"They've been a really big help to me, because, you know, my mind wanders, I wander, it's just really difficult for me to . . . exist, in general." -random guy speaking at a school orientation

Quick info: The Sonic the Hedgehog fics on here draw from almost every non-Boom Sonic format (games, shows, comics), but are mostly consistent with the "universe" of YouTuber SonicSong182. A few are built directly off the channel's canon, most are just compatible with it. "When You're Gone" and "My Precious," the dark ones, are independent.

The Ninjago fics tend to be "tighter" with canon (although a few are joke theory fics). "Saturniidae" is dark, while the others are pretty lightweight. "The Fantastic Mr. Walker" has dark elements scattered throughout.

Oh, and credit where credit's due: To the best of my knowledge, the expression "Oh, sweet Mobius" and its variants were originally coined by PlatinumSpeed, voice-acting for SonicSong182 on YouTube. Can't say I'm using it with permission, but it is his all the same.

I, uh . . . stumbled on a quiz-making website . . . and then this happened:

www.gotoquiz.com/which_ninjago_ninja_are_you

Care to find out which Ninjago ninja you're most like? :3

Companion links for The Fantastic Mr. Walker:

Just for fun, here's a few of the siren sounds I came across while researching the first chapter:

Star Trek mix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzWzIc63ECU

Original Star Trek red alert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J-y2rFfny8

Collection of fancy sirens (apparently they have their fans!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxkHaf7D7dk

Klaxon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2VhB7vaZI0

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The laser-etching video that inspired Zane's drawing method (sadly, he doesn't play music while he draws XD):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4OV2UofPFg

For anyone who wants to hear what Meep and Mopp kinda sound like: the Katamari Damacy soundtrack. Pretty much anything in there that isn't a voice or a recognizable instrument--that'd be a unit of alien vocabulary. If it's too weird for you to listen long (don't get me wrong, I love this OST), check the description for song start times. "Lonely Rolling Star" and "Angel Gifts" are practically spot-on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAA6hq9RL-4

Green Hill Zone theme as mentioned in Chapter 22.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEannNh8ihA

An extra little joke for those who bother to check out the links . . . Jay mentions in Chapter 24 that the ninja use barn owl calls to communicate in the countryside. This video shows the call of the barn owl. May wanna take off your headphones first.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-e-CTxQFzU

Here's the canon Venomari Lizaru, whose design served as a base for Nash:

vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/ninjago/images/3/3a/Lizaru.png/revision/latest?cb=20130818193440

And here's a drawing of Nash himself:

blysk.deviantart.com/art/Nash-612309543

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Floppy drive music, as promised! It's nerd heaven up in here. :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFmC7hd1hno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM_sAxrAu7Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx_vWkv50uk

"For the Longest Time," Jay's unofficial theme:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_izt7vlJKM0

"Stamp on the Ground," Junior's favorite song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-784ImNnxM

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Purple Meep and Mopp IRL!

www.msn.com/en-us/video/wonder/scientists-spot-googly-eyed-creature/vi-BBvG3cd?ocid=mailsignout

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Snakey yawning, as promised:

lotsofsnakes.tumblr.com/post/90216974641/thankyouma-am-fun-fact-not-a-yawn-popping

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Theeeeeeeee Fisker Karma!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1o7thdEY1Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABlWqBB6zPE

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Fanart!

Hot jumping spanikopita, this story has fanart! I'm just blown away. X3

Sharing the lovely artistic creations, with permission from the original artists; a big thank-you to everyone again!

Skylark Starflower:

Follow this link for the list in my DA Stash!

sta.sh/0r2l2ijio7j

StoneByrd:

Same here!

sta.sh/025dlbs62uq1

PastelGreys:

blysk.deviantart.com/art/Aftermath-fantastic-Mr-Walker-667730827

blysk.deviantart.com/art/Samurai-vs-Tec-Boss-FMW-667736086

blysk.deviantart.com/art/Natanka-FMW-667763935

blysk.deviantart.com/art/Booty-Dragon-670282497

HailsStorm:

hailsstorm.deviantart.com/art/Happy-Birthday-Blysk-606482765 (Doubles as a lovely birthday gift!)

