arkturmists
SatBK Fan + Enthusiast ☆ Fanfic Writer ☆ Sonadow + Arthurlot Enjoyer
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✨Announcing Femininomenon: A collaborative Sonic the Hedgehog fanzine dedicated to female Sonic characters✨
I'm happy to announce the start of Femininomenon, a collaborative fanzine focused on the Sonic franchise's female characters! These characters are often made one dimensional and pushed to the side by both canon and fandom, and this zine aims to combat that by giving them the spotlight.
This will be a collaborative project created over the course of several months. It will likely feature art and writing primarily, but any sort of content that people are interested in making will be more than welcome, be that cosplay, animation, recipes, music— this zine will be open to it all!
✨Mod applications and interest checks open May 18th!✨
Follow this blog to stay updated, and in the meantime, check out our Carrd for more information!
Imagine an episode of Sonic Boom where Sticks and Sonic swap bodies.
Sonic (in Sticks' body) tries to tell everyone what happened, only for no one to believe him (because to them, it's just Sticks being Sticks). Sticks (in Sonic's body) is getting used to the super speed, and is using it to travel around the island in hopes of finding some sort of evidence for her conspiracies.
For a good majority of the episode, no one seems to notice. Sonic's acting a little weird, but nothing too out of the ordinary. Sticks is being Sticks to them, so everything seems all good.
The only reason they notice something's wrong is because Sonic threw off his communicator, and Sticks put it on. It's the last five minutes, and they're hunting down Sticks to reverse the switch, only to find her breaking Sonic's tv in the shack with one minute left in the episode.
Headcanon: Team Dark's rooms are decorated to their own personal tastes/interests.
Shadow's room is dark, pretty sparse but not barren. On the walls there's star charts, and a few shelves cluttered with nick-knacks from his various missions. Books strewn about, ranging from fantasy to anatomy, to a pile of journals he writes in daily. On the ceiling, Rouge placed some glow in the dark stars, in patterns of his favorite constellations. His bed is pretty minimal as well, and the one thing on his nightstand is a framed picture of Maria and Gerald. Rouge's room is the opposite. The walls are deep pinks and purples, her bedspread is full of pillows and blankets, and jewels she's stolen decorate the walls. Rugs overlap on the floor, and her wardrobe is on a clothing rack, showcasing glitzy and glamours outfits. While Shadow's room is more minimal, Rouge's is the epitome opulence.
Omega's "room" is minimal. He simply enters, and just rests/recharges. There's only one thing on the wall, a picture of Eggman that he occasionally uses for target practice. Omega has little/no use for a bedroom, instead only using it as a place to go when he needs a recharge every so often.
25 hours a day, 8 days a week, #gpoy.
This post genuinely altered the trajectory of my life and how i make a lot of my decisions and i think about it so much
NOTICE: As more and more fanfic writers are using generative AI for their works (you uncreative dweebs), I hereby swear on everything I hold dear that I have not and will NEVER use generative AI in ANY of my written work. Everything I post will be organically and creatively my own.
TRANS BILL & TED! TRANS BILL & TED
last days of pride, just in time for Bill & Ted’s Most Genderous Adventure 🤘
THIS IS AWESOME!
keanu reeves is shadow??
Well fucks? Get to it!
Two Husbands and their bridemaids🤭
it’s interesting how.. on their own paul and marko are they own people (laid back weedie and rage filled goblin) but put them together and suddenly the entire room radiates small brain energy
Some more Hero Factory headcanons (Bulk edition)
- He’s the tallest member of the team - After being pinned under the girders during the fight with Corroder, his legs had to be remade. He is the only one that knows this. - Bulk likes to read whenever he can - He and Stringer tend to swap weapons during training - Bulk tends to put himself between a villain and a rookie, often acting as a shield. - All of his armor has more chips/scratching/dents than the rest of the Alpha 1 team's armor
I CAN see Neo as the sassy aunt...
Omg a big happy family :0
PLEASE LET US WRITE THIS
My favorite genre of post is "hey here's my idea for an episode of sonic boom" (example 1, example 2). These posts prompt me to believe that if we got together, we as tumblrinas could so easily write a new season of Sonic Boom. Here's my episode pitch: Sonic finds a random-ass pink hedgehog who looks suspiciously like him, around his age, and she just stares directly at him for about fifteen seconds before kidnapping him and yelling "MANIIIIIIIIIC GUESS WHO I FUCKING FOUUUUUUUUUUUUUND" because she is Sonia and Sonia and Manic are canon now
BIG, THANK YOU FOR SAYING IT
Big the Cat Therapist
Doodle is a result of a convo I had with a friend btw. We both headcanon that Big always knows what to say and that’s why Shadow likes him 😌.
