#EGGMAN FAMILY VACATION

[project-sonadow]

Fate?

Summary: Sonic never cared about soulmates, but in a world where everyone had a red string of fate wrapped around their finger, Sonic decided to wear gloves.

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To put it bluntly, Sonic had never cared about soulmates.

He wasn’t exactly unique in this mindset. In this modern day and era, it was only slightly progressive to spend your entire life without ever meeting your other half, let alone devoting your life to them. Radical ideas, such as platonic soulmates, familial soulmates, or even soulmates being bad if you ended up paired with the wrong person were common talking points in the general public and media. That red string of fate which had governed entire lives in the past no longer seemed critical to most people.

Sonic didn’t care about any of that either. In fact, until he started hanging around populated human areas more often, he didn’t realize there was so much controversy about it. He always lived how he wanted, paying barely any attention to the subject. 

-

Sonic’s friends all had very different opinions about soulmates.

Tails was kind of like him, in that he didn’t care about the red string encircling his pinkie and leading to a far-off point in the distance- or, at least, he pretended not to. Amy had been heartbroken that she and Sonic weren’t soulmates, before deciding to prove to Sonic and the world that true love couldn’t be predetermined by fate (her words, not his). Knuckles didn’t want to leave his duty for long enough to find his soulmate, and had admitted to Sonic once that he felt bad for whoever his soulmate was. Cream was excited to find her soulmate when she got older, but wasn’t under any illusion that it was a requirement for happiness in life, considering that her own mother was forever trailed by her own cut string, dragging limply on the ground, and seemed just fine despite that. Blaze and Silver both viewed it as a luxury that they couldn’t indulge in (ironic, because their shared red string of fate was apparently strong enough to cross through time and dimensions). Vector didn’t care about it at all, considering that he had his eyes set on Vanilla. Espio thought it would get in the way of his “duties as a ninja”, whatever that meant. Charmy just didn’t like the idea of relationships in general. Rouge hated the concept in general, Shadow refused to talk about it, and Omega said he would refuse to accept his soulmate unless they were willing to help him destroy Eggman. Big had a gentle kind of apathy towards his string. Whisper didn’t talk much about the subject to begin with, and considering that she wore blocker gloves 24/7 people didn’t ask her about it. 

Tangle…

Well, it seemed like she was trying very hard to convince herself that she didn’t care about the idea of never finding her soulmate. 

“I just don’t get why everyone thinks it’s such a big deal, y’know. Like it’s great if you do find your soulmate, and in a tiny village like mine half the soulmates are paired up before they’re teenagers, but it’s not like you need to do it! My moms aren’t soulmates and they’re doing just fine!”

Tangle’s moms were currently divorced and trying to rekindle their relationship, but Sonic decided not to bring that up.

“And then we have to throw a huge stupid party everytime someone comes back from vacation with their soulmate in tow, and I just. Ugh. We all make such a big deal out of getting to choose how to live our own lives, but we’re all born with this stupid string around our pinkies and told to go off and find the other end. It’s so annoying.”

This probably wasn’t what was actually bothering her, Sonic thought. It was probably the fact that one day her string had stopped moving by itself, only responding to Tangle’s own body, and currently led to a forest in the middle of nowhere with nobody at the other end. It was probably the fact that her soulmate had apparently been the type of person to try on a pair of blocker gloves one day and then never take them off.

Sonic thought about Whisper. About the blocker gloves she never took off, the way she started fiddling with them whenever Tangle was around. The way she looked so anxious whenever Tangle grabbed her by the hand and started running, like she was scared Tangle would pull the glove clean off. The way Tangle and Whisper looked at each other, in general.

Like always, he wondered if he should tell Tangle what he thought.

Like always, he decided against it.

“If you want a huge stupid party, I can always just throw you one, soulmate or no soulmate,” he said instead. “Hell, if you really want, we could pretend that we’re soulmates just to rub it in your town’s face.”

Tangle fake-gagged, and Sonic took fake-offense to that.

“Like you’re one to talk, Mr. Celebrity,” she said, and Sonic drew himself back a little, spines involuntarily bristling. “Whenever people talk about soulmates you just roll your eyes and say some shit about ‘living free’ and ‘going with the flow’. Do you really not want to find your soulmate? It would be easy for you.”

Sonic rolled his eyes, and then instantly realized what he had done when Tangle started laughing at him. He hastily cleared his throat. “Don’t know if there’s anyone who would be able to keep up with me.”

“I know at least three people who can go about as fast as you can,” Tangle said, punching his shoulder lightly. “C’mon, if you really didn’t care that much you wouldn’t wear those stupid blocker gloves all the time.”

Oh, so she had noticed. “Eh, I mostly wear these because I tend to get mobbed by crazy  fangirls if I don’t. If I make it obvious I’m not really available then most people won’t attempt to tell me that they’re totally different from the hundreds of other people who have been convinced we’re meant to be over the years.”

Tangle narrowed her eyes at that. “Crazy fangirls? Like Amy?”

“Crazier.”

“Wow, scary,” Tangle said, and then moved on to talking about how her own friends had set up a Sonic fanclub once, and the conversation moved on from there, and Sonic was glad he didn’t have to talk about it anymore. 

-

So yeah, Sonic wore blocker gloves, and yeah, it was so he wouldn’t be harassed about the subject whenever he showed his face in public, or when journalists ambushed him on the streets, or people edited photos of him to make it seem like he had a thin red line coming down from his pinkie and leading to some stranger in the photo. It was convenient. It was easy.

It was even mostly the truth.

Sonic knew a couple other people who wore blocker gloves- Blaze studiously kept hers on to keep up a vaguely professional air, even when her cheeks flamed fire-red every single time Silver so much as existed in her general vicinity, Espio had his on so the string couldn’t get in the way of his “duties as a ninja” (seriously, what the hell did that mean), Vector occasionally wore them on the job and had made half-hearted attempts to get a pair for Charmy, which kept on being mysteriously lost. Rouge and Shadow both wore a pair, presumably because of their super-secret spy jobs that Sonic wasn’t supposed to know about (glowing red strings which could phase through any solid object would probably make hiding difficult, he figured), and Omega had found a way to simply turn his string off, somehow, which was more impressive and terrifying than anything else Sonic had seen him do. 

