[OLD] The Tragic History of Sonic’s Fandom - The Fandom Files 

*YOU FRICKING FRICKS, WHEN WILL YOU LEARN*

FUN FACT: SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG'S GAMEPLAY CAME FROM A FAN ASKING SONIC TO USE A GUN! we all know how that went....

One time, my friend hung her sonic plushie from her bed with a scarf until a good game came out. She finally took him down though, but it was hilarious.

Too bad the Sonic movie has to disturb the peace.

As a Sonic fan, this part of the fandom broke my innocence. I could have lived my whole life without seeing Sonic and Shadow...canoodling. I wasn’t even looking for it. The internet has always hated me. 🤢

I hate when people sexualize Cream the rabbit, SHE'S 6 ;^; My favourite character is Cream I love her gameplay

Those who hate fandoms because of the porn made out of it seem to forget rule 34.

For someone who used Sonic X pics every 5 seconds you never even mentioned this anime once.

*B A S E S* that's all I can say.. *B A S E S* oh, so many bases.

*SHADOW THE EDGEHOG HAS A FCKING GUN* - For PS2

I think "tragic" was the perfect word to use. Funny how the games gradually grew worse as the fandom did.

*o w t h e e d g e*

"Eggman, is this how he is called now ?" Hey kid in japan robotnik was always called Eggman.

I'm surprised you never mentioned how Chandler actually assaulted a Gamestop employee over the color of Sonic's arms.

You know what's sad?''''' It's not even the worst fandom anymore

I love Sonic, but the fandom is pretty embarrassing to be apart. I really hate it sometimes. But... Sonic is one of my favorite franchises ever.

like as wise boy once said... “YOU FREAKING FRICKS, WHEN WILL YOU LEARN, WHEN WILL YOU LEARN, THAT YOUR ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!”

The sonic fanbase is one of the greatest redemption arcs of all time. They went from being creepy furries to making better content then Sega themselves

When....when will you learn..... *THAT YOUR ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!!!!!!*

"Even… the Kirby has buttloads of porn" Here's something I never considered… Now how do I erase this simple thought of my memory ?

The spicy editing is evolving every video

The Stranger Things fandom and those creeps who hit on the child actors in person.

rpgmonger: because of certain people chosen to represent the whole fandom me: chris chan chris chan chris chan chris chan chris chan rpgmonger: let's just get the big one out of the way me: chrischanchrischanchrischanchrischan rpgmonger: i really can't avoid talking about him! me: *CHRISCHANCHRISCHANCHRISCHANCHRISCHANCHRISCHAN* rpgmonger: christian weston chandler me: *THERE IT IS!!! THERE IT IS!!! THERE IT IS!!! TH*

I get that porn existing of something doesnt in itself make it bad, but when it begins to consume a fandom and become all its about, then it is a problem. This happened to the undertale fandom too.

I had one time at Comic Con where I had worn my Sonic X hat and my classic Sonic shirt, carried around a phone with Shadow and Rouge charms that I had modified into cell phone charms, and was overall very much a visible Sonic fan. This odd guy approached me, about my age, having seen me in my garb, and struck up a conversation while I was waiting for a chance to pick up some comics from the Archie comics booth. This guy, I forgot his name, but he starts telling me about this fan project idea he had which was intended to be a sort of "revival" for Sonic SatAM, and how he was going to approach various people at the convention to see if he could get some sort of approval to use certain characters and properties. After about ten minutes of listening to him rattle on and on about how the modern games (this was before Sonic Generations was out) was subpar and ultimately poisoning the franchise and that we needed to get back to basics, I finally had enough of this and said loudly: "Dude, lighten UP!" Luck have it, Ian Flynn is right behind me at the table in the Archie booth, and I hear a collective snort of amusement from the other attendees at the booth. I should note that by that particular event, I had already been to Comic Con several years in a row, and made it a regular habit to stop by the Archie booth, chat with the guys in charge, and toss a couple of ideas out there that I thought would be fun to hear thier opinions of, which was always fun. This guy, he just looks at me a bit stunned. "I actually happened to LIKE Sonic 06." I add, which was true, in fact, I was bit known in a small circle of the fandom for being one of the more enthusiastic fans of that entry, enough so that it baffled many as to how I could have liked that game. Long story short, Mr. Flynn and his colleagues were amused enough at my reaction to this guy that I got an extra comic, free of charge, and signed. I should also note that I had spent the last three years before then asking them if they had any plans for a Mephiles the Dark cameo, and seeing a cameo of him later on saying "Dude, that guy needs to lighten up..." made me wonder if that was a shout out to that one incident. XD

