Life is an adventure

[princess_gecko]

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There are no obstacles, only different types of spring boards. If you can’t swim, walk on water.

Sonic warps my perspective on things.
At least one character outline says that despite the fact he can’t swim, he loves the oceans more than anything in nature. I just love the notion he would gladly trade his safety for the thrill of being there; that he would view his ”handicap” as nothing but another challenge, maybe even consider the risk part of the beauty of it.

And here, he’s with friends; if he lost speed, they’d hold him up. I picked the South Island crew because another thing that inspires me about Sonic is his loyalty to his friends. These guys were the first bunch of them, and we don’t really see them anymore. But the aforementioned outlines also say he keeps coming back to South Island, making it the closest thing he has to a home - which means he goes back to see his first friends, no matter how many he gains around the world.

Clockwise: Cucky, Ricky, Sonic, Pocky, Rocky, Pecky, Picky and Flicky © Sega
Art © me

Comments

[pinderhooks]

Wow, I never even realized all those little critters had names!

[princess_gecko]

They're only mentioned in the Japanese manual, as far as I know. :) There's actually four more that I didn't include (because they live on other islands); Becky, Tocky, Hocky and Wocky (bear, tortoise, eagle and monkey, respectively).
(I think that's all of them... And the naming trend is why my Sonic "self-insert" character, modeled after the rats in Sonic2, is named Cookie. XD)