Thread:Wikification/@comment-1705775-20180112002803/@comment-1705775-20180112004727

maybe but when he forms the sun Tails contradicts himself as Knuckles says "this is an illusion, too?" and Tails says "no, it is real as long as Phantom Ruby is active" (in other words it's like being in the dream world with Freddy, the illusions will kill you regardless of being "illusion" - in that sense Infinite is controlling the video-game, which means if they die to an illusion.. they die for real).

it gets confusing as hell because writers never seem to agree on limits or whatever with these things but it seems the idea is any illusion Infinite makes is real, within Sonic's world.. that means the sun he made wasn't "real" but would of still killed everyone had it worked.

then there's the whole debate about reality itself.. you can argue ALL reality-warping is basically altering people's perception of reality.. just to the extremes.. if you can convince someone you control reality - to them, at least, you may as well be able to.