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{{quote|Tell me about it on CWC. Geez, when you have '''me''' [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/facepalm facepalm]ing at you, you have got to be pretty bad off.|[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DavidGonterman David Gonterman] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/archived_discussion.php?s_t=Main.DavidGonterman on] Christian Weston Chandler, emphasis added. [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeyondTheImpossible Way added.]}}
{{quote|Tell me about it on CWC. Geez, when you have '''me''' [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/facepalm facepalm]ing at you, you have got to be pretty bad off.|[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DavidGonterman David Gonterman] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/archived_discussion.php?s_t=Main.DavidGonterman on] Christian Weston Chandler, emphasis added. [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeyondTheImpossible Way added.]}}


There is ''Artemis' Lover''. There is ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/AgonyInPink Agony In Pink]''. There is ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/TheGirlWhoLived The Girl Who Lived]''. There is ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/MyImmortal My Immortal]''. There is ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/MyInnerLife My Inner Life]''. Many demonstrations could be made for the ascendent terribleness of such works, putting them above all lesser bad fanworks.
There is ''Artemis' Lover''. There is ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/AgonyInPink Agony In Pink]''. There is ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/TheGirlWhoLived The Girl Who Lived]''. There is ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/MyImmortal My Immortal]''. There is ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/MyInnerLife My Inner Life]''. Many demonstrations could be made for the ascendant terribleness of such works, putting them above all lesser bad fanworks.


But then, [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeyondTheImpossible standing resplendent above them all], there is Sonichu.  
But then, [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeyondTheImpossible standing resplendent above them all], there is Sonichu.  
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** [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChick The Chick]: Both Bubbles and Angelica Rosechu
** [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChick The Chick]: Both Bubbles and Angelica Rosechu
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ForgottenFallenFriend Forgotten Fallen Friend]: Anytime anybody dies in the comic, their survivors take a panel or so to say "we've got to move on" and do just that. Possibly because the author is a borderline sociopath who does the same thing in real life.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ForgottenFallenFriend Forgotten Fallen Friend]: Anytime anybody dies in the comic, their survivors take a panel or so to say "we've got to move on" and do just that. Possibly because the author is a borderline sociopath who does the same thing in real life.
* ForTheEvulz: All of the villains have little motivation towards tormenting Chris beyond "because." Apparently they just don't want him to find True Love. Virginia is for Virgins, after all.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ForTheEvulz For The Evulz]: All of the villains have little motivation towards tormenting Chris beyond "because." Apparently they just don't want him to find True Love. Virginia is for Virgins, after all.
* FreudianExcuse: [[strike:Mary Lee Walsh]] "Slaweel the Witch" hates love because she's a social outcast who isn't loved herself.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FreudianExcuse Freudian Excuse]: <strike>Mary Lee Walsh</strike> "Slaweel the Witch" hates love because she's a social outcast who isn't loved herself.
* FreudWasRight: Two of the {{narm}}y lines listed below, as well as the, um, ''interesting'' image of a pistol [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Jerkop on this page]]. And that's just the tip of the iceberg, which makes Chris's constant HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday assertations a bit awkward.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FreudWasRight Freud Was Right]: Two of the [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Narm narmy] lines listed below, as well as the, um, ''interesting'' image of a pistol [[Jerkop|on this page]]. And that's just the tip of the iceberg, which makes Chris's constant [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today] assertions a bit awkward.
** He actually went back and redrew all scenes with the [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Straw Drinking Straw of Fail]] to make it look less phallic.
