People like XDamz thinks I think that Sonic is the Punisher. I do not think he's that. I'm just stating that Mario more often than naught beats his enemies to submission, while Sonic goes all ham and tries to kill.

The only time Sonic even remotely stops is Merlina, and that's because she wanted to change from her original goals. I didn't outline this in my original tweet, but Gamma was also not killed or destroyed because Amy told Sonic that she felt Gamma didn't deserve it, which Sonic concedes on.

Eggman doesn't get the same treatment, because Eggman's not willing to change his behaviour.

Also, Sonic chases down Eggman in Eggman's Sonic Drift Racing, while Sonic takes a commemorative photo of Tails in Tails' ending. You can literally find this shit on YouTube, which is what I did.

“Tries to kill” could not be any farther from the truth.

- never tried to kill Knuckles, let’s him flee multiple times, and immediately befriends him after he learns Eggman tricked him

- never tried to kill Silver, and immediately befriends him once he stops trying to kill Sonic

- never tried to kill Nack and continuously let him run away

- Gamma outright attacked Sonic, yet when Amy told him Gamma was good he immediately trusted her and left Gamma alone

- After Perfect Chaos completely decimated Station Square, Tikal said they needed to seal Chaos back up; yet Sonic’s the one who explicitly says that won’t fix the rage and sorrow in his heart and instead needs to be calmed down

- never tried to kill Shadow even when Shadow tried killing him multiple times

- continuously let’s Metal Sonic run away or at least live, even when Metal Sonic is half broken and could easily be destroyed Sonic’s just like “welp, see you next time Metal”

- sees an Eggman robot (Omega) with Shadow and Rouge and is immediately like “that guys cool”

- spares all the knights of the round table who were trying to kill him, even stops one from ending themself and saves another from falling into lava,

- spared Merlina even though she almost killed him

- continuously tried to reason with Sage even though she constantly tried to kill him and trapped his friends. And don’t try to argue “oh Ian wrote it”, because Sega were the ones who chose the plot points while Ian mostly just did dialogue, and all of Ian’s dialogue was reviewed and approved by Sega

- continuously let’s Eggman run away even when Sonic has the perfect opportunity to kill or at least capture Eggman (SA2, Heroes, Shadow 05, Battle, Riders, Riders Zero Gravity, Free Riders, Frontiers, Dream Team, etc). In Unleashed he even saves Eggman, because he could easily have tried throwing Eggman into the lava but instead threw him out of the hole and to safety

- only ever kills or eternally captures beings who ruthlessly control or want to destroy the world/universe/etc and when killing is the ONLY option.

- is repeatedly described/mentioned as the guy who believes in freedom and justice, outright telling us that he’s always given people the freedom of choice unless they impeded/endanger/hurt others

Can you stop spreading lies and actually play the games? You'll find that your reasoning falls through when you notice how Eggman isn't 'let go' in the games.

As per usual they don't actually provide screenshots as evidence when referencing the games

Because if they actually SHOWED what happens in the games they'd expose the fact that they're completely full of shit and blatantly lying =P

They might not have screenshots, but I do.

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- never tried to kill Knuckles, let’s him flee multiple times, and immediately befriends him after he learns Eggman tricked him

Sonic briefly knocks Knuckles out cold before Knuckles runs off to confront Eggman. Sonic follows, presumably to continue the fight, and then Eggman electrocutes Knuckles.

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spared Merlina even though she almost killed him

Sonic charged at Merlina first, unprovoked, without knowing she'd put up a barrier, and did so twice, seemingly with intent to kill or incapacitate.

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never tried to kill Nack and continuously let him run away

Nope.

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Gamma outright attacked Sonic, yet when Amy told him Gamma was good he immediately trusted her and left Gamma alone

That's... a really weird argument to make considering Sonic and Gamma started fighting on Eggman's orders for Gamma to shoot Sonic "full of holes."

Not to mention how Sonic charged toward Gamma, again, seemingly with the intent to kill, until Amy stepped in.

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- continuously let’s Metal Sonic run away or at least live, even when Metal Sonic is half broken and could easily be destroyed Sonic’s just like “welp, see you next time Metal”

Uh... Metal Sonic crashes into a wall in Sonic CD, and Sonic 4: Episode Metal implies that he had been left there to rot for "a long time," so...

