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Infested will return on June 27th. --- Thank you to the following Ascended supporters: @chaogongoozles, @fiiresiidefrfr, @elizard4227, @grogar, Ezzoh, @susivoi, @calculuscacophony, Eros, @ivycorp, @borrelia, @mizukiz, @sanicdetails, @combinegrunt-echo-1, Pica, @veeceear, @quackenburt, ItsmeMonarch, @memendoemori, @trans-girl-sonic, & savarsenic

Content Warnings | Store | Ko-Fi | Read On Comic Fury! DISCLAIMER: "Infested" is a horror comic ft. content not suitable for those under the age of 17.

A long-winded looking back on things below the cut:

The first few pages of Infested were uploaded to this blog on March 2nd, 2023 -- Over a whole year ago! I was so busy, too, that I completely missed its birthday (Sorry Infested). Looking even further back than that, the original story was was something I began writing on December 25th, 2022 (Merry Christmas).

It took two years to get to this point.

And hey, not to toot my own horn about it, but completing even one chapter of a webcomic is a big deal. Especially for me. My first webcomic, Fight/Flight, didn't get very far. I completed the prologue, started Chapter 1, and then had to drop it for a number of reasons (I didn't really agree with what baby-me had to say, politically, anymore).

This comic was born from a lot of intense feelings. The story, itself, too. Some good. Some bad.

I had been forced to move away from my hometown, and with that move, I lost the physical connection that I had to all of my friends. I lost the familiarity of a place I'd known for most of my life. I'm now stuck somewhere... Worse. It felt like a cage. Still does. Disconnected from the life I thought I would be living after college. I didn't have health insurance, either -- Got kicked off of it because of the move -- And as a result, I was off my antidepressants.

So there I was, at a pretty low point in my life. I miserable and lonely and every single day dragged on. And on. And on. And I felt so disappointed in myself. That disappointment became self-loathing, and it all kinda spiraled.

Have I mentioned that I'm a huge Sonic fan? I don't think I need to. I'd say it's pretty obvious. But for the sake of this story, I'll say it again: I'm a HUGE Sonic fan. I've been that way since 2003 with Sonic Heroes. The franchise has been in my life for over two decades. I had a monthly mail subscription to Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic the Hedgehog was something that I truly loved more than any other piece of media. It brought me endless joy. Until I didn't.

I had dropped Sonic after Lost World was... Itself. I had already felt pretty irritated with the Meta Era, and Lost World was the final straw. The last bit of hope that the series could recover was snuffed out when Forces was released. It was over. I was done. If Sonic was truly that embarrassed by itself, if they had truly lost touch with what made the series so great, then I wouldn't waste my time any longer. I was so sure that I had to just... Grieve and move on. My beloved childhood game series was dead. Long live the king or whatever. I'd just bitterly read IDW Sonic and think about what could've been. I was lucky to have that comic, at least. Archie had been canceled, too, after all. I was lucky to have my scraps.

Then Sonic Frontiers came out. And it changed everything.

And my god, it was everything. It was everything to me. Flaws be damned, it was everything. To. Me. The spectacle. The serious tone. The vastly improved writing. Kellin Fucking Quinn. It was FUN! It was actually FUN to PLAY. He was back. I was back. Sonic pulled me by my hand out of the ocean of misery I'd fallen into, and he looked me in my eye and he said;

"Hey. You're gonna be alright."

Metaphorically speaking. Sonic The Hedgehog didn't actually literally speak to me -- And sure, okay, maybe it's a little dramatic to describe a game as this great Depression Annihilator but I'm dead serious when I say that, for that time, before I was able to get back on my meds, I was self-medicating with Sonic.

Sonic was all I was thinking about. I reread the Unleashed arc in Archie Sonic, which got me sorta realizing something, and which led to my post where I said something along the lines of "Sonic would hide a zombie bite."

Archie Sonic would, at least. Because he basically did do that in the Unleashed arc of that comic. He let that problem fester until it became an even bigger problem because, ironically, he didn't want to be a problem.

So one thing led to another. I thought more about Sonic becoming a zombie. Bada-bing, bada-boom, Infested was born.

I didn't expect it to get the attention that it did. I felt lucky when the first page I drew Rouge on (Page 6 I think?) blew up. The right people saw it at the right time. I'm extremely grateful for that.

I'm extremely grateful for all of you.

So yeah, one chapter. Woo! Here's to many more.

#infested sonic comic #sonic the hedgehog #tw blood #tw gore #sth #WUAGHHHHHHH THIS SHIT IS SO #grabs and shakes it like a dog with a chew toy

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Reblog, click the picture, and prepare for battle.

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Hey who's that I couldn't possibly know who that is --- Thank you to the following Ascended supporters: @chaogongoozles, @fiiresiidefrfr, @elizard4227, @grogar, Ezzoh, @susivoi, @calculuscacophony, Eros, @ivycorp, @borrelia, @mizukiz, @sanicdetails, @combinegrunt-echo-1, Pica, @veeceear, @quackenburt, & ItsmeMonarch

Content Warnings | Store | Ko-Fi | Read On Comic Fury! DISCLAIMER: "Infested" is a horror comic ft. content not suitable for those under the age of 17.

