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[crusherthedoctor]

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🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction?

No one else was writing an Eggman who was evil/competent/didn't get one-upped or killed off by another villain/didn't want to secretly fuck Sonic because villains can never be obsessed with killing the hero for any other reason according to the internet, so I pulled a Thanos and decided to just do it myself, and made it my mission to create the cruelest portrayal I could muster to spite those fics and then IDW and Frontiers... without losing his comedic edge, of course. (I'm sure there are good Eggman-utilizing fics out there, but good luck finding them in a sea of soft!Eggman fics, dead!Eggman fics, Sonamy fics, Sonally fics, Sonadow fics, high school fics, SA2 fics, Scourge fics, Eggdad fics, multiverse fics, fics where there's a villain team up but Eggman isn't included because the other villains consider him a joke...)

More seriously, it's as simple as wanting to pay tribute to a franchise that I love. Aside from my one-shots that helped me get some practice for writing the characters, I wanted to create an adventure that encompassed everything I value in a Sonic journey, be it from Classic, Adventure or Modern. Including but not limited to: overarching themes, visual storytelling, Eggman, zone aesthetics, creative Badniks, Eggman, superpower of teamwork, balanced tone, Eggman, subtext, characters being positively influenced by Sonic and/or his friends, Eggman, callbacks that are actually fun or have reason to exist beyond How Do You Do Fellow Fans, and Eggman.

As for Trudy, I was interested in trying my hand at an OC and whether I could make them as compelling as the official characters. Ever since the start, I was determined to shoot down the fandom overcorrection of OCs never interacting with the cast in any meaningful way lest they be accused of Sueism, and prove you can make OCs work with them if you try hard enough. Plus, since some games have a friend of the week who the story revolves around how Sonic impacts them, like Shahra in Secret Rings for example, I was eager to give that a try too.

So eventually, after writing out several concepts, I got this idea for a horse with a bouncy ponytail... Though Colony would be the one to bring her to life on paper (because I'm not an artist :<), the design was already fully thought out in my head, to the point where I was actually worried that I was being too demanding when I gave Colony my description, though she assured me that it helped her visualize it. Trudy's personality didn't take long to finalize either: I was already sick of modern female characters whose sole personality trait is "I'm a cunt, pls clap", and in addition to fighting back against the common claim that soft and kindhearted characters are inherently bad or Sueish, I also thought having a character like her would stand out in the Sonic cast, since a lot of the main regulars tend to have a prideful and/or temperamental side, albeit some more than others.

...And since British-accented characters in non-British works tend to be stereotyped as the snobby one, this time the British cast member (Viridonian cast member?) is the mellow one. :P

🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings

Not so much a headcanon since it's already in my fic, but despite Sonic's casual body language and lack of lovey dovey talk, Eggman quickly figures out that Sonic is getting the fee-fees for Trudy because he knows that look.

How does he recognize that look? Because he's seen it in the mirror hundreds of times over the years, so of course he would know it when he sees it.

(The joke is that EggmanXHimself is my favourite ship that doesn't involve Sonic and Toll Girls... which also applies to Trudy, since she's slightly taller than Sonic lolololol.)

🍅 ⇢ give yourself some constructive criticism on your own writing

I get so into scenery descriptions that I often have to cut them down into smaller pieces for pacing. I always have to remind myself that it's okay if the readers don't visualize every little detail of what's in my head... but I try to convey as much of it as I can all the same. XD

For character examples, I've got a couple of things I'd like to address. I apologise if a lot of this sounds like Channel Awesome "sorry you felt that way" handwaving, but the point is to show that I'm very much aware of how the following could possibly be divisive for some folk. Anyway, here goes:

First off, the recent talk about Shadow's dickish side has made me somewhat nervous about how I've chosen to portray him, since Stellar!Shadow is pretty lax for the most part. Granted, he doesn't have an excuse to fight Sonic here, and it's long after the events of SA2/ShtH/Battle/etc, so it can be said that he's slightly chilled out on Sonic's side of affairs since then. His general attitude remains the same as ever, and there's still some competitive banter between him and Sonic, but it's more amicable than the days of SA2, and on the whole, if stuff like IDW is anything to go by, I figured that Shadow fighting Sonic for debatably shoehorned reasons (depending on which game or adaptation we're talking about) is at risk of becoming equally as overbearing to Shadow's image as revolving everything around Maria's death.

That's not to say Shadow doesn't show an aggressive side at all... but in this case, it's directed at Eggman for using Gerald's memory as a front for his latest scheme... and that's before he learns other details of what the doctor has been up to this time.

