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** The Asperchu, Asperger's and Liquid Chris issues seem to fall under one particular theme--someone stealing Chris' thunder or taking attention from him. Some of the videos he does related to Clyde Cash in particular almost seem playful or funny, but he's all business and blind rage when it comes to the idea that someone might be trying to draw attention from him.
** The Asperchu, Asperger's and Liquid Chris issues seem to fall under one particular theme--someone stealing Chris' thunder or taking attention from him. Some of the videos he does related to Clyde Cash in particular almost seem playful or funny, but he's all business and blind rage when it comes to the idea that someone might be trying to draw attention from him.
*** It seems to be more that he's afraid of losing the "fans" he believes he has or that he's afraid people will actually confuse Sonichu/him and Asperchu/"Liquid," when the difference is actually pretty obvious to most people. Same deal with the "I AM STRAIGHT" business. He's afraid that people will actually think he's gay if trolls or anyone else accuse him of being so.
*** It seems to be more that he's afraid of losing the "fans" he believes he has or that he's afraid people will actually confuse Sonichu/him and Asperchu/"Liquid," when the difference is actually pretty obvious to most people. Same deal with the "I AM STRAIGHT" business. He's afraid that people will actually think he's gay if trolls or anyone else accuse him of being so.
* BetterThanCanon: The ''Asperchu'', ''Simonchu'', and ''[[Fan:Moon-Pals|Moon-Pals]]'' comics.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BetterThanCanon Better Than Canon]: The ''Asperchu'', ''Simonchu'', and ''[[Fan:Moon-Pals|Moon-Pals]]'' comics.
** Along with all the other [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FanWork Fan Work]s, including this [http://lifefantasyx.deviantart.com/art/Sonichu-140419492 fanart].
** Along with all the other [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FanWork Fan Work]s, including this [http://lifefantasyx.deviantart.com/art/Sonichu-140419492 fanart].
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeyondTheImpossible Beyond The Impossible]: Chris is the internet's favorite lol-cow for a reason: Every time you think the lulz have dried up, and Chris can't get any more pathetic and/or delusional, he goes and tops himself.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeyondTheImpossible Beyond The Impossible]: Chris is the internet's favorite lol-cow for a reason: Every time you think the lulz have dried up, and Chris can't get any more pathetic and/or delusional, he goes and tops himself.
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* IKnowMortalKombat: You could call [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXMP1XmD-cg this]] a pretty spectacular aversion. The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS_z-kM64rM fan]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKXtDWOuL4U remixes]] are almost as good.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IKnowMortalKombat I Know Mortal Kombat]: You could call [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXMP1XmD-cg this] a pretty spectacular aversion. The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS_z-kM64rM fan] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKXtDWOuL4U remixes] are almost as good.
* ImYourBiggestFan: [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Robert_simmons Robert Simmons V]].
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImYourBiggestFan I'm Your Biggest Fan]: [[Robert Simmons V]].
* IneffectualDeathThreats: Again, all the freaking time!
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IneffectualDeathThreats Ineffectual Death Threats]: Again, all the freaking time!
** "I'LL BREAK YOU DEAD!!"
** "I'LL BREAK YOU DEAD!!"
** '''"DIIIIIEEEE YOOOOOOUUUU!"'''
** '''"DIIIIIEEEE YOOOOOOUUUU!"'''
** "ENNNNNNNNGH! I'll '''SSSTRANGLE''' that Clyde Cash!"
** "ENNNNNNNNGH! I'll '''SSSTRANGLE''' that Clyde Cash!"
** One of the most unsettling examples is him apparently threatening to kill Youtube user vivitheg and her family. Why? She made audiobooks of the comics, with annotations that mock the various plotholes, inconsistencies and so on. Chris only really noticed them when she announced that [=DVDs=] of the audiobooks would be released, and that's when he started raging over her trying to make money off of ''Sonichu''. This was then followed up with Vivian leaking an e-mail he sent to her, in which he wished for her to die of a "goddamn heart attack".
** One of the most unsettling examples is him apparently threatening to kill Youtube user vivitheg and her family. Why? She made audiobooks of the comics, with annotations that mock the various plotholes, inconsistencies and so on. Chris only really noticed them when she announced that DVDs of the audiobooks would be released, and that's when he started raging over her trying to make money off of ''Sonichu''. This was then followed up with Vivian leaking an e-mail he sent to her, in which he wished for her to die of a "goddamn heart attack".
** I'm not afraid to '''SHOW MY FANGS!!!'''
** I'm not afraid to '''SHOW MY FANGS!!!'''
** He has also [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Asperchu_is_a_Horrendous_Joke threatened]] the creator of Asperchu by saying that the ''spirit of his dead dog was going to enter his dreams and eat his soul.''
** He has also [[Asperchu is a Horrendous Joke|threatened]] the creator of Asperchu by saying that the ''spirit of his dead dog was going to enter his dreams and eat his soul.''
** He's also tried to threaten [=CWCki=]... [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/CWC_Blog#14_March_2010 with a knife]]. The worst thing is that Chris is convinced that his latest ex-"sweetheart's" personal information was removed from [=CWCki=] because [=CWCki=] people were scared of his earlier threats.