Sonic Prime Theory

Sonic Prime theory

So while I had Sonic Prime rotating in my head last night I ended up making a discovery, and with it I think I figured out what the Grim is

Now the discovery I'm talking about is in the screenshot below. But, the gist of it is that every world we've seen, that's some kind of apocalyptic, has a theme that represents a specific character's worst traits amplified to hell in that theme.

In the post, I use the example of how Dread is both Knuckles and a pirate's worst traits in one.

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And this is interesting yes, but how could the Grim be a world?

Well something that I didn't mention is that Sonic's shoes and gloves change when he goes from one world to another.

Now, the Grim's acessories could be how Sonic always looks like when he goes through the void between worlds. And that woundn't make the Grim a world of it's own necessarily.

Except that is disproved in the last episode when Sonic just got out of the pirate world and is in the void with Shadow.

His shoes and gloves are still the same ones from there. They aren't the Grim ones.

And this leads to the question, whose world might the Grim be? I think it's Sonic.

When the PRISM shattered we got lines from all the characters that tie into the world and the version of them that's most prominent with it's theme.

Amy says the forest is a beautiful place - we get Thorn's extreme compassion of nature in the jungle world

Knucles says he doesn't need the details just who to smash - we get Dread who doesn't care for obstacles and other just his goals in the pirate world

Tails says as long as Sonic's with him he knows everything will be all right - we get Nine who, without Sonic, thinks everything is miserable in New Yoke City

We don't get a line from Sonic in this moment, but when the show starts we get a monologue from him that begins with a very interesting line. " Home is where your friends are". Then he continues to explain how even though he lives in Green Hills, which has so many good things, that's just the tip of the iceberg and what truly makes there special is his friends.

So what better world for him then the Grim. In which there is nobody. So even if it had some type of good enviroment in there it wouldn't matter, because his friends aren't there so it could never be home. So the Grim has nothing.

talking about dark sonic

to be honest. im making this post solely so i can link in other posts so i don't have to constantly reexplain this. this is the fact, 1. dark sonic has DEFINITELY been released before and fact 2. dark sonic is just something sonic can do for what reason

also yes ive heard the official explanation for dark sonic is his fury mixed with the power of the fake chaos emeralds. i don't give a fuck when it conflicts with the IMPLICATIONS

anyways, first and foremost, why do i think dark sonic happened before

simple. sonic and eggmans reactions to the whole incident.

neither of them show ANY shock at this happening, before OR after. this makes absolutely zero fucking sense if this was a one time thing.

and for why i don't think it's because of the fake chaos emeralds in tandem with what i said above?

the fake chaos emeralds are relatively new concepts within universe and whenever dark sonic happened before, it'd have to have been on sonic's world.

the fake chaos emeralds weren't even in the ROOM when sonic went dark.

there's also the fact that they didn't transform him, when he uses the chaos emeralds, he does a magical girl esque transformation but nothing like that happens here.

anyways im not spending anymore effort on this post lol bye

sonic looks around, it has been a while since the last time he went into outer space in his super form. he noticed how he never had the chance to admire the beauty of the stars that always surrounded him. not even now, because he has more pressing issues to deal with. by his side flies the mech -the last titan- he fought a few minutes ago, now controlled by sage, who wanted to help him end this battle. a battle that had started thousands of years ago. 

memories flood his brain, memories that are not his, moments of a lifetime he never got to live but are now with him, a part of the ancients will accompany him for the rest of his life. he closes his eyes and turns around. looking at earth, he reminds himself of his friends’ sacrifice, they were absorbed into cyberspace so he could save the world. heh. so they could all save the world. together. he could feel their energy overflowing his veins, fighting off the cybercorruption from overtaking him, even in his super form. 

turning back around once again, ready to end this, he immediately stops dead on his tracks, eyes widening upon witnessing what was in front of him. the last thing he expected to see was him, staring down at him with a menacing grin splattered across his face. why was he here?

