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Autists are impatient and sonic MUST go fast, duh.
Why does Sonic the Hedgehog attract so much autism? - and how come the same doesn't apply to stuff like Mario or Zelda or Crash Bandicoot to the same extent
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If it wasn't for Sonic Adventure it wouldn't be the autism magnet it is, it would be just another franchise like TMNT or something like that, not mainly known for horrible autism, most kids in the 90s liked Sonic but i think something broke with those two Adventure games that separated the normies from the undiluted autism.
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Unsatisfactory explanation IMO. The theory appears unsupported.
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One of the things I've noticed about autists is that they gravitate toward kiddie stuff that has grown-up themes or storytelling. I think Sonic's always aimed to hit that mark. You have the Sonic comics and the non-Pingas cartoon from the 90s, you have the Sonic Adventure games which were basically a playable Sonic anime, and then you had the actual Sonic anime.
It's also why I think Sonic autists lost their shit over Sonic Boom (blue arms notwithstanding), which discarded a lot of the "grown-up" bits for a more "kiddie" tone.
It's also why I think Sonic autists lost their shit over Sonic Boom (blue arms notwithstanding), which discarded a lot of the "grown-up" bits for a more "kiddie" tone.
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Autism-bait like Sonic and MLP has all characters as minor variations/re-colors of the same template, making it easy for autists to create their own OC, and also appealing to the autistic need for predictability and same-ness. Also the Sonic games came out at a time that tied in well to internet culture- In the early 2000s, when "internet culture" started getting big/mainstream, Sonic was the perfect age to be the big "nostalgic" property for that generation, appealing to the "eternal childhood" tendencies of autists.
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You mentioned Zelda twice and Sonic once. Get 'im, boys!
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Zelda/Nintendo Fans are the Disney Adults of video games. I can't tell you how many times I've seen the same fucking tattoo on the same part of the arm on people who look exactly the same. Identical behavior to the people who have the same tinkerbell sticker on the same upper right corner of the same windshield of the same model of Silver Metallic 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix.
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The English release of SA1 was an fucking riot when it came out, especially with the voice acting for Tails and Eggman. Everything else is just an victim of the devs getting lazy with the script.
I've actually read "Brick By Brick" and I've found it to be an phenomenal insight on the numerous sacrifices that one will have to achieve in order to pursue their greatest source of happiness: Repeatedly dying in the later stages of SMB3.
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It also applies to the same extent to Mario infact people will literally omit every detail pointing that direction. SammyclassicSonicFan also likes mario and zelda, but everytime anything is said about him it's always sonic this sonic that, fuck that shit mate.
Also to that, based on the OP's title, you'll also find wacky ass shit for yoshi and crash on sites like deviantart, furries really ruin every fucking thing they touch.
Based on that logic Balan Wonderworld would've been a monumental hit because the story is a simple dilated piece of shit and the guy who designed sonic designed every character for it, but nope it fucked up and nobody liked it apart from a few people who simp for Yuji Naka because that guy made sonic and these people are prolly the only spergs who even say anything remotely positive about the game.
These threads are pointless, no one's bound to learn anything new or true by making them and nobody is going to learn anything new or true by going thru them. TL;DR: these threads are autistic and are bigger autism magnet than the entire sonic franchise.
Even without SA1 and SA2, furfags would prolly be attracted to it either way and we'd still have tons of sonic inflation art. Ask yourself the real questions instead of making random retarded guesses.
Also to that, based on the OP's title, you'll also find wacky ass shit for yoshi and crash on sites like deviantart, furries really ruin every fucking thing they touch.
Literally this, everytime nobody is ever wondering what might be the cause other than the character design or simplistic stories, everytime this is is the same bullshit repeated ad nauseam.
Based on that logic Balan Wonderworld would've been a monumental hit because the story is a simple dilated piece of shit and the guy who designed sonic designed every character for it, but nope it fucked up and nobody liked it apart from a few people who simp for Yuji Naka because that guy made sonic and these people are prolly the only spergs who even say anything remotely positive about the game.
These threads are pointless, no one's bound to learn anything new or true by making them and nobody is going to learn anything new or true by going thru them. TL;DR: these threads are autistic and are bigger autism magnet than the entire sonic franchise.
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Nah, it was the comics, even before sonic adventure I recall autists uploading the fucking thing to the internet, via dial-up mind you, and even for 90's comic standards it was autistic, embarrassing and cringe.
You wouldn't believe the amount of coco bandicoot porn furries make, and she's a little girl.