“You don’t have to be The Ultimate Lifeform all the time. Sometimes you can just be Shadow”
Love the fact that my (few) moots are really kind/cool people!
@catiecat1320 @your-compadre-infinity @ura-niia
positivity train!
if you see this or are tagged in it, tag a couple of your favorite mutuals/blogs and let them know you appreciate seeing them on your dash!
@h0neysugarfree @blueberrylovv @bequiteanddriveeeeeee @cherri-bomb-bomb @eg0mechan1c @fatrexicisback
Prev has never seen Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
@your-compadre-infinity @ura-niia @catiecat1320
New REBLOG Game
Just fucking lie about the previous poster
A break from my usual Sonic-related content:
Hero Factory Headcanons (Stormer addition)
- Stormer is the shortest member of Alpha Team 1
- He is also the oldest member of the team
- He prefers ranged combat
- Stormer dislikes being touched, and hates having his Core scanned (sorry, Quadal)
- Despite his use of ice weaponry and white/blue color scheme, he prefers warmer climates
- Before Furno’s creation, he was one of the most agile Heroes created
- Bulk and Stringer have had to drag him back to HFICU (Hero Factory’s ICU) before.
- He remembers the Assembly/Creation Days (aka the birthdays) of the Alpha 1 Team.
- Stormer has a very short temper. Zib usually reminds him to keep it together
- He dislikes using vehicles, but will use them if he has to
OH YEAH, I FORGOT
If you choose to go with the idea that Sonic's counterpart is also King Arthur (the hedgehog, not illusion), then you could also draw up reasons for why he isn't the king in the game.
Mordred was prophesied to kill Arthur, so (as a baby), Mordred was sent on a ship that was supposed to be destroyed, killing everyone aboard it. However, Mordred survived and eventually made his way to Camelot, becoming a knight and usurping Arthur's throne temporarily.
For a parallel, perhaps the illusion Arthur's fate was to be killed by Arthur the hedgehog (and rightful king). In an attempt to escape his fate, he asked for all the hedgehog children to be sent on a boat that was supposed to crash, killing everyone on board, but Arthur ended up surviving, and once Sonic left, took the throne.
If there’s one thing I love in SatBK, it’s that DESPITE being crowned as King Arthur, he actually fills 2 roles (Arthur and Mordred).
Him filling Arthur’s role is PRETTY self explanatory. He’s crowned king at the end of the game, pulled the sword from the stone, leads the knights and kingdom, etc. But Mordred’s role is something ENTIRELY different.
First, Mordred and Sonic both doomed Camelot in different ways: Mordred with usurping Arthur and taking his throne, Sonic with giving the scabbard to Merlina resulted in the kingdom almost being destroyed. Mordred disregarded the code of Chivalry (Sonic does this out of overall disinterest and his morals, Mordred has more lustful habits and unchivalrous behaviors, which Sonic DOES NOT have).
Then, we have the more obvious parallels between them. Mordred killed Arthur, and Sonic did the same with the illusionary Arthur. Mordred used Clarent to kill him, a sword that Arthur used in ceremonies, and BEFORE getting Caliburn, the sword Sonic uses for Misty Lake’s tutorial levels is, in fact, Clarent as well.
This is all REALLY circumstantial, and of course it’s not 100% accurate, I just thought it was a really cool thing to mention.
But I also really want to know what this would mean for Merlina’s dialogue now. After all: “Arthur is struck down by his son Mordred, and departs for Avalon”, but if Sonic fills the roles of BOTH Arthur and Mordred, then Camelot’s ending plays out much differently.
"Oh my dear Lancelot,..."
If there’s one thing I love in SatBK, it’s that DESPITE being crowned as King Arthur, he actually fills 2 roles (Arthur and Mordred).
Him filling Arthur’s role is PRETTY self explanatory. He’s crowned king at the end of the game, pulled the sword from the stone, leads the knights and kingdom, etc. But Mordred’s role is something ENTIRELY different.
First, Mordred and Sonic both doomed Camelot in different ways: Mordred with usurping Arthur and taking his throne, Sonic with giving the scabbard to Merlina resulted in the kingdom almost being destroyed. Mordred disregarded the code of Chivalry (Sonic does this out of overall disinterest and his morals, Mordred has more lustful habits and unchivalrous behaviors, which Sonic DOES NOT have).