Honestly, no one hates the sonic fandom more than people in the fandom

Honestly, I've grown sort of a grudging respect for the Sonic fanbase since Mania and being exposed to some of the ROM hacks they've made. The love these crazy bastards put into their work is frankly incredible sometimes, and when contrasted against the constantly fumbling stupidity of Sega, they shine even brighter.

I think I have an idea to why Sonic elitism exists. Take a look at Mario. He gave us Super Mario 64, Sunshine, Galaxy, Odyssey. Why is it his fans aren't mad to the point that they're screaming for more 2D Mario games or Mario back when he was on the NES or SNES? Because Nintendo not only knew how to make Mario work in a 3D environment (his games were successful) but they took care in keeping him with the times while not diverging off to what made Mario, Mario. Sonic Adventure was Sonic's first serious 3D attempt. However, the world of Sonic was changed from that point on. It became more story driven, Sonic had dialog, he had to participate in a human overworld and play through fairly human-like environments. Sonic Adventure was solid, but it wasn't perfect. Hell, the cut-scenes today are subject to internet memery these days. What I thought made the Genesis Sonic games work was that it had characteristic, surreal levels that resonated this 90s touch unique to Sonic's own brand, was driven by minimal to no story, and most notably, Sonic kept his mouth shut. I don't think it was entirely the 2D aspect that fans wanted so badly. Mario ALWAYS worked with minimal to no dialog that is relevant to the story and story is kept to its bare essentials. Mario was timeless, nobody outgrew Mario because. Sonic today (besides Mania) puts so much emphasis on character building and story. The dialog didn't always work, whether we weren't the right audience (too old?) - perhaps feeling like it became cringy (and frickin hell it was in '06 - Did you know there was a mission that Sonic had to pick his lover - between Amy and a human princess?)

Tragic is a pretty damn accurate word to describe the franchise , fandom and the current state of Sega.

I had a friend who was part of the Sonic fandom. She did the normal stuff, make OC’s, write fanfics, draw fanart, and read comics. One day, she showed me some OC’s and some art of them. I told her that she should try to not use as bright of colors and add some weaknesses to some Mary Sues. She yelled at me and tried to punch me before running away. Next week, I got called to my school’s office. When I arrived, I saw my mother crying, two cops next to the door, and a man who immediately started to scream at me (Who I later found out was her father.) Well, apparently the girl had told her father that I had beat her, raped her, stolen her phone, and had threatened to kill her and her family because I criticized her work. Thankfully, I was able to clear up the charges. I don’t have any classes with her, thankfully, so I don’t have to deal with her lies anymore.

While I always will be a fan of the amazing blue blur, the fandom in my opinion is just flat-out tiring and draining. I had to decrease my involvement in the fandom after Sonic Boom came out because my brain was starting to explode from all the craziness. My opinions got me attacked quite a lot of times too -_-

That whole thing with Sega rejecting the semi-official canons established reminds me a lot of Star Wars fans today. Yeah that's right, I implied Star Wars fans were that bad. Come get me.

Sonic the hedgehog fandom: pretty bad Undertale fandom: S A N S I S M I N E

Yeah, everything has porn, but Sonic's porn has been evading most of my internet adventures ever since my childhood, and I don't even search for it.

9:51 Christian Weston Chandler: the human being that should never been brought (by any terms) into the minds of Sonic fandom

This is honestly an excellent video. I just LOVE how you actually focus on the gaming side of the fandom, not the side with the oc's and the weird fan-art, something that literally everyone's done a video on, and people are tired of hearing. But this. I love it. And I love how you make sure to let everyone know that not all of us sonic fans are bad. Very informative!

