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PLAYING:
Final Fantasy V
Sonic Superstars
Marathon Infinity

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WATCHING:
My Little Pony
Game Of Thrones (rewatch)
Random Horror Films

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LISTENING:
Last.FM Recently Played

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deltahead
@deltahead

OK, it's finally time -- here's a big post going over all of the little details & references in my cohost!sonic drawing! there's a whole lot this time, so let's get into it!!

part 1: our boy cohost!sonic

there he is! since cohost!sonic -- even if the idea is super abstract -- is supposed to exist in the "real world", it made sense to give him some of movie!sonic's looks. his hoodie sports a variation of the Green Hills, WA logo based on the hat that movie!sonic wears --

-- and he's wearing the real-life special edition Puma sonic shoes.

he's also wearing a variation of the headphones that i drew him with all the way back in june 2022! that drawing was of him and tails speedrunning sonic mania, which is also kind of a meta/abstract idea lol, so it felt fitting to use them again here.

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part 2: the tech

cohost!sonic's laptop monitor over here has his browser open to CSS Crimes 101 because css crimes are such a thing here and are basically cohost culture at this point. and also because he's made a couple of fun posts like this:

he also has a dreamcast controller (because obvi), and his PC is a Dell G5, because that's what i have and it was easy to look under my desk to draw it lol.

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yes, what you see on the screen is a real interaction and was the first moment i thought of the idea of "cohost!sonic". we support u! i also didn't put my normal signature on this drawing because i felt in a funny way that my username being on here basically serves as a signature lol.

the browser has the traditional tails logo because in the TailsTube online shorts, it's implied through some stuff on tails's screen that he's actually he developer of some internet things, including tumblr, so why not firefox too, right? (get it???) cohost!sonic's tabs/favs are cohost, how long to beat, tailstube, speedrun.com, and a link to the perfect chili dog recipe. aka the only tabs that matter.

finally, it looks like shadow wants to talk over discord, but he should go to bed, its 4:20am. his pfp on discord is based on this drawing of junio sonic (aka, the style of sonic present in Sonic CD), which was hideki naganuma's avatar on twitter for a while:

a small note: the cans on his desk are the same cans of soda that i keep drawing whenever there's snacks.

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part 4: monitor #2
on the second monitor over here, sonic is listening to the official Big the Cat Lo-Fi video:

on the wall is a poster for CHAO IN SPACE, aka mock movie posters that were in some backgrounds of the sonic adventure games. chao in space eventually did become a real animated short, and is very cute!

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part 5: where does the truth lie

first off, there's a chili dog here as a snack, because of course. side note, there was much talk about chili dogs on the charity stream yesterday, and i almost cried laughing when we discovered that the sonic wiki does indeed have a page titled "Chili dog (disambiguation)".

second off, the phone shows a text message from a mystery person saying "you really should delete those tags that make fun of twitter on that rechost. js" with cohost!sonic responding "no lol." this is in reference to some of the sassier posts/tags that have popped up here and there on the account, at least early on. i won't put him toooooo much on blast, but i will say that i'm not totally convinced that he's 100% unofficial -- because these particular posts/tags were put up over a weekend and then mysteriously disappeared on the following monday, right around 9am PST, which would just happen to be sega of america office hours. so somebody mayyy or may not have gotten a stern talking-to. i hope you didn't get in too much trouble buddy!

bonus: the bag of honey candy on the lower-mid area is a reference to a billboard in sonic generations that implies that charmy bee has his own brand of honey that he sells. i have questions but i'm too tired to think about this more so i will not think about this more

aaaaand there you have it -- it all comes together for the full piece!

whew, OK, that was a LOT -- probably the most little references i've crammed into one drawing as of yet. gonna kick it into next gear in 2023 and keep growing and making even more detailed drawings! let's gooooo 🎉


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