User blog:SilverPlays97/Why am I a Sonic fan? A retrospective of my history with the Sonic fandom

We all have had that moment. It happens when we least expect it, and we do our best to forget it. Yet it always finds a way to pop in our heads again, reminding us about who we were and what we did.

I am talking about those moments when you remember something embarrassing from your childhood. Whether it was something you did with your family, in school, or online, everyone has done something they don’t want to remember. Many people call moments like these cringe.

I have had my “cringe” moments with the Sonic fandom. The examples are almost endless: bad fanart, stupid comments on blog posts, mediocre videos, and eye-melting fanfiction. I have gone back to delete many of these, but the memories will take longer to forget. A question still remains: why do we remember these moments if they make us uncomfortable?

It’s because these moments made us happy during the time we did them. Our brains want us to remember the times where we put a lot of effort into something and the results of our efforts. If you went back in time and tried to stop yourself from doing something you’ll cringe about later, your younger self wouldn’t understand why. Maybe its because your younger self is blissfully unaware of the consequences of their actions, or its more likely they wouldn’t understand not doing something that makes them happy.

What people think is cringe now may just become nostalgic later. With how bad things are in the world and how stressful life can get, it is no surprise people want to go back to a time where they were care-free and had no responsibilities. For a long time, the internet has laughed at things that made them cringe, then they started to laugh at people who call things cringe, now people are abandoning the idea of things being cringe all together. There are still people who call out others for liking things that they find to be cringe, I’m sure there always will be.

These kinds of people don’t bother me anymore. They don’t understand why people like the things they like. They don’t know why I am a Sonic fan. A few times, I didn’t either. So, I looked inward and wrote this up. I encourage you to read all of it. I know many Sonic fans are going to read this, and I hope it brings back fond memories. I also hope it inspires them to write something similar.

This is my history with Sonic, and my thoughts on some things now.

This is why I am a Sonic fan.



Early years
If I could blame anyone for making me a Sonic fan, I could probably blame my parents. They were the ones who gave the family a PS2 for Christmas in 2006. I remember the first 4 games they gave us: Dance Dance Revolution with a dance pad, FlatOut 2, Guitar Hero, and the Sega Genesis Collection. The first game listed in the collection was Sonic the Hedgehog. The loud SEGA jingle, the drums in the opening fanfare, and Sonic’s finger-wagging all mesmerized me. I was amazed with how colorful everything was in the first level; I explored every bit of it. I can remember the music so well, it brings back memories of a time where I didn’t have to worry about a thing. I remember being weird out by the special stage and thinking exiting was the goal, not getting the Chaos Emerald (which I never realized was there). My siblings played as well, but they were interested in the other games more. I remember Marble Zone having those dropping chains that would crush you scare me. I only made it to Marble Zone Act III once, and that was the farthest I ever went back then. I didn’t understand video games that well, but I did enjoy seeing that title screen and that hedgehog smiling at me.

My parents noticed I liked Sonic, so they got me two other Sonic games: Sonic Heroes and Sonic Riders. I was pretty bad at Sonic Heroes, I didn’t understand what I had to do to progress in levels and I would get stuck constantly. When I did beat levels, it was with D and E ranks. It was also loud and every character said something when you did anything. I was also terrible at Sonic Riders. I didn’t understand the “Air” mechanic and would end up walking a lot. I think I played as Tails, and I would get upset when I started walking instead of hovering. I gave up playing both these games, but I do remember on the back of the Sonic Riders manual an ad for another Sonic game, but It had a different character: Shadow. I thought it was Sonic gone evil and you have to stop him. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. In retrospect, I’m glad I never got that game. I do also remember how cool Sonic looked on the cover of Riders, doing a trick with a smirk on his face.

It might be a bit embarrassing to admit, but for a while, Sonic was my imaginary friend. When I was alone, I would imagine him standing in front of me saying I was a cool dude and how he wanted to have some fun. I would imagine him running on power lines during car rides. Like any friend, I felt like I was obligated to do something for him. So I kept playing Sonic 1. Over time, I stopped imagining him and lost interest in Sonic. I became more interested in other games, like the Guitar Hero series, LEGO games, and Mario when we got a Wii. I played New Super Mario Bros. to death on the Wii and DS, and have fond memories of playing Mario Kart DS during bus rides and making Mario levels on Mario Flash.