As a massive Sonic fan since I was very little, I seriously give Sega credit for listening to its fanbase so much and implementing their ideas and suggestions in new games. Sure they often may not be well executed(hell look at Sonic Forces, they literally gave the fans what they've wanted for ages even though it could have been a lot better), but honestly I believe most of the problem lies in the fanbase itself. The fans simply don't know what they want! All they do is fucking whine and complain just for the sake of complaining. "I want Sonic to be 2D again!", then Sega releases the advance series and they go "Oh but now they are trying sooo hard to pander to us. I want something NEW from Sonic.", and so on. Hell do you know why Shadow the Hedgehog happened?! It was because the FANS were sending letters to Sega asking for a game where Sonic used a gun. Then when they did exactly that the fans were outraged because "Oh no, Sonic is ruined!" I seriously feel really bad for Sonic Team sometimes for having to deal with such bullshit, they really deserve more credit than people give them. One of the main reasons I enjoy Sonic more than Mario, for example, is that instead of treating Sonic like a brand and sticking to the exact same formula over and over again for a game(princess Peach gets kidnapped, Mario has to save her) they actually take risks and try lots of new, original ideas. So much that now they have a massive variety of interesting characters and universes for the fanbase to enjoy, and the only time they attempted to follow a Mario formula(with Sonic 06) it got such a backlash that its damage is still felt today, over ten years later.

Hatedoms definitely are what ruin the experience for so many series and community. They keep whining that it makes them look like the big part of the community, even though they are not....

Bless this video❤ Finally a video where Sonic fandom gets a chance and you showed the good sides of the fandom too!! I have been Sonic fan for 10 years now and yeah ofc every fandom haves these "bad apples" but what fandom doesn't?

SMASH FANBASE: Hold My Beer -beg for waluigi -be rude at sakurai -dont appreciate joker, hero, terry and byleth, just banjo -toxic competitive players -beg for characters that arent vg related (goku and shrek)

I'd like you to analyse the Pokemon fandom. It's definitely not as bad as other fandoms you've talked about, but there are quite a bunch of elitists **cough** genwunners **cough**

I'm upset he didnt talk about bad shipping and fanfictions when he will spend whole episodes in it for other fandoms. It looks like there's a whole section edited out or something.

"Especially with one certain chipmunk." So THAT'S what Sally is! I thought she was some kind of badger.

I don't hate the Fandom. But I do have some bad experiences with it. Most notably, just about any time you dare critique even the smallest little thing in a Sonic game or the 2 live action Sonic movies, they lose their shit. For me it's the lack of the ability to take critiques and criticism. No series is perfect. Sonic is no exception.

It's not really the matter of the weird porn/fetish "art" that gives the fanbase it's awful reputation. It's part of it, but it's not the full picture. It's a combination of a number of things; 1. Chris Chan and other infamous Sonic fans - I don't think I need to reiterate what you said in the video. 2. the Sonic Defense Squad - Whenever a popular RU-vidr makes a video where they criticize a Sonic game, read through the comments, you'll usually see more people crying for the defamation of said RU-vidr for daring to criticize a Sonic game. When the huge hatedom around Sonic began to form, many Sonic fans began to feel overwhelmed by the hate that the series was getting, and began to become overly defensive, not unlike how many Nintendo fans started acting when the "mainstream" gaming audience started labeling Nintendo games as "only for little kids", or when the Wii U flopped and fans had to defend the console to self-validate their purchasing of it. 3. the Sonic series's own bad image - Sonic is seen by the general consensus to be a bad series by many people. Games like Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic 06, and Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric display this perfectly. 4. the porn - it does exist, it's very common, and just because you don't see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist or isn't common. 5. Terrible OCs and recolors - It's practically a meme at this point how many cringe worthy Sonic OCs are out there. It's to a point where people have made a game of going on Google Images and searching (your name here) the Hedgehog. Many of the fandoms considered "bad" and "cancerous" are considered as such for this exact same reason. The Sonic fandom was just the first to popularize it. 6. The long dead console war between SEGA and Nintendo - Even though SEGA went 3rd party almost 20 years ago, people still argue over Mario and Sonic and which one is superior. I'm not kidding. 7. Typical overly obsessive fandom stuff - shippers, kids acting like kids, bad fan art, some fans being waaay to into the series, the porn side could technically fit in here, but there are enough "toxic" fandoms without that porn element that it is unique enough to stand out from here. At this point now, the Sonic fandom is kind of a mess. Fans arguing with haters, Classic Sonic purists, Adventure game purists, and Boost game purists all arguing with each other, People who like the old "Archie Sonic" canon, those who like the Japanese classic Sonic canon, those who like the modern Sonic era canon all arguing, Boost fans arguing with boost fans over the quality Sonic Forces, Boost fans arguing over Sonic Colors's quality, classic Sonic fans arguing over Sonic CD's quality, this list goes on and on with the current and constant conflicts within the community. This is why people say that the Sonic fandom can never be pleased, and it's quickly becoming one of the main reasons people consider the fandom bad.

