, it’s keeping Sonic in-character; Sonic’s reluctance to show emotional vulnerability around others is a well-established part of his character. That’s not saying Sonic doesn’t feel vulnerability (or negativity), he’s just very private about expressing it and focuses on positivity and confidence around others. Thus, sometimes, if I draw or write something that’s a bit too much for him I’m asked to reel things back. He’s still expressing the same emotion, just in a way that’s in line with his character. Think of it like an actor giving a consistent performance.

People have been arguing over this for months as some sort of smoking gun proving that Sonic does or doesn’t like Amy, and I know my clarification here won’t stop them. The official stance on Sonic and Amy’s relationship remains the same and can be found with just a little research on wikis or Sonic Channel, nothing I’ve said or done is some great secret revealed. They like each other, but Sonic just isn’t the kind of guy who is going to make goo-goo eyes at Amy or perform grand acts of romance. If you wanna see that, that’s what fan works are for.

[taromarshmallow]

I haven’t been on Tumblr in a bit, but I was just scrolling through and noticed that a couple people credited me with doing a translation of Sonic Channel’s Sonic X Amy story. I didn’t translate it, I quote-retweeted Windii’s translation to give my thoughts on the story. Just wanted to clarify, I’m not fluent in Japanese at all 🙃😅

[mmm-asbestos]

How strong do you think is Amy exactly? I mean not just in your comic (which btw is amazing, would love to see them interact canonly like this) but also in the Sonic Mania Special short. That pink hedgehog dragged a 125,2kg heavy robot for hours u p h i l l ! !

Oh thanks!

Well? Let’s see for ourselves. You mentioned sonic mania special, so we would use it as a reference for our conclusions. After this you might reconsider what the concerning bit IS in this animation.

First, dragging uphill.

Would that be hard? Yes. How hard exactly? Let’s see.

What do we know? As you said, Metal is indeed 125,2 kg (276 lbs for you americans). A reasonable weight for a weightlifter. OR IT WOULD BE, if Amy wasn’t ~ 25 kg (~ 55 lbs), which is a FIFTH of Metal’s weight.

Would her dragging him and not just carrying make it easier tho? Let’s get some more numbers. What can we deduce? As yall can see, the incline is 23 degrees, and the surface is, well, snow...

AND WOUDN’T YOU KNOW, THAT’S EXACTLY ENOUGH INFORMATION TO SOLVE 7TH GRADE PHYSICS PROBLEM LET’S GET IT

I’ll quickly pull up the coefficient of kinetic friction on snow…

Not exactly metal on snow, but I think the friction would be comparable, let’s say the coefficient is 0,5.

That’s all we need.

But what does the result mean? Well, force of 1018 N is an equivalent of holding a 103 kg (229 lbs) weight, which is, again, 4 times Amy’s weight. Which is a bit lighter than just carrying Metal.

And you might think ok. That’s fair. But you know why I did all this counting?

TO PROVE YALL ARE LOOKING AT THE WRONG THING.

SPECIMEN TWO. AMY PUSHING METAL FROM UNDER THE FALLING TREE.

DO I NEED TO REMIIIIND YOU. METAL IS . 125 KILOS. AND SHE SWEEPS HIM WITHOUT ANY SLOWDOWN!!!!! HE GOES FROM ZERO SPEED TO LIKE 10 METERS PER SECOND IN A FRACTION. WHILE AMY IS TWENTY FUCKING FIVE KILOS OF MASS. OK LET ME JUST.

25040 N. You wanna see how that would feel?

LIKE THIS.

A FUCKING 2555 KG(5632 lbs) G VAGON DROPPED DIRECTLY ON YOUR HEAD FROM ABOVE.

AND YALL ARE TALKING ABOUT DRAGGING HIM UPHILL GET OUT

And that’s based solely on this holiday special.

This 55 lbs child can drag a robot 5 times her mass. She can do anything.

Amy should be protected at all costs.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk.

[thebigpalooka]

Movie Sonamy. <3  It ain’t much but it’s honest work.

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[taromarshmallow]

I just read a post regarding sonamy and their dynamic and a question caught my attention: What would Sonic like in Amy the same way Amy likes in Sonic? I don't know why but I'm interested in asking you this

Thanks for the question!