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I like teh edgeheg when he bombs the president's plane, nukes the city, and says damn
He's also based af
He's also based af
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Probably just comes down to the analytical nature of video games as mathematics tends to appeal to those with ASD. While being less subtle than other forms of entertainment. As there is nothing subtle about anime. Considering the sheer amount of over-the-top fanservice and absurd plots in it. However, it could just be down to basic preference rather than anything special about it. Personally, I consider anime, manga, My Little Pony, Sonic the Hedgehog, Pokemon, and similar subjects to be quite boring in nature. I prefer my war stories under my old supervisor.
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A lot of this originated with Sega and its competitive history with Nintendo. The spirit of "Genesis does what Nintendon't" is still alive and well today and Sonic embodies it. Unlike Mario, Sonic had an attitude and his aesthetic had an edge to it that Mario's didn't. Sonic's character retains a lot of 90s cringe that's reminiscent of many Saturday morning cartoons. Sonic has cringy but upbeat catchphrases. Not only is he the fastest thing alive, he fucking knows it and so he freely mouths off whenever he gets the chance.
Autistic Sonic fans have a tendency to be socially awkward. Most autists are, indeed, socially awkward. Being a social person often means you're more aware of subtle cues; but social outcasts are usually limited to obvious cues. The point there is that Sonic is not a subtle character at all. Sonic wears his traits on his sleeve and so is more easily read and understood by autists.
One last thing to keep in mind with all these things is one of the largest demographics of Sonic fans is black people. I'll let you figure out why that is.
Autistic Sonic fans have a tendency to be socially awkward. Most autists are, indeed, socially awkward. Being a social person often means you're more aware of subtle cues; but social outcasts are usually limited to obvious cues. The point there is that Sonic is not a subtle character at all. Sonic wears his traits on his sleeve and so is more easily read and understood by autists.
One last thing to keep in mind with all these things is one of the largest demographics of Sonic fans is black people. I'll let you figure out why that is.
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Short Answer: Because the characters have ideal proportions and large facial features that make their expressions easier to read, and because the plot and characterization are melodramatic and in-your-face. Same deal with Pokemon and MLP too.
Long Answer: Sonic is, at its core, a fairly conventional eco-populist story about pure nature versus corrupting technology, which means that it belongs to the same exact part of the canon as other technophobic stories like Frankenstein, Terminator, Fallout, Robocop, et cetera. These types of works, aside from any deeper meaning they may hold, are generally geared toward instant mass appeal. Technology is polarizing and inscrutable to the vast majority of people. When you see a cackling maniac in fiction surrounded by an army of robots, you know immediately that he's the bad guy/evil sorcerer figure and must be stopped. That kind of materialism and nihilism and desire to mimic and pervert pure nature is taken for granted as a shorthand for evil.
Like Captain Planet, Sonic is an environmentalist hero. He doesn't want his environment corrupted by Eggman's machinations. Think back to the first game. You're literally venturing into industrial zones full of toxic sludge to try and rescue small woodland creatures from a mad scientist. It doesn't get more transparently environmentalist than that. In a world where we're constantly browbeaten by the environmental lobby about how horrible our technology is for the environment, it can be cathartic to feel sort of like you're doing something about the problem by busting up fictional robots. In that sense, you could say that this mindset is very much a product of the nineties and the collapse of the Soviet Union, which raised the specter of human-induced ecosystem collapse as a new villain to replace them.
Both Sonic and Eggman are narcissistic egomaniacs, but they express it differently. For Eggman, the source of his ego is his mind. He can accomplish any technical feat that he applies that sizable intellect to. For Sonic, the source is his own body. He knows that he is a physically superior being. He doesn't need technology because he is just naturally fast, strong, and nigh-indestructible. In other words, he has the luxury of luddism by virtue of winning the lottery of birth and having capeshit-level intrinsic superpowers. A lot of autistic people are, to some degree, physically and/or intellectually disabled homebodies. For them, Sonic represents a kind of ideal escapism. He is athletic and fast and beloved by all, to the same degree that his fans are slow and clumsy and despised. He is boisterous, flashy, and extraverted and bursting with feeling, to the same degree that his fans are shy, drab, introverted, and either emotionless or incapable of emotional regulation.
Sonic isn't so much a character as he is a force of nature. His personality archetype is static. You will never see him undergo any real character development because he is already at the zenith of his development from the start. Expecting Sonic to have character development is like expecting Mario or Pikachu or other terminally-differentiated characters to have character development. It just doesn't happen. In other words, no matter what, you can always rely on Sonic to be Sonic, and nothing else. He's predictable. He doesn't have any real wrinkles to his character, no sudden twists. He is stoic, he is stalwart, he is loyal, and that's just about it. You'll never see him lash out at someone, or bitch about his lot in life, or break down into a bawling mess, or engage in subterfuge, or do anything else that would represent a significant turn in character. His character is fixed. He has no ulterior motives. What you see is what you get. He is inside-out.