Actually the complaints of elitists about Sonic 4 were genuine. The physics were broken, the soundtrack was terrible, and many zones especially from Episode 1 were rehashed.

When shadow is actually your favorite sonic character...

As a sonic fan I agree that this fandom sucks

It's not the porn, it's the fetishes that are *somehow* very common within the fandom. I understand most fandoms have porn with creepy fetishes, but for some strange reason Sonic's fandom is LOADED with them. I would say there is more fetish porn than vanilla(Normal) porn in the fandom. In other words, it shows how unhinged the sonic fanbase really is.

I was obsessed with the Sonic fandom back in middle school thanks to one of my friends who I saw drawing Sonic OCs all the time. The thing is I am the type of person that enjoys more the lore and story than anything else, and when I saw there wasn't that much on the video games, I turn to the comics. I spent so much time reading the SonicArchie comics on RU-vid and I spent hours on the wiki learning about all the characters (since there's so many of them). Eventually I wasn't as active on the fandom anymore, especially after I left Deviantart. I didn't return to the fandom until winter of 2017 when I found out the comic was cancelled and I finally could read the comic on its entirety without problem (reminder that the comic has ran for around 20 years). So I did, during my winter break I read over the 300+ issue. After that I was back at it again drawing Sonic characters and reading the amazing fan comics that people created, particularly Evan Stanley's work (who was able to work in the Sonic Archie comics for a while). Even with the cancelation of the comic and the horrible fate of a lot of my favorite characters from the comic by the hands of Ken Penders (who is just as infamous as Chris in the comic community). I'm still part of the fandom and their projects that have being going on for years now. I'm excited for the new comic by the IDW. As well to see the fans finally growing up into adults and working for the Sonic games. That's the reason why we got two Sonic games last year (to appease old and new Sonic fans, and who is better at that than old fands), and old time favorite characters are coming back for future games. Noted I do have friends who hate Sonic games and it's fandom becuase it's "cringy", and yes I won't deny it can be cringy at times, but that hasn't stopped me. It's just fun to draw the characters, and to see what crazy stuff happen to the blue blur in the comics. Not to mention I actually have met people becuase of the fandom, and I'm currently working to get into one of it's many fan projects.

The Sonic fandom is an old one, with a chaotic past and an infamous reputation that doesn't really reflect it's current state.It's probably more stable that it ever has been, often people just discuss about the franchise and generally share love for the blue blur.

You should make a part two because you mainly focused on he hate towards it but this fandom can get crazy like the whole war between sally and Amy

the rude Transformers fandom, i gave up a decade ago and will never return for the rest of my life.

As with most fandoms, you have to actively look for the bad stuff to see it. Really, i don't see the sonic fandom any different.

I'm just a simple Sonic fan, I stay quiet. I love the characters, the some of stories such as Sonic Battle's one, I enjoy plenty of the games, the Advance Trilogy being my favorite. I enjoy seeing cool fan animations such as Sasso Studios' videos and even read a good fanfiction every now and then, not EVERY one is bad like everyone says. I even like coming up with my own ideas and concepts surrounding the franchise myself and I like to make up my own stories for the characters. Favorite characters are Sonic, Tails, Cream, Shadow, Eggman, Amy (kinda), Blaze & Knuckles Oh, and I also ship Tailream (Tails X Cream)