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- sees an Eggman robot (Omega) with Shadow and Rouge and is immediately like “that guys cool”

...Where are you getting that from? Sonic has never said anything about Omega, period, let alone in Heroes.

Also, does the Team Sonic vs. Team Dark fight count for nothing when they literally try to push each member of the other's team into the abyss?

Like... Sonic isn't the Punisher; he's capable of being discerning - otherwise, he'd have just left Emerl washed up on the beach when he assumed Emerl was just another discarded Eggman robot.

You're being disingenuous by thinking we're saying Sonic should be all "die die murder kill" towards everyone.

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spares all the knights of the round table who were trying to kill him, even stops one from ending themself and saves another from falling into lava,

Sonic unrepentantly slays the evil King Arthur in the same game, but you're choosing to omit that part.

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- continuously let’s Eggman run away even when Sonic has the perfect opportunity to kill or at least capture Eggman (SA2, Heroes, Shadow 05, Battle, Riders, Riders Zero Gravity, Free Riders, Frontiers, Dream Team, etc).

SA2 = You're being a bit bad-faith here. Sonic had other things on his mind at the time, as had Eggman. You could apply this argument to Eggman too and be like "well why didn't Eggman just cap Sonic in the face when he returned to the ARK? :v"

Heroes = Eggman got chased away by the Chaotix.

ShTH = Again, Knuckles chased Eggman away.

Riders = Eggman passed out after seeing what the treasure actually was.

Battle = ...Huh? You mean the game where Eggman gets electrocuted and Sonic not only leaves him there, but laughs about it?

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In Unleashed he even saves Eggman, because he could easily have tried throwing Eggman into the lava but instead threw him out of the hole and to safety

You... you think Werehog was sparing Eggman... in that scene where Sonic tore the Dragoon to shreds as Eggman pleaded "Stay back" and "No, don't"? You think that was Werehog showing mercy?

Eggman says several times that the "controls won't respond" after Sonic delivers a hit. Sonic is systematically dismantling the very armor protecting Eggman as they plummet towards the Earth's core.

What do you think is happening in this scene? No shade, I am genuinely curious. Because I don't think "throwing Eggman to safety" is quite the phrase I'd use to describe it.

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only ever kills or eternally captures beings who ruthlessly control or want to destroy the world/universe/etc and when killing is the ONLY option.

Why do people always tack on "Sonic only kills when he has no other options" as if it matters? Dead is dead. Either Sonic kills or he doesn't.

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- is repeatedly described/mentioned as the guy who believes in freedom and justice,

In the comics. In the games, he describes himself as "just a guy that loves adventure." The comics do not take precedence over the games in this regard.

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outright telling us that he’s always given people the freedom of choice unless they impeded/endanger/hurt others.

Dude, you just got gone admitting that Sonic does sometimes imprison enemies out of necessity; that's not "always giving people the freedom of choice."

This isn't that difficult. Sonic is selfishly fond of his own freedom, but he's not going to abide by the platonic ideal of freedom like it's an iron-clad rule he must follow.

I know a lot of people think it’s heartless to dislike Kikyo and I guess it would be if it’s just for the sake that she “gets in the way”.

But regardless if one considers the movies canon or not, watching the first one recontextualized Kikyo as a character to a lot of people.

When Kagome lies crying with Inuyasha in her arms Kikyo says “serves you right” and it’s so obvious to the audience that all of that exchange is driven by the resentment that part of her soul has grasped onto as a lifeline, but it also shows a deep green envy she must feel. Because she knows Inuyasha trusted Kagome in that moment before he was hit.

Kagome was aware she was being manipulated whereas Kikyo actually shot that arrow true and full of hate and Inuyasha felt that betrayal.

So when Kikyo says “you’re who did this” to Kagome it’s full of resentment because let’s face it, Kikyo actually did it and unlike Kagome without the knowledge of being played.

It’s the moment we see her jealousy of Kagome flaming.

And yes what happened to her is awful. Anyone’s spirit would be haunted by that. But returning then in the last act and becoming this kind of hero feels unearned, still, from a writing POV. And while I enjoy the send off the real Kikyo got and deserves, the constant mention and lingering impact her shadow has on the finale removes some of Kagome’s hard earned agency.

And I don’t blame Kikyo. I think the writing here went awry. I actually LOVE Inuyasha, Kikyo and all. But the way the last season’s writing glorified a resentful, dead, spirit just didn’t sit right with some of us.