Destiny Willowleaf:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI8EJmgaoP8 (Concept art of the Northern Lloydfish from Chapter 23, and an in-joke we had about how Skylor looks in the mornings)

GraubenDawb (she was taking OC drawing requests, and I requested Nash):

www.deviantart.com/art/Nash-Practice-615759366

aidypie80pi:

aidypie80pi.deviantart.com/art/Lloydfish-641332222

AquaIllusions:

aquaillusions.deviantart.com/art/Mindy-643576748

Elveron294 wrote a documentary about Lloydfish! (Be warned though, a little violent. Nature is savage.)

www.quotev.com/story/8716153/The-Lloydfish-is-SavageA-Lloydfish-Documentary-for-ShinyShiny9

Razena:

razena.deviantart.com/art/Nash-674474403?ga_submit_new=10&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1&ga_recent=1

Desiderata, by Max Ehrmann.

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be critical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.

Couples stuff (just so you know what you might bump into in my stories or faves list):

Sonic:

Ones I like and may incorporate: Sonamy, Silvaze, Knuxouge, possibly Vecilla, Knuxade (Knuckles X Shade), maybe some more unusual pairings. Charmy X Marine or Knuxamy, anyone?

Ones I like, but wouldn't know how to write very well: Taismo, Shadaria, Jetave, Taiream, a lot of creative pairings. It's always cool to read something unusual like Espio X Wave or Omega X Rouge, but it's also kinda hard to develop a new couple. Also, the actually romantic pairings among younger characters like Cream and Charmy are okay, but a little awkward. I mean, they're a bit young for love . . . so it's hard to write deep stuff.

Ones I don't like and will generally avoid reading: Sonally (sorry, Sally's just kinda boring), Knuxikal or Shadikal (same; Tikal's a one-trick echidna), Shadamy (doesn't make much sense, and they're always OOC), Sonaze, Shadaze, Sonouge, and Silvamy (can't get into the chemistry). And heaven preserve us from "canon character X OC."

Absolute favorite couple EVER: Shadouge. When properly done, it's beautifully subtle, a very non-conventional type of pairing. It shows in the little glances and gestures and hints of caring, not in overt displays of affection. It can also be the darkest, most messed-up relationship imaginable, and that's part of what makes it so fascinating.

And one completely random non-Mobian couple I love: Topaz x Tanaka from "Sonic X"! Talk about adorable.

Ninjago:

Ones I would . . .

Read and write: Pixane, Kailor, Jaya, Garsako

Read but not write: Coliel, Conya, AshXChamille, LloydXNya, Arsha (BanshaXSoul Archer)

Write but not read: MisakoXWu (Wusako?), NinjaXOC (with one or two spectacular exceptions)

Defend with my honor: Ronya, LloydXChamille

Broship: Greenflame and Bruise. Plus somehow I feel like Cole and Lloyd would be extra-close too.

Quotes:

Rabbit: I have too many things to do to stand around here wasting time!

Tigger: Yeah! And we've got too much time to waste to stand around here doing things.

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Frosty: Well, what do your friends say?

Holly: I don't have any friends, except for Charles . . .

Frosty: One friend is a lot better'n no friends at all, kid. One friend is plenty.

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There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. -Booker T. Washington

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Garmadon: I swore I'd never return . . .

Jay: You know, you should never swear. It's a sign of weak verbal skills.

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We must resist such snow amusements, lest it weaken our emotional defenses. -some random rhino from "Legends of Chima." I can't . . . I can't even . . . XD

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Friendship begins at that moment when one person says to another, "What! You too? I thought I was the only one." -C.S. Lewis

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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer. -Sadi

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On any given day in a hospital, you can find people having the best day of their life, the worst day of their life, the first day of their life, and the last day of their life all under one roof.

As a kid, I thought people used “grow up” to mean “be tough enough and brave enough to stand up to the world’s BS"; as an adult I realize people actually used the phrase to mean “be jaded enough to resign yourself to the world’s BS without complaining”.

I am a ghost, driving a meat-coated skeleton, made from stardust, riding a rock, flying through space.

-All from "Shower Thoughts" on Tumblr

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Everything is held together with stories. That is all that is holding us together, stories and compassion. -Barry Lopez

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Stix: It's not like I'm paranoid . . . *sees own shadow* STOP FOLLOWING ME!

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To be a monster is to confine one’s rationality to a very narrow degree and then follow that line to its conclusion.

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Is anything as strange as a normal person?
Is anything as cruel as a normal person?
I think I'm cool enough
But am I cruel enough
Am I cruel enough
For you?
--Arcade Fire, "Normal Person"

Well, that's my two cents. If you've got some feedback on this little flight of fancy, I'd love to hear it! Peace out, folks, and happy FanFiction-ing!