I was in the StH fandom on DeviantART between roughly 2003 and 2008, and those were honestly the nicest people I've ever met online. People would just stumble across your page and leave you a comment like "hey cool art! Wanna be friends?" And then you would have a genuine friend who you talked to everyday for the next few years. It was so wholesome. There was never any unpleasantness, the closest thing to it was people being blunt or awkward, but that was very obviously bc we were all autistic kids lol. I was 11 when I joined, and around 16 when I drifted away from it. I had a massive group of friends, some of whom I'd made during my first few days on dA and had stayed friends with all that time. It was a wonderful community to be a part of. I remember the purists but they were all much older than me and I had never played a sonic game prior to Sonic Heroes, which was actually a very well loved and recieved game by the younger people in the community - everyone loved that game and it was a massive number of people's introduction into the fandom. It was the first Sonic renaissance, but it must have been annoying for the older fans to have their small community flooded by pre-teens and teenagers. I can see why they were the way they were. I always thought they were weird and didn't know what they were talking about. I personally loved Shadow the Hedgehog (the game), but everyone in the dA community memed it. I think we all quietly enjoyed it, but openly pretended we thought it was cringe. Shadow was almost everyone's favourite character in the franchise, from memory the main issue everyone had with it was the gun thing and that it was trying to hard, plus it was very jarring to see a dark StH game. Also I can probably count on one hand the number of times I've seen Sonic rule 34 in my life. You p muvh have to go looking for that stuff, it's not just everywhere lol. All in all, good fandom. One of the best. I'm super happy to see it having a second renaissance and a bunch of new autistic people going down the StH special interest rabbit hole. I think it's really cool and I hope that it enables Sonic Team to put out some good games in the coming years.

I think some of the most annoying recently, were the Classic Sonic purists. It's good if you like Classic over Modern, but there is that kind of people (like ikagura) that says "Modern Sonic should die" or only because Sonic Forces failed compared to Mania, they want all the games to be Classic Sonic now, despite the fact Unleashed (nowadays), Colors, Generations and All Star Racing series were well received. Seriously like one day i said some things i didnt like about Mania respectfully and giving my opinión and what did i get? I got bashed and they kept saying me that the game was perfect and my opinion invalid. Obviously not all Classic fans are like that because i found nice people but i also found a lot of that people that doesnt respect opinions and want 3D Sonic dead. Everyone should respect each other opinion.

The Sonic fandom is... strange. But regardless, tall or short, brown or green, classic, adventure or boost, Sonic is Sonic to me and I'll always be a fan. I have my preferences and opinions are my own and I respect others opinions (as long as they make logical sense if not then I just leave them alone) even if they differ to mine. The fandom isn't perfect and definitely needs improving but all hope is not lost. I don't think the fandom will EVER be perfect but such can be said about anything in general. But hey, it could be worse.

For the "Mary Sues" that you had been mentioned were old news. Aki or Jane actually try to change for the better and has been improving her art. Her character is mostly shipped with Sonic (there was other name for him). For PE13, no one knows what happened to her and pretty much, she's history just like Yoshiwii1 and other fanbrats.

YOU FRICKING FRICKS WHEN WILL YOU LEARN WHEN WILL YOU LEARN THAT YOUR ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES

Some say the color of hell is red. I believe it's blue.

The worst fandom for ocs...

Okay this video is great and wonderful but I still have a question... *WHY DOES SONIC HAVE TWO EYELIDS BUT ONE EYEBALL?!*

The Akai Dalia drama was actually blown way out of proportion by Sonic 93 and the Princess Elizabeth drama, while Erin did do inexcusable things, it was heavily one sided and she has long since changed. I don't know anything about Princess Elizabeth, but Akai/Cobalt's OC was never a Mary Sue, Sonic 93 just called her that because she was dating both Sonic and Shadow at the time the fact that Sonic often protected her when she didn't have her weapon equipped which is a normal thing any sane individual would do, and she kept comparing her to Amy just because they're the same gender and species and she kept mistaking Jane's red fur for a nonexistent color of pink.

“The Kirby games actually have a great lore behind them.” Me: **sees Swol Dedede** “That’s some great lore right there...”

