@LoveyProphet This animation is the one time modern Sonic characterization worked for me, as it fit the theme. The IDW comics and Frontiers writing just don't cut it by any stretch though. I want the edgy rebel battle junkie Sonic back that I grew up with as a kid.
Somebody said its wild to spend no time with God on Earth and then wanna spend eternity with Him in Heaven.
And once you hear that, you can't unhear it.
i watched my husband work incredibly hard, putting in 10+ hours a day to get his video finished for halloween. he used multiple tools, developed different workflows, researched techniques, experimented with different approaches, and went through countless iterations to get things looking the way he envisioned.
i also have friends who spend literal months working on music videos, animated episodes, and other creative projects using AI. they’re not just pressing a button and calling it a day. they’re spending countless hours planning, experimenting, refining, editing, and piecing everything together to bring their ideas to life. just because parts of their process involve AI doesn’t mean all that time, effort, and creative decision-making suddenly cease to exist.
saying AI is inherently lazy or takes no effort completely dismisses the amount of time and work some people actually put into their projects. sure, there are people who type in a simple prompt, accept whatever comes out, and call it a day. but that is not representative of everyone using these tools.
there are people spending hours learning how different tools work, troubleshooting problems, refining results, and figuring out how to achieve very specific creative visions. AI doesn’t magically eliminate the need for creativity, direction, patience, or problem-solving. it can make certain parts of a process easier, but that doesn’t mean the entire process is effortless.
you can dislike AI, criticize how it’s developed, or have concerns about its use without pretending that everyone who uses it is lazy or incapable of putting genuine effort into something.
the amount of effort someone puts into their work isn’t determined solely by the tools they use. you don’t have to respect the medium to acknowledge the time, thought, and dedication someone put into creating something.
What a phenomenal gift to the community.
As a lifelong Sonic fan, this might just be one of the greatest things I've ever had the privilege of watching.
https://t.co/gy6G0xkMBY
Things are getting extremely serious in America. Men know they may have to lay down their lives to save our country, and they’re willing to do that
“As I sit here driving home to my beautiful wife and our 5 wonderful sons with the 6th on the way, I have this feeling in my stomach. I have this question in mind. What would it take for a man to willingly sacrifice his life for a cause higher than himself? What would the appropriate conditions have to be in order for that to happen?
And I'm asking myself this because over the course of the last week, I have felt my mind, my body, and my spirit preparing for a possible conflict in which I may not be here anymore, but the cause in which I would be supporting is appropriate, and not only appropriate, but necessary.”
“Why though? Well, because we're seeing an absolute Islamic invasion of our country — we have a communist infiltration of our institutions. So what do we do with all of this as Christians or conservatives? Do we roll over and die? Do we wallow in the mud? Do we stay down? Do we stay in the filth?
Or do we recognize that it's actually us that has a monopoly on force? Not them. It's us.
It's us who has control over our inner peace, an inner peace that is brought forth by responsibilities such as raising children, such as getting married. These people are evil demons who do not want to see families thrive. They do not like to see progress because the moment they start to see families winning and people that are better off than them, they always have a finger to point. They always have someone that they need to take out. They always need some law that has to be changed. They are never at peace. They are never happy.
So what are we to do as men when we see that someone is coming to destroy our peace? That someone is coming to destroy our families? I know you feel it. I know you feel it, man. There's something in your stomach. There's something in your heart and your mind and in your spirit that is preparing you for something to come. Don't ignore it. Don't sequester it. Let it build.
These are the necessary conditions by which we will inevitably win this war — Something's coming that you might have to put your foot down for and stand firm —we're gonna have to start collectivizing here sooner rather than later”
Nobody wants to accept this as a reality but unfortunately this is exactly the direction our country is going
Men who love our country are going to have to stand up and say no more and take our country back
We’re not voting our way out of this