Maybe my bad experiences with other Sonic games led me to play Mario games. I did have fun playing Mario games, and I didn’t even think about playing Sonic games. I sometimes wish I was exposed to other Sonic media around this time. Sonic X was still on TV, and Archie Sonic was beginning its rebirth under Ian Flynn. If I experienced these in my childhood, my relationship with the Sonic franchise would be very different.

The height of my Sonic fandom
Around 2010, I was watching a bunch of Lets Play youtubers. The ones I watched the most were nintendocaprisun, The Runaway Guys, BrainScratchComs, and ClementJ642. It was through them I heard about a new Sonic game coming out: Sonic Generations. My brother had an Xbox360 and I got the game. I put a lot of hours playing that game, trying to complete all the challenge acts and getting an S rank on every stage. I still have the picture I took on my crappy flip phone of when I beat the game for the first time. I became interested in Sonic games again. I got Sonic 4 Ep. 1 on my Wii and played that game to death (I swear I mastered it).

I thought making Let’s Play videos looked easy to make, so me and a friend made our own Let’s Play channel. I can tell you now, we weren’t the best, and I unlisted all those videos. We did enjoy making those videos, however. We cared less about the video quality being literally the camera in front of a TV screen and using the mic in the camera. I don’t remember ever being made fun of for how bad our videos were, so we keep making them for three years. We got better at making videos and even used a dvd player to capture footage at one point. We stopped making them because we didn’t have the motivation to make videos, not because we realized how bad we were at it.

Around this time, my family’s PS2 stopped working. I went to my local game store on Black Friday with as much PS2 stuff as I could and traded it in for a Sega Genesis with Sonic 1 & 2. Sonic 2 was, and still is, one of my favorite Sonic games. It's one of the easier games, so even I got good at it. I remember getting all the Chaos Emeralds before Oil Ocean, like I was a genius or something. I got Sonic 3 & Knuckles later, though I didn’t enjoy it as much as Sonic 2. I felt really accomplished when I beat Knuckles in Sonic 2 (I hated how Knuckles jumps shorter in the game, making it really hard to beat the Death Egg Robot). I kept on taking pictures of when I beat games, and I still have a few pics of me beating some Sonic games.

2012-2013 was when I really began my Sonic fandom. I was doing all the stereotypical things Sonic fans do. Watching fan animations like Sonic Shorts and Nazo Unleashed, drawing fan art and writing fan fiction. I made my own Sonic T-shirt when I was in middle school and recreated Sonic’s shoe in my ceramics class. I still have that shoe to this day. What I spent most of my free time in school in the 7th grade was writing my own fan novel, A Video Game Odyssey. In summary, it was about a boy (me), traveling across the gaming world in order to find out who tried to kill me. It went into the world of Sonic, Mario, Mega Man, and Zelda. I did not post it online, but for some reason my feeble mind thought it could be published. I made a couple of attempts to contact some people, but I thankfully forgot about that.

Just like thousands of other Sonic fans, I had my own deviantArt account. My attempts at making fanart were unoriginal to say the least. Most of the stuff I did were the same poses from official artwork, drawn in pencil and sometimes colored in with colored pencils. I once got mad when I submitted my art to a DA group and was rejected. When I asked why, they said it was not original enough. I recently uncovered some of my drawings and got rid of the ones I didn’t like. Some artists I remember following on DA where RhythmAX and this one artist who drew amazing realistic pencils of Sonic characters (not in the Movie-Sonic kind of realistic). I particularly loved RhythmAX for his Silver and Super Silver artwork.

I don’t remember the first time I saw Silver the Hedgehog, but he has grown to be my favorite Sonic character. My enthusiasm for finding great art and reading comic issues with him in it is the same now as it was in 2013. On the surface, Silver has a great design, achieving a futuristic look and a unique color pallet. He has distinct features that separate him from other hedgehogs, such as his two large quills behind his head, the black shadows around his eyes, and a good deal of chest fur. I always found his backstory interesting and envied his telekinetic abilities. However, this alone does not make him my favorite character.

Ever since middle school, I have considered myself to be an oddball. I could not fit myself into one of the groups in school and did what I wanted to do on my own. Silver is the oddball of the Sonic cast, created in a terrible game and not having another chance to show his potential. They still keep him around and at least make him important in the comics. If I had to be honest, I saw Silver as a reflection of myself. Instead of imagining myself dealing with drama and stress, I would imagine Silver doing it. I stopped doing this, but I still see Silver as my personal connection to the Sonic fandom. I mean, I still use my username SilverPlays97, and I retweet Silver and Silvaze art. I got a Silver plush, and if I had the money, I would get the F4F statue of Silver. He’s still the Sonic character I admire the most.