You fricking fricks! Tell me *NOW* ! Curse you Sonic FRICKS!

The “Worst Fandom” also made some of the best remasters of old games and made one of the best games that’s both easy and challenging.

* flashbacks to the time I was a cribgey Sonic fan * IT'S TIME TO END IT A-

No shipping rant? I'm surprised, because from I've heard, the people that ship Sonic and Amy are pretty bad.

I'm interested if you one day will do a pokemon fandom video. Since the pokemon fandom is also very old (not as old as sonic though).

Ok but the sonic mania animation was freaking amazing I think that sonic mania was probably a good one and I havent even played it

I know this was released a while ago, but I thought I'd share something real quick... I believed the lie that Sonic was one of the worst fandoms out there. I wouldn't tell people I played the games, read the comics, or wrote fanfiction on the series because I thought I would get shunned. It wasn't until I started talking and communicating with other Sonic fans that I realized for myself how overblown the fandom was. I've met so many nice people in this fandom and I don't think I've ever encountered a toxic person. Funny enough, I encounter far more toxicity in a Minecraft fandom than I ever have in the Sonic fandom. And I'm not even in that MC fandom! Anyways, thanks, RPG Monger, for making this video. You did an amazing job here. :)

I think part of Sonic's reputation for bad OCs come from the fact that it sufferers for "Sailor Earth" syndrome. There's a "template" that makes it really easy to make uninspired Sonic characters. Steven Universe and Danganronpa have the same problem.

Oh lord THIS fandom... A fandom I’ve been a member of for about 10 years. I’ve seen a lot of crazy parts in this fandom. Mainly online, but it was still crazy. I was admittedly part of the cringe myself at one point. When I was 15, that was the peak of my obsessive fangirl personality. I used to write crossover fan fiction between Sonic and Divergent. Looking back on it, I regret how I was. I was quite... Let’s just say cringy as hell. I’m still a part of the Sonic fandom to this day. And what shocks me the most is how people use the condition of autism to describe us. I know I’m not helping the case by actually being autistic myself, but I am always disgusted by the use of this word to describe us. I personally take offence to it, but I know better than to lash out... even though I always feel like lashing to get their attention. Overall, what I’m trying to say is, being an insider of the Sonic fandom can be rough. When you’re surrounded by the craziness that happens, when you are generalised as something you may or may not be, because of the actions of others... I can see why people leave this fandom in fear, shame, and/or embarrassment. I have felt like doing so at many points, but to do so would be to give in to the hate. I’m honestly proud to be a Sonic fangirl, and just a fangirl in general. Because there actually are people who are understanding. You just need to know the right place to find them. :)

I'm still waiting for someone to put Sally Acorn into a mainstream Sonic game.

Ahhh. How do you know kirby has porn if you can only find it by searching for it :thinking:

Im starting to think the reason forces was the way it is because sega attempted to appeal to everyone in the sonic fanbase.

You should do a fandom files on The loud house

Of all the bad things that I experienced in the Sonic Fanbase, the worst one for me was the ship-wars on Deviantart. And granted, Ship-Wars aren’t exclusive to Sonic, but the Sonamy-Sonally shipwar was one I was apart of and blindly fought in. I supported Sonally and Sally Acorn because I loved SatAM and the comics, and Amy Rose/Sonamy fans were assholes and the enemy. All the constant back and forth about Amy being an annoying brat who only thought of Sonic and nothing else and Sally being a non-canon, stuck-up bitch who slapped Sonic because she was selfish was the norm. There was the group’s dedicated to hating one of the characters and ships, poorly drawn fan art of one killing the other, and those damn “girl-next-door” videos on RU-vid that portrayed one as a helpless victim and the other as a superstar. It was war propaganda for children and it’s hilarious to think about it, all these years later. And then, one day, something clicked in my head. I thought about how Amy and Sally interacted in the comics, where they were good friends, and I realized how dumb all this arguing over who was better was. I realized that I didn’t even really hate Amy, I was more upset at her fans and their behavior that had angered me. It also made me realize how wrong I was about these ships, and how there were jerks on both sides. So I took my shit and pretty much left deviant-art for good. That whole experience made me never want to ship again, and I barely ship anymore because of that. All that aside, it is thanks to the Sonic fandom that I became a fan of many content creators, played fun fangames and romhacks through the years, and met people who are still my close friends to this very day.