The only person Sonic knew who steadfastly refused to wear blocker gloves was Vanilla, despite the troubles she sometimes saw because of them. She was a single mother whose string had been cut by an untimely death, and she didn’t care who knew it. She lived each day of her life with a bright, happy, genuine smile on her face.

She was, so far, one of the only people who had ever seen Sonic with his gloves off. The only other person besides Tails, actually, who built his gloves in the first place. And the only person who hadn’t said a word to him about the subject, just cleaned the cut he had gotten on his palm and told him to keep himself safe.

He was grateful to her for that.

Rouge was Vanilla’s polar opposite, in regards to the string. She not only hid her string, she made a show of hiding it, commissioning custom blocker gloves and shoving the subject right back in the face of any poor soul who dared to question her about it. She had a million and one excuses for why she didn’t want to find her soulmate, all of them tiptoeing around the truth and never once touching on the actual reason why. She bragged about being able to date anyone she wanted even without showing her string off. She complained about not wanting to be tied down. She whined about how annoying societal expectations were. She crowed about the amount of people who desperately wanted to be her soulmate.

Sonic saw through all of this as the extravagant bullshit that it was, but he really had no idea what the actual reason was. Didn’t really care either. It wasn’t like she brought the subject up an annoying amount either, she was far more likely to yammer on for hours about her one and only actual love (jewels) than she was to start talking about literally any other subject (and if he could put up with the jewel talk, then he could put up with anything). 

It was just that sometimes when they hung out, people would get the wrong idea about them. Sonic and one of his friends (a woman at that), both with blocker gloves, spending time together, alone? It was apparently unthinkable to some that they could just be friends. So they both made a big joke out of it, Rouge flaunting how untouchable she was and Sonic pretending to be heartbroken. It made for some hilarious think pieces about how Sonic was a bad role model, at the very least.

Still, he didn’t want to deal with all of that every time they hung out, which was why Rouge had dragged Shadow along with them this time, mentioning that he owed her for something.

So here they were, sequestered away in a tiny café, Rouge and Sonic talking about everything and nothing, while Shadow was also there, sipping delicately at his tea while Sonic chugged his large chocolate milkshake and Rouge got whipped cream from her hot chocolate all over her face. 

Good times.

For once, the general populace seemed content to ignore them, at least for now, so the conversation went wherever it wanted to, Sonic and Rouge loud and energetic, Shadow quiet and solemn (despite the fact that there was nothing to be solemn about).

At least, nothing until Rouge spilled hot chocolate all over her glove. 

“Ohgoddamnitshit,” Rouge said, all in one breath, dabbing at the stain on her very expensive glove with a napkin, a small frown on her face, before it turned into an outright scowl. “Oh come on-”

She shifted her wrist, and Sonic saw what had bothered her so much. Some of the liquid must have gotten into some of the actual electronics in the glove and messed with it, because Sonic could now see Rouge’s string. Rouge’s cut string.

Rouge groaned, and then shoved her hand under the table, her head in her other hand. “Not. A. Word.”

She said it lightly, like Sonic and Shadow had just seen her do something embarrassing instead of accidentally revealing that her supposed other half was dead and buried, but Sonic could hear the threat in her tone, and he wasn’t going to tell anyone about it anyway. He mimed sealing his lips shut, Shadow just gave her a terse nod, and before either of them could do anything Rouge had thrown some cash onto the table and ran out the front door, presumably to go home, get a new pair of blocker gloves, and hide her face from them for at least a couple months.

Sonic put his chocolate shake down on the table. He had a feeling it wouldn’t taste anywhere near as good as it did a second ago.

“I know Rouge already said as much, but if you tell anyone else about that, you’ll regret it,” Shadow said, the threat in his far less concealed than Rouge’s had been.

“I won’t, jeez,” Sonic said. “I’m not an asshole. And I don’t care about soulmates either.”

Shadow just raised an eyebrow at him, and Sonic glared back half-heartedly. “Those gloves serve a purpose, Sonic.”

“I only wear these because I’m a celebrity for some reason, and people think that makes it okay to pry into every detail of my life.”

“‘For some reason’,” Shadow said, mostly to himself, sounding incredulous. “That can’t seriously be the only reason you wear them.”

Well, it wasn’t, but he wasn’t about to tell Shadow that. Especially when he had no idea what the other hedgehog thought about soulmates beyond just a general unwillingness to speak about the topic. He was born over 50 years ago and raised by a bunch of uptight scientists in literal outer space, so Sonic was curious if he had any different opinions from the general crowd he hung out with.

Shadow didn’t seem willing to share, so Sonic decided to push the issue. Just a bit. “Why do you wear blocker gloves?”

Shadow’s lips curled in a vaguely unpleasant way. “I don’t want to find my soulmate. That’s all.”

Well, that was an unsurprising and boring answer. “Okay, but what would you do if you met your soulmate and fell head-over-heels in love with them? Or if you’ve already met your soulmate, but didn’t know because of the gloves?”

“I wouldn’t fall in love with anyone. And I’m not even slightly concerned about the second possibility. There is nobody in my life who I would want to become my life partner.”

Sonic pouted at him, and something in his chest hurt, just a bit. “Nobody? Not even little old me?”

Shadow’s expression flickered, before it hardened again. “I hope, for your sake, that what you just said was a joke. I’m an immortal being, Sonic. My string will end up cut, at some point or another.”

“Hmm. Good point,” Sonic said. “Well, unless your soulmate is Omega, I guess.”

Shadow choked on his drink, and Sonic couldn’t help but grin like a maniac even as Shadow glared at him (it was less scary than normal, with tea dripping out of his mouth and into his chest fluff. He looked adorable. Sonic tried not to think about the fact that he thought Shadow was adorable). 

Sonic decided against talking about it anymore for his own health (Shadow had proved he was more than willing to suplex Sonic through a table if he annoyed him too much), so instead he just waited for Shadow to finish his tea before handing him some gold rings to pay for the half-drunken milkshake. Shadow glared at the rings like they offended him. “They don’t accept those as payment in human establishments.”

