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Title: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on August 22, 2014, 06:59:25 am
I'm sorry...but the urge was too great. This is your fault, UP. One rule: Keep the NSFW in spoilers.

From a variety of enlightened youtube comments to unique artworks, the Sonic Fandom is infamous. Post your examples of sonic fandom stupidity here. For example:

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Go suck Mario's dick! Cuz at least Sonic can have cool fan shit while mario fan shit is boring & not memorable

The following is not safe for work, life, free market hallowed be it's name and religion. In the name of all that is remotely holy, turn away now. If not, you're a sick freak.

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Looks like he's excited about praying. Very excited.

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Cause talking animals aren't heresy.

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I would be offended right now, but I'm too busy trying to put my mouth back up.

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Thankfully, I cannot be accused of islamophobia by UP because I have Mr. Glocky.
Title: Re: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on August 22, 2014, 08:40:31 am
Let's not forget this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQhjJ0BLxT0
Title: Re: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: SpaceProg on August 22, 2014, 01:12:16 pm
What the bloody hell?
Title: Re: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: Ghoti on August 22, 2014, 02:07:15 pm
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I'm not sure what's happening here but I want no part in it.
Title: Re: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 22, 2014, 02:10:06 pm
Pardon me I think I'm going to throw up now @_X
Title: Re: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: Random Gal on August 22, 2014, 02:31:13 pm
What is it about Sonic that seems to attract the absolute worst elements of both furries and gamers? And what's with the religious stuff, for that matter?

I've yet to see anything this bizarre in Mario, Donkey Kong, or Zelda, and while there have been some disturbing Pokémon and Star Fox stuff they're nowhere near this crazy.
Title: Re: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on August 22, 2014, 10:58:18 pm
Quote from: Random Guy on August 22, 2014, 02:31:13 pm
What is it about Sonic that seems to attract the absolute worst elements of both furries and gamers? And what's with the religious stuff, for that matter?

I've yet to see anything this bizarre in Mario, Donkey Kong, or Zelda, and while there have been some disturbing Pokémon and Star Fox stuff they're nowhere near this crazy.

This was a point of contention among the CWCKI forums, but consensus was that it was the bright colors and "being edgy without having to be...edgy" part of it.

Like Poochie, with "quality" gameplay.
Title: Re: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: Alehksunos on August 24, 2014, 10:51:39 pm
Digging up an old, relevant post from the Random Sentences Devoid of Context thread:

Quote from: Alehksunos on March 02, 2014, 02:38:43 pm
How can characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog universe even possibly acknowledge who YHWH and Jesus Christ are?

Funny enough, their descendents ancestors worshiped omnicidal monsters (see Sonic Adventure 1, where Knuckles' descendents ancestors worshiped Chaos and the same beast destroyed an entire city late in the game).
Title: Re: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 25, 2014, 01:42:35 pm
...?

Did you mean ancestors?
Title: Re: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: Alehksunos on August 26, 2014, 01:25:41 am
Yeah. My mistake.

There's also a reason why I don't talk about cringe-worthy stuff in the Sonic the Hedgehog fandom (or fandoms in general, because I honestly, secretly have developed a contempt for that word) because almost none of this shit is surprising to me anymore (not even the My Little Pony shit). Even though, I still swipe at the cast of these games and non-game works being a voice of insane political and religious beliefs or being used as imaginary friends or love interests.
Title: Re: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: Kat S. on August 30, 2014, 12:09:34 pm
I know that popular show and movie series tend to attract a fandom following, and the fanbase makes their own fan fiction occasionally utilizing rule 34.  However, I have always been intrigued by the enormously huge Sonic the Hedgehog fanbase and the people Sonic attracts.

Also, I cannot understand how a person can have a crush on a cartoon character.  The character lives in a fictional universe that the person is not a part of, and most importantly, the character itself isn't real.  It can't love you back.
Title: Re: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: MadCatTLX on August 30, 2014, 02:07:46 pm
Quote from: Kat S. on August 30, 2014, 12:09:34 pm
Also, I cannot understand how a person can have a crush on a cartoon character.  The character lives in a fictional universe that the person is not a part of, and most importantly, the character itself isn't real.  It can't love you back.

Well, I was going to just respond with this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaSd2d5rwPE

But there were some rather appropriate images that turned up in the search results when I went looking for the clip.

(http://d2tq98mqfjyz2l.cloudfront.net/image_cache/1380795419363463.jpg)

(http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/66/66a5b91b07f77109f0a17808a5befd7635a90c0a56f1d1f13fa8631a5e1ed05c.jpg)
Title: Re: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: Kat S. on August 30, 2014, 02:29:33 pm
Quote from: MadCatTLX on August 30, 2014, 02:07:46 pm
Quote from: Kat S. on August 30, 2014, 12:09:34 pm
Also, I cannot understand how a person can have a crush on a cartoon character.  The character lives in a fictional universe that the person is not a part of, and most importantly, the character itself isn't real.  It can't love you back.

Well, I was going to just respond with this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaSd2d5rwPE

But there were some rather appropriate images that turned up in the search results when I went looking for the clip.

(http://d2tq98mqfjyz2l.cloudfront.net/image_cache/1380795419363463.jpg)

(http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/66/66a5b91b07f77109f0a17808a5befd7635a90c0a56f1d1f13fa8631a5e1ed05c.jpg)

I guess when you put it that way, I can see how it isn't all that different from having a crush on a real person who has no romantic interest to the person who has a crush on him/her.  Still, the sight of unrequited love can be painful and cringeworthy to witness.
Title: Re: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on January 25, 2015, 10:07:58 am
Two words beat everything I posted here, and most on the other "cringe" topics. This is a serious matter, so I'll try and be serious regarding this guy as I can. He's a predator, short and simple. He may want it to, but the internet never forgets.

Byron Beaubian, a.k.a Psyguy. Pedophile predator (Though he tries to deny that), OC creator, emotional and pyschological abuser. Fond of nuking their accounts, but there's still some extant. In addition, there's a callout blog.

http://superpsyguy-callout.tumblr.com/

Horrible person. Horrible fucking person.
Title: Re: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on January 25, 2015, 10:58:48 am
Let's not forget Chris-chan pepper-spraying a GameStop employee over Sonic's blue arms.
Title: Re: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: Katsuro on January 29, 2015, 05:38:23 pm
Sonic still has fans after Sega tried their best to make sure there would be none left?
Title: Re: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: Cerim Treascair on January 29, 2015, 07:44:42 pm
Generations went a long way towards reviving the fanbase a smidge.
Title: Re: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: Lady Evil on January 29, 2015, 07:57:13 pm
Quote from: Kat S. on August 30, 2014, 12:09:34 pm
I know that popular show and movie series tend to attract a fandom following, and the fanbase makes their own fan fiction occasionally utilizing rule 34.  However, I have always been intrigued by the enormously huge Sonic the Hedgehog fanbase and the people Sonic attracts.

Also, I cannot understand how a person can have a crush on a cartoon character.  The character lives in a fictional universe that the person is not a part of, and most importantly, the character itself isn't real.  It can't love you back.

Kinda reminds me of something I put in a fic. A guy finds out his wife used to have a crush on Mendoza from The Mysterious Cities of Gold. He teases her about it and she responds "Like you never had a dirty thought about Jessica Rabbit!"
Title: Re: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: Sigmaleph on January 31, 2015, 01:23:00 am
Quote from: Katsuro on January 29, 2015, 05:38:23 pm
Sonic still has fans after Sega tried their best to make sure there would be none left?

Sega deals a hit to the fandom, and the less dedicated fans leave, but that means that the ones that remain are the most, well, fanatical of fans. And now they are in group with no moderating influence from saner members, so their obsession is self-reinforcing. Repeat enough times, you can end up with a core of people who will never waver in their beliefs.

You observe the same pattern (http://lesswrong.com/lw/lr/evaporative_cooling_of_group_beliefs/) in some cults. Their leader predicts the Apocalypse will come, but it doesn't. The relatively more sceptical members of the cult leave, meaning the average fanaticism of the group has increased.
Title: Re: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on February 01, 2015, 10:29:30 am
Have you guys ever played "[Your name] the Hedgehog" before?

Go to Google, type your name followed by "the hedgehog" and you can bet something comes up, be it fanfiction or a picture.  Go on, try it.
Title: Re: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: Lady Evil on February 01, 2015, 04:51:26 pm
Ugh...I just played it and here's the image page that came up!

https://www.google.com/search?q=melissa+the+hedgehog&biw=1280&bih=882&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Lp_OVNLKKYSsyQSFnoDABA&sqi=2&ved=0CB0QsAQ

Sad thing is, the Amy re-color has my hair color. I AM NOT A HEDGEHOG! I AM A HUMAN BEING!
Title: Re: Sonic Fandom Cringe
Post by: MadCatTLX on February 01, 2015, 04:55:07 pm
Quote from: Ultimate Paragon on February 01, 2015, 10:29:30 am
Have you guys ever played "[Your name] the Hedgehog" before?

Go to Google, type your name followed by "the hedgehog" and you can bet something comes up, be it fanfiction or a picture.  Go on, try it.

While I didn't use my name, I did use the first part of your username, know "Ultimate the Hedgehog" would have to get some good results. I was rather disappointed at the lack of shitty fancharacters. I wasn't surprised however at the abundance of Shadow art that turned up. I should probably say that as far as I can tell, only the horridly drawn dark green fan character is actually named "Ultimate the Hedgehog" as far as I can tell.

 A few of the female fan characters are a bit NSFW. I mean, what else would you expect? Of course, the artists show their lack of understanding of anatomy as much as they show breasts.

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And now, an intermission.

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For those of you that don't know, th picture is in reference to people who prominently put thing like "Do Not Steal" and such on their fan characters. The irony being that these are often the people who literally trace and recolor official sonic artwork or even other fan's artwork.

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Here's some horrible or weird art of official characters. Most are well drawn, it's more the subject matter of the pictures that raises questions.

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Finally, here are a few that are actually decent.

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