#Sonic Forces inspiration

[0vergrowngraveyard]

i did it

this isnt like an au or anything, just for fun lol

#he is comet inspired #ngl ive been wanting to do this ever since skimming posted the first chapter of her forces fic #sonic comparing tails to a comet awoke something within me #younger me would be so happy to see this #anyway ye star boy tails #miles tails prower #art

[bl00doodle]

I forgot to share this.. fleetway/super sonic makes shad go 😳 is such a Good concept

#sonadow #uhhh soemwhat... #i wanna actually finish this but my brain is broken ♡ #ikl try to force myself hehehee #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #THIS IS INSPIRED BY THAT LUIGI AND BOWSER SCENE BTW THAT MADE ME SO AKFJWLNDLWKDR #my art

[thealpacaavenger]

Prisoners of War, the Effects of Solitary Confinement, and Sonic the Hedgehog

Remember when Sonic was a prisoner of war? Well turns out, that can damage your brain in some pretty awful ways (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov). It’s been revealed in several studies that being a POW can cause schizophrenic disorders, anxiety, debility, etc.

But, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Let’s talk about the torture that happened in those six months. 

Sonic Forces is said by many fans to employ the term “torture” loosely, that simply being confined to an empty room for an extended period of time (six months in this case) is no warrant for the term. While yes, the game certainly does not address the event properly, making it seem as if this circumstance is no big deal, in reality, being confined to an empty room with no human contact is what is defined as “solitary confinement”, a punishment becoming more and more infamous for its adverse effects on those it is inflicted onto.

The various consequences of solitary confinement on a person’s psyche go as follows (Stuart Grassian, Psychiatric Effects of Solitary Confinement):

-Hyperresponsivity to external stimuli, including ordinary things such as the sound of plumbing in another room. 

-Perceptual distortions, illusions, and hallucinations, mostly auditory, but may be visual depending on the individual

-Panic attacks

-Difficulties with thinking, Concentration, and Memory 

-Intrusive thoughts, typically those of violence against captors 

-Paranoia

-Lack of impulse control

-Delirium

Furthermore, the effects and issues with solitary confinement are so severe, that a UN human rights expert stated that solitary confinement for more than 15 days has every right to be labeled as psychological torture (https//www.ohchr.org). 

I’ll drop a bit of the professional tone because, well, this is Tumblr, but on with the hedgehog. 

As shown here, Sonic has cuffs around both his wrists and ankles. In all honesty, this is even worse than being locked up in a small room. All proper movement for him was restricted. There was no proper stimuli around him, he was locked in a metal prison. Once again, this was for six months. Sonic already struggles with staying still, he feels the need to run most constantly. Being restricted for that long could not have been good for him.

The thing is, you don’t even have to stretch to say that Sonic was tortured, because solitary confinement is torture. Perhaps it would explain why he didn’t give Tails a proper hug upon his return. After all those months with no proper contact, it might have been too much for him at the moment.   

“Yawnfest” is nowhere near the proper term to describe these conditions. The proper term is said in the game itself: “torture”. 

Maybe this was why Infinite said Sonic “reeked of fear”. Sure, it could easily be interpreted as infinite stroking his massive fucking ego, but what if Sonic truely was afraid? Not only was he defeated (easily) by him, but also Infinite locked him in solitary confinement (ie: torture) for six months. 

You don’t have to come up with a bunch of stuff not shown on screen to feed your angst needs (I mean, if you want to, all power to you). You’ve got all the ingredients for a delicious angst-pie right here.

Edit: Just realized that solitary confinement and torture were said as two separate thoughts in the original dialogue. Jesus fucking Christ.

#sonic the hedgehog #tails the fox #miles tails prower #sonic forces #infinite the jackal #sonic angst #Why say torture if you’re not gonna delve into it man #Like c’mon #Man I hope a fanfic writer reads this and gets inspired or something I need more fanfics

[niko-jpeg]

Super Gadget. He’s a little confused but he’s got the right spirit.

#Shoutout to the Infidget server for inspiring this #Sonic forces #sonic the hedgehog #gadget the wolf

[dreaminginmysoup]

Awwww what a cute puppy!!! Surely if I go to pet him nothing bad will happen to me!!!

#infinite the jackal #sth #sonic the hedgehog #sonic forces #tbh #tbh creature #I woke up in the middle of the night and was possessed into making this #I saw the shadow version that sphbun did and I guess I was inspired #soup art

[lunapegasus]

It is harder to kill a phantom than a reality

#infinite #everyone look at my boy #phantom au #infinite the jackal #sonic forces #sth #sonic #my art <3 #the design of the hair thingy he has was inspired/stolen from @tenya/son1c

[shsl-box-worshipper]

#dcmk #sonic the hedgehog #code lyoko #danny phantom #fanfiction #writing #poll #trying to force myself to write because my inspiration is running thin