“My mistake,” Sonic said cheekily. “Guess I’m dining and dashing. The next date will be my treat.”

And then he dashed before Shadow could actually suplex him through the table.

-

Sonic didn’t leave the city when he left the café, instead opting to nap on the nearest rooftop before night fell. Whenever he visited the big cities he always made sure to stay off the streets themselves. With so many people all locked into one tiny area, the red strings, thin and frail as they were, became far too many, all at once, hundreds and thousands and millions of them all crisscrossing their way across every visible surface, choking his view and making it impossible to run unless he wanted to be half-blind. So he stuck to the rooftops, and waited for night so he could at least get a good view for his trouble.

At night, the streets of every city lit up, suffused with a red glow, invisible during the day but radiant when the sun went down. The strings varied in size, thickness, length, how strong they were, how much they were moving, but every single one of them, collectively, bound people together in the most literal way possible. If you had a soulmate, it was impossible to get rid of your string. It would remain there until the day you died, so most people still said it was better to try and use it, to find happiness with your other half.

Sonic didn’t put much stock in that idea. Or in the idea of other halves existing in the first place. Some of his friends called him an idealist for thinking so, but he had always believed that people were complete by themselves, and that finding someone else made them something more than just themselves. 

Shadow would probably call him an idealist for that, too. Even if he had a sneaking suspicion it was something close to what the other hedgehog thought.

Or maybe Shadow would just call him stupid. 

High on his chosen perch, Sonic surveyed the glove on his right hand. Tails had made it for him. It was mostly pure white, just like his old gloves, but with a thin ring of silver at the bottom which made its purpose obvious. It looked professionally made. To everyone except him and Tails, it even looked like it worked. 

When he removed it, his hands were bare, free from any string. He never had one in the past, and would probably never have one in the future. Sonic had learned a long time ago how people reacted when they realized he didn’t have a soulmate, and decided he hated it even back then. The gloves were a convenience, a way for him to avoid explaining himself, a preventative measure to stop everyone from looking at him like he was broken. 

Because Sonic wasn’t broken. He only needed himself, so even if fate said he was doomed to be alone he was perfectly fine with that.

Sonic thought back to Shadow, in the café. 

Well, there was a reason he had never put much stock in fate, either.

[diary-of-dr-eggman]

AI Prompt: Write an entry in Dr. Eggman's diary about him and his robots going on vacation.

Dear Diary,

I've decided to take Sage and my badniks on a little family vacation to the beach. I know what you're thinking - "Eggman, why on earth would you bring your army of robots to the beach?" But hear me out.

First of all, the beach is the perfect place to scope out some new technology. Who knows what kind of gadgets and gizmos we might find lying around?

And secondly, I thought it might be nice for Sage and the badniks to have a little R&R. They work so hard for me, it's the least I can do.

Of course, there have been a few hiccups along the way. Spike insisted on wearing his full armor to the beach, which was a nightmare to carry. And Metal Sonic keeps getting sand in his gears, leading to some grumpy outbursts.

But overall, it's been a great experience. Sage loves building sandcastles, which is adorable to watch. And some of my badniks actually seem to be enjoying themselves - Buzz Bomber even got in on a game of beach volleyball.

Who knew the beach was a place for robots to let loose? And who knew I could actually enjoy spending time with them? Maybe we'll even make this an annual tradition.

Until next time,

Dr. Eggman

[crusherthedoctor]

More topics I need to think about for Paper Mario: Featuring Eggman From The Devil May Cry Series™ (title pending). There's not much practical reason to wonder all of this out loud in a post, but eh, I like to share my thought process on these things. :)

- Complimentary roles for the mainline characters. Bowser will be the hardest one, as Eggman will cause trouble for him as well (there's only room for one motherfucker in this world, and it's the one that doesn't even come from here, so says Eggy), but I don't want to cheaply shit on Bowser too much in order to artificially elevate my preferred villain, and as I said before, I also want to avoid the predictable route of having him team up with Mario in favor of a more original solution. Peach is another one that'll take some thinking: not that being kidnapped automatically makes her bad or useless, as PM64 and TTYD themselves prove otherwise, but I can't think of a sufficiently juicy reason for why Eggman would bother to kidnap her aside from maybe to piss off Mario and/or Bowser, and even then, I think I could come up with something more unique that achieves that reaction. Plus, Eggman kidnapping a princess would probably invite '06 comparisons, so y'know...

- Paper continuity. It's no secret that all the post-TTYD installments veered off into wildly different directions - and I don't just mean the gameplay - that regardless of whether you like them or not, you could say they're somewhat incompatible with the first two in terms of overall feel. Obviously, the intended feel for this fic is for it to be similar in spirit to PM64 and TTYD, so I'm wondering how to handle potential nods to games that have very little in common outside of the paper aesthetic, and making them coherent and in-line with the 64/TTYD world so to speak. (As a random side-note, not liking Super Paper Mario and its story - to the point where I actually prefer Origami King over it despite its Sticker Star/Colour Splash elements - might be my most controversial Mario opinion.)

- Characters that have inconsistent presence or no presence at all. Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings may be considered mainstays in the main franchise, but they never made an appearance in the Paper games until much later, so in order to preserve the PM64/TTYD feel, I might have to exclude them. It helps that I've never been too crazy over them anyway. The same applies to Kamek, as I'm likely to use Kammy instead for the same reasons. The real question is what to do with characters like Wario and Donkey Kong, who have had no presence in the Paper games whatsoever beyond some indirect nods, but are fun and distinct enough that it might be worth incorporating them in some way, assuming I can think of anything for them to do that can tie into the overarching Mario VS Eggman conflict.

- Partners. Since Vivian will be returning ("Oh look, a purple girl with pyrokinesis, never heard THAT one before"), do I make the rest of the partners brand new? Or do I take some from PM64 and some from TTYD to make it look slightly less biased? :^)

- References to other Mario works. This isn't much of a problem regarding the mainline titles and certain spinoffs like Mario Kart, since they're famously fast and loose with the idea of a consistent and ongoing narrative ("MARIO, HOW DARE YOU CALL IAN FLYNN A BAD WRITER ON MY FAMILY VACATION"), but since this is Paper Mario we're talking about, what I'm wondering is whether it would come off as jarring if there were some small references on occasion to, say, the Mario & Luigi games for example.

