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How do the rings in the sonic movies work?

The rings work as portals once you throw them and think about wherever you want to go pretty simple and straightforward

But they seem very easy to get

long claw, tails, and knuckles all had rings to travel to different worlds

Not to mention in the knuckles show G.U.N. was shown to have the rings under their possession

I would’ve expected the rings to have exclusive to planet mobian in the movies

And You can chalk this up as G.U.N. retrieved them from the snow in the Himalayas

But then how did sonic, tails, and knuckles get more in the third movie

I doubt that G.U.N. Would given them some rings especially if they thought Sonic had a chance to catch shadow from the first encounter

So how did they get more rings

The rings have to be pretty easy to make considering they are one use only

I feel like the rings have a connection to the master emerald with how they generate the portals

I couldn’t find sonic movie gifs with the master emerald

tapping into the master emerald energy as a power source

A lot of this stuff is just thoughts I have about how the rings might work I don’t if has been any lore that had been confirmed by the movies creators so please take this as grain of salt

So I read a interview with one of the developers that said that the final boss of Sonic Frontiers, The End is meant to represent how one perceives on what death looks like, and how the moon symbolizes death in some forms of fiction. Basically Sonic battled a lovecraftian entity representing a abstract concept none of us can comprehend.

This reminds me of the wasted potential Infinite had. Infinite represented a concept that nobody could comprehend, which is infinity. People not comprehending infinity is one of the main themes in cosmic horror so it would have been cool if the developers inserted that theme into Sonic Forces.

The End 🤝 Infinite

Representing abstract concepts

Omg that makes sense

I've had this thought for a while but only just realized I have a tumblr now so I can actually get that thought to reach ppl who'll share my level of madness.

So Sonic yeah? Pretty much the entire main cast are all anthropomorphic animals, excluding Eggman and his family tree. Across adaptations of Sonic, there's not a lot of consistency on what the general population outside of Sonic and the Gang are composed of. In shows like Boom, Prime, and the IDW comics, it's almost entirely animals, and Eggman's the odd one out:

But in other versions, where there are humans, Eggman still sticks out like a sore thumb:

It's also worth noting that in some Sonic games, there are regular, non-anthropomorphic animals in addition to anthropomorphic versions

(Yes, Vector is a crocodile not an alligator, but they're close enough taxonomically to be significant. You can't convince me that the difference between alligators and crocodiles in this universe is that one swims in freshwater and the other has bills to pay)

So here's my theory: there's cartoonish, anthropomorphic versions and realistic, non-anthropomorphic versions of the animals, right? So why wouldn't this extend to humans? After all, they're mammals just like hedgehogs and foxes are. AND THAT'S WHAT EGGMAN IS. He's an anthropomorphic animal like Sonic, it just happens to be that the animal he's based on is a human.

Eggman is an anthropomorphic human. He's human squared.

Thank you