[neurotypical-sonic]

i can never really see eggman taking over the world in forces as a true victory for him since that was mostly infinite’s doing

in MY perfect world its because he was the one who created and perfected the phantom ruby, and manipulated all of the circumstances juuuuust right in order for infinite to team up and work with him and do specifically what eggman wanted - conquering the world in eggmans name. so even if infinite did all the heavy lifting, it was only happening because of eggman

in canon. yeah. sonic forces was kinda a mess huh

#I NEED TO EXPLORE MY VERSION OF FORCES MORE #heavily inspired by netflix daredevil season 3 #eggman as fisk and infinite as pointdexter #egg.txt #ask #anon #sonic forces #eggman #infinite

[kalopsic-lagomorph]

If Sega won't give me a cannon sonic backstory than I'll do it myself

#Selectively mute sonic headcannon my beloved #Ok but Eggman knowing sonic before he could like openly talk. and then gradually hearing him speak and being slightly proud>>> #Inspired by the fact that in forces and generations classic sonic is mute #But Tails isn't #And the classics are kinda in the past so ??? #sonic #since metal was created to be based on young sonic and well sonic doesn't talk #Eggman didn't bother with giving him a voice box so to this day he is unable to speak :) #my art #my art 2022 #sonic the hedgehog #Sonic #sonic art #sonic the hedgehog fanart #Classic sonic #classic sonic #sonic the hedghog fanart #sonic headcanons #metal sonic #sonic and tails #miles prower #miles tails prower #Knuckles #Tails #classic tails #Theyre not technically classic but its in the past so I'll count it #eggman #dr eggman #ivo robotnik

[un-pearable]

#text✨ #tumblr polls is an enabler ty for making my decisions for me <3 #gonna rb this in the morning #class was cancelled and i SHOULD prep for finals. i do not want to #ninjago one is cole and jay. sonic…… is a very old comic idea that was admittedly inspired by forces BUT it’s good i promise. it lives in m #y head rent free constantly

[currantlee]

Someone said “Soviet Revolution artstyle for Sonic Forces” and that got me thinking and then I made this in like… 15 minutes 😂

What if indeed 😏

#Tbh; it’s more street art style than Soviet Revolution artstyle #But I’d love for a Sonic game to adapt an artstyle inspired by street art #Not just because I personally love street art; but also because I think it would really fit Sonic’s tone #ESPECIALLY in a game like Forces was… Supposed to be? #Imagine if at the end of each level they sprayed a tag instead of the Sonic Forces symbol magically appearing; that would be so stylish!! #Anyway #I made this in like… 15 Minutes #The logo colors basically went from German Revolution to AMERICA!!! … Kind of #Sonic #Sonic the Hedgehog #Sonic Forces #SEGA #Photoshop #(I didn’t actually use Photoshop; but who cares) #Currantlee here #Currantlee stealing an official logo to mess with it

[true-blue-sonic]

actually on the topic of nightmares!!! i wonder if anyone in the cast has had nightmares related to the phantom ruby. that war lasted like six months after all!

Heh, I personally do feel that making the war last literally half a year was just far too long. It's quite a significant chunk of time for many characters... yet absolutely nobody is affected by it. Not physically, not mentally, not emotionally. And of course I understand this is a Sonic game and they're not gonna shown everyone gravely injured and with PTSD, but with six months I truly would have expected some consequences on the cast. If it had only been one or two months or so, it would have been easier for me to suspend my disbelief on this topic, I feel.

Regardless, to answer your question, it does make sense to me that characters would indeed have nightmares. Infinite killed like four or five people right in front of the Avatar, Eggman's Death Egg is filled with captured people and he is heavily implied to have murdered captives, Tails saw Sonic "die" before his eyes(?), the Resistance at the end of those six months was reduced to almost nothing... and then lost 80% of their forces in Operation Big Wave on top. And then they all nearly got scorched alive in the fake fun. It gives enough grounds for nightmares, also considering how absolutely insane Infinite's power is with the Ruby. So I would not be surprised if the cast is in some way affected by it and needs time to mentally recover from the events of the game; it's just not shown or indicated to us, basically.

#I have somewhat conflicted feelings on Forces #on the one hand I do quite like the game and gameplay and I love Infinite as a villain and I don't hate the plot at all #but on the other hand... I do feel that the execution is lacking‚ so to say #they wanted it to be very grandiose but couldn't deliver there because that is not how Sonic games really *work*‚ perchance? #in the games characters 99% of the time are not affected by what happens to them and especially not on a longer time span #but with a *six month* war it feels *impossible* to me that they are not affected by their circumstances #so then the entire world gets basically destroyed/terraformed towards Eggman's interests... and yet it will never show up again #and everyone honestly just shrugs it off like it never even happened #it's definitely a strength of Sonic characters that they *can* do that and I find it inspiring #and my disbelief luckily does not take away from my enjoyment of the game #but... yeah‚ haha. It's a situation where they could not have won anyway: the earlier plot drafts are glued together by narm galore instead #and those definitely tried to be more serious about it all #hmm... it makes me wonder how 'far you can go' to make an epic story wherein you still can expect the cast to not be affected so much #but I would say Sonic being captured for 6 months while Eggman destroys the planet and murders/captures the populace throughout is too far- #-considering the complete lack of engagement with those rather heavy/serious points and the timespan they took place in #but regardless this is a very incomprehensible ramble about my thoughts on Forces haha

