I CAN See Neo As The Sassy Aunt...

Sonic and the Black Knight is still SUCH a strange concept, and it STILL works. Like, "Oh yeah, King Arthur was corrupted by the power of immortality, became a tyrant king, the Knights of the Round Table are still bound by their honor to serve him, they're hunting Merlin's granddaughter, Sonic is summoned to the world, slays dragons, saves Percival and Gawain's lives, kills King Arthur, and saves the ENTIRE kingdom in less than a week and becomes the new king."

And the main gimmick of the game is just 'Oh yeah, Sonic uses a sword'. This game is INCREDIBLE

The more I think about it, the more subtle references to Arthurian legend are actually IN SatBK. One of the SMALLEST references is during Gawain's defeat, when he tries to behead himself. This is likely a reference to Gawain and the Green Knight. The Green Knight offers to get hit with a VERY nice axe, but in return, whatever blow was dealt to him will be returned the next year (so, if Gawain and lightly tapped him on the arm, Gawain would get a light tap on the arm in response). Gawain beheads the Green Knight, hoping it'll kill him, but the Green Knight just says that he'll see Gawain next year, picks up his head, and walks out.

Next year comes, and the Green Knight disguises himself, with Gawain proving himself as strong-willed, noble, and honest to the disguised Green Knight. This ends up working in Gawain’s favor, since instead of getting beheaded, he only gets a small tap on the neck from the axe. Just like where Galatine was positioned in the cutscene before Sonic took it away.

Gotta love SatBK's references.

SECRET RINGS ANNIVERSARY

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LANCELOT!

lancelot portrait

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

25 hours a day, 8 days a week, #gpoy.

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.

continuation of this hehe

SLEEPY HEDGIES!!! SLEEPY HEDGIES!!!!

They kicked each other's ass before taking a nap together LMAO

FAE LANCELOT!!!!

sonadow doodle day 27: "Thee dare enter mine own forest?"

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I love it when SATBK AUs take advantage of Lancelot's fae heritage

without sonic (fae lancelot design):