“sage?” he asks, not taking his eyes off of the enemy, suddenly very wary of his movements, “what’s going on?” 

“this is the end, but not its true form.” he hears her explain, somehow connected to his brain. “we need to act now, sonic!”

We can’t let their sacrifice be in vain! They had a plan! Let’s do it!

Another voice in his mind. He recognises it; one of the ancients. Sonic gasps when he realizes that they are with him, just like his friends. They are here, by his side, to help him put an end to this fight and make sure that it won’t cause anymore destruction than it already had. 

Sage starts boosting forward, right towards the end. Sonic looks at it, looks at him, and he feels a bit intimidated (and he hates to admit it) but determination takes over him quickly, as he boosts alongside the huge mech. He needs to ensure the planet’s safety, his friends’ safety and he’s going to need all the help he can get in order to succeed. 

He exhales deeply, not a hint of excitement or cockiness on his features, because there’s no time for games, before he speaks.

“He took your home world. He took your lives.” he talks to no one in particular, but he knows he is being listened to, he knows they are with him, “Are you going to let him do it all over again? I need your help. We can end this. Please.” 

I swear I have more serious artworks/ideas that's coming you guys I just had this idea last night and drew it SO fast

I'd digitalize it if I didn't have other things I'm working on 😭😭😭

Anyway this is exactly what happened right-

Cosmo petting a Tails chao! (From the Sonic Adventure 2 Cosmo mod) This footage was originally captured by Fer Guango and was posted on Twitter.

Okay so I just read the new Sonic IDW issue #56 and there's so much about this issue I love but there are some particular panels I wanna talk about.

Putting it under the cut for spoilers. Also cause it's a long post cause I have thoughts.

SO first off Sonic is just having a bad time this whole arc, dude cannot catch a break lately I swear.

Like poor guy is having the worst week. Stating the obvious, but like he's in so much pain here and idk how many volts Surge just pumped into him but I'm gonna assume it was probably enough to kill anyone who's not Sonic. (Yay for plot armor lol). But seriously he should probably be dead but he's also got like basically over maxed stats in constitution so he can take hits that'd kill others but that doesn't mean it's not gonna hurt like hell.

Also look at Tails he's so worried and tries to dive after him but just wasn't quite fast enough. Plus look how Sonic landed...facing Tails when he first started falling he was face down. Meaning he had turned around mid fall and tried to reach out to grab hold of Tails' hand. The last thing he saw then before getting hit with fuck you levels of volts was Tails' terrified face just above him.

Which also means that Tails just saw all that up close. He was probably hovering just over Sonic based on the panel where he tried to catch him but couldn't do anything to help without also getting hit with Surges electricity too. So Tails more than likely just had to hover there and watch all that happen.

Side note: I also find it very interesting that it was a combination of his biggest fear and Tails' that resulted in this. Like yeah that was the whole point of Surge and Kit, they were made to prey on each of their biggest fears. But the fact that it was only Sonic that took the worst of the hits from the both I feel like says something. And the fact that Tails kept being able to talk down Kit (water) from attacking while Sonic couldn't do the same with Surge (lightning). Idk what but there's something there to look into and think about.

Moving back to the panels though:

When Tails can finally reach Sonic after the bath from hell he is freaking out and concerned. He's scared for Sonic to the point he can't even form a complete sentence just pure panic mode is on. And Sonic, who's in all kinds of pain right now, sees Tails freaking out and being worried about him and immediately makes a joke to try and calm Tails down.

Sonic just ignores how awful he feels to try and reassure his little brother. Cause he knows what Tails just saw and wants/needs him to calm down and Sonic does that the only way he knows how, joking around with Tails.

Now these next panels make me go absolutely feral

Sonic sees Tails get hit on the head from a huge rock and knocked out and his panic protective big brother mode instincts get kicked into overdrive. Sonic is clearly freaking out I mean he's even stuttering with the stress and panic of it all. Aka he is in 'no thoughts just panic and run' mode.

