See the blue streak rushing for the horizon?
That’s me.
Hear the bang shattering the limits of sound?
That’s me.
But blink once…
and you will have missed me.

- Sonic, ending words of "Relativity"-

Hi there and welcome to my profile (read: messed up info dump). First of all, you may call me Speedy. Now if you feel like it, you can find some information on me directly below.
Below that, you'll find a list of authors I'd like to recommend. As fanfiction readers and writers we all struggle trying to dig out a good piece to read between all the random nonsense spamming the archives, so I think we should support each other a little. I've seen other people here making a list of story recommendations, but I'd rather like to recommend the authors behind the good stuff.
And below that, you'll find my thoughts and notes on my own stories, the completed ones and whatever is in progress at the time. Hope you'll find something to your liking. :)

Personal Trivia

Regarding my pen name: I'm called Speedy because I'm a pretty good sprinter, a hyperactive freak (I need my runs, y'know) and generally like everything that's fast. Thus, a buddy of mine called me that and it was the first name I was ever given I liked and so it stuck with me ;)
1236... is the speed of sound measured in dry air of twenty degrees Celsius in kilometers per hour. Simple as that.

Likes: writing and reading, playing Sonic (big surprise here), listening to rock and metal music, hanging out with my friends, freetime, having fun, driving around in the car, eating pizza (Italian food in general), rollercoasters, dreaming, paprika crisps, airplanes, laughing, almost all kinds of sports, thinking, and running.

Dislikes: Boredom, studying (to a passion), being held down when I have plans, rap, snobby or intolerant or just dumb people, fish, prejudices, getting wet, waiting, vegetables (a lot of them at least), people telling me what I have to do, stress, too spicy things, and most of the stuff on TV

Favorite Game: Uh... Hard to say. Any 3D Sonic game, I guess. Sonic Unleashed, SA1 and 2, Sonic Heroes, Sonic Colors, Sonic Generations... and yes, even Sonic 06. It's not near as bad as people make it. ;)

Contacting me: PM's should work. If you got a question or feel like a chat, drop me a line, I don't bite. :D

You can also find me here:
- DeviantART (Feel free to take a look at my paintings!)
- NetRaptor.org (sweet little Sonic fanfiction archive, with admins actually caring about quality)
- FictionPress (newly made an account for the random few poems I sometimes write)
- SSMB (but I'm a lurk and don't talk much there)

People to visit

The following guys and girls (in alphabetical order) are some of my very favorite authors here and/or friends that have enriched my time on this site for a long time already. Go check them out, read their works and give them some love!

Awdures - Her stories were among the first I ever read and still rank high on my all-time favorites list. She basically failed to write a single Sonic story that I didn't adore to bits. Has some of the best Knuckles characterization on the site. Especially a recommendation for all fans of the red echidna and his interactions with that blue hedgehog that tends to make his life so much more complicated. ;)

BamfIsAwesome - One of my best friends here and it's beyond time she gets some credit. My most faithful reviewer, a witty and wonderful person and something like online pen pal for several years. Thank you for all the awesome conversations we've had over time, Bamf. :)

Child At Heart Forever - My favorite resource for great adaptions/novelizations. Child has a nack for adapting games and staying incredibly close to canon with it while still adding her own touches, giving the characters life and soul and spicing everything up with a dose of humor. If you're looking for a game adaption, pay her a visit!

DC111- Writes deep, not always light stories full of thought and spirit. Her stories have great insight on characters, especially Sonic and Tails, and never really fail to captivate you. Also, one of my favorite people to talk Sonic with... if she's there. ;)

Dr Namgge - I think I came to Namgge's stories through his Sonic's Wasted Time stories, a couple of oneshots parodying common things in fanfiction. Found them hilarious and checked out more of his writing. I didn't only find a great talent for parodies, some neatly slipped into the subtle space between two sentences, but also a collection of worthwhile long stories with a complex (sometimes mind-blowing) concept behind you don't often encounter.

Frozen Nitrogen - Another one of the people whose stories I found in the beginning of my stay here. Deep, often somewhat dark and complex stories with excellent vocabulary. He's the guy whose writing made me rethink a few times if I really know any English. Still, I tend to find his style amazing and incredibly unique. A recommendation for folks looking for great characterization of Dr. Robotnik/Eggman, insight on robots and sometimes mildly disturbing sci-fi concepts, always elegantly worded.