Then, we have the more obvious parallels between them. Mordred killed Arthur, and Sonic did the same with the illusionary Arthur. Mordred used Clarent to kill him, a sword that Arthur used in ceremonies, and BEFORE getting Caliburn, the sword Sonic uses for Misty Lake’s tutorial levels is, in fact, Clarent as well.
This is all REALLY circumstantial, and of course it’s not 100% accurate, I just thought it was a really cool thing to mention.
But I also really want to know what this would mean for Merlina’s dialogue now. After all: “Arthur is struck down by his son Mordred, and departs for Avalon”, but if Sonic fills the roles of BOTH Arthur and Mordred, then Camelot’s ending plays out much differently.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/63915418
Some Dadow content (and first upload) is now up on ao3! Feel free to check it out!
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE IN THIS POST!
the suffering never ends
Neurodivergency Headcanons for Sonic Characters
Shadow is Autistic Sonic has ADHD Silver has Dyslexia and Discalculia Sticks has OCD Blaze has Dyslexia Amy has OCD Tails is Autistic and has Dyslexia Eggman has Dyspraxia Knuckles has Dysgraphia Rouge has Tourette Syndrome (She primarily has motor tics)
Maybe I'll add more characters or more detailed descriptions, idk
Shadow is Rouge's n1 fan (and hater, currently)
+ Sonic is here literally just to be a little prick
This took so long @_@
I LOVE the parallels between Gerald and Eggman in Sonic 3. ESPECIALLY with how they treat Shadow/Stone (their respective henchman/helper).
Eggman's BLATANTLY honest with Stone, and certainly blunt, but he actually DOES care about him. In Sonic 1, he looks down on Stone, calling him a sycophant and stupid ("Way to go, you got that one"). In Sonic 2, he doesn't seem to hold Stone in a higher regard, saying that he and Knuckles should ditch him, and leave him at the Mean Bean. While Stone's completely loyal to him, and it's clear that he cares about Eggman, it's only in Sonic 3 when Eggman actually realizes that Stone IS the only person who ever cared for him.
Meanwhile, Gerald's manipulative. He seems to talk down to Shadow, primarily ordering him around and only bothering to keep him out of harms way during the London heist, BEFORE he has access to the Eclipse Canon. He actively preys on Shadow's grief, telling him that he needs to remember that Maria was taken from them, and that humanity deserves to be destroyed. Gerald doesn't even bother with correcting Eggman when he calls Shadow a "Thermonuclear gerbil". And when Gerald sees that Shadow is now working with Sonic, he says "I see you chosen betrayal. And you were once so useful to me."
Gerald was (likely) only using Shadow as a tool, something he could discard when it no longer had a purpose. But Eggman WANTED to keep Stone around. He IS the reason that Eggman tried to save the world. To Eggman, Stone was MORE than a henchman and sychophant. He was a sychofriend.
CROSSPOSTED FROM AO3: I AM DISGUSTED BY RUMORS.
I don't use this account but I've hung onto the handle, and I guess now I'm using that handle to post... this.
To put it bluntly: people have been spreading rumors that I’m a weirdo around children. Details in the doc. TL;DR: I am not. I am utterly revolted by these accusations.
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It’s come to my attention recently that folks have been spreading rumors that I’m a creep around children. I want to address those rumors here, because I’m sick of people running around and spreading misinformation.
I am DISGUSTED by this. I’m FURIOUS.
The rumors stem from a source that I will admit IS true: a nsfw fanfic I wrote in 2020ish. That fanfic was Wonderstruck. In my revised version of WS, titled Enchanted (Taylor’s Version), I vaguely touched on this subject in my author’s notes, hoping it would quell any misinformation, but clearly vague isn’t enough, so I’m putting my foot down here.
I would like to preface this by making sure I express right off the bat: I am a SEX-REPULSED ASEXUAL. I don’t even like the idea of sexual interactions with adults, let alone children. Yuck!
That said:
When I wrote WS, I was new to the fandom and eager to make friends. So eager that as I participated in a server full of other, far more popular authors at the time (who enjoyed NSFW content), I felt compelled to write something that would impress them, something that would help me fit in with them. I thought they were cool, and they ended up thinking I was a waste of time. These were big-name people, folks with far more kudos and reads and followers than I had at the time. Thus: I looked up to them.
I will not mention these people by name. I refuse to pass any sort of blame. That’s not the point of this.
That drama aside, I wrote WS to impress these people. I was not coerced or pressured to write smut, but I was driven by the latent, unspoken social pressure I felt when spending time with these people. “These people consume and write smut, ergo, I should do that so I can fit in with them, even though it’s not of my own interest.” I thought that by catering to their interests, I could slip into the clique (and I realize now that it was a clique and not an open, welcoming friend group).