Secondly, there was a lot of panicking over how to tackle Amy's stance on Sonudis. Obviously it makes sense that she'd initially be a little upset over Sonic feeling that way towards someone else, given how long she's been pining for him, but I want to make dead sure that it's played as sympathetically as possible instead of making her a yandere asshole, and I also wanted her to retain her upbeat persona and get something out of the experience instead of it being a downer ending for her so to speak. I know there's going to be someone out there who will take issue no matter what because "Sonic belongs to Amy!!!" (as if Sonic is anyone's property?), but I can only do my best, right?

Finally, since I mentioned one of my goals was to make the most monstrous Eggman I could while keeping him as his usual le funny eggperson self, naturally there have been times where I've wondered if I may have gone too far in a few places I've made it too in-your-face. In fairness to me, it's stylistically designed to be that way I've been very conscious about tonal progression in my fic, so at first there are only some subtle hints that Eggman's stooping to new lows beyond the usual on-brand dealings he does, and it's not until later on that the finer details of his true depravity become more apparent, culminating in... well, you'll have to wait and see how the endgame plays out. :] Like Shadow, there's some in-universe justification as well, since it's established that by this point in his life, Eggman is fucking sick of Sonic beating him all the time, and so he's giving the 120%, pulling out all the stops, and making absolutely sure that nothing goes out of his control. And it's not like it's just his cruelty that gets highlighted: his brilliance and insane determination get much focus as well.

Speaking of, I'm also conscious of the fact that some of the content relating to Eggman's darker actions might be considered stuff that you might not normally see in an official Sonic product, despite my known desire to make Stellar feel as official flavored as possible. But much like Sonudis, the idea is to tackle these elements with the mindset of "If this was in an official work, how might it play out? How would it be framed?" At the very least, I wouldn't say there's anything that goes so ridiculously far beyond the usual Sonic fare (like sexual activity, for a crude example), and you won't have to worry about zombot-tier misery porn where everyone just fails and sulks for a period that lasts longer than '06 loading screens.

#Crusher's Asks #Sonic the Hedgehog #Amy Rose #Shadow the Hedgehog #Lutrudis Hadeer #Dr. Eggman #Fanfiction

[gehenna-calling]

hi lyssa. 🍅 [TOMATO] and 🥭 [MANGO]. and for Ever. 🥔 [POTATO]

"Hello, Tumblr user Blood Hyphen Bound!"

anyway right

🍅 [TOMATO] How misunderstood is your OC? In-universe or IRL.

In short, quite a bit, on both levels. I think it's the traditional Malkavian experience that nobody (especially non-Malks) will ever be able to fully understand you, and Lyssa in particular has quite a persistent outer facade (the One Rational Malk, the friendly listening ear) that not many people can see through - or want to, I guess? It's mostly her more negative traits that people don't notice. They also KEEP TELLING HER THINGS because she seems trustworthy. She knows way too many people's secrets. This holds through to out-of-character perceptions, where people generally think she's harmless and friendly, and then I say something about her not seeing anything wrong with reading people's minds without asking and everyone acts surprised. Just because she's nice doesn't mean she's a good person!

🥭 [MANGO] What colours best represent them and why? Does this differ from their favourites?

Honestly, I'm not sure if I can narrow this down much, because Lyssa's favourite colours are ALL OF THEM, and I associate her with ALL OF THEM. Obviously her general aesthetic is a multi-coloured headache-inducing nightmare, mostly tending towards warm colours because I like drawing them more - I'd say she's best represented by bright colours because she's very High Energy, High Visibility, and a mix of them just because she's a varied chaos creature.

🥔 [POTATO] What do they have that others see as a flaw, but they don't care about?

This is an interesting one for Ever in particular, because she cares a lot about basically all of her flaws. They're very self-critical. I'd say the one he doesn't perceive as a flaw is his tendency to go along with what people tell him to do - he doesn't have much of a drive to be rebellious or self-determined, which is part of the reason why his sire has quite so much sway over him. They'd rather lie down and accept the bad things happening than try and resist.

#thank you for the ask! #lyssa #ever #answered ask

[coralraelynn]

── Cinema Date.

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Best Rated Movie: Parasite (9,5🍅)

Worst Rated Movie: Fall (4,5🍅)

■ A Quiet Place Part II

Completed on March 4th, 2024. 22.48 KST

□ Kabex : 8/10🍅

□ Coral : 8/10🍅

□ Overall rating: 8/10🍅

General Review:

Cliff hanger. The plot was too fast. The frustation was there. Lowkey look like they run out of ideas. There are still "lots" of unanswered question. Good execution.

