The internet is obsessed with Sonic the Hedgehog's muscular, sculpted sex legs

In a surprise twist, the Sonic the Hedgehog fan community has come together over their shared hatred of Movie Sonic and his muscular human-proportioned body.
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The internet is obsessed with Sonic the Hedgehog's muscular, sculpted sex legs
LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 13: Sonic The Hedgehog participates in the 2013 E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo at The Los Angeles Convention Center on June 13, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images) Credit: Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images

Stupid sexy Sonic.

A poster for the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog movie surfaced on Monday morning, and the internet has declared that Hollywood's vision of the eponymous speedy rodent is a horrifying monster of Lovecraftian proportions. But god damn, would you look at those sexy legs?

In the poster, the video game mascot's body is seen only in silhouette -- a weirdly muscular and human-shaped look. Take a gander. (It's a motion poster, so you have to hit play.)

With so much left to the imagination, this kind of response was almost unavoidable. Maybe that was the point.

We, the video game fans of the internet, may be excoriating Sonic's impressively sculpted thighs and lithe upper body for being an epic failure of a thirst trap. But at least we're talking about him in the context of the 2019 movie.

I tried to make this about a push-and-pull between "yay a sexy Sonic who definitely fucks!" and "what in the ever-loving hell is this nightmare vision?" but the internet's response is pretty unanimous: thanks, we hate it.

Personally, I think people are just missing the point. This guy gets it.

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Adam Rosenberg

Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.

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