Joining Sonic News Network
Many fandoms have their own small, close communities. As fate would have it, the community I became a part of was Sonic News Network. I came here to promote my youtube channel, but I was attracted to the articles and the vast lore of Sonic the wiki provided. My username originated here, and has stuck to me since. I gravitated to the chat feature the wiki had, despite me never going to a chat room. Perhaps it was because I wanted to be around people who liked the same things I did. The SNN chat was garbage compared to discord, but I had my good times there. I saved a few screenshots of some funny moments, and spent many afternoons with the chat window open.

By hanging around SNN, I eventually started editing the wiki. Soon, this turned into a passion. I spent hours working on pages, adding templates and things. During all of this, I meet some people I genuinely had a friendship with.


 * First was this British guy name Solace, a kid guy who was a bit shy. He made music too and would be in the chat now and again. He left the wiki on a sour note. I guess the drama got to him.


 * SacorGuy was also someone I grew kind to. He was an admin on the wiki for a while, and me and him shared the same humor. He played tf2 allot, just like I would latter do. He faded away from SNN over time, I guess he lost interest.


 * ShadowUnleashed was one of the users I talked to the most. We also worked on a few editing projects together and a sprite comic. He did well in almost everything he attempted. He was also a musician, but went to college for engineering. He grew out of SNN, but we messaged on steam for a while.

If there is one regret I will carry with me for a long time, it’s not continuing my friendship with these people. I made attempts to talk to them on Steam (I still have them added), but we haven’t messaged in months. I just remember the group conversations we had in the chat room on SNN. We would talk about drama, Sonic, and just about anything. I felt like we cared about each other.

The one person I regret the most leaving is BlueSpeeder. He was such a close friend. We even talked over a phone call at one point. He loved the Archie comics and we were giddy when the Sonic and Mega Man crossover happened. We were there for each other when things got hard for us. I wish I could tell him that he was one of the best people I ever knew. He left SNN before I came back, I missed him by just a couple of months.

Most of the people on SNN were teenagers when I was there from 2012-2015. So there was a good amount of unnecessary drama. I even categorized it in some blog posts. I guess that's why I would try to edit or lurk every day there for a while. I also made a good amount of sprite comics on SNN. Some were about sonic, while others where about drama. I was a big fan of Shadow759 at this time, so much that I made my own fan movie. I dragged my friend and his sister to do some voices. I won’t even force myself to watch it I again, I might die of embarrassment.

Abandonment
As time went on, I got less interesting in playing Sonic games. I was disappointed in Sonic 4: Ep. II and had no interest in playing Lost World. Soon, my connection to the Sonic fandom was just SNN, and that was wearing thin. One day on a campout, I nearly broke down over the stress I had by not knowing what was going on on the wiki, since I couldn’t check. I was going through some other things at the time, but I blamed my stress on SNN. My dramatic ass wrote my goodbye blog on paper that campout. I made it a big deal in my blog about how I was leaving, probably for some attention. I was away for a few months, but I came crawling back. Probably because I got through some stress and had nothing better to do. I returned to my editing self in January 2015 and became more involved. The same enjoyment wasn't there, however. Many of my friends on SNN had left or were barely active.

What finally drove me away was seeing the Sonic short film. It was disturbing. I felt like I was looking at a bad timeline of my future, where I’m alone and I drowned my sorrows with a video game character from the 90’s. Even before seeing the film, I was starting to feel embarrassed about being a Sonic fan. When I was a freshman in High School, I often shared my Sonic fandom with others. I even brought a Sonic poster to class (we were all supposed to share something we liked or something). I started to have the mentality that I needed to grow up. Adults don’t go to a fan-wiki everyday and talk to some dramatic teenagers. So I left SNN, and the Sonic fandom, for what I thought was for good.

When I graduated, I had an image of what my life would be like when I go to college. It was just that, an image. When I went to college, I thought I would mingle with a new group of friends...I kept to myself instead. I thought I would meet someone and have an intimate relationship with them...that never happened. I thought I would reinvent myself and start a new life...the more things changed, the more they stayed the same. Life is never what you imagine it to be...