Hawki - A writer I kind of admire for the amount of stuff he gets done (and how well organized it all seems). Writes stories for a great bunch of different fandoms, Sonic the Hedgehog just being one of them. I tend to especially enjoy his game-verse and SatAM-based stories for their often unique and creative ideas and nailed characterization. Has made oneshots out of ideas I'd never thought you could.

JudasFm - Jude's 'Guardian's Choice' was the first fanfic I read in my life and along with her other works it greatly influenced at least the base of what I can now call 'head canon'. Awesome plots and characterization, sadly some of her stories are still unfinished and have been so for years.

Writing...

I write because it's fun. I write to get what is on my mind off my mind. I write because I dream. I write to dream. I write to feel.

Random facts about me and writing
- I'm a sucker for friendshippers. Because friendship is the most precious thing in the world.
- I don't only write stories. I write characters. They're much more important to me than the plot.
- I'm not too fond of my summarizing skills.
- I guess I get too long-winded when a matter really interests me...
- Helpful critique is really appreciated; and generally I reply to all signed reviews. I tend to refer to what reviewers say, so a detailed review is likely to get a detailed answer, and vice-versa.

A note on language: As you can easily see from my home country, I'm no native English speaker, or writer, so be a bit friendly. If you find big language flaws, I'd appreciate if you tell me, I like to learn! In fact, all the things nice people here told me already help my English skills a lot.
I didn't actually decide to write in a foreign language. Fact is, I was down to five thousand words of my first story until I noticed what I was writing was English. I write in English because I can't creatively write in any other language. The freaky grey substance filling my skull you call a brain likes it. No idea why. I screw up summarizing a silly newspaper article in any other language... Okay, maybe that was exaggerated now. It's not that bad.

How I got here: I've been making up stories ever since I was a kid. I never got the idea of writing them down, though... Until I - by mere chance I must add - found out there is a thing called 'fanfiction' and there are a lot of other people creating stories about their favorite characters. So, I tried myself. 'Nuff said.

What I like in fanfiction: A good plot, good characterization, character development, lots of details, action, suspense, humor, friendship

What I don’t like: Unrealistic pairings, out-of-character writing to make a character fit into the plot idea no matter what, cliché plots and too much randomness

Favorite characters - those to be found all over my writing (okay, those I pretty much shove in your face...)

Sonic the Hedgehog - My very favorite character of all. Period. I just like his attitude, his easy-going, free lifestyle, his optimism and self-confidence no matter what happens... Well, I like everything about him. There are a lot of aspects in which he's a lot like me, or I'm a lot like him, however you want to put it, so I guess I just identify with him very well. He might as well have been the reason I started writing. Some folks say I like Sonic 'cause he's as freaking hyperactive as me. Can't tell if that's true.

Knuckles the Echidna - He's awesome. And not the least bit hyperactive, one point against the above theory. Knux is quite a complex fellow and I guess I can't really say what I like about him especially, I simply do. Maybe it’s his temper, his sense of duty, his personality? Unlike some people seem to look at him, I don’t think he’s stupid in any way; he’s just inexperienced with a lot of things most people will consider normal ‘cause he grew up isolated. Besides, the guy owns one of the way coolest things ever.

I can’t really say that there was any character I ‘hate’. In the worst case, I’m somewhat indifferent towards them. I guess every character has some likable attributes.

MY STORIES – the author’s mad ramblings about the products of what he calls writing

General story universe info

Since the Sonic franchise is so varied with its spin-offs and alternate realities (games, cartoons, comics…), I’ll provide a small explanation what kind of universe my stories are set in. This note applies to most of my fics; unless a story is set in a specific universe, place and time, in that case it will have a note on it in its summary.

Most influences for my stories are taken from the game canon, for it is what I like Sonic stuff for, what I got into first and the most, and what I've always seen as the 'core thing'. The second thing that has greatly influenced my today's head canon is the 90's Sonic comic published by Fleetway that I enjoyed reading a lot. You may spot a bit of Sonic X ideas here and there, too, and if you've been around for long enough might find a few influences/ideas taken from other fanfiction stories, too.

OLD STUFF

Kept here for archives purposes, nostalgia and the enjoyment of those who liked/faved these stories. They are however old and don't represent the quality (or what I like to believe is quality) of my current writing abilities. Don't sue me for their mistakes, I was young and didn't know any better. ;)

"hot spot" – My first writing attempt ever. Full of mistakes, dumb formulations and lacking details, but it turned out impossible fixing all of these without completely rewriting the entire thing, and I didn’t want that. It’s a first attempt after all, and I guess it should stay that way. Hopefully we can all see now I somewhat improved since then... ;)
I still like the plot, anyway. Although I think if I'd write the same story again now, it'd be at least twice as long...