Amy has a lot of qualities that are very similar to Sonic’s. She has a love of adventure, is extremely energetic and has a pure heart. To add to that, she is a major part of his support system. Aside from Tails, Amy is the only character that Sonic can always count on to believe in him when he needs it the most (Unleashed and 06 come to mind).

(S&TBK also illustrates this in that Amy and Tails’ doppelgangers are the only two of his friends he doesn’t have to fight in order to gain their loyalty; instead, they are his helpers from the start).

At the same time, Amy’s not afraid to tell him when she thinks he’s wrong.

She has never-ending faith that he’ll always do his best to make things right. Amy also shares Sonic’s free-spirit and willingness to go wherever she wants, whenever she wants. 

I find these all to be characteristics that Sonic can appreciate in her, but I think one of the big things that stands out with Amy is her determination (and I don’t just mean her determination to follow Sonic). Of the recurring game cast, Amy is the only character that didn’t start out with some sort of physical/natural ability. Sonic has his speed, Tails is a genius who can also fly, Silver is telekinetic, Blaze is pyrokinetic, etc. Even Charmy and Cream can fly. Aside from a fascination with tarot cards, Amy was a completely normal girl who could have had a normal life, but instead decided she was about the hero life. She actually had to work and train to become physically strong and a capable fighter. We don’t really have any solid backstory on her hammer, (or her for that matter) but since she didn’t have it in Sonic CD, it can be assumed she had to acquire it somehow. Even before her IDW counterpart, Amy had grown tremendously from the small, defenseless girl that Sonic had to rescue from Metal.

Sonic is even low-key impressed with her. He just doesn’t say it to her face 😂 

Amy's love for Sonic isn’t usually questioned because Sonic’s the hero who rescued her and is a cool guy. It’s an “Of course she likes him for that. Who wouldn’t like him?” sort of thing. However, because some fans have always taken Amy’s worst moments from 27 years as her only character traits, people wonder why Sonic would ever be interested in a “stalker, possessive, fangirl” like Amy. But Amy has rescued Sonic (more than once), Amy has been shown to be kind and compassionate, Amy is amicable and makes friends with most of the characters and Amy has unconditional love for Sonic. She has her flaws, but she has so many likeable traits, too.

I don’t see SonAmy as a couple that needs “XYZ” to happen as a catalyst for Sonic liking Amy, but rather the kind of romance where Sonic’s feelings grow for her over the course of everything they’ve been through together.

Also, Amy is just adorable 😊

I’ve always shipped Sonic and Amy because I see Amy as the best possible match for him, especially in personality, lifestyle and ideals. And on top of all that, she already loves him. Sonic’s not a “settle down” type, so his partner would have to be willing to adventure with him. Outside of Amy, I’m otherwise a “Sonic should stay single” person 😅

[spiritsonic]

(this may be random) Are there any chances of sonic getting a love interest, because I don't know if idw can use Sally, so I was wondering if they ever will consider making a good love interest for sonic and not end up like the soap opera ken penders did

I mean technically he has one? Sonic Team’s official stance is that while Sonic does like-like Amy, he’s simply not interested in a serious relationship at this point in his life. Amy knows this, and is content with being good friends. Not every story needs to have an intense romance, and not every character needs to be into that. There’s plenty of fan-made content to provide it if you really need that fix.

[beeames]

💛 🌹 

[skull001]

Wish Amy had been given more focus in the comic… Or at least have a story centered around her emotional struggle as she takes on one of the hardest roles there can be.

I mean, she’s just a kid forced by the circumstances and her desire to help others to grow fast… But because she is strong, she is still this girl who never stops caring, and who suffers each time one of her friends fall… They had the chance to show that leaders are people too who must live with the consequences of their decisions because of the people that believe in them… Or how they have to remain strong no matter how the future looks like, because they have to be a rock, the last man standing until the end.

[taromarshmallow]

I’ve been having a similar feeling throughout this saga, but I’ve been hoping that little moments like this might be hinting at something towards the climax or resolution where she reaches some sort of breaking point and all of her struggles come out.

In one of the Bumblekast episodes where Ian was asked about Amy suddenly being a “Mary-sue,” he mentioned how the Metal Virus saga was going to be a big struggle for her character to deal with as a leader. We can assume she’s struggling from the overall plot (since literally everyone is struggling), but we haven’t seen anything particularly unique to Amy, yet.