[[hottip:*:The truth is that the woman herself demanded its removal.]] This "victory" will probably lead Chris to resort to threats more often in the future, and to make his threats more violent.
** He's also tried to threaten CWCki... [[CWC Blog#14 March 2010|with a knife]]. The worst thing is that Chris is convinced that his latest ex-"sweetheart's" personal information was removed from CWCki because CWCki people were scared of his earlier threats.<sup>* The truth is that the woman herself demanded its removal.</sup> This "victory" will probably lead Chris to resort to threats more often in the future, and to make his threats more violent.
*** And here we go: "[[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Chris_Drops_the_N-Bomb I will find you, I will cut you up, I will beat you up, I will knock you on your backside, stand on your gut like a log roller, and roll your fat right through your skull! Blow it wide open!]]"
*** And here we go: "[[Chris Drops the N-Bomb|I will find you, I will cut you up, I will beat you up, I will knock you on your backside, stand on your gut like a log roller, and roll your fat right through your skull! Blow it wide open!]]"
** "I am going to SHOVE YOUR ASS, DOWN YOUR THROAT, and MAKE you EAT YOUR '''''UNDERWEAAAAR'''''!"
** "I am going to SHOVE YOUR ASS, DOWN YOUR THROAT, and MAKE you EAT YOUR '''''UNDERWEAAAAR'''''!"
* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: So, so, so averted.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InspirationallyDisadvantaged Inspirationally Disadvantaged]: So, so, so averted.
* InternetBackdraft: A troll convinced a thirteen-year-old kid to fake being a woman and call Chris. Chris, like with many other "Gal-Pals", got an obsession with "her", and the events that followed lead to phone sex and a leaked sex video (don't worry - it's Chris and his blow-up doll pretending the doll to be the kid, when he didn't learn of the gender). When some of the trolls found out about the age, there was a huge troll backdraft... and it was on [[EncyclopediaDramatica ED]] of all places.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InternetBackdraft Internet Backdraft]: A troll convinced a thirteen-year-old kid to fake being a woman and call Chris. Chris, like with many other "Gal-Pals", got an obsession with "her", and the events that followed lead to phone sex and a leaked sex video (don't worry - it's Chris and his blow-up doll pretending the doll to be the kid, when he didn't learn of the gender). When some of the trolls found out about the age, there was a huge troll backdraft... and it was on [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EncyclopediaDramatica ED] of all places.
** Not to mention "Twin Falling Towers."
** Not to mention "Twin Falling Towers."
** Chris using the N-word to insult Surfshack Tito also pissed off trolls. In fact, it might have been one of the main reasons why trolls decided to vandalize [=CWCipedia=].
** Chris using the N-word to insult Surfshack Tito also pissed off trolls. In fact, it might have been one of the main reasons why trolls decided to vandalize CWCipedia.
* InternetMimic: A very large number of trolls imitate his rather...''unique'' style of writing which usually consists of: ALL CAPS AT ANY MOMENT THAT NEEDS STRONG EMOTION, Capitalizing Every Important Part Of A Sentence, using certain phrases repeatedly as if they were proper nouns[[hottip:*:"I do not listen to those who overreact and condescend to me with LOUD Tones and '''Harshest Attitudes'''."]] and aping his [[UnusualEuphemism 'CWC-isms']].
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InternetMimic Internet Mimic]: A very large number of trolls imitate his rather... ''unique'' style of writing which usually consists of: ALL CAPS AT ANY MOMENT THAT NEEDS STRONG EMOTION, Capitalizing Every Important Part Of A Sentence, using certain phrases repeatedly as if they were proper nouns<sup>* "I do not listen to those who overreact and condescend to me with LOUD Tones and '''Harshest Attitudes'''."</sup> and aping his [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnusualEuphemism 'CWC-isms'].
* InternetToughGuy: He has threatened people with {{Frivolous Lawsuit}}s and Curse-ye-hamehas because they mocked him or plagiarized his work. [[spoiler:It doesn't work if the work is derived from another Intellectual Property.]]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InternetToughGuy Internet Tough Guy]: He has threatened people with [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FrivolousLawsuit Frivolous Lawsuit]s and Curse-ye-hamehas because they mocked him or plagiarized his work. <font color="#FFFFFF">It doesn't work if the work is derived from another Intellectual Property.</font>
** Now Chris has switched a gear and directly menaces people with brutally killing them with his ridiculously tiny knife. It ''still'' doesn't works because Chris is a well known real-life coward who immediately begs, whines and backpedals at the first sign of danger.
** Now Chris has switched a gear and directly menaces people with brutally killing them with his ridiculously tiny knife. It ''still'' doesn't works because Chris is a well known real-life coward who immediately begs, whines and backpedals at the first sign of danger.
* {{Irony}}: It's rather strange that Chris, nominally a devout Christian, is a fan of ''FamilyGuy'', a series which has been [[{{Understatement}} downright vitriolic towards religion in general, most specifically Christianity]].
* {{Irony}}: It's rather strange that Chris, nominally a devout Christian, is a fan of ''FamilyGuy'', a series which has been [[{{Understatement}} downright vitriolic towards religion in general, most specifically Christianity]].