■ Cabin in The Woods

Completed on February 25th, 2024. 23.25 KST

□ Kabex : 7/10🍅

□ Coral : 7/10🍅

□ Overall rating: 7/10🍅

General Review:

Lotssssssss of blood. Way to gore. Lots of creative monsters. Good idea but the plots felt like it was forced. Great visual effects. Lots of unanswered questions. Quick deaths. Quick movie. Failed attempts to woohoo. Pretty girls.

■ Get Out

Completed on February 16th, 2024. 22.44 KST

□ Kabex : 7/10🍅

□ Coral : 7/10🍅

□ Overall rating: 7/10🍅

General Review:

Creepy without lots of blood involved. Lots of heartless people. Lots of blind people. Lots of hypocrites. Plot that easily figured. Kabex and coral had watch this movie before, but trying to find some answers.

■ Midsommar

Completed on January 18th, 2024. 23.29 KST

□ Kabex : 6/10🍅

□ Coral : 6/10🍅

□ Overall rating: 6/10🍅

General Review:

False hype. Good movie execution, very aesthetic. Every scenes looks really pretty except the disgusting scenes. Very confusing movie. Readable characters. Don't know how to feel about the ending.

■ Parasite

completed on January 2nd, 2024. 23.47 KST.

□ Kabex : 10/10🍅

□ Coral : 9/10🍅

□ Overall rating: 9,5/10🍅

General Review:

Simple plot but clever execution. Plot twists that was out of the blue. Stupid rich people. Playing guess what happens for every scenes.

■ Fall

completed on December 25th, 2023. 21.07 KST

□ Kabex: 4/10🍅

□ Coral: 5/10🍅

□ Overall rating: 4,5/10🍅

General review:

It becomes funny to watch. stupid idea, stupid decisions, annoying as hell, need more budget, more casts and film location. It was fun because we watched it together♡.

#Coral Kabex #Cinema Date with Kabex

[yugimoto]

💌 + ✨ + 🐝 + 🎂?

thank you so much for asking!!

💌- diary or journal?

journal...I think! I have a hobonichi! I draw or stick things in it!

✨- which fictional character (book, show, or movie) do you relate to most?

yugi!!! can you tell...and mihashi, from oofuri! shou from ygo gx is a lot like me too I think!

🐝- describe your aesthetic in emojis

🥕🥬🌽🍅🌾🌻☀️👨‍🌾🚜🧩⚾️🧸🪀

🎂- if you had 3 wishes, what would they be?

ooh... off the top of my head, assuming I can't have unlimited wishes, I wanna shapeshift! then, I want universal basic income... and socialism I guess! though I'd probably give it more thought than that!

#letters #princessbruin

[ray-reviews-games]

🍅🐓 Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town Review 🐄🥕

The game takes a similar route to your usual farming games, with you taking over a family farm in a distant place.

You get on your motorbike and ride all the way to Olive Town to take over the old farm. It's up to you to help townsfolk and grow Olive Towns reputation!

Ok I will not lie, I was honestly disappointed with Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive town.

The townsfolk are kind of bland with me not really caring for anyone except Iori...Even then he was also not that exciting to speak to.

I feel the character of each Bachelor and Bachelorette was pretty bland, they are all quite nice, whereas in the past there have been miserable characters to balance them all out. 🥔

🥔 The cutscenes are pretty though, It opens up the game a lot! 🥔

🥒 Then something happened which made me change my tune about the game, an update that changed my perspective (literally) on the game! 🥒

🥬 Instead of character portraits, they added this Zooming function, which when speaking to people allows you to see their face! (It reminded me of Harvest Moon A Wonderful Life.) This opened the game up and made what was very bland characters now likeable! Being able yo see their faces changed how I felt for the game, I guess before I didn't feel like I was in their world? 🐓

I feel like any future games needs either this Zoom in camera or character Portraits because otherwise I feel left out. 🥒

There is still one huge problem I feel about this game, why is my characters head so big compared to the other characters? It's very noticeable and it's not aesthetically pleasing to the eye... 🥬

🥕 Overall is this game worth it? Yes now it is, but at launch it was not ready for release I feel, this game could have come out when every update was ready because now it feels complete to an extent; however we need one more update. 🐄

🐓 And that's allowing the DLC Marriage candidates to come with you to events...I mean especially if you're married you want to watch Fireworks with Ludos or Lisette right? I'm sure we all do! 🐂

#Story of seasons pioneers of olive town #story of seasons #storyofseasons #nintendo #gaming #farming simulator #farming #gaming reviews #video games #cow #chicken #storyofseasonsludos #ludos #lisette