These attributes, a strong and instantly recognizable character archetype represented by a character with utterly transparent motives, embodied in a form that leaves no doubt whatsoever as to one's emotional state, are like autism catnip. For an autistic person, the real world is quite terrifying and full of unreadable people with complicated and well-developed egos who can betray you at a moment's notice for no reason that you can readily discern. Sonic will never betray you. He will always be there for you. He will always wear his heart quite literally on his sleeve. That's a big source of comfort for an autist.
Long Answer: Sonic is, at its core, a fairly conventional eco-populist story about pure nature versus corrupting technology, which means that it belongs to the same exact part of the canon as other technophobic stories like Frankenstein, Terminator, Fallout, Robocop, et cetera. These types of works, aside from any deeper meaning they may hold, are generally geared toward instant mass appeal. Technology is polarizing and inscrutable to the vast majority of people. When you see a cackling maniac in fiction surrounded by an army of robots, you know immediately that he's the bad guy/evil sorcerer figure and must be stopped. That kind of materialism and nihilism and desire to mimic and pervert pure nature is taken for granted as a shorthand for evil.
Like Captain Planet, Sonic is an environmentalist hero. He doesn't want his environment corrupted by Eggman's machinations. Think back to the first game. You're literally venturing into industrial zones full of toxic sludge to try and rescue small woodland creatures from a mad scientist. It doesn't get more transparently environmentalist than that. In a world where we're constantly browbeaten by the environmental lobby about how horrible our technology is for the environment, it can be cathartic to feel sort of like you're doing something about the problem by busting up fictional robots. In that sense, you could say that this mindset is very much a product of the nineties and the collapse of the Soviet Union, which raised the specter of human-induced ecosystem collapse as a new villain to replace them.
Both Sonic and Eggman are narcissistic egomaniacs, but they express it differently. For Eggman, the source of his ego is his mind. He can accomplish any technical feat that he applies that sizable intellect to. For Sonic, the source is his own body. He knows that he is a physically superior being. He doesn't need technology because he is just naturally fast, strong, and nigh-indestructible. In other words, he has the luxury of luddism by virtue of winning the lottery of birth and having capeshit-level intrinsic superpowers. A lot of autistic people are, to some degree, physically and/or intellectually disabled homebodies. For them, Sonic represents a kind of ideal escapism. He is athletic and fast and beloved by all, to the same degree that his fans are slow and clumsy and despised. He is boisterous, flashy, and extraverted and bursting with feeling, to the same degree that his fans are shy, drab, introverted, and either emotionless or incapable of emotional regulation.
Sonic isn't so much a character as he is a force of nature. His personality archetype is static. You will never see him undergo any real character development because he is already at the zenith of his development from the start. Expecting Sonic to have character development is like expecting Mario or Pikachu or other terminally-differentiated characters to have character development. It just doesn't happen. In other words, no matter what, you can always rely on Sonic to be Sonic, and nothing else. He's predictable. He doesn't have any real wrinkles to his character, no sudden twists. He is stoic, he is stalwart, he is loyal, and that's just about it. You'll never see him lash out at someone, or bitch about his lot in life, or break down into a bawling mess, or engage in subterfuge, or do anything else that would represent a significant turn in character. His character is fixed. He has no ulterior motives. What you see is what you get. He is inside-out.
These attributes, a strong and instantly recognizable character archetype represented by a character with utterly transparent motives, embodied in a form that leaves no doubt whatsoever as to one's emotional state, are like autism catnip. For an autistic person, the real world is quite terrifying and full of unreadable people with complicated and well-developed egos who can betray you at a moment's notice for no reason that you can readily discern. Sonic will never betray you. He will always be there for you. He will always wear his heart quite literally on his sleeve. That's a big source of comfort for an autist.
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Only an autist could possibly care about such things. It's not that Sonic attracts autists, it's just that autists are the only people who could give a shit about a blue hedgehog and his animal friends past the age of 10.
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Aside from bright colors and satisfying sounds, the main attraction is the speed. Unlike ordinary racing games sonic goes on a set path every time. There is an objective best path each level. He’s basically a living train.
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I suspect that at least some of it is from how Sonic fandom presents from an autistic person rather than just attracting more. A one-word description of Sonic's personality is just "cool." When fans draw pictures they have to interpret how to draw cool. If you struggle with understanding the social ques that define coolness, you'll produce entertainingly uncanny output so people take notice more.