"Diamond's Mystery" – was an attempt seeing where you get if you leave out Eggman and Chaos Emeralds and instead send Sonic and friends on a treasure hunt, with mysteries, puzzles, freaked enemies and traps. There are things about it I would have done differently now, especially about the first chapters of it, about the OC villains and so on. Still, I recently read through it again and noticed I may have been a little hard with this story for a while. Chapters 6 and onwards that actually deal with the treasure hunt adventure thing I wanted to write this story for in the first place have some nice action scenes, I enjoy how the booby traps turned out, also the ancient underground maze in the end and the story's mysterious glowy object of doom. And since major portions of this story, especially the action-filled part, entirely focus on the two main characters 'cause there isn't actually anyone else there, it is full of Sonic/Knuckles interaction, banter, bickering, friendship and the occasional little argument alike. By now I think it kind of made the base for how I write their relationship now.

Frick, I don't believe it... Nik159 drew an awesome pencil illustration going with it, Sonic and Knuckles on the train to the desert. :)

GAMEVERSE ONESHOTS AND POEMS

"The Taste Of Speed" - The first of my short stories, taking a brief look on Sonic running. Not near perfect when it comes to formulations, but I think it makes its point clear within its less than 1000 words. It’s plain obvious once you read it how much I like running and how I think Sonic likes it. And yes, I'll admit before you ask, I sometimes envy blue one his supersonic speed. Sometimes when I'm on a run, I wish I could try sonic speed out... Just once... sigh...

"Shiny Big Rock" – I still love this story. It's a Sonic/Knuckles friendship oneshot, told from Sonic’s point of view. It is a mixture of stream of consciousness and dialogue that explores the differences between the hedgehog and the echidna, Knuckles’ sense for guarding this shiny big rock of his, and Sonic's understandig (or lack thereof) for it. If you like a bit of humor and interactions between Sonic and Knux, check it out. ;)

"Changes And Chances" – Post-Sonic Heroes oneshot resulting of bad weather, me being bored and coming across philosophical quotes after playing way too much of the aforementioned game. I ended up writing Knuckles' reflections on the events considering his life before and his relation to the other characters before and in/after the game. Not very long, but I like how it turned out.

“Cloudburst Flight” - Hmm… That one’s different. Besides being a story about flying, about the struggle to understand other people’s feelings, about the brotherly relation between Tails and Sonic, it’s mostly a oneshot about Sonic’s strange relation to Amy Rose. It really isn’t a Sonic/Amy story. Quite the opposite I suppose. You can have multiple versions of Amy’s suffering from her one-sided crush in various sorts of fics (something about unrequited love seems strangely interesting); I somehow happened to try writing the other side of the coin ‘cause I got kinda annoyed it’s always just the girl’s point of view shown in fics.

“Relativity” – Another fairly short idea I got while running in the forest. It starts with a not quite completely scientific conversation between two very close but very different friends and ends with Sonic taking a joy run. It’s funny how I every now and then end up typing something like that… Maybe it’s just natural, one sucker for running writing about another one. :)
Spawned the half-poetic lines on top of this profile that I'm still pretty fond of in spite of their age. Apparently I'm not the only one even... Interestingly, a few people actually quoted it. While I feel totally flattered if you want to do that, I'd appreciate getting credit. Only fair, right?

"Killer Chao?" – A small, 1000 words thingy about these strange little chao creatures, based on the Sonic Advance games mostly. I find it funny ;)

"Between Red And Blue"–Inspired to equal parts by the fanfiction archives main content category and Sonic Chronicles, this short story is a bit of a parody on various more or less popular pairings, poking a bit of fun at this slightly overrated romance idea and the usual lack of considering male characters in it. Aside of that, it's a Sonic/Knuckles friendship oneshot. I’ve always seen them sharing that kind of valuable friendship that isn’t always harmonic ‘cause neither of them avoids saying their opinion no matter if the other one will like it or not, but this blunt honesty also allows for some trust. Blame it on Sonic Heroes that got me into the franchise and caused me to always see the rival part of their relationship as more of a game… ;)

"These Roads" - Short poem inspired by an awesome piece of Sonic fanart (check it out here). Pretty much a mood piece, I guess.

"It's In The Shoes" - A short idea that came up when I was aimlessly drabbling stuff into Word. Set in Sonic Chronicles, this oneshot presents a humorous solution on how the various power-ups in Sonic games might work.

