Therefore, nobody needs permission from us to write one, and we're in no position to tell you what age you have to be, either. Back in Ye Olden Dayes, one had to ask for Miss Cam's blessing, but even that is no longer the case—simply credit her for the original idea and do your best to live up to the legacy, and you'll be fine. {= )

I do recommend coming up with a complete outline before you start, though. LOTS of OFUs never get finished, whether because the authors run out of ideas or they simply get distracted by other things, and it's really, really sad. If you're committed enough to plan ahead, you may stand a better chance of not joining the legion of the incomplete.

I don't know enough about the current fandom to give any specific advice, but a couple of my friends were really into Sonic back in the day, and I role-played with them despite knowing practically nothing besides what they told me, so I do have some ancient, ancient fan characters, complete with god-awful art from back when I was twelve or something. I could certainly sign one or two of them up whenever you're ready to accept students.

Good luck! {= )

~Neshomeh

Interesting idea. Personally, I have little experience with the Sonic fandom and its alleged brokenness. I suggest that you read lots of existing Official Fanfiction Universities for inspiration beforehand, particularly OFUM, IAHF (International Academy of Hetalia Fanfiction), and HFA (Hogwarts Fanfiction Academy). (Those are the three complete ones I can think of off the top of my head.)

Since you don't have Permission yet, I would say that's a prerequisite. (Heh-heh.) OFUs in general address canon languages, names (and why you should spell them correctly), personalities, shipping, and general rules. There's also usually a GrammarBootCamp, which is just what it sounds like. >:)

(For those of you unfamiliar with Sonichu the "webcomic" or its creator and legions of adoring trolls, just Google it. I'm not linking any of that here. It's not what I would consider remotely NSFW (at least at first...) but still, be warned. Out there be monsters.)

That unpleasantness aside, I can see where you're coming from on this. Being a devout member of the Halo fandom, I am occasionally accosted by people whose only knowledge of the game is that one Stufic and can't tell their Sangheili from their San'shyuum, so while my initial reaction to Sonic is to ignore it and imagine some ungodly morass, I will freely admit that I am in no position to make that judgement.

I'd say go for it- I like to think that I've done a markedly good thing all on my lonesome by directing some of the hatred for J.C.'s AVATAR to better targets, and I don't see why you can't help bring the Sonic community the recognition it deserves.


I realize this is more motivational speech than analysis, but I really do think it needed to be said...

How long have you been here?

And then...

How can I help?

I'm not up on the video games, but I can learn the cartoons.

I seem to recall reading a comic panel where it says Sonic is the only creature that can whistle at that pitch, and Dulcy the Dragon is the only one who can hear it.