I will honor Kikyo and the love, life and power wasted on the tragedy but I don’t agree with the hollow, abusive, version of her being glorified. It’s icky.

Gil

Gilgamesh from the Fate/Stay Night series is my favorite character of Fate, despite all the numerous others that exist. The man is an arrogant, cruel, selfish, egotistical, and generally a terrible person. However that doesn't stop him from being an incredibly popular and loved character.

He does have his moments, but they're so few that it gets overshadowed by his personality. Said personality is influenced by the era he gets summoned in, Nasu's (the creator of Fate) way of expanding on Gil without making him into another villain or rewrite him. Which is seen in the next Fate series he appears in, Fate/Extra CCC. I'm pretty sure he either has the most or the second most appearances in the Fate series.

The guy is surprisingly complex, and isn't just plain evil, despite his whole testing humanity by unleashing billions of curses on them. Also the personality shift between him and his younger self is really funny. If they didn't have the same features, no one would ever be able to tell they're the same person. Until you get them mad that is.

Can't wait for Volume 9 of Fate Strange Fake to finish getting translated. Gil's been basically dead since Volume 5, he needs to redeem himself.

stratigraphy you’re a bitch but I love u

Stratigraphy is indeed a bitch. Sequence stratigraphy=🤮🤮🤮. But at least magentostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy is fun. And seeing all those layers is an aesthetic. Please don't ask me to study it though. I would let carbonatites and ig met pet drag me to the depths of hell before letting sequence stratigraphy within 5 metres from me.

(Also please don't ask me what sequence stratigraphy is. I'm not even sure what that means. All those backlaps and maximum flooding surfaces are all for nothing. And what is its main industrial usage? Oil exploration 🤮.)

"As Maekawa disliked Sonic as a character, he used Adventure 2 as an opportunity to revise him to suit his tastes"

And yet he still nailed Sonic and still made him consistent with previous summarizations of his personality and quirks. Especially in the Storybook games. There's no excuse for anyone else involved in writing for this franchise to use personal views on characters or "What they should be." in their view to morph them into something they're not. I'm looking at you Flynn and your complete fuck-up's with Sonic and Shadow and the sheer gall you have to fuck around with character dynamics out of your own stupid ideas i.e Wanting to morph Amy because of her dynamic with Sonic.

Sonic’s design (regular and super sonic form) in Sonic Unleashed was too beautiful and Sonic Team needs to bring that back because he looked TOO good.

I just realized something. If the First City was Uruk like most people seem to think, then its fall was deeply, deeply ironic. Spoilers for Heart’s Desire. 

So the theme of the Epic of Gilgamesh is that immortality is better achieved through one’s legacy than through, you know, physical immortality. Gilgamesh is propelled onto his quest to find immortality by the death of his buddy/totally not boyfriend Enkidu and learns from the first man to gain immortality how to gain immortality, gloriously messes it up, and comes to the conclusion that the only way to gain true immortality now is by creating a legacy that will outlive you. 

BUT, because the fallen cities are usually traded by their monarch to the Masters in exchange for the life of a romantic partner or spouse (excluding the Third City, at least), and going by the assumption that the King with a Hundred Hearts is Enkidu and the Manager of the Royal Bethlehem is Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh in the Fallen London universe never learned this lesson. Instead, he gained physical immortality at the cost of everything: his city, the Surface, and the very person he gave it all up for, the very person whose death would’ve propelled his quest for true immortality. And, from what I’ve heard from people who’ve completed Heart’s Desire (my ambition is Nemesis and I haven’t even gotten to the Iron Republic yet, so I wouldn’t know), while the King resents the Manager for saving his life, the Manager has never lost his love for the King. 

All this adds a second layer of tragedy to the backstory of the First City. The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest story we have, or at least the oldest story we have in written form; in a meta sense, Gilgamesh gained what he sought. But in the Fallen London universe, London fell before the tablets containing the story could be translated (translation began sometime in the late 1860s, and the first somewhat complete version was published in 1900; London fell in 1862), if the story even existed at all. Gilgamesh never learned his lesson. He still yearns for the person he sacrificed everything for yet is unable to have him. He lives on in-person, but his memory has been forgotten by time. In a sense, he lost more than the version of him in our world; we still have the story of Gilgamesh, but in Fallen London, we don’t even have that.