yeah, I’m definitely more excited about this than I should be, but honestly, I just couldn’t help myself.
 
With characters like Orbot, Cubot, Shadow and Metal Sonic appearing in this new spin-off generation, I’m sure many of us are / have been wondering; if there are other characters in the sonic universe appearing in Boom as well, what would they look like? Would their appearance change a little or a lot? Would their personalities & traits be the same or altered as well?
 
Since my take on Rouge and Cream have been mostly positive, to the point where commenters have been asking if I should literally send these ideas to the developers at Big Red Button, I decided to post my latest one for a character I’m sure all of us know won’t ever return but really wish she would.
 
For Sonic fans that are unaware, Cosmo originated from the third season of the Sonic X anime. As part of an alien race called “Seedrians”, She came to Sonic’s planet (Mobius if you will) to plead for his help in defeating the Metarex, an army made of traitoring Seedrian that utilizes combat armour, ships & robots to concur planets and steal their life force in the hopes of create their own universe. Throughout the season she was more of a new supporting character that soon became a love interest for Tails than anything, but by the series end she helped Sonic & Shadow save the galaxy by weakening the Metarex leader so that they can be defeated, killing her in the process. Later she cameoed twice in the archie Comics Sonic X adaption; once in an extra terrestrial explanation blurb from Issue #5, while the other was a toy on the cover of Issue #21. She was also loosely referenced in Sonic Chronicles the Dark Brotherhood, though it was never clarified to be intentional or a coincidence.
 
WARNING: EARLY HEAD-CANNON IDEAS INCLUDED IN THE FOLLOWING
 
In Sonic Boom however, her new role would be DRASTICALLY different. For instated of being a plant-like alien, Cosmo would be promoted to being the physical representation of Mother Nature for Sonic’s world, traveling the entire globe & taking care of the many different environments she would come across. Along with its inhabitants, she keeps all of nature in balance, and the natural cycle of life under her wing at all times. After traveling the world, Cosmo sleeps inside a giant tree for a complete century where she regains her power to spread energy over the planet, and in turn, regenerates that energy and releases it to spread new plant life in the surrounding area while she is unconscious.
 
According to an centuries-old documentary found by Cliff, It was rumoured that Cosmo was requested to be a leader for the Ancients due to her vast knowledge of wildlife & forestry and her power to control nature at will, but declined because of their reliance on technology along with the interference of her centuries long sleep. Its said that after facing off against Lyric during his world conquering spree she would seal him away for a thousand years so that she can restore the planet from his twisted technology after she regained her power. In the present day, she is awoken by Eggman’s machines and is befriended by Sonic & his crew, though with some interactive difficulties.
 
Cosmo’s traits  
Cosmo’s appearance references that of her adult form from Sonic X, but in a much more humanoid structure. Her outfit would be more tribal as well, with her glyphic-printed cape / scarf being the only remaining object given to her by the Ancients. She would also be the tallest of Sonic’s allies, around the same hight as Eggman.  
Vines are connected to Cosmo’s upper arms that spiral around her forearms. These vines are used for many of her abilities ranging from snaring her opponents, to sprouting thorns & large sentient flytraps, to ripping the ground apart after enlarging them. Other abilities that Cosmo can use is -  
power of flight for a limited time  
communication with all types of animals & insects  
regeneration of plant-life & control of plant growth speed  
extendable arms & feet for close combat (Sonic Unleashed reference)  
utilizes photosynthesis when in a weakened state  
turning into a source of energy that seeps into the earth, using the full extent of her plant growth powers to summon trees from the ground  
Cosmo’s most dangerous ability is the Petrifying Pollen, a chemical that immediately dries up & deteriorates ANYTHING around her that comes into contact. Whenever her anger, or overall negative emotions reaches its breaking point, she stores a toxin within her body that erupts from the roses on her head. The pollen forms into a cloud that spreads three times the span of a typical football field, or 19200 yd², and clears the area from all sources of life, turning it into a deserted wasteland. The purpose of this last-resort technique is to allow Cosmo to reset the cycle of life in a specific location and eliminates organic & non-organic creatures without physically killing them, a loophole in her “code of the natural order”, which prevents her from exterminating animals & people herself. It is said that this was the ability Cosmo used to seal Lyric in his stone prison, and eradicate his empire during the time of the Ancients.  
Like Sonic X, Cosmo’s personality is that of a caring, peaceful soul who always tries to see the good in everyone first before crossing judgement on others feelings. However, she is more curious & clueless about modern day activities and often shows naivety about certain things, and has trouble making friends due to out-living everyone she gets to know. Because of this she is often comforted by Amy through her “Psychiatrist” lectures, and learns to bond with the likes of Sonic and his companions. Although she has a strong dislike towards technology, she eventually grows to except the fact that the planet will always have it as long as smart beings like Tails &, unfortunately, Eggman exist.  
However, She absolutely hates artificial life. While Cosmo slowly learns to realize the good in inventions that help improve the lives of the living thanks to Tails’ friendship, she will always despise the idea of robots, animatronics, or other forms of man-made beings because she always sees them as “abominations to the cycle of life”. She shows this hatred most when confronted with Shadow, Metal Sonic and Lyric; the former two because they are considered artificially created instead of born with Shadow having his “ultimate life form” title being Cosmo’s biggest annoyance, and the latter due to him not only cheating death using his armour from the Ancients to bypass his expiration date after being sealed for a millennium, but being the one who turned the world into a machine covered deathtrap. Due to Lyric’s actions in the past, Cosmo considers him to be her greatest opponent, as she can never truly kill him thanks to her “code of the natural order”  
While Cosmo doesn’t technically have any real weaknesses because of her deity-esque status, she can be made vulnerable to defeat in battle under certain conditions. Like actual flowers, Cosmo is severally weakened to all manners of fire, as she would have had many difficulties with forest fires in the past. Because her powers over plant growth also uses an abundance of energy, Cosmo ends up relying on her metabolism most of the time. Due to this she often eats whatever & whenever she can to keep her abilities as strong as they need to be, often having food with high calorie counts to burn the energy on for her physical form to compensate. When her powers run dry, she starts to wilt, and will be unable to fight back.
 
So yeah, LOTS of thought went into this (probably too much), but it was just an idea / concept that I really wanted to share with you all, since there seems to be a large number of artist here who still like Cosmo even after all these years. I’m not sure I’ll do another one of these for a while since it took me WAY to long to finish this, but perhaps any future pieces like this could be done as future commissions? Waitwhut?
 
One day, perhaps, but for now, I’m off to enjoy playing Rise of Lyric, so hope you guys like this and was worth the wait!
 
 
(Characters & Sonic Boom material belong to SEGA & BigRedButton Entertainment respectively)