- Not going overboard with Sonic references. Eggman could occasionally make brief allusions to characters and other stuff that's happened in the Sonic-verse, but since this is 90% a Mario fic, Mario fans will be the most likely readers should there be any. Not all of them are guaranteed to be as knowledgeable about Sonic, and while I certainly wouldn't want to treat the readers as morons, at the same time, they shouldn't be forced to read up on all the lore of a different franchise that they might not even be into in order to understand what's going on. Plus, keeping the Sonic side of things intentionally mysterious in this fic compliments the Mario-verse's perspective, and lack of familiarity with Eggman.

- And of course, just like with my Sonic works, I want to maintain as much of the official flavor as possible, despite the inherent premise sounding like it came straight out of 2005. Eggman suddenly dropping into the Mario world, and Mario and Co being forced to take care of him without Sonic and Co being there to assist them, would obviously never happen, but if it did, how would it play out in a way that stays reasonably true to the spirit of the source material? How can this premise potentially say something about not just Eggman, but also the Mario cast? And so on.

...You know what else would never happen officially, but I'm still curious at trying my hand with it anyway for this fic? MarioXViv-*BANG*

[heartbot-2002-2024]

Nobody:

Absolutely Nobody:

Orbot and Cubot in "Sonic Boom": We can't eat

Also Orbot and Cubot in "Sonic Boom" from the episodes "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Worse-er" and "Eggman Family Vacation" from the second season: screenshots from 1 to 8

The ninth screenshot: What Orbot and Cubot eat from the 7th and 8th screenshots (although this is a piece of Eggman, well, okay)

Like a theory: At the end of the episode "Eggman Family Vacation" we see that the whole Eggman Family has a pie with bolts, which was prepared by Mombot. In "Sonic Boom" it seems a little logic is broken: either the screenwriters have come up with something, or Orbot and Cubot from this cartoon have some kind of unusual anatomy that they can also eat organic food (except for marshmallows from one episode of the first season), or Mombot can cook food not only for organic creatures (as she cooked from the episode "Mombot"), but also for robots. But unfortunately it will remain a mystery.

[rosemetals]

there were cyborg versions of sonic and friends in sonic boom?! like WHAT?!?!?!?!!

Yep! They make their first appearance in season 2 episode "Robots From The Sky Part 4", where they are created and named "Team Cybonic" by Bolts (the frog robot)

Theyre portrayed to be virtually identical to the original team (minus the hard shell, rocket shoes, and lasers). Sonic and friends seem to generally view them as their cybernetic twins - theyre on good terms

The team makes another appearance in the episode "Victory", however most of it is spent under Eggman's mindcontrol (which... was a strange choice, considering they were specifically built with partially organic brains to be immune to Hypnobot's influence)

Otherwise Cyborg Sonic makes a last appearance in "Eggman Family Vacation", where Eggman goes to Roboken (which is being protected by team Cybonic) and stirs up trouble

[lazlolullaby]

Angel Island Guardians Wachowski pt 1 backstory

tldr: Sonic Unleashed based universe where Mobians, Chao, Humans + sacred creatures just exist. Like real life except there's Mobians just chilling on the streets + in the history books.

This exists for 2 reasons: More Mobians, Sonic needs friends. And giving Tom and Maddie some things to do for plot/character aside from, "this our foster kid Sonic and the family nemesis Eggman".

This is my sandbox, please sit and enjoy. Incorporating video game/TV show lore in broad strokes, just take what you want.

Part 1: general changes (here)

Part 2: Sonic movie 1 + 2 changes (https://www.tumblr.com/lazlolullaby/766607274156376064/angel-island-guardians-wachowski-pt-2-movie?source=share)

~millions of years ago, when the Earth was created

In ancient times, the Master Emerald and the Chaos emeralds were created when Light and Dark Gaia first clashed. Mobians and Humans have used them for power, fought over them, but they are now considered myths. Their power to change thought into reality created some sacred beasts like the Pheonix from Unleashed, weird architecture / rock loop de loops, etc. Chao gardens exist as protected areas across the globe.

~50 years ago (only to be revealed in Movie 3)

A joint Mobian/Human project of researching and healing diseases that affect one species but not the other was created. Several creatures were created in pursuit of immortality. (Involve the family of Dr. Starline, Tails, or Sticks as their main Mobian scientist?). The Biolizard happened, Shadow was created for Maria, the Gizoid incident, etc. But it was shut down violently by GUN. Any creatures that were made were placed in cold storage.

Per the fandom theory, Grandpa Wachowski shot Maria and had issues with it. He left to Green Hills.

~25 years ago (only to be revealed in movie 2)

The Echidnas gathered the Emeralds + were about to attack the Master Emerald Temple and the Chao. Tikal summoned the Owls + and tried to fight. The Temple was raised out of the ground to become Angel Island. The island gets teleported away. Tikal's dedication changed many minds and (most) Echidnas stopped being Warriors and decided just to live as civilians.

Angel Island was teleported to Green Hills. It floats above the forests and moves in a pattern. There's a few spots per year for roughly 1-2 weeks that gets it close enough to the ground so people can jump on it and climb the sheer rock face. It's difficult for most people and Mobians.

Dad Wachowski and his bestie, Maddie's Dad... uh...Dad Sumpter, figure it out. There's just a small Chao garden and a Temple for the Master Emerald, room for a small edible garden, but due to the altitude and rain conditions it's hard to grow anything substantial. The Spirit of Tikal tells the besties what happened. They decide to keep it a secret, because why would they want unlimited power anyway? They tell people that it's too hard to climb, and spend the next few years visibly "training" to get strong enough to climb up there.

(training where they go to the local rock climbing place and throw buckets of the water on each other to simulate rain. There's a local competition now.)

Then they take pictures of barren places for the research + get the Government to sign off that it's a highly dangerous hike and there's just the Chao. The Guardians have to divert attention from thrill seeking tourists, but it's not bad. Some locals suspect something is up there, but don't pry.

