#Robotnik is about to catch some hands

[antidarkartist]

Y'all, I am not prepared for the Stobotnik divorce arc, Destiel emotionally devastated me, and I love Stobotnik more... I am not prepared for the emotional turmoil that will be forced upon me (I shouldn't have watched the trailer before going to school)

[blueikeproductions]

The Trigger collab animation came out and it’s the best thing Transformers has done in the current decade.

Truly a love letter to Transformers from G1 to EarthSpark, it squeezes in everything it possibly can from most media. However the catch is that it’s only animated media and the live action movies, the comics (any assorted manga, Marvel, Dreamwave, IDW & Skybound) aren’t referenced, while some Japanese exclusive stuff gets a lil’ bit more attention (understandable since it’s, y’know, Japanese fans being nostalgic about the anime they grew up with).

Transformers Go, Q-Transformers, and the Beast Wars anime got particular attention.

This shot of Liger Megatron and Green Lion Lio Convoy is especially cool.

I think initially I was expecting a Trigger animated greatest hits from select moments from each show, and while they still technically do that in spots…

It’s mostly a mega crossover with different characters interacting otherwise.

And it’s all the better for it.

I mean where else are you gonna find TFA Optimus about to smash Masterforce Overlord’s face in?

There’s no real narrative, it’s just random cool shots though the closest thing to a framing device is the PV opening with Vector Prime looking down on Cybertron across all time lines.

Regarding EarthSpark’s contributions to the short, they’re minimal. The Terrans and Mandroid don’t appear at all, which is a little bizarre.

ES Megatron appears among the other Decepticon leaders instead of being with ES Optimus on the Autobot leader side.

You’d think Mandroid would be there next to BWII Galvatron instead, but I guess not. Sadly they omitted RiD15 Steeljaw too, instead using RiD15 Megatronus Prime’s floating head.

SatAM Robotnik voice: Ah well, life is not perfect.

The main ES rep are the Maltos.

This just reinforces ES needed to be 2D, because they actually look good. Roche’s style doesn’t work in 3D.

Anyway the human cast they chose for this final shot amuses me.

Love seeing my favorite Clays being included. The lack of RiD Steeljaw (G1 Steeljaw did appear with Lio Junior and RiD15 Aerobolt though) is forgiven.

Anyhow, the specific use of the Clays, the (S3) Witwickys, the Maltos and the Onishis (this is especially funny since Koji’s mom never met her universe’s Optimus) is somehow very random, but also kinda appropriate. Like I get Spike and Dot’s families, since it serves as bookends, but the Clays and Onishis still feel a bit random. Still, including both Robots in Disguise families is a nice touch in my book!

The short ends with a different bookend as mentioned.

What starts out as G1 Prime & Megs transitions to ES Prime & Megs shaking hands. The old with the current series. It works~! I admit I’m surprised they didn’t include TFONE somehow. I know it’s technically not out yet, but there’s enough material to have had Orion and D-16 have some kind of tussle. It would’ve been an interesting way to tie it into the above scene and this one:

When it comes to general rep, the stuff that gets the most focus is G1, Beast Wars, Animated, & Galaxy Force. Cyberverse doesn’t really get anything beyond the leader shot, but there is this awesome but very random shot of Croaton over looking Holi’s Rescue Patrol walking on a beach littered with the dead bodies of the generic Decepticons from “War Dawn”.

Sucks to be you guys.

It also occurs to me the Rescue Bots cartoons appear to be omitted along with BotBots, but that might partly be due to them not having Japanese releases? I’m not sure, but it’s funny how Q-Transformers is acknowledged of all things, but not Heatwave or Burgertron. Maaaaybe that’s for the best on the later…

Still the PV is a blast and is pry the most earnest passion project that GETS Transformers vs what we’ve been getting post Aligned cartoon wise.

I still hope this leads to a proper TF anime series made by Trigger, like what happened with Gridman. We need a return to good 2D animated TF shows and not more CGI slop like WFC or S2 ES. That Beast Wars and Machines are still superior despite being retro by today’s standards says something…

The catch however is the original video is region locked…

but some fans have ripped it and posted it on their YT:

So go check it out while you can! It’s pure Energon-y goodness!

[ksbrighton]

A Party to Remember Part 1 [Sonic DC AU] This story was inspired by art created by @blu-ish

The wind cut sharply through the night air, rustling the rooftops of the sprawling city below. Dark clouds hung low, concealing the stars and blanketing the sky in ominous gloom. Bathog stood at the edge of the rooftop, a black silhouette cloaked in shadows, his red eyes narrowed as they scanned the city, waiting, watching. Gotham breathed beneath him, a city constantly on the verge of chaos. He could feel it in the cold wind, in the distant hum of traffic, in the muted whispers of a world teetering on the edge.

Suddenly, a soft whoosh broke the silence, barely audible to most, but Bathog didn’t flinch. Supersonic descended from the sky, his red cape catching the wind and billowing behind him like a flag. He landed with an effortless grace, his bright blue and red figure a sharp contrast to the dark, brooding skyline of Gotham. A cocky grin was plastered on his face as he sauntered up to Bathog, exuding confidence.

Supersonic crossed his arms, his eyes flicking to the glowing Bat-Signal projected in the sky. He quirked an eyeridge, the faintest snort escaping him.  

"Subtle as always, Bats," he said, his voice light and teasing, the grin never leaving his face.

Bathog didn’t look at him, his cape fluttering slightly as the wind tugged at it. His reply was low, almost a growl.  

"Coming from the one running around in a bright red cape?"

Supersonic chuckled, unfazed. He gave a small shrug, his eyes gleaming with mischief.  

"Hey, it’s not my fault red looks good on me." He took a step closer, the playful tone in his voice as sharp as ever, daring Bathog to bite.

Bathog’s lips tugged into the faintest hint of a smirk, though it was quickly concealed by his usual stoic demeanor.  

"Hmph, that’s beside the point. You act like I’m the one who made the Bat-Signal."

Supersonic tilted his head, his smirk widening.  

"Well, it’s not like you don’t encourage it by answering." He uncrossed his arms, placing a hand on his hip, his posture relaxed, teasing —trying to get under Bathog's skin. “So what’s the reason for the sudden rooftop party invite?”

Bathog rolled his eyes, a low grunt escaping him. Without a word, he reