User blog:Niko Amadeus Prower/What I've realized about Sonic as a fandom

As the title suggests, I want to talk about what I've learned about this lively fandom of ours. It's just a bit of my observations so please don't take offense to what I have to say. Thing 1  To begin, the fan base is really coming to terms that Sonic has had some terrible games. With the release of Sonic Mania and Sonic Forces on the way, Sonic is starting to look like himself again. I personally saw every game after Sonic 06 to be a hit or miss affair. I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks so, honestly.

 Thing 2  I have come to understand that there are two types of Sonic fans; Those who are purists and will literally get mad when you say something negative and then there's those who are so freely expressive with their creativity in this fandom, they don't seem to mind how out of place their fan made creations might be. I find it actually fun to see what happens when these opposing ideals come into conflict and it surprises me that I don't see it too often.

 Final Thing Most importantly, I discovered that this is a fun fandom to be a part of, with its creativity and the amount of fun that can be had. However, if you really do some digging on the internet you really see two directions things can and will go. The first is the traditional route where you would find fan art and fan fiction. This is the direction I like going down and it's enjoyable when you stop to open your mind to the potential fun these individuals who put this stuff together.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">However there's the second road...the one that looks like a dark alley, straight out of a horror movie or thriller movie. This side is so offbeat and downright...what's the right way to put this without offending or breaking any guidelines? I know! Let's just say, the ones who go down this route will find things that will make you understand two things; the works you find here are made with a specific crowd in mind and the creator(s) had waaaaay too much time on their hands to be doing what they have been doing.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">By no means am I saying that no one should be creative and depict Sonic characters how they wish. In fact, I embrace the weirdness to the point that I believe that it happens with every fan base. What I am saying, however, that when you go that far into the internet you are going to see things you aren't going to feel good after seeing. You might be intrigued or you might be disgusted. You might even feel both...somehow. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:22.5pt0in2.4pt;line-height:normal;border-width:initial;border-style:none;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Conclusion  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4.8pt0in6pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">By no means is this fan base a perfect one, We have our weirdoes and our toxic ones. That's a part of every fan base. However, since we're also roped into the Furry fandom, we're bound to get a few...NSFW individuals. I point to none and I blame no one for it. Like everything that takes off, the internet is going to do something naughty or unsettling with it eventually. How I see it is to embrace the strange or never be a part of anything. I love this fandom to bits and I wouldn't trade it for anything. Yep...we are a weird few, but we are prideful weird.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks for listening to what I had to say. I hope I entertained you or at lease showed you how I see the Sonic fan base. By no means am I trying to trigger or upset anyone, these were just my observations.

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