Tom Wachowski + Maddie Sumpter grow up each year watching their family climb up the Island and check in on the Emerald and the Chao. Then they do it too. Rachel was trained, but she's been out of practice since moving to San Francisco. Since they don't have kids, they're looking into getting a club together of locals who are in on it. Maybe the Thorndykes, since they're rich and don't need to have jobs to live? But they only have a vacation home, so it's not feasible.

Also the Wachowskis have Chao Companions that come down and chill with them sometimes. Based on the SA2 Chao they are both adults. Tom's is Normal/Power, Maddie's is a Fly/Power. (Cheese is still normal/baby, but I like the peachy Fly/Run to match Cream the Rabbit)

(image id: infographic chart showing the difference between the Chao forms based on stats of Normal, power, run, fly, swim, and baby form.)

~15 years ago (also movie 2 + adding context for movie 1)

Longclaw comes back and says she's got a better plan for the Master Emerald. Dad Wachowski and Dad Sumpter team up with her to bury the Master Emerald in the Ruins and teleport and hide the compass in the Siberian mountains.

Unfortunately. Locke the Echidna followed them back to Angel Island. Dad Sumpter convinced Locke that he was the only one who knows where the Emerald is. Locke kills Dad Sumpter in front of Dad Wachowski, Tom, and Maddie. It's traumatic, Locke escapes.

Maddie stops climbing for grief reasons + focuses on her veterinary degree. Tom supports her. Since there's no more Master Emerald, Tom breathes easy for a bit. But then he's feeling lost without something to protect, what his family has been doing since before he was born.

Tom is still a cop, but in this world he's got "unexcused absences" (Chao emergencies), "a bad exam record" (issues with the material), and "won't meet his arrest rates" (that would follow kids for life for a dumb mistake!) so he's not qualified for Sheriff. Which is dumb because he knows the protocols, knows the people, people trust him.

(Small town "technically loose cannon" cop that's less likely to abuse his authority/power than actual real life cops, definitely still "copganda"/"this is the Ideal Cop that wields his Authority for Good Reasons", but it balances with the military depiction of "Too Much Force is Not Enough Force" that pops up in 1+2 and i hope to hell that the military continues to be assholes in Movie 3.)

anyway the local park rangers are trying to poach Tom because he's great at Search and Rescue + knows the emergency town protocols + knows all of the forest trails. (While park rangers do have some of the same issues as Cops, there's less connotations. Tom Deserves Better than being a Cop. Sonic and the franchise deserve better than Copganda.)

Wade is the Sheriff instead. Yes he's still very inconsiderate and incompetent at his job. Yes it's funny.

Maddie is both a pet veterinarian and an emergency Mobian and Chao doctor. Her and Tom trade off when they go to the Garden.

Meanwhile on the other side of the world...

Longclaw finds Sonic and takes care of him. We don't know why Sonic has superpowers he just does. we love that for him.

Locke the Echidna was unfortunately, not happy he missed the Emerald, grabbed his son and stole "the Flames of Disaster" so Knuckles could be powerful, and raised him to fight. That's why Knuckles is the Last Echidna Warrior, sworn to find and protect the Master Emerald.

Blaze, unable to take her family birthright as the guardian of Iblis, ended up with Mephiles power set. Smoke manipulation and shadow teleport. She's training to get the Flames back.

Silver got involved with the power transfer somehow and is actually the Iblis Trigger, not that anyone knows it. He's training to also head out with Blaze to collect the Flames.

(but this Knuckles + Blaze + Silver drama doesn't happen until the TV show.)

~10 years ago

Locke thought Longclaw kept the compass to the Master Emerald for herself. He gathered allies to attack her. Same as in Movie 1, Sonic was sent away for his protection.

Sonic was sent to Angel Island. He was traumatized and mute for a bit, swore never to talk about his speed powers. He spends a few days alone + was afraid to approach the Chao until he calmed down.

Tom was able to collect him and give him to a local Mobian foster family. Vanilla the Rabbit takes Sonic in, and he's a great big brother to Cream. Amy is "the girl next door who could beat you senseless". Tails' parents just drop him off in the woods one day and Sonic finds him.

Sonic grows up in Green Hills, surrounded by friends but still restless. There's projected movies in the park, so he can still see "Speed" and adore Keanu Reeves. (sudden impulse to make Sandra Bullock a Mobian. the exploding bus can only be driven by Mobians. Miss Congeniality but with Mobians.)

Cream and Tails both learn how to fly, so they go to Angel Island whenever they want. Sonic can also jump off of some mountains to get to the Island before it's time. This is where Cream meets Cheese.

Tom has a slight panic, but doesn't say anything about the Temple or the Master Emerald until "it's relevant" (see: when movie 2 happens). He just says that it's hard to get up and down for most people, his family checks in on the Chao when they can, please tell your family when you'll be up there so they won't worry.

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so. that's all the set up and world-building notes. Hope you liked it~ You've got blanket permission to use these ideas in your fanworks, but NO AI please, it's not enrichment if you're not doing it.

[dracarialove]

📄 Posting my finished fics here, too 📄

The Spy's Final Mission

Rouge is an agent tasked with returning a living weapon to his containment. Shadow is an experiment who merely wants to find his family and be free from captivity. Once they meet, a huge payout from the President and worldwide glory may not be enough for the super spy to ignore the intrigue of the mysterious Ultimate Lifeform.

Ship: Shadow/Rouge

*Originally published Feb. 24th, 2024

[Chapter 1: Dichotomy]

Rouge the Bat was the top agent and spy in her field.

Efficient, arrogant, and not adverse to using sly tactics to get the job done. She was G.U.N's best tool for tough tasks that required someone quick, quiet, and clever.

Whether the assignment was scouting out threats, infiltrating high-security facilities, or ripping weapons away from dangerous organizations without detection, she was the ace up their sleeve. She had a morally gray stance on the methods she often used to complete a mission, which made the President uneasy, at times.

Occasionally, he feared that she or the other high-status military personnel might go too far one day. That if she got to be too self-serving, she might persuade their soldiers to bend more rules than they were allowed to.

