AceTiff12's Journal

When playing the first classic Sonic game, I remember being impressed by his most basic move: jumping to destroy obstacles and enemies. It seemed clever because he didn't actually turn into a ball; he just rolled himself up, exposing his pointy sharp hedgehog spikes. This made me think it was a unique attack that he could only do because of his species.



Then Sonic 2 showed Tails doing the same thing. Being a fluffy fox, he was just a ball of fur whenever he jumped. I was disappointed, because how is a smooth-looking sphere tough enough to break open boxes and crush robots?! 😂Then it became a move that virtually all Mobians can perform, and all as perfectly neat round circles. I still miss marveling at how I made sense of the move way back then. 😏

Challenge #9: Discuss Your Favorite Tropes

There's a lot of tropes I love to read/watch/write. One of my favorites is Slice of Life.

I adore watching my favorite characters live an ordinary life. I like seeing them have a meal, go shopping, hang out. Their simple joy brings me immense joy. 😍 I love it when I get to see these moments in canon and in fanfiction, between friends and between my ships.

It's a really fun, easy, and relaxing trope for me to write about. It also helps that it can encompass various other cutesy plots and tropes like Curtain Fic, Fluff, School AUs...

And it's especially satisfying to see/read/write when the canon is normally full of action, because dipping into slice of life feels like a reward for all the hard work everyone had to go through. Job well done, team, now go get some ice cream!