...but is that such a bad thing?

Return
In 2017, I got a Twitter account. I was never attracted to social networks because I didn’t have anyone to keep track of. I deleted my old Facebook account years ago. I followed some youtubers, like Dolan Dark and Vinesauce, and looking through their replies a found another account I liked: SonicDahMario. I have never heard of this person before, but I thought her tweets were funny and I followed her. Back then Shikki was more active, and she would retweet some Sonic related things a lot.

It was around this time I heard of a new Sonic game coming out: Sonic Mania. My gaming diet around this time was just TF2, so I was willing to give it a try. I even went out and bought a new SNES controller for my PC to play it. Boy, that game blew me away. Mania brought back fond memories of playing Sonic games, and created some new ones as well. I remember how excited I was when I beat the final special stage to get Super Sonic. Mania has amazing art and character that makes me smile every time I play it. Don’t get me started on the music, I bought the soundtrack and listened to it on my 12 hour drive to New York. My interest into Sonic was rekindled thanks to Sonic Mania.

Shikki would also rt things from “No Context” accounts. These accounts basically took funny moments from their media and post them, or make something funny from their media by taking it out of context. Shikki would also post some stuff of Sonic like this. It made me wonder why there wasn’t a No Context account for Sonic. So, I took the initiative and made the account myself. It started off really simple. I compiled some images I found on SNN and started to post every day (I thought posting daily would increase the accounts exposure). I opened it up to submissions as well; the first one was that panel in an Archie comic where Knuckles picks up a gun. I was inspired by other accounts as well, such as picking a pic of Sonic wearing some sunglasses as my profile pic since No Context Mario has a pic of Mario with sunglasses.

For some reason, I tried to be themey and make a “trying too hard to be cool” persona. Being a fan of silvagunner, I also tried to make a lore story line, doing account takeovers and lore hints. As my account got bigger, I stopped doing that. I never expected the account to get so big so fast. I remember flipping out when one of my posts got 500 likes, commissioning art for follower milestones, and my best post getting over 8k likes.

There are still parts of the account I enjoy, but many things I did like to do have lost their luster. I used to do contests for gift card prizes, but I find them to be tedious and did not get that much attention. I also created a discord for dedicated followers, but haven’t invited anyone in a long time. Even when my posts almost hit 5k likes, I don’t get that excited about it. I still like to leave witty comments to other posts and go through submissions. I always get excited when someone that works in the Sonic franchise, such as Ryan Drummond, Evan Stanley, or Mike Pollock, notices my posts. That’s what I think separates me from other accounts, I read all replies to my posts and read my feed daily. I let people know I’m here. I don’t think I will stop posting for a long time, I have plenty of images/videos to post and I know where to go for content if my submissions run dry. I do have thoughts about making other accounts, like a Plushie adventures account or a AOSTHYTP clips account. I wish I knew some people to create those accounts with, but then again I always like to be in control when it comes to projects.

I knew when making the account the best place to find sonic images was SNN. I was worried about returning. I didn’t want to fall into my old pitfalls and come to dislike being there again. Running into old users also worried me, since I haven’t talked to them in years. As it turns out, a lot can change in 3 years. The vast majority of people I knew left or are barely active. The chat room has been abandoned (since removed), since the wiki now has its own discord. Many of the issues I ran into on maintaining SNN have been virtually eliminated or moved under Admin control. It makes sense since the rules put in years ago were made for a much more active community. It still saddens me that no one makes sprite comics anymore or I will never see MetalMickey’s shenanigans in chat again. Those memories can not be recreated.

So why did I start editing again? To put it simply, you look for one thing to edit and you find three other things to edit. Soon you have dozens of tasks you want to do and get satisfied when you finish them. I enjoyed completing the Video Game scripts, archiving old talk pages, completing the comic by year category, and purging the broken file links category. The more I edited, the better my skills became and the stronger my drive to contribute became. I also ran into some new users who were very welcoming of my return and I started to work with them. Thanks to my activity and knowledge of editing, I was nominated to new user rights. I got content moderator, which is basically admin without banning people and changing the interface, then a few months later I was granted admin. I remember seeking admin rights during my first time around, but I took it way too seriously.