But Rouge hadn't let him down yet, being reliable in succeeding while not technically committing crimes that could be considered immoral. With this in mind, and with the knowledge that they needed her talents, he trusted her as much as he respected her; which was plenty enough to consider the bat more of an asset than a liability.

On one particularly cloudy day, just after she completed a rescue mission for one of their teams that'd gone missing in a high-risk area, her boss received a report that a classified weapon of theirs was stolen by the endlessly troublesome Dr. Eggman.

He looked to Rouge, who lounged in the brown leather armchair that'd unofficially become hers – it was where she'd been seated when she first met the President, and it had become her regular sitting spot when she collected her reward for a job well done.

"Agent, I'm sorry to ask you to stand up so soon," he started, watching her shoulders slump and her head tilt to one side. She wasn't tired, but was clearly a bit annoyed at having to go on another assignment already. "I've just been informed that Dr. Eggman stole something of ours, and it's urgent we get it back."

"Oh," she said, perking up from her vague exasperation. "That's all? Well, sneaking into his base is a piece of cake, I can do that again and be back in no time!"

She stood up, stretching out her arms and wings while the President spoke of her payment. "I hope you understand we can't afford to pay in priceless jewels every time. Since that scientist has never been much of a challenge for you before, I have to be more mindful of what can be spared from the budget."

"Hm," hummed disapprovingly from her closed mouth, which pulled into a doubtful line. Her hands found their place on her wide hips. "That's a shame, Mr. President. Truly, a pity you can't match the value of urgently getting back what he stole…"

The human man was worried she would refuse if not compensated to her liking, so he started trying to bargain with the treasure hunter. While he offered rings, vacations, and anything else that might be of lesser value than her typical taste, Rouge's mind wandered off to a rumor she'd heard about the doctor's secret stash of precious gems.

She didn't know for sure if it was real, but she reckoned even if it wasn't, there must be something he'd gathered or stolen that would look better in her collection.

"Tell ya what, Prez," she said, cutting off the overlander's offer, "I'll accept payment in the form of keeping anything I might decide to grab while I'm in his base. Sound fair?"

The man hesitated. "Well… I don't like encouraging you to steal."

"Oh, darling," Rouge chuckled, swatting the air and flashing her signature charming smile. "Stealing from a menace like Eggman is hardly a crime!"

A small sigh left his lips, but he didn't have much room to try and change her mind. She had a point; and it was more beneficial for him than having to spend from his own pocket. So, the President agreed to Rouge's terms, and she set off to complete the mission.

***

Shadow the Hedgehog was an experiment recently revived by G.U.N.

He was awakened when his cryostasis pod was opened, where he was immediately defensive towards the men pointing guns at him. Distrusting of his lucidness after coming out of a frozen state, they tranquilized him before transferring his unconscious body to a room where they could monitor his next awakening.

They strapped the lifeform's body to a table to keep him restrained and checked his physical state to determine the risk of attempting to reprogram him to their liking. His vitals were perfect – a marvel to them, as he was created decades before, unable to grow in size or strength since he'd been sealed away.

Regardless, they had gone long enough without using his powers for their own duty of establishing order in the world. He was an artificial being, and thus could be changed and taught to obey as one of their soldiers; but as it stood, he was too powerful to let loose yet.

So, he would remain detained on Prison Island, and would be sealed back into containment once they finished the initial testing of his potential.

Pacified into inactivity, he was left to lay still while the scientists assigned to analyze him prepared elsewhere for the research they would conduct on his sleeping form.

When he woke a second time, sooner than they'd thought he would, Shadow first felt a sense of confusion at where he was, seeing no one in the empty room.

It was a different place than the last location his memories held, and when he tried to sit up, he found himself strapped down. Oblivious to what was happening, he started to feel a pang of panic and worry growing in his chest as his heart rate rose.

He looked over at the beeping monitor beside him and saw it spiking with his heart beat. It was something he was familiar with from the ARK, something humans used. And he remembered briefly being released by them.

'What do they want with me? They were the ones who… locked me up before… right? Do they wish to question me? Dissect me? Or is this… an experiment?'

He couldn't pin down the memories from before they opened his pod, brief flashes of dreadful images flittering in unpleasant snippets. All he knew for sure was that these were humans he couldn't trust, and that asking questions in his head would get him nowhere.

So, he started feeling out the strength of the straps. They were tight, but not unmovable if he put a decent amount of effort into straining against them. He spent a minute getting the straps loose enough to give him a chance at slipping out. But then, he heard the far door begin to open.

They were coming.

[triplethreatsonic]

Thank you second anon! I'm so glad you're having fun here in my little corner of the internet. 

To answer both anons' questions, the Sol Emeralds do not exist in this AU, and neither does Eggman Nega (as far as this story is concerned anyway). But Marine exists! She is 9 years old and lives on Blaze's street. Blaze and her have become friends—probably because Blaze babysat her at some point—and Marine likes to tell her all about her latest adventures. She's obsessed with playing pirates in her treehouse, and her family enjoys boating too.

For summer vacation, I'm assuming you're asking the main hedgehogs. :) Sonic loves the beach. Even though he doesn't swim, he does enjoy splashing friends in shallower waves, and loves feeling the ocean breeze in his quills and falling asleep on the sand.

Silver's grandparents will probably be visiting his family from Svandia during the summer. 

Shadow isn’t really in the habit of traveling (his family wasn't able to travel much due to Maria's health), but he does love to stargaze with his telescope. He’ll spend a lot of summer evenings doing that. 

PS. Silver would love a hug :) 

PSS. from the other boys:

[khaoscontrol]

I think Jinx is probably the “leader” of Team Halloween because she’s the only reason they’re called that. They had the haunted house thing going years before Jinx started thinking of the three of them as a “team”. Violet thinks of it as just a cute way to say they’re friends with a shared goal, Phobos takes it more seriously than Jinx does though because they think the sisters are doing genuinely important work with the fortune telling gig.