** He actually went back and redrew all scenes with the [[Straw|Drinking Straw of Fail]] to make it look less phallic.
* FrozenInTime: The popularity of franchises, aspects, popular music, fads and toys within the comics and the subject's life seems to be stuck perpetually in 1999, the latest time it seems Chris had any semblance of a positive social life. The only modern thing about either aspect is that he is a PS3 fanboy and owns an HDTV, but it's doubtful he uses the latter to actually watch any high definition television programming. He also likes ''FamilyGuy'' and ''TheClevelandShow''.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FrozenInTime Frozen In Time]: The popularity of franchises, aspects, popular music, fads and toys within the comics and the subject's life seems to be stuck perpetually in 1999, the latest time it seems Chris had any semblance of a positive social life. The only modern thing about either aspect is that he is a PS3 fanboy and owns an HDTV, but it's doubtful he uses the latter to actually watch any high definition television programming. He also likes ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FamilyGuy Family Guy]'' and ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheClevelandShow The Cleveland Show]''.
* FurryFandom: After a fashion. Chris obviously enjoys sexualized anthropomorphic animals (and has even confessed that he might, under the right circumstances, have [[ButYouScrewOneGoat sex with a dog]]), but he doesn't belong to any community.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FurryFandom Furry Fandom]: After a fashion. Chris obviously enjoys sexualized anthropomorphic animals (and has even confessed that he might, under the right circumstances, have [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ButYouScrewOneGoat sex with a dog]), but he doesn't belong to any community.
** [[EvenNerdsHaveStandards Even Furries have standards]], you know.
** [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvenNerdsHaveStandards Even Furries have standards], you know.
*GenderBlenderName: Kel is female, while Magi-Chan and Chris-Chan are both male (-''chan'' (&#12385;&#12419;&#12435;) is a mostly feminine Japanese suffix).
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GenderBlenderName Gender Blender Name]: Kel is female, while Magi-Chan and Chris-Chan are both male (-''chan'' (&#12385;&#12419;&#12435;) is a mostly feminine Japanese suffix).
* GenerationXerox: [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Sandy_Rosechu Sandy Rosechu]], [[http://www.cogsdev.org/cwcki/Simonla_Rosechu Simonla Rosechu]]'s daughter. Introduced as a way of keeping Simonla after killing her off.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GenerationXerox Generation Xerox]: [[Sandy Rosechu]], [[Simonla Rosechu]]'s daughter. Introduced as a way of keeping Simonla after killing her off.
* GodwinsLaw: Beel, a secretary for 4-cent garbage, was revealed to be an assistant for Hitler and is condemned to being a troll for all eternity. Chris tries to pull an EvenEvilHasStandards thing, but he makes it so Beel is angry at Jack and Clyde for being "homo trolls." Cue FacePalm.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodwinsLaw Godwin's Law]: Beel, a secretary for 4-cent garbage, was revealed to be an assistant for Hitler and is condemned to being a troll for all eternity. Chris tries to pull an [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvenEvilHasStandards Even Evil Has Standards] thing, but he makes it so Beel is angry at Jack and Clyde for being "homo trolls." Cue [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FacePalm Face Palm].
** Ironically, since Nazis also killed homosexuals, [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation one could interpret Beel's disgust]] as that of an [[CompletelyMissingThePoint unrepentant damned soul]].
** Ironically, since Nazis also killed homosexuals, [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AlternativeCharacterInterpretation one could interpret Beel's disgust] as that of an [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CompletelyMissingThePoint unrepentant damned soul].
* GratuitousJapanese: Jiggliami's song "War of Love" (a ripoff of "Love is War" by [[{{Vocaloid}} Miku Hatsune]], "written" by one of Chris's "sweethearts") in Episode 18.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GratuitousJapanese Gratuitous Japanese]: Jiggliami's song "War of Love" (a ripoff of "Love is War" by [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Vocaloid Miku Hatsune], "written" by one of Chris's "sweethearts") in Episode 18.
** Chris also has a tendency to refer to himself as "Chris-Chan". Please note that this is usually a ''feminine'' honorific.
** Chris also has a tendency to refer to himself as "Chris-Chan." Please note that this is usually a ''feminine'' honorific.