Revision as of 18:27, 12 June 2010

Go! Sonichu! Go out and zap to the extreme!
Sonichu #0
Tell me about it on CWC. Geez, when you have me facepalming at you, you have got to be pretty bad off.
David Gonterman

There is Artemis' Lover. There is Agony In Pink. There is The Girl Who Lived. There is My Immortal. There is My Inner Life. Many demonstrations could be made for the ascendant terribleness of such works, putting them above all lesser bad fanworks.

But then, standing resplendent above them all, there is Sonichu.

Sonichu was a fan TRUE and ORIGINAL webcomic created by one Christian Weston Chandler, starring (at least initially) the eponymous Electric Hedgehog Pokémon and his friends. The comic itself would be remarkable only for how unbelievably bad it is, but it has in recent years gained notoriety due to the author's antics in response to trolling and other harassment. The result is a perversely-fascinating, deeply-dysfunctional, symbiotic relationship - Mr. Chandler's creation has been saved from the curse of obscurity at the price of a "fanbase" devoted to making his life a living hell.

Sonichu started as some sort of Pokémon/Sonic The Hedgehog crossover world, and the first few issues focus on Sonichu's origin, his meeting with his "heartsweet" Rosechu (based heavily on Amy Rose), and a supporting cast of other Hedgehog Pokémon of various types. But in issue #2 and from issues #4-7, the series crystallizes into its present form, as Christian himself takes center stage and encounters and battles his enemies in real life, from mall cops to the dean of his local community college to internet trolls. Needless to say, the supposed main plot, a search for the Sonichu Bal- sorry, Sonichu Crystals, in order to use their powers to free Christian's Distaff Counterpart and "dream sibling", Crystal, from a mirror the aforementioned dean have trapped her in, takes a backseat.