Probably a dodged bullet that I didn’t get any further with those people, lol. I digress.
That one, single instance of a fic that I have expressed upon multiple occasions my shame surrounding, has blown up into something horrible. Nobody is doing their research about it. I have not been secretive about this situation.
Let me establish a few things.
1. I do not, in my daily life, enjoy any sort of sexual content, ESPECIALLY NOT that of minors! That is abhorrent! The very thought of consuming underage smut is making me vomit in my mouth a little.
2. I have never in my life DRAWN nsfw content of any kind. Don’t know where that rumor came from.
3. Since Wonderstruck, I have not written a single nsfw fanfic.
4. In Wonderstruck, I established the characters to be adults. I am fully aware that this is a sticky subject, as many folks do not condone “aging up” characters–but I did want to throw this in. I did not write smut with the intent of writing children. From the very beginning of that fanfic I established Sonic and Shadow to be in their mid-twenties. Take that as you will.
5. I have never groomed or been otherwise weird around a child. The allegation here is INFURIATING.
I fully acknowledge and respect that the fanfic made some minors uncomfortable, and I deeply apologize for that. That fanfic made ME uncomfortable, too! I get it! That’s why I took it down. That’s why I completely rewrote it. I’m uncomfortable, you’re uncomfortable, we’re all uncomfortable. And I know my own past decisions have led me to this point. I’m so, so sorry.
The last thing I want is to create a space that minors feel unsafe in, which is why I’m posting this now. While I’ll be the first to admit I’m jumping into self-defense mode a bit, I also just want to make it clear that I do not, will not, and would never dream of being weird around minors. I’m so sorry that things have spiraled so far that folks believe so. :(
That single fanfic is not who I am, and I do not want it to be my legacy. That fanfic was a projection of who other people were. It’s not even a pattern–it’s just one awkward instance that I have long since righted.
I just, I dunno. This isn’t the most eloquent thing I’ve ever written, but I’m still so shaky and mad and fucked up over the fact that people out there seem to believe these terrible things. I know I can’t stop rumors. They’ll just keep spreading, and spreading, and spreading. But my hope is that someone out there will hear something and think, “hey, let me do my research.” And they’ll come to my profile and see this.
So, I beg folks to look into things a bit more before they throw out such disgusting, potentially life-damaging allegations about people you don’t know and have never interacted with. I am a real, living human being. I have literally the same exact moral code as the folks throwing out these allegations, and I am furious and outraged and angry and sad that people think I’m one of those disgusting people out there who are actually doing real damage.
If anyone has any questions or wants more details, please don’t hesitate to ask. I want to be as forthright about this situation as possible, because I don’t want it to devolve even further.
Thanks for reading. I’m sorry it had to come to this. I’m gonna take a pause from writing fanfic for a little bit–just long enough to clear my head, probably.
Have a nice day :)
Ideas for a SatBK remaster (if it ever happens):
Camelot Castle and Nimue's Lake as hub worlds! Nimue can provide her challenges of Chivalry (the missions she sends Sonic on), and the bonus stages (unlocked after defeating Merlina), while the extra challenges could be given by the villagers in Camelot Castle. Connections to Arthurian legend can be accessed through dialogue at Nimue's, while SatBK specific lore can be accessed with the villagers in Camelot Castle, changing at different parts of the game (them talking about Arthur's corruption, how grateful they are to Sonic, and when Lancelot/Percival/Gawain, how they react to each knight). Plus, it would provide easy access to the Blacksmith, unlocking titles, and exchanging items.
FIXED CONTROLS. NO MORE DELAY. It's admittedly part of the charm (for me), but I would LOVE to have them fixed so the delay isn't as bad.
Camelot's treasury as an ACTUAL room (like Shadow's room in Generations). This can showcase the different items that are found, different talismans or potions made at the blacksmith's, and even showcasing the Sacred Swords. You could also view found concept are and replay cutscenes here.
A way to access Battle Mode in the game. Like, walk through one gate, and a prompt comes up asking if you want to enter Battle Mode/Multiplayer. This would let the player choose what character they want to play as, and also allow them to battle against a CPU opponent.
Some way to access the map at all times. With the original theme for the level selection playing while it's pulled up. For levels, you'd still have the ability to choose which knight you play as before entering a level, and the ability to equip items/talismans from the Blacksmith's Shop. (Maybe Merlina's magic allowed Sonic to instantly memorize the map or something.)
Last, but DEFINITELY not least:
GALAHAD AND LAMORAK IN THE GAME. PLEASE. SEGA, I'M BEGGING YOU.