"The Last Ring" - Very short oneshot about Sonic trying to make his way to one of Dr. Eggman's insane headquarters and suffering a tragic loss in the progress... Well, sort of, anyway.
In case you're interested, I drew a picture going with it. Don't think it's half bad, actually. You can check out my painting skills here.

"On The Edge” – Slightly dark-mooded Knuckles poem, written down based on the feeling probably everybody knows once in a while of being stuck on a narrow ridge between two world or ways and having to decide if you dare to jump into the unknown. Knuckles is and probably will always stay a character that is stuck on an edge like that, between traditions he never saw lived by anyone and what he sees with Sonic and the others, between duty and personal needs, between seclusion and a natural desire for company, between past and present, between a world that is for long gone he’s the only relic of and a world that’s too strange to him to become a full part of. I think it stays quite in-character with its conclusion; and I’m kinda fond of the ending verses.

"Your Fault" - A oneshot I wrote for the Kelviniana Mistletoe challenge. It was to write a story that involves mistletoe. The challenge also said that plotless romance would be frowned upon, but you get an additional point for writing about a pairing you don't like. I didn't manage that. It has some obvious Anti-SonAmy (cause that's how I roll) and a bit of one-sided KnuxAmy. Don't even know how that happened, I didn't intend to write that. Ah well. Other than that, those of you who know me and my writing get something not so uncommon: a conversation between Sonic and Knuckles. I enjoy writing that too much. Apparently it wasn't bad either; it scored me a very narrow third place in the contest.

"Chasing Horizons" - I love this story. It's a very personal piece, maybe a lot more personal than anyone might notice upon reading it. Like serveral other ideas I get, this one came to me on a run, or at least that's when it really became clear in my head and I found I needed to type it out. It's a little bit of philosophy, a runner's thoughts on the nature of the chase. Writing it was a very relaxing and satisfying experience. I hope some of you will get just a little bit out of it as well.

TRIPLE THREAT SERIES

Yes, I finally, after close to three years, came up with a name for my ‘regular’ story universe/setting/whatever you want to call it. ;) Simply put, the Triple Threat Series is – not exactly what the name makes it sound. It’s not strictly a series in the sense of starting with story one and the rest being sequels. It’s a lot looser than that. All TTS stories have in common that they’re set in the same universe and resolve around the trio of Sonic, Tails and Knuckles. Each individual story can stand on its own, but there are subtle references between them since they – for me being the writer – have for long become continuity. So, I figured I can as well go ahead and call them that, right?

Chronologically "The Wind In The Abyss" is kind of a prequel to the series that develops some concepts and establishes a few universe-related things. Chronology for all other Triple Threat stories is simply the order I published them in. You don't have to read them in a particular order, though. Each story is complete and can stand on its own. A few things, especially in the latest additions the the series however will make more sense to you if you've read the previous stories.

TTS’ timeline fits loosely between Sonic Adventure 1/2/Sonic Heroes and Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood. So, you can usually assume everything aside of the events of Sonic Chronicles happened. This restriction wasn’t applied because I dislike Sonic Chronicles or something, I actually like it a lot, but because of the open ending I find it hard fitting a story after it and making sense with it. (Whatever happened to that sequel? Yes, I’m looking at you, Bioware!)

The gem of my collection…

"The Wind In The Abyss" - partly AU, basically a transition from STC into game universe, set in a timeline starting with the Fleetway canon and going into a pre-SA2 game timeline. It may also be seen as a kind of prequel to the Triple Threat Series that lays down some principle concepts and relations.
It features quite a few Fleetway-exclusive characters and uses ideas from both game canon and comics. It’s based on various theories I made up over time on the differences between the Fleetway comic universe and the game canon, starting with big, obvious things such as Fleetway's demon Super Sonic, but also covering a lot of smaller things. I guess I went the other way around than the writers of STC when they adapted Sonic Adventure's plot into their universe. This story adapts Fleetway ideas and characters into a game-inspired universe.
Other than trying to combine two canons I guess you could call this piece of writing a character study, or a concept study really (or, as DC111 called it, a 'character exploration story with a lot of depth'). There are various reasons why I think this story is outstanding in its very own way. When writing it, I deliberately decided to shove the ‘heroes try to stop villains’ plot into the story’s side arcs and focused my attention on something that has been a main interest to me for quite a while: the matter of Chaos Control, how it works from the point of view of the individual using it. I went into a lot of detail trying to work out the nature of Chaos Control, of the Chaos Emeralds themselves and how they affect the individual coming into contact with them (and vice-versa). It’s not a typical adventure story; it’s more of a concept story, or a concept building story, and goes much deeper into its subject than anything else I’ve written could. Go check it out! :)