I was also asked to help with SNN’s new twitter account. I pushed for SNN to expand its presence in the Sonic community. We now have a YouTube and Twitter account, and we will be affiliated with some other Sonic sites in the future, hopefully. I personally created an interview series with Sonic creators. It had a good start, but I’ve neglected it since. I did get to interview a great official IDW artist, Evan Stanley. They interview was fun and I’m proud of making it happen.

I am going through a rebirth of my fandom with Sonic. I am growing a collection of Archie Sonic comics (I hope to have every story eventually). I have requested commissions for art I wanted created, as well as following Sonic artists on my public twitter account (named SilverPlays97). I got a few Sonic plushies and plan on getting more. I’ve played some more Sonic games as well (Sonic 1 8-bit is a fun little game). Every now and then, I draw fanart as well. I’m not that good at digital art, so I stick to pencils. I feel like everything I do with Sonic media is connected in some way. I can read an Archie comic, edit pages related to it on SNN, and scan it if there is something in it I can post on nocontxtsonic. I check both of my Sonic twitter accounts every day. There’s so much good stuff in the Sonic fandom I haven’t seen or realized back in high school.

I’m...genuinely happy to be in the Sonic community…

I’m not afraid to admit I am a Sonic fan. It makes me happy, it makes me friends, it makes me feel at home.

No longer embarrassed
When I came back to the Sonic fandom, I hid it from people I know. At this point, I still thought I needed it to grow up and people would look down upon me for being a part of something directed for children. This reasoning perplexes me today. Over time, I forget not to care about what other people think about me. Still, I don’t tell people I run a Sonic meme twitter account when they ask me what I do for fun. I sure most people don’t brag about their online presence to people they don’t know. I wear Sonic shirts in public and chime into conversations if they start talking about something Sonic related. This is what most people do with topics they like.

What I felt more uncomfortable about was what people would think of me online. The internet is a public forum; judgement and ridicule are cheap to get. I wanted to have my online self separated from my IRL self. That’s why I made a new twitter account for following Sonic stuff and to have NoContextSonic have an owner tagged to it. Still, I was worried about being made fun of for my fandom. It’s not until you face your fears you realize there is nothing to be afraid of.

I joined a Discord server for a Minecraft server I play on. Most of the time people would post garbage, but sometimes people actually talked about stuff. There was this one asshat who would make fun of anything people posted. One time I posted a Sonic meme on a channel, wouldn’t you know it the same guy said it was cringe I was a Sonic fan. That message stuck with me for a while, why did he make fun of me for what I liked? I argued with him about it, but he still felt the same way. I was in a bad mood, so I went to twitter to calm myself down. While browsing, I found this image of Bubbles that struck a chord with me:



I remember Bubbles being the shy, reserved, cute character in the Power Puff Girls. I remember her always cowering in fear when something evil was attacking her. The other two girls would motivate her to fight back, but in this image Bubbles is standing up for herself. She is saying something I now take by heart. If what you like makes you happy, then it doesn’t matter what other people say. There will always be someone out there that will put you down for what you enjoy. They probably act that way to everyone. They’re just trying to fight about something because they have nothing better to do. It is sad when you think about it. I wish I could give the enjoyment and happiness I get with Sonic, or anything I like, to people like this. Maybe then they would change.

On crowd hatred
When people think of toxic fandoms with creeps and lolcows, many on the internet point to fandoms like MLP, FNF, Steven Universe, and Sonic. This is because some people in these fandoms with disgusting/shocking traits have gotten attention on forums and videos. For people who are not apart of a fandom, they usually turn to the most popular person or creation from it. Unfortunately, what is popular does not represent the group as a whole in most cases. Someone who has watched the Sonic Shorts Collection and played Sonic After the Sequel would have a different perspective on the Sonic fandom than someone who watched a CWC documentary and played Sonic Dreams Collection.

What makes me angry is the people who judge fandoms by the negative side of them. It is a sad truth that negative opinions get more attention than positive ones. People keep searching for the bad things in fandoms and online communities, so much so the good things they created are forgotten and discarded. Digging into a community's dark side does help them combat the issues they may have, but so often one negative thing comes out and everyone assumes the entire fandom does it. It is even more hurtful when lies are spread about them.

It has reached the point where people’s entire arguments or opinions are dismissed just because of what they liked. We all know the “If you have an Anime pfp your opinion doesn’t count” meme. For some people, they take that mentality seriously. Disliking or dismissing someone for what fandom they are apart of is akin to judging someone’s personality by what they look like. I have seen firsthand people bullying others online just because of their interests. I am shocked such people even exist.