Due to criticism over such a self-centered plotline, Christian eventually gets trapped in a timestream, leaving Sonichu to take up his heroic mantle of defender of CWCville]. The war against Encyclopedia Dramatica and "Four-Cent Garbage" rages on, interrupted by the occasional furry sex scene, until issue #9 changes focus (again) to dating education (no, not sex education) and Christian's crude interpretation of how relationships work.

The last chapter of issue 9 depicts a lengthy battle against invading forces from the PVCC, and ends with Sonichu and friends beating them with as much resistance as a team of Mary Sues typically gets. Christian's Author Avatar is released from the timestream shortly afterwards, and this cues the beginning of Issue #10, which can best be described as a combination of undisguised Wish Fulfillment and Christian's attempt to get back at his internet antagonizers by turning both his avatar and Sonichu into bigger God Mode Sues than ever, via the Sonichu Crystals Balls, and depict them punishing in-comic representations of his enemies by either killing or injuring them, destroying their property or making them pray to him for forgiveness. As the story progresses, Christian's feud with his "enemies" from real life becomes increasingly more disturbing, and its culmination in issue #10 finale can be most charitably described as the ultimate proof that Christian is in dire need of psychiatric help. It's worth noting that in this issue Christian frequently derailed the plot so he could devote several pages to "punishing" comic books versions of people who "wronged" him most recently; by contrast, (supposedly) important plot threads (such as Crystal being trapped in Dark Mirror Hole, or Christian's feud with college dean) were resolved quickly and anticlimactically. This sequence of events create probably the most unplanned and, for newcomers, incomprehensible storyline so far in Sonichu. Christian (once again) promised that in the future issues he will give the spotlight to Sonichu and that his Author Avatar won't appear so often. However, he isn't famous for keeping his promises (having made this exact one before), so future issues can be expected to be similar storyline-wise to Sonichu 10, with new real life-based enemies introduced as more trolling undoubtedly will continue to rain down upon him. (That is, of course, assuming there will be new issues at all, which might not happen in the foreseeable future. Christian hasn't uploaded any new pages since February 2010 and is deeply offended even by mere suggestions that he should update his own webcomic. It seems that he decided to devote his time to more entertaining activities instead, such as masturbating, playing video games and whining about them on the internet, continuing his Quest For Sex on the internet, condemning internet and claiming that he is "active within his community".)

Since this comic blurs the line between fiction and reality so much, a deep understanding of Mr. Chandler's life and psyche is required to make any sense of it. The best source would be the CWCki, an entire wiki cataloging Mr. Chandler's life and works (warning: some pages and images are definitely Not Sage For Work or your mental health), while the even more NSFW Encyclopedia Dramatica page that started this whole mess can be found here. Mr. Chandler's own websites tend to be hacked and deleted with some degree of regularity. He used to have his own Sonichu wiki which could be found here; however, in response to trolls hacking and vandalizing his precious wiki (again), on 27 May 2010 he announced his decision to "relinquish what was the Cwcipedia" while "keeping ownership of what it was before yesterday". In response Vivian Gee and Alec Benson Leary took control of CWCipedia and claimed all rights to Sonichu; at the beginning of June 2010 the control of CWCipedia apparently was taken over by a mysterious individual who may or may not be the TRUE and HONEST CWC.* Well, actually it's definitely not CWC, but it's fun to pretend otherwise. And who knows, maybe it's a beginning of new saga...

Compare the Gonter Verse, Silent Hill, Hell. See also Asperchu and Moon-Pals, two much better series that you probably should be reading instead of this one, if you aren't already.

Please note that several links on this page are not work safe. Don't forget to keep the Brain Bleach close by should you decide to visit any of them, worksafe or otherwise.




But the Sonichu phenomenon cannot be contained by the comic itself. Because Christian Weston Chandler's life is inextricably intertwined with the stories he writes and his interactions with his "fanbase", just as many tropes can be applied to his not-so-private life as to his comic. Sonichu has also inspired a unique type of FanFic, the "trollfic" (not to be confused with a Troll Fic), a normal fanfic with the characters' moral alignments usually flipped. Meanwhile the blogcasts and chat channels the author uses to communicate with people can be more interesting than the actual comic, and offer profound insights into the mind of Mr. Chandler.