[danicamaximoff]

random but if peter grew up as a gen z I think he would have an obsession with sonic/specifically the fan dubs growing up

#txt #peter maximoff #its not even because hes a speedster he just seems like a sonic kid idk #the fnaf movie inspired this #spreading my sonic kid!peter maximoff agenda #headcanon #he probably would force wanda to watch him speedrun the games

[suna1suna1]

Think I'm gonna be redoing my blog a bit. I've lost interest significantly in Sonic recently, and while it's a multifandom blog, that's my main theme. I don't hate Sonic, don't get me wrong, I still love it. I'm just very tired of the fandom and all the drama that happens within it, plus this is normal for me; I tend to lose interest in my hyperfixations after a while. The longest ones have only really lasted for a few years, and after that I either lose interest, or they fade into a more shallow interest. So you might still see Sonic stuff from time to time but I want to focus on other things that give me more joy. I don't really get a lot of joy from drawing or writing Sonic fics anymore. Maybe that'll change in the near future, maybe it won't.

I'm bringing this up because while I don't have a large following or anything, I figured some of you might like to know. I know most of you are following me for Sonic stuff, and I understand if you want to unfollow me. You are totally free to do so, no hard feelings.

However, if you decide you like the other stuff I do, I hope you'll stick around. ^^

#sunai rambles #ik some of my moots are only interested in Sonic #So I am sorry to say that I don't think I might not have the kind of blog you want to follow anymore #But I'm also not going to force myself to keep doing stuff just because other people want me to do it #I have to want it too #And right now Sonic is not one of the things I really want to draw or write anymore #again maybe that'll change in the near future #maybe it won't #But for now I want to explore other stuff and find new things that inspire me

[neometalmadness]

@loyaltied​: god this is so valid. writing a more villainous character can be fun but it severely limits a lot of the interactions you can have if the development away from it is out of the question. its why i write my metal as reformed

[[ LITERALLY RIGHT like obviously... zero disrespect for those who want to write a villainous character as they are, actually you have my UTMOST respect if you do choose to do so-- bcuz keeping on top of interactions like that is a very draining task for me personally, so 10000% you’re doing amazing always. but for me iiiii don’t want too many samey interactions, especially with how the rpc currently lacks some villain characters

i do like to leave room for threads where Neo is clearly the bad guy, bcuz he certainly isn’t opposed from taking such a position. but i also would like him to be SOMEWHAT approachable to most parties. (with a heavy lean into quickly trusting associates of Eggman, but again, haven’t had chance to write much of that so far</3)

most times that i have written Neo (over like. 4 or 5 blogs. over the past years. oops.), with a lot of mainverse development, he has eventually just reformed anyway which left some exploration of his negative traits limited sooo i am kinda leaving it vague this time. he can go either way, depending on thread, depending on muse, ygm.

also on this note. i do like to keep my mainverse consistent though but i found i haven’t found much of my footing as of yeetttt so i’m not entirely sure what i will keep as canon to his mainverse? i just know most of the time, you can talk to him without being attacked but he probably won’t appreciate the company dhdskafhs

#[ ooc. ] #loyaltied #[[ i will say your interpretation of metal. like i think ive seen you around a lot over the years everytime i went back to the sonic rpc #[[ and it has always inspired my writing of my neo<3 #[[ so thank you for tht and i really appreciate this reply :)<3 #[[ but yeah in general. do want him to have a bit of a weird villain arc again. he has made some good guy friends though so far- #and i do want that sort of moral question to be forced unto him. bcuz bein fucked up & evil has consequences!]] #[[ i have MANY thoughts about this robot

[riammis-logs-of-idiocy]

Some sonic forces rewrite ideas + gameplay changes cuz why not

The game is saperated in different storys like in the adventure games, heros and 06

Modern Sonic will not be around untill the big finale in a 'the cavalry has arrived' moment

Classic sonic has his own story that mostly does not interfere with the custom hero

^his story will most likely revolve around collecting the chaos emeralds

I like the idea of our character being a former friend of infinite so I am gonna go with that

When you start your avatars story you first create a character and then the level starts in sunset city. You only have your basic grabling hook at that time.

At the end of the level a cutscene plays. Sonic is fighting Eggman similar to the original game. Sonic spindashes Eggman but is suddenly blocked and kicked away by infinite. Insert Eggman bragging.

Your character arrives and you get to choose if you want to help sonic or infinite and eggman. This choice determinds if your gonna join the resistence or the eggman empire.

After you made your choice a boss battle begins to test what you learned in the previous level.

In both senerios sonic is always gonna lose by the illusion squad( the fake chaos, zavok, shadow and metal sonic)

If you choose the hero path you reluctantly escape with tails

If you choose the villain path infinite tells you that he didn't need your help only to be put in place by eggman. You end up getting enlisted into the eggman army

#I got more ideas but the post is getting long #i obviously got inspired by other peoples take on this #tell me what you think #sonic forces #sonic forces rewrite