I encourage all of you to not judge a fandom, or any group really, by only negative aspects of them. Reserve your judgment when you know more about them. Don’t be scared to defend people when others attack them for what they enjoy. If they are not hurting others or doing illegal activities, they don’t deserve it.

C.S. Lewis wrote an essay titled An Experiment in Criticism, which explores different approaches to making opinions. Essentially, Lewis believed you can never truly be able to judge something without experiencing it yourself. If you are not part of a fandom, how are you qualified to make an opinion on it? Lewis also states the people who are most qualified to share their opinion on a topic are those who regularly take part in it. Harry Potter fans are more qualified to give feedback on Harry Potter than Lord of the Rings fans. People who have gone on cruises can judge a cruise better than someone who has never been on one. This sounds like common knowledge, but on the internet, common sense is often thrown away so people can make quick judgments. Lewis’ ideas are not perfect, but they are important to keep in mind.

As the old saying goes, you can’t judge a book by it’s cover, and you can’t judge a fandom by one person.

Conclusion
To answer the question in the title of this post, I am a Sonic fan because I have always been. It is a part of my childhood and was an important part of my youth. I enjoy the content created for the Sonic franchise, official and fan made, and enjoy making my own content as well. Sonic is not my only interest, and I have bigger priorities to focus on. When I have free time, I often turn to the Sonic franchise.

I am not afraid to admit I am a Sonic fan. I am aware of the reputation the fandom has online, but I and many others know this does not represent who we are. I’m not going to let others stop me for enjoying what I like. I will defend others for what they like when they are attacked, and I hope others do the same.

It’s likely that sometime I will stop actively following the Sonic fandom. I will edit SNN one last time, I’ll stop posting on noconxtsonic, and will buy my last Sonic game. I have no way of knowing when that will happen. It could be years or decades from now.

What I do know is I’ll be old one day and I’ll see that blue hedgehog wagging its finger, smiling at me. I will smile back, remembering the good times we had together.

What's in the collage?

 * Silver thinking (center) - Me reflecting on what I’ve gone through as a Sonic fan.
 * Sega Genesis Collection - Played my first Sonic game on this collection.
 * StH 1 Title Screen - My first time seeing Sonic.
 * Shadow the Hedgehog ad - A fond memory. Looked even darker in the dim-lit basement I was in.
 * Sonic Generations pic - The first time I beat that game.
 * Dark Silver pic - I took this with my flip phone and made it the background of my phone. Would look cool at night.
 * 500 Viewers Special - An example of a Let's Play video I did.
 * Silver’s Epic Search for the Ultimate Chili Dog - Silly fan movie I made.
 * Userbox - Made this for SNN “for the lulz”
 * Sonic X Over - One of the sprite comics I made. Unleashed made the logo for me.
 * White Chatroom - Solace making a moment.
 * Grey Chatroom - A funny moment that brings back old memories.
 * Sonic guy sitting - From the Sonic short film.
 * Enjoy your future! - I made this as a final farewell to SNN. It has aged poorly.
 * Silver drawing - One of the better pieces of fanart I made.
 * Sonic Mania title screen - What brought me back.
 * Sonic with sunglasses - First pfp for nocontxtsonic
 * 3k followers - I drew this to celebrate nocontxtsonic reaching 3,000 followers. Probably my best Sonic I’ve ever drawn.
 * Sonic Plushie’s Bizarre Adventure - I made this for a plushie story I posted
 * Silver plush - My son
 * 20k followers - Commissioned this for nocontxtsonic reaching 20,000 followers. Art by Clarissa Art.
 * Greeting - Ultra welcoming me back to SNN.
 * 15k - Took a pic when I made my 15,00th edit.
 * Twitter DM - Guy messaged me back over a year later when I thanked him for following me. I used to thank followers when they followed the account early on.
 * Books - My Archie Sonic collection, plus some IDW comics.
 * Tikal art - I drew the pencils for this and Mask of Conflict fixed it up and did the inks. I did the colors, and she did the shading.
 * Evan Stanley interview - Promotional image created for SNN’s interview with Evan Stanley.
 * 3 accounts - They have become my new friends when I came back to the Sonic fandom and I’m happy to know them.
 * Happy Silver - My pfp I commissioned, by chickenramen.