I still can't get over how freaking SMALL Sonic was in the 1st movie.
I know that for production purposes, they used the height of his original design after they redesigned him, which is why his height is noticeably different in the sequel versus the first since they used a updated model.
But the inner-fan in me loves to think that he just got a random growth spurt in between films, and he is in a major babey height, perfect for carrying around and giving lots of hugs to.
Excuse me while I gush over him again for the rest of day
I love how . . . realistically socially awkward Sonic Wachowski is. Like, the kid spent ten years alone. Of course his social/conversation skills are gonna be rusty and awkward.
His first interactions with Tom in the first movie are proof enough (as well as showing how desperate he was for socialization and friendship). But I'm also going to use a deleted scene to showcase this.
I'm not gonna share screenshots because it was with an early stage of CGI with the old design, which is meh. But the scene itself was so good, so I'll just share bits of the script. (You can find it easily on YouTube if you don't believe me lol.) The beginning is the main part I'm talking about.
*immediately after Sonic was meeting Ozzy for the first time and was getting licked all over his face. Tom walks in and sits on the couch*
Tom: "I wanna talk to you for a second, have a seat."
Sonic: "Okay."
*he sits on the ground*
*Tom stares at him for a second*
Tom: "Up here." *pats the spot next to him*
Sonic: "Right, right right right." *quickly, awkwardly sits on the couch*
Then Tom proceeds to ask him about his "crazy lightning display" on the highway, which was actually a really interesting conversation that better sealed in stone how Sonic's powers are linked with his emotions. But that's maybe for another post.
Tom's asking him to sit down so he could talk to him felt so much like a parent vibe. Even just as an adult to a child.
It's a fairly normal experience for most kids. Sonic? The kid is still learning how relationships with real people work. He doesn't understand social cues at this point and isn't aware of how normal, deeper conversations go. He's not used to close proximity, he hasn't been in a long time. And he's twelve.
Tom asks him to sit with him so they can talk.
And this kid just . . . sits on the floor. As if he really believes that's what Tom was expecting him to do.
I feel like this might speak a little of his trauma issues, too, but I'd need to spend more time analyzing it with other things in order to make a proper post about it.
Idk why that moment just stuck out to me so much. I just really like how accurately he behaves as a kid who spent way too much time in isolation with no interpersonal relationships.
Started doing some new doodles for the final chapter of Making Space by the incredibly talented @samthefrank and @humanityinahandbag . I was going to wait till they were all drawn to post anything, but that might be awhile because of work, and I just couldn’t wait to share this sketch of the bros napping together. There’s definitely more on the way! 💙❤️🧡
When I played/watched We lost our human on Netflix. I found out that Ben Schwartz played Pud the cat in it. So I decided to animate this but with sonic
Guys, today is the FOUR YEAR anniversary to the second Sonic movie trailer that presented the entire world with Sonic’s redesign after Gremlin!Sonic was shunned by the public.
I still can’t believe how much time has passed….
Where were you at on the day when the trailer was released?
I really like how Sonic wachoski is a bundle of pop-culture reference spewing energy, but at the same time its easy to tell how quite lonely he is underneath it all. Good think the wachowskis were able to adopt him. I like to think the universe (or perhaps longclaw) guided him to them.
Yes!!! The writers in the movies really did well at portraying that! A lot of fans have interpreted his high energy "lust for life" attitude as a coping mechanism; at least partially. I think his excitement and energy is genuine, but a good chunk of it was definitely just a result of his trying to convince himself he wasn't really alone before he properly met (and got adopted by) Tom & Maddie. 💙💔
Like, throughout the first movie, he would almost randomly lapse into silence and sadness if he thought too much about the harder parts of his life. In the bar scene, before the bullet time sequence, he went straight from excitedly scribbling down idea after idea, laughing, and babbling to himself to staring silently into space, looking kinda lost as he realized how much he'd had to miss out on. Same with when Tom asked him about the planet he was going to in the hotel that night. He just kinda . . . deflated.
Even into the second movie, the kid's still got abandonment issues. It's not shown super clearly in the actual movie (unless you're paying hyper attention to certain scenes) but it made it very clear in both the PreQuill comic and the movie novelization. 🥲
Haha, all this to say, yes, it's a super fascinating aspect of Sonic Wachowski that I very much appreciate from the writers! They did him well. And a number of fanfics have done very well at portraying this! I gotta make a recommendation list at some point of all my favorite Sonic Wachowski fics. 🤩