(I'm guessing too that the wisps are way too drained to do anything at all after all that, heck some of them aren't even floating)

Also he's repeating to himself over and over "I've got this". He's just trying so hard to get them all out of there and with Tails, seemingly down for the count, Sonic only has himself to save his little brother, the wisps, and himself. He has to "got this" or they're all done for. So he has to keep reassuring himself that he can save them cause there is no other option and no one else there to help.

To top it all off he's not at 100%, he just had a fight with Metal, then Surge, then some spicy bath water, then about to be Metal again and now he's fighting a collapsing building cause of Kit. He hasn't had a breather in like days now in this arc.

But then the next panels happen:

Look at Sonic's grip in that first panel, he's only got two fingers still griping when he's first grabbed it, barely, with his whole hand. He's about to slip but he's trying to hard to hold on with just those two fingers he's shaking cause he refuses to let anything bad happen to Tails on his watch. (Plus you know also his own life and the wisps, but he would 100% sacrifice himself in a heartbeat if that would do anything to save the rest of them)

Which makes me love Tails' iron grip shooting up and grabbing hold right next to his shaking hand so much. Just like the symbolism of it all just to begin with, Sonic can do a lot of things but when he literally, and figuratively, is losing his grip of the situation Tails has got them. Tails just once again swooping in last second to save Sonic is such a little badass moment, these last few issues have just been feeding Tails fans with good content I swear. They really let Tails keep being the one to save Sonic and show off how much Sonic needs him just as much as Tails need Sonic.

Just that quote from Ian Flynn again "sonic needs tails and that’s a cosmic truth"

Tails reassuring Sonic that "we've got this" is such a sweet moment. After all that panic Sonic just went through trying to save them he gets the reassurance that Tails has his back just as much as he has Tails'.

Also look at Sonic's face when he's looking at Tails he loves his little brother so much.

That little "yeah" he says too really just feels like a loaded statement other than just agreeing with Tails. I think he has that split moment of "what ifs" going through his head when he says that. Like yeah they're safe thanks to the fact Tails woke up. But what if he didn't, Sonic knows he wasn't gonna be able to save them on his own in this situation.

Now Sonic trusts and relies on Tails but in moments of panic when Tails in danger and protective older brother instincts kick in I think Sonic does also forget just how capable Tails is. Not that Sonic thinks less of Tails in any way, that's not what I mean at all, just that he gets to focused on keeping Tails safe he forgets Tails is very capable in pretty much every situation.

These last panels though are so good too:

I think that a combination of everything with this whole situation is why Sonic looks beyond pissed in this panel.

Eggman's old ally tortured, experimented on, and brainwashed a bunch of kids. The same guy that tried to kidnap Tails.

Surge had a mental breakdown and might be dead for all Sonic knows thanks in part to Eggman's machine which gave her a power high and basically overloaded her.

Eggman attacked them the second she was no longer a threat even with a truce that was supposed to last till they were out of there.

Because of that Kit destroys the building with all of them inside and Tails gets knocked out and almost killed right along side Sonic all cause Eggman couldn't keep his end of the bargain.

I think next time Sonic see's Eggman he's not gonna play so nice and quipy like he normally does. This may have been the straw that breaks the camels back with his attitude towards Eggman. Sonic won't kill him but he's not gonna pull punches either from now on.

And Tails looks so concerned after that glare Sonic gave. He knows Sonic better than anyone else and knows how mad he actually is. Even though Sonic is down playing his anger with is words afterwards a bit, seemingly letting it go, Tails knows him well enough to pick up on the fact that Sonic's still angry. And yeah Sonic backs off and leaves but even walking away he looks pissed off. (Tails just looks tired walking away and the wisps look traumatized, bless them they need a nap after being trapped and used like that)

Any way that's just my thoughts on the new issue. Let me know what ya'll think.