Violet does run the show though as the oldest living member of the group and the only one with a job. Violet runs the metaphysical shop with the help of Phobos, and Jinx spends a good chunk of her time looking for undead folks to hire for the haunted house, as Violet has a policy against letting the living have free roam of the family mansion.

The “team” never really does much other than their jobs, but Violet’s precognition makes it easier to plan where to spend their vacations that won’t be at risk of an Eggman attack. Since the mansion is paid off, the girls’ parents watch it most of the time and they use the extra money from Violet’s shop to travel the world.

I originally thought up the characters as comedic Unleashed NPCs that keep mysteriously showing up everywhere Sonic ends up, so I kept them being frequent travelers as part of their deal, but decided they only ever show up anywhere at night (they’re all nocturnal and Violet may or may not be an actual vampire).

[supportivecircle]

why does barry x lanolin give me jerry smith, beth smith energy?

I can see that. Normally I'd draw a little something to go along with this ask, but I am going on a vacation shortly and I've been super busy the last week with DnD character prep. Imagine I drew them as the whole family at the dinner table with Tangle as Morty, Eggman as Rick, and Amy as Beth. I haven't put too much thought into it, pretend all of those character work.

[makaientjluvdaprince]

I just watched Sonic Boom 2x49 "Eggman Family Vacation"

[kaylatoonz]

( I completely forgot to post this, thank you for being patient if there was someone out there who was waiting for this. Unless you forgot like me😅).

Out of all the plot lines, I hope the SCU adaptation has to be Sonic unleashed. I know Unleashed might be the least likely to be adapted due to the werehog being an odd premise for the casual audience. (I also found out that they don’t have the right to adapt the Sonic Unleashed storyline …for now at least). But I really love this story so let me have hope😭.

Context:

Ok, here is my take on if Amy was introduced along with the Sonic unleashed plot line after the events of the third or fourth films the world would know about Sonic and co and how they protect their world. Maybe G.U.N finally gives them a proper reward for their good deeds (and it could serve as an apology), a vacation around the world completely covered by G.U.N.

Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Shadow (if he’s taken in by the Wachowski) are hyped about the trip (mostly Sonic and Tails are excited about the trip while Shadow and Knuckles are more cautious). This is Sonic’s first time being able to explore the world freely with his family without worrying about staying hidden. This trip would also be his brother's first time exploring the world and having fun. So Sonic wants this vacation to be perfect (especially for his new brother Shadow who has been through a lot).

Unfortunately for Sonic, it doesn't go as planned when he discovers Tails’ notes revealing that Doctor Eggman/Agent Stone is up to something no good once again. Not wanting Tails or the fam to worry about saving the world again thus ruining their vacation, Sonic decides to handle the evil genius solo so they can get back to their vacation.

Sonic has handled this alone and with friends so this would just be a quick butt-kicking in and out then back to family vacation… right. Nope. (One possible reenactment of Sonic Unleashed intro later) Sonic gets cursed with dark Gaia energy, and the world is literally falling apart, he may have possibly given some weird Chihuahua fairy amnesia.

So Sonic of course is freaking out about his new form, the world breaking, and what his family would think of him when they find out. After a few moments of panicking Sonic decides to put his feelings aside to help the fairy creature regain his memories. Due to it still being night and not wanting to scare anyone who didn’t recognize him, he decides to head back to the hotel the Wachowskis are staying at to give them a heads up on the situation and see if they could help. Sonic was a bit worried that his family wouldn’t recognize him but he figured he'd cross that bridge when he got there. On their way back they have an encounter with dark Gaia creatures that seem to be occupied fighting a feisty pink hedgehog.

Despite his lack of confidence in his new form, he jumped into the fray of the battle. During the fight, he learns two things: one, his new form grants him new slightly horrifying abilities at the cost of his speed and other powers. Two, the pink hedgehog was a girl with an awesomely large hammer.

After the fight both hedgehogs are a bit awkward/nervous, the pink hedgehog is at first unsure if the beast that aided her was friend or foe while Sonic is on a roller coaster of emotions. While Sonic was excited to meet another hedgehog (besides Shadow) but also nervous cuz it was his first time meeting a pretty girl (who was also a bit scary with a big hammer). Not to mention he is not feeling the most confident meeting a girl in his less handsome new form ( movie Sonic would definitely be self-conscious about his werehog form since he takes a lot of pride in his look based on the first two films).

Before Sonic decides to run off or the pink hedgehog declares him a foe, something clicks with the pink hedgehog when her eyes meet the werehog’s eyes.

The pink hedgehog lets her guard down along with de-summoning her hammer (which surprised both Sonic and the fairy ) running up to him and hugging him exclaiming “You’re the one I’ve been looking for!”

Now confused and flustered he questions if he knows her. The pink hedgehog breaks from the hug and quickly apologizes.

The pink hedgehog quickly introduces herself as Amy Rose, a Mystic guardian who was sent to Earth to help Sonic restore balance to the world.

Before Sonic can properly introduce himself and the fairy creature the sun rises triggering his transformation.

After the intense transformation was over he managed to get a glimpse of himself realizing to his relief he was back to normal. With the knowledge that his beastly form was a temporary Sonic’s confidence reemerges at full force. Dusting himself off he turns to his new concerned allies, introducing himself as Sonic the Hedgehog hero of Earth.

After some explanation of Earth's predicament and reassuring his new friends that he was ok (he was not) they set off to meet up with the Wachowski to form a plan to save the day. However, they do get a bit sidetracked when Sonic and Amy need to help the little fairy with his memories. Sonic also wants to re-introduce himself to his new friends in a more cool image than the freaky monstrous one from earlier. Good thing that form was only temporarily like his super form, and there is no way that he has to go to that horrific transformation again… right?

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OK ending it here cuz it’s getting way too long and I could probably use this for fanfic, I’ll probably change or tweak some things though.🤔

Finally done ( very late Halloween drawing)😅

I was going to post a description, but it was too long and it was taking me too long to finish writing it. (so I’ll probably post it on here when it’s done and link it back to this).

But short description, movie sonic unleashed plot but tails and Amy are more involved.

Sonics failed attempt at showing off/flirting due to chip and Amy being too busy enjoying ice cream for the first time.