* GroinAttack: Called 'Kicking them in the [[UnusualEuphemism Sourdough Area]]' in Chris terms. He does it to a Jerkop in [[http://cogsdev.110mb.com/cwcipedia/index.php/Issue_0/Page_38 Subepisode 1]], and is recommended by Chris as the ideal form of self-defense against both regular and [[KingMook king-sized]] Jerkops in [[http://cogsdev.110mb.com/cwcipedia/index.php/Issue_4/Page_56 Sub-Episode 6]].
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GroinAttack Groin Attack]: Called 'Kicking them in the [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnusualEuphemism Sourdough Area]' in Chris terms. He does it to a Jerkop in [http://cogsdev.110mb.com/cwcipedia/index.php/Issue_0/Page_38 Subepisode 1], and is recommended by Chris as the ideal form of self-defense against both regular and [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KingMook king-sized] Jerkops in [http://cogsdev.110mb.com/cwcipedia/index.php/Issue_4/Page_56 Sub-Episode 6].
* GreekChorus: In some of the early, Sonichu-centered comics, Chris.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GreekChorus Greek Chorus]: In some of the early, Sonichu-centered comics, Chris.
* GreenEyedMonster: Chris is quite guilty of misandry, since he detests every other male on the planet (with a handful of exceptions) as a romantic rival. Wes Iseli in particular became a villain in the comic since he was dating Chris' friend Sarah, thus denying Chris a chance with her. His bizarre hatred of gay men makes even less sense, since they're ''clearly'' not rivals.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GreenEyedMonster Green Eyed Monster]: Chris is quite guilty of misandry, since he detests every other male on the planet (with a handful of exceptions) as a romantic rival. Wes Iseli in particular became a villain in the comic since he was dating Chris' friend Sarah, thus denying Chris a chance with her. His bizarre hatred of gay men makes even less sense, since they're ''clearly'' not rivals.
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[strike:[[UnfortunateImplications Black Sonichu]]]] [[strike:Blachu]] [[{{Retcon}} Blake]].
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeelFaceTurn Heel Face Turn]: <strike>[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnfortunateImplications Black Sonichu]<strike> <strike>Blachu</strike> [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Retcon Blake].
* {{Hermaphrodite}}: Silvana. And before you ask, yes, [[RuleThirtyFour Rule 34 art]] of Silvana exists.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Hermaphrodite Hermaphrodite]: Silvana. And before you ask, yes, [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleThirtyFour Rule 34 art] of Silvana exists.
* HeroicSociopath: Whether it's cursing a security guard because of an almost-beating or shooting out the kneecaps of [[strike: the imposter]] the TRUE AND HONEST CWC.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeroicSociopath Heroic Sociopath]: Whether it's cursing a security guard because of an almost-beating or shooting out the kneecaps of <strike>the impostor</strike> the TRUE AND HONEST CWC.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Chris drawing each of the members of the Asperpedia being brutally tortured and executed in gory detail. The childish art just serves to make it even more unsettling.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Chris drawing each of the members of the Asperpedia being brutally tortured and executed in gory detail. The childish art just serves to make it even more unsettling.
* HonorBeforeReason: The supposed villain [[strike:Mary Lee Walsh]] Slaweel Ryam, of all people. In ''Sonichu 10'', right before her final battle with Chris, she decided not to rely on Count Graduon's help and only fight Chris with her own powers; she even allowed Chris to destroy Graduon's wand. Needless to say, Chris didn't even think about returning the favor and reverting back from his SuperMode; the result was a CurbStompBattle ending with Chris [[FateWorseThanDeath paralyzing Slaweel]].
* HonorBeforeReason: The supposed villain [[strike:Mary Lee Walsh]] Slaweel Ryam, of all people. In ''Sonichu 10'', right before her final battle with Chris, she decided not to rely on Count Graduon's help and only fight Chris with her own powers; she even allowed Chris to destroy Graduon's wand. Needless to say, Chris didn't even think about returning the favor and reverting back from his SuperMode; the result was a CurbStompBattle ending with Chris [[FateWorseThanDeath paralyzing Slaweel]].

Revision as of 16:39, 11 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.

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.