TRIPLE THREAT SHORTS

"Fireworks" – Two-chapter action/friendship ficlet. Pretty much a typical Eggman vs Sonic and Co. scenario. Oh, and quite a lot of stuff blows up. 'Cause explosions are great. By the way, countdowns are too. ;)

"Winter's Fun?" – Another friendship piece featuring Sonic, Knuckles and Tails. Highlight should be the dialogue between Sonic and Knux again, but I think it’s a funny story overall. I got the idea for it while climbing up a snowy slope with a sledge on my shoulder...

"Not Quite As Planned" – Typed down in honor of Sonic's birthday. It includes a bit of everything I find makes out what his games are: a track through Eggman's base offering a bunch of places to almost kill him, a boss fight, Tails being his back-up... and of course as it is a birthday story a bit of a party, although nothing about it turns out how Sonic thought it would...

"The Night Of The Potted Fir Tree"- Christmas oneshot with Knuckles taking the leading part. It isn't long and certainly not deep or anything, but I like how the humor turned out. Not much to say to this one... other than that my personal favorite character in it is the title giving tree. :D

"From Me To You" - Another Christmas story. Written from Sonic's point of view, it takes the reader along on the blue hedgehog's quest to find appropriate presents for his two friends. It's probably something everyone of us encountered sometimes before the holidays. Not overly creative, sure, and I don't know how funny it turned out, but I guess it got a christmassy spirit, a lot of friendship and should be kind of heart-warming. Feel-good writing, I suppose. :)

TRIPLE THREAT NOVELS (Yes, according to Wikipedia I'm allowed to call them that. O_o)

"Chaos And Confusion" – In spite of its three years of age, I still like the plot and concepts of this story and the way everything turned out, especially Eggman towards the end and the dialogues with E-123 Omega. Contains references to several games, mostly the Sonic Rush series, Sonic Heroes… and a bit of others. Main characters are Sonic, Knuckles and Tails, but it has two or three more or less parallel story lines. Aside of the main cast there are Shadow, Dr. Eggman, Rouge and Omega, the latter two trying with limited success to safe their third team member from Eggman, and himself, as usually... Meanwhile Dr. Eggman - how overly creative of me - is once more after his regular schemes while Sonic and Co. are pretty much in the dark about their archenemy's plans 'cause they're busy attempting to get through a bunch of Chaos Emerald trouble...

“The End Of The Rainbow” - I find it hard to say what this one is about actually. Is ‘adventure story’ too unspecific? There are too much elements in it to pinpoint a more specific genre… From treasure hunts, wild goose chases, mysteries, probably unexpected character developments... There’s a bit of everything. It's probably not a typical Sonic story... if something like a typical Sonic story even exists. Oh well. Read and find out.
References Sonic Heroes and Sonic Adventure more than other games. A bit of an homage? Maybe. ;) Features the Triple Threat of course, and has appearances of Dr Eggman, Team Chaotix as well as Amy Rose and Cream and Cheese.

OMG... Nik159 drew a scene from chapter 22, Sonic, Knuckles and Tails looking at the carpet picture. Isn't it totally amazing? :D

STUFF IN PROGRESS

"Watch The Hourglass"... doors close when time is up. (Omochao, Sonic Adventure 2)
And once the door has closed on you, there is no escape. - An accident at a base of Dr Eggman's gets Sonic and Knuckles lost in space and time. Tails is left alone to deal with the consequences and has to get them back before it's too late. If they can survive that long, that is...
A Triple Threat story that transcends time and space. Yes, the time travel fic I always wanted to write. A bit of sci-fi, a bit of background exploration... and some other things that shall not be revealed here. ;)
Main characters are Sonic, Knuckles and Tails (yeah, big surprise), but it will see cameos of a couple other characters as it goes on.

Check out the full size and resolution of the cover artwork here. It's looking awesome. Heck yes.

Reading is going on a journey on the wings of your imagination. Writing is building these wings.

Disclaimer: The crazed nutjob responsible for this profile does not own any of the Sonic characters or related things like locations, magical gemstones of awesomeness or other items, but does own the stories listed below. The owner of the work is not liable for any mental or physical damage taken during exposure to the featured fictional content, or induced as a result. All rights reserved and copyrighted by Speedy.

Artwork used as story covers as well as my profile avatar are pictures of my own design, or are used with permission of the original artist.

Thank you for reading.