Sonic being insecure about his werehog form while Amy is comforting him.

[toontuska]

The year is 2045. The first of Sonic fans are entering nursing homes.

Sega or whoever creates a new version of sonic. A kind but occasionally grumpy old man living out his twilight years. He has a son and grandchild who still go on adventures and carry on his torch while he enjoys retirement. Rated for ages 13 and up, but targeted towards the aging Millennial generation. It's a slice of life anime. He's not as fast, but occasionally as he engages with elder shenanigans he shows that he "still has it," like catching all the dishes after his friend slips and tosses them all into the air.

Each episode has a B-plot following his rambunctious but kind grandchild, who goes out and gets into trouble and must rely on his friends to bail him out. His father sometimes catches him and either saves or rebukes the young child, but otherwise is oblivious and he, too, gets on with adult life (aimed to get younger millennials and older zoomers to have to something to relate to.)

The season finales and holiday specials each have the elderly Sonic step in to save his family from some existential threat. A halloween special with the world's fastest pumpkin. An Easter Special with Eggman, whose reformed his evil ways and is now a respected member of the community, and his nefarious grandchild who carries on the family business (and a rival to sonic's grandchild). A Christmas Special where Santa needs a vacation, so he hires the Sonic family to deliver all the presents. They turn it into a competition, and they each have their own separate plots as they race to deliver more presents than the rest of their family, while simultaneously warding off their respective rivals (the father sonic's rival being work responsibility, he makes frequent stops around the night to reach a computer to submit a document).

Rated for 13+ to allow Elder Sonic to occasionally use soft swears, like damn and bastard. He's grumpy about slowing down with age, and most episodes deal with the trouble of aging. He fights with the social security administration and its' bureaucracy when its discovered he made a typo on a document, and it leads to more and more paperwork needing to be filled. There's a cancer episode where grandchild sonic learns about what makes life precious - Sonic isn't cured by the end of the episode and instead it becomes a series plot point, with eventually it being cured during a medical episode that's intended to familiarize the audience with modern medical practices that may have changed since their youth.

[rosemetals]

Question

How close do you think they were before they started drifting apart?

Team Cybonic to Team Sonic I mean

Virtually identical. When we're talking day 1, i think the only things that set the teams apart were certain extra features that come with a robot body (the jet boosters and lasers and all that) as well as the given purpose of their existence, or in other words, their programmed loyalty towards Roboken.

The show treats artificial intelligence the same as any other characters, meaning some of these robots are smarter than others, plus considering team Cybonic's brains are mostly organic, i dont think they would have anything special like super processing speed or similar. Mentally they would be on the same level as their organic counterparts.

So any changes to their characters would be a natural transition, shaped by the different experiences they have and decisions they make. Theres no way living in a city floating in the sky, filled with nothing but robots, wouldnt have some major impacts on their characters. And this is something thats been brought up before, but that programmed loyalty/their purpose as protectors would definitely have some influence on making them want to stay there long term.

If they were 100% like their organic counterparts, then Sonic would be going stir-crazy being cooped up like that and Sticks would be losing her mind and have an existential crisis daily. But they dont, because theres at least some part of their minds that is already different from the start. That isnt to say that i personally like to believe they still probably want to get out of the city every once in a while.

Also, its a very minor detail but i like how in Eggmans Family Vacation, Cyborg Sonic did feel a little different. He was instantly suspicious of Eggman and ready to fight, he seemed way more serious about the potential threat there than i wouldve expected regular Sonic to be in the show. He also doesnt come across as quite as quippy and chatty as Sonic, spending more time quietly observing before stepping in to say his piece. (Which i know is mainly just to give Eggman and Mighton more of a spotlight but whatever)

I think its also safe to say he holds a certain grudge against Eggman regarding the mindcontrol incident.

[spongicx]

Screenshots from Sonic Boom “Eggman Family Vacation” After having a tiring and disappointing vacation, the gang starts feeling lost. Amy feels like they’re about home, yet accidentally activates another one of Eggman’s missiles. meanwhile, Eggman steals Bolts’s smart chip, and Mighton wants revenge.

[florainkingdom]

Poppy would think about upon being asked if they had anyone by the name of Eggman here. After a moment of thinking she answered. "Never heard of the guy. Course from what I know the town is called Eggton because it used to be Avian territory before being given over to Darling family as a part of a peace treaty." The opossum didn't know much of this town's history beyond.

"Uh, not really, at least as far as I know all this portal stuff is recent. It actually caused a lot of problems when it first started to happen, hence all the temporary visitor stations. I know they're trying to get some crazy portal hub system up, along with a proper visitor station. Progress under that is under tight lock and keep, for obvious reasons." Poppy didn't know much about the stuff, though could only assume that not anyone could know about it.

"Mom says when it's up and she decides it's safe we can take a vacation to another world." Lily was excited to see another world, though knew she had to wait. "Our world is super cool too. Oh, mom, we should introduce them to Auntie Petunia. She knows all about Eggton and other stuff."

"Let's get them to the visitor station first so they can form a plan to get home, and if they wanna stay I'll offer to show them around, deal?" Poppy was sure that the two would want to make sure they have a way home first. This got a nod of agreement from Lily.

if the pair hadn't gotten the feeling there was a little more truth to the little one's statement than they let on they would have found the answer to be cute. as it was they didn't feel like they should prod, no matter how curious they were about the part about 'moving again.'

it was none of their business. plus they had slightly bigger problems. like finding out where they were and why their ring had malfunctioned.

"eggton...?" funny how one name could make amy so suspicious, and she frowned as she took a closer look around. what were the odds they would end up in a place with such a name? either there was something bigger going on, or life really liked to be ironic at times. "please don't tell me you have a guy named eggman here too."

sonic, who had completely missed the possible link, also looked just a tad uneasy at the realization. then again, because they hadn't gotten attacked or yelled at yet, he was willing to be a little optimistic here, for once. after all it wasn't like eggman or robots had much need for a farmers market, right?

so, to the older opossum, he asked, �� so this happens a lot? and you guys are just cool with that? i mean we kind have the same problem where we're from but not enough that we have a whole visitor's center for it. ❞