Canonball: A Sonic the Hedgehog Fanfiction
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Brace yourselves, folks: you're in for a weird one. In the spirit of creativity, The Hill Is Always Greener have decided to stretch their writing muscles and craft their very own Sonic the Hedgehog fanfiction...by gamifying the process in the most absurd, ridiculous way possible. Filled with violent gamer rage, age-related injuries, taxes, body horror, and even the unexpected return of a much beloved abridged series, this is one episode that needs to be heard to be believed. (0:00:00) Intro/Main topic: Let's write a Sonic fanfic!(0:02:13) Our history with Sonic fanfics(0:11:05) Excerpt: "Metal Mastermind" by Turrican23X(0:14:10) Setting our ground rules(0:18:31) Luke - Characters denigrate other video game franchises (Change!)(0:25:40) Jeremy - Sonic is unable to run for some reason(0:31:37) Chris - Character uses a curse word(0:37:56) Jake - Inexplicable crossover that doesn't compliment either universe(0:41:55) Jake - Christian rock music (It's On You!)(0:45:53) Luke - Karaoke(0:47:53) Jeremy - Drastic character change (Change!)(0:53:18) Chris - Truth or Dare(0:56:50) Chris - Tragic backstory out of nowhere (Put This In!)(0:58:46) Jake - Incongruous Intercourse(1:03:06) Luke - One of the main characters has to stop and do their taxes before continuing the story(1:05:44) Jeremy - Coffee Shop AU(1:09:23) Chris - Eggman wins(1:14:40) Jake - Reference an early 2000s Toonami show(1:18:53) Luke - Breaking the fourth wall in a bad attempt at humour(1:20:34) Chris - Breaking the fourth wall in a bad attempt at drama (It's On You!)(1:23:55) Jeremy - War is on the brink, and can only be stopped if 1 character can deliver something, but 2nd character is stopping them(1:27:36) Chris - Friend gets hurt(1:30:31) Chris - Character from another SEGA franchise appears(1:32:57) Jake - Heroic snack-rifice(1:35:11) Jake - Brand new Super form (Put This In!)(1:39:58) Luke - Romantic moment (Change!)(1:43:50) The full story recap(1:53:05) Outro Amie Waters on Twitter Marin Miller "Whose Line Is It Anyway: Love Hina Edition" by JonJ "Sonic: Chaos in the System" by Faulerro "Trial and Error: Speedy Turnabout" by CyberLink420 "Metal Mastermind" by Turrican23X
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