The Chaotix showed their familial bond in Vector and Espio’s determination to rescue Charmy at all costs, as well as Espio going toe-to-toe with Zazz alone to avenge his best friends. Cream has had a lot of focus throughout, from the way she continuously humanizes Gemerl, to the infections of Cheese, Chocola, Restoration HQ and Vanilla, to her stepping up to fight Zeena and eventually become infected herself. Tangle had her positivity talk with Sonic and heroic moment of self-sacrifice. We saw Whisper’s devastation over the loss of Tangle and her desire to kill Eggman over it. Sonic’s struggle needs no explanation.

I think the biggest thing she’s had was when Restoration HQ had it’s outbreak and she had to put aside her own emotions to save Cream.

I expected Cream’s infection to be the point where Amy breaks, but was surprised when Sonic seemed to have a more striking reaction to Cream’s “death” than her. Amy used to be the most emotional character, the only one of his friends who sobbed when he died in 06, so it feels unusual for her to not have some sort of emotional break at all. After Neo Metal Sonic, she literally went straight back to work and hasn’t stopped.

(Maybe during the war, she realized that the work distracts her from being sad? Maybe she blames herself for Sonic’s infection, since it was her plan and their fight when it happened? Maybe the loss of Restoration HQ makes her feel like she’s not a good leader at all? Maybe while Sonic has been starting to feel a little remorse for his actions, Amy's been feeling guilty the whole time since she’s responsible for the well-being of the civilians? Any of these could be a great point to bring up in the story if true).

One thing I do feel good about is the notion of Amy never giving up, no matter how hard things get. It’s not exactly at the forefront of the story, but it’s certainly there.

It feels weird to complain that Amy needs more focus during the saga, considering the fact that she does play a very significant role in the plot. But at the same time, it doesn’t seem like the plot has done as much for her character, unlike some of the others.

I do feel like there will be something in upcoming issues regarding all this, I just hope I’m not misreading the clues.

[enigmaticallyartful]

Inspired by Naoto Ohshima’s tweet Audio from Ducktales (2017)

[taromarshmallow]

Sonic won a stuffed animal... and then gave it to Amy?!!😭

It’s probably nothing. Maybe something. Maybe nothing. Probably something.

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From The Art of Super Mario Odyssey

[taromarshmallow]

Same Energy 😂

[wizaria]

Render redraw! … Wait I think I messed something…but what…. mmmh.

(It’s actually really fun to imagine them switching their personalities)

(I hope it’s not too cursed)

(well…I’m sorry)

[punkinspice]

 Rules: Answer 21 questions and tag 21 people!

tagged  by: @rolkientolkien Thanks!

Name: Rachael

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Currently Wearing: My pajama’s - cat riding a spaceship shirt, and shorts

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Favorite Song: This is an unfair question. Uuuuuhhhmmm I guess right now Something Just Like This by The Chainsmokers & Coldplay

Instruments:  I don’t play anything but I can sing pretty well! I do wan’t to learn how to play an instrument someday… I’m the only one in my family that doesn’t play piano so, probably that.

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[niyana-the-ambiguous-mobian]

I feel like I did something like this already but I’ll do it again. Tagged by: @punkinspice & @rockmilkshake

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Name: On here I just go be Niyana or Niya.

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Favorite song: god, I’ll just say the one listened to recently. Through heavens eyes from the Prince of Egypt.

Instruments: I’ve played the violin and the flute in elementary school, those both got left behind by the time I was in high school. I also played piano (or keyboard) in high school, can’t remember anything from that either.

21 followers I want to get to know better: oh god, I’m just gonna fit what I can. @ju-wachowski @guyinthe-chair @starchildconnie @imilenium @capn-james-t-spirk @cinnamonrollorder @royalspooks @guiltyxclown @just-an-ender-pan @bambixronno @aha-helpmeplease @freelancedisappointment @snuuwy @movie-robotnik-positivity

[imilenium]

Tagged by: @niyana-the-ambiguous-mobian

Nickname: Amy

Gender: Female

Sign: Scorpio

Song stuck on my head: Dance Monkey

Sexuality: straight

Favorite animal: Alphaca

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Luck number: 12

Currently wearing: black High School shirt and gray running shorts

Dream trip: Bora Bora / Kyoto, Japan

Favorite food: sushi I guess

Favorite song: Solo ?

Instruments: I played the piano when I was little and played the guitar between 2014 to 2015

People I want to know better: @latin-dr-robotnik @allmyfandomneeds @beevean @angie-random-blog @infernoindigo @twinskeletom @animated-aries @nickiartist @blancaruiz97 @asb-fan and YOU, yes you, do it.

[latin-dr-robotnik]

Tagged by: @imilenium

Nickname: “Seba”, “Dr Huevo”, “That fucking idiot”, depends on the day and place honestly.

Gender: Male

Sign: Leo

Song stuck on my head: Go Straight (yo, SoR4 releases tomorrow!!!!!)

Sexuality: Strong Bi tendencies in the last couple of years, still figuring it out actually.

Favorite animal: Dogs

Current time: 15:23

Cats or Dogs: Despite my previous answer, I love ‘em both. I’m currently hosting two family cats in my bedroom, and my dog pretty much loves annoying them lol

Last movie I watched: Sonic The Hedgehog (and it’ll stay like that)

Last thing I googled: “sonic cd wacky workbench past” (context)

Other blogs: There was my old teenager angst blog (2012 angst ftw), but I nuked it when I moved to this one lol

Do I get asks: In waves. Sometimes my ask box is a desert, and then suddenly it explodes into a beautiful mess of Sonic headcanons, AUs and even the occasional prompt idea. Love my anons though <3

Dream Job: I’m imagining something History-related that can allow me to travel around and maybe even give some talks in unis and stuff.

When I created my blog: Here it says March 30th 2018, I was under the impression it was earlier than that

Reasons for URL: Robotnik fanboy, Sonic X trash, awful at usernames. ‘nuff said.

Following: 47 (working on expanding that number, I swear ;-;)

Average sleep: 9 quarantine hours for now.

Luck number: idk, probably 3 or something, never paid too much attention.

Currently wearing: Black t-shirt from a place I visited years ago, blue shorts (thank goodness the rainy and cold-ass days just stopped)

Dream trip: tbh I don’t have *that* particular place I’d love to go to, it’s mostly a bucket list featuring stuff like Perú, México, France, Italy and the like.

Favorite food: Pizza is love, pizza is life.

Favorite song: La Única Voz

Instruments: Spanish guitar. I’d love to get myself a sick bass and slap it all day, tho.

People I want to know better: @isakthedragon @xsailormobian @potatoes-tomatoes @taromarshmallow @xviicprc (yo fams, you’ve been summoned) and of course anyone else that feels like doing it!

[taromarshmallow]

Tagged by: @latin-dr-robotnik

Nickname: LauLau

Gender: Female

Sign: Leo

Favorite animal: Orcas

Cats or Dogs: I’m allergic to both, but also love both 😖

Last movie I watched: Parasite (which I recommend)

Other Blogs: No

Do I get asks: I don’t think so...Okay, I’ll admit that I don’t have much of a grasp of Tumblr. I try to only come on once or twice a day at most, because I feel like I’d spend too much time on it if I was always connected. That being said, I barely know how Tumblr works despite being active for a while 😅

Dream Job: Film director 🎥

Following: 17 😬 I need to find more blogs to follow

Average sleep: 8 hours, thanks to lock-down

Why I created my blog: I've seen the negativity towards a lot of Sonic-related things (Amy particularly) for years. I made this blog specifically for the purpose of posting my thoughts, so that I wouldn’t go crazy keeping them in my head forever 😅

Reasons for URL: When I finally decided to make this account, I was drinking a taro milk tea. Then I tried to think of something that would rhyme with it. Yep, that’s all 🍠

Currently wearing: Pajamas 😴

Favorite food: Sushi

Favorite song: Don’t really have one... Maybe “Let’s Groove” by Earth, Wind & Fire?

Instruments: I used to play clarinet

People I want to know better: Anyone that follows me and is interested to participate 😃

[charuzu-sonic2712]

Hi there, This is my short comics that show how Amy could appear in the movie ( Amy design belongs to the wonderful isa_illustrate on instagram 너는 최고야!!!💙💙) I think Sonic would like Amy in the sequel. 💙💖 *cough* *cough* Joke with classic Amy 😂 not funny but still~~