#infested sonic comic #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #tw gore #tw: blood #OHHHHHOUOUOUOGHHHH #THERE HE ISSSS

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For the record I think it's admirable to keep up with your passions and interests into your thirties. Signed a barely-adult who genuinely fears that they'll lose interest in the things they love when they get older

I hope to god nothing ever kills your love for things when you grow older. I hope you clutch onto what makes you happy with a white-knuckle grip and you never let go.

I've been a Sonic fan since 2003, and only briefly fell off the series once Lost World hit, keeping up with the comics but ignoring the games otherwise. I came back for Frontiers/Sonic Prime and boy am I happy to be back!

While it's understandable to fall off a series you're no longer interested in tho, never let yourself be broken by others telling you that it's "cringe" to enjoy the things that you do. Never let them shame you out of your happiness.

We have limited time on this earth, so why waste it forcing ourselves to conform and be miserable for anyone else?

#CRINGE IS DEAD AND JOY KILLED IT #anyways: happiness should be fought for . #but sometimes it drops into your hands like rainfall and all you can do is hold it close to your heart :)

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Sonic Rarepair #11: Espio x Sonic

Reason: Attempted murder is a good basis for a relationship in this series

#YEAAAHHHHHH WOOOOOO #very loud cheering

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Sonic Versus Surge (based on Sonic IDW Issue 50)

Music: Under the Skin - Toriena

#WAIT THIS IS AWESOME #GRAHHHHHHHH #Sonic the hedgehog #surge the tenrec #GAHAHAHA OBLIGATORY TAGS AND BACK TO INSANITY #SHAKING THJS LIKE A DOG CHEW TOY

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"You've been a bad, bad boy, Gabriel."

#malignant #ARGRHRHGRHHH GOING FERAL OVER THIS

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So do you think all those sickass flips he did were just required movement tech for being backwards or was he stylin' on everyone super hard just cuz he felt like it?

#malignant #tw blood #URGHHHHH GOD THIS MOVIE

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Omw to dig a hole and bury u in it

#malignant #GRAHHHHHH MORE PEOPLE NEED TO WATCH THIS MOVIE

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This is potentially life saving information everyone should know.

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Girls on their periods

#YEAHHHHHH GO KILL A MAN SILVER #(or woman idk. Or. any other gender identity) #POINT IS LET HIM KILL

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fugking love it here!!!!!!!!!

#yippee!!!!!! #autism creature #tbh creature

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Well, well…

Look who finally crawled out of the woodworks.

I understand this isn’t the typical medium through which Sonic horror is shared here, but… my writing far outpaces my art, at least for the time-being.

Besides, I’m a writer first, and an artist second. I just want to get my vision out there.

Anyways… enjoy. :)

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There’s indifference on the wind But a faint gust of hope

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Power surge

#yeah remember the time sonic straight up died for a couple seconds lol #this shit went so hard btw #god damn I love idw

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AU Sonic Smackdown - FINAL ROUND

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Freaks AU belongs to @eloaholiveira

Infested AU belongs to @hejjhug

Learn more about them under the cut!

Freaks AU-

It’s a supernatural AU in which Sonic gets bit by a werebeast, turning into one himself. He lives in an abandoned attic along with Silver, life long best friends, who is a recently turned vampire, and also Tails Doll, possessed by Tails’ soul.

Once he learns how to control his other half, Sonic has the ability to shift or partially shift at will, although it’s harder on New Moons, and easier on Full Moons. They also got Super Full Moons, in which they go completly feral and bloodthirsty, and Super New Moons, where a werebeast go into a hibernation state.

Infested AU-

Sonic, under the influence of a mysterious alien brain parasite, has become unpredictable and very, very dangerous. While all his powers remain the same, he now uses his speed to maim and kill anyone who moves. Sonic’s mental state has devolved to basic instinct, and, thanks to the parasite, he is in a near-constant state of feeling like a wild animal trapped in a corner. As a result, he will call upon impossible strength, reserved only for life-or-death scenarios. Pray you don’t catch his attention. You can’t outrun the fastest thing alive.

#can everyone go vote for infested pleeeeeeease

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you are personally and directly hit by a bus¹ and isekai-ed, via resurrection, into the body of the main character your most recent WIP

reblog and tell me: on a scale of 1–10, how screwed are you right now?

¹ this is, transparently, a plot device, so if you are about to tell me "joke's on you, I never leave my fifteenth floor apartment!" then you may rest assured it will have tremendous comedic value when the bus is launched into the sky and crashes through your apartment wall to flatten you anyway

#i. uh. #Sonic the hedgehog but non-binary and is also an insane serial killer with unrequited love for a lizard #alright then. #I will say I am very deeply screwed bc I would not be able to go through with killing anyone but also I. #don’t think jail is a better option there #so like yeah i’m doomed either way