R.I.P Sonic fandom This world was unfair

My old friend was in the sonic fandom she left be cuz i said i liked sonic and the black night

You know what's funny? From what I hear, it was the fans that caused Shadow to use a gun. Because they wanted Sonic to use a gun, but SEGA decided that it just wasn't him. Also, there was that "boycott" of Sonic 4, with people saying to buy copies of Sonic 1 instead, solely because Sonic had his modern design instead of his classic design. And Chris? There are a few things, mainly his "one-man crusade" against Sonic Boom, simply because Sonic's arms are blue. He would often go into Best Buys and GameStops and slip in edited covers that say something along the lines of "Boycott this game. Sonic's arms are not blue." Not to mention he would deface any Sonic Boom stand and he once maced a GameStop employee. Luckily, most of the mace got on his shirt, and the man didn't even do anything. He just happened to be near Chris and Chris maced him.

Honestly, I am happy you gave the sonic fandom a fair chance rather than just parroting what everyone else says about it. I am no longer a sonic fan, but it's nice to get another perspective rather than the same old "SONIC FANS ARE BAD BECAUSE CHRIS CHAN!" type video. Also I agree that Kirby is an awesome series. If it wasn't for Nightmare in Dreamland, I might have never gotten into playing video games.

Also Penders, trying to change Sonic as HIS property, he sued Archie and Sega for it. People thinks we're like him or with him, but not at all

SoNiC fAnS gOtTa *LIVE AND LEARN*

Its really nice how Sonic has a dedicated fanbase. But they take things a little too far/seriously

It's even worse when you actually LOVE the Franchise and the character....but that fucking fandom has turned sonic into one of the most despised videogame franchises/characters, and that just SUCKS

“For three months, Sonic was good again. Then forces came around and screwed it all up.” This argument again. THIS is why the fanbase is horrible.

I have a "friend" who believes that the Sonic Fandom is only full of cringey ocs and fanart, so when they found out that I really liked Sonic, they poked fun at me constantly. I just went with it for a while because I know that there is some of that cringey stuff, but then again, doesn't every fandom have cringey things in it? Anyway, it eventually got to a point where I started to feel like a lesser person simply because I was a Sonic fan. I felt like I was just really annoying to all my friends whenever I talked about it. I even made my own oc because I really like designing characters and I would poke fun at myself saying "Wow, look I have a Sonic oc because I'm trash!" I still feel like this a little and I still have feelings that I am lesser for being a Sonic fan. But it has gotten better. One of my friends who initially didn't really care about Sonic began to show some interest. This friend also never judged me for being a Sonic fan and actually wanted to draw my oc. I am so happy that you made this video because so many people only look at the bad things in this fandom. It's nice to see someone actually show that this fandom is not a giant pile of cringe and trash, that there are actually nice people. And especially with the ocs because I am tired of everyone saying "All Sonic OCS are bad!" because I have seen plenty that are amazing. Again, thank you for making this video.

Oh Boy here we go Nice thumbnail btw. :)

Rule 34. If it exists there's porn of it.

I like Sonic the Hedgehog, but the fandom makes me wish we could stick those anti barking collars on them... nutjobs ruin everything.

Sonic Purist: Am I out of touch?...No it is the children that are wrong.

Most of the Sonic fandom hasn't even played or know about the original games on the G.

I'm a Shadow fanboy and I'm not edgy. Take that as you will.

Gotta love how people refer to CWC when the conversation is Sonic, MAYBE Friendship is Magic, but not Pokemon

Sonic 06 is NOT the worst game. That's sonic genesis for gba.

I feel like most hatedoms, as you call them, are even cringier and more annoying than their fandom counterparts. The Sonic fandom, the Undertale fandom, whatever. None of them are as bad as people say they are, if they were ever even that bad to begin with.

Is it possible to have a fandom to fandoms themselves

The reason 06 was bad was to the fact that it was not even complete sega related the game to quickly now if they related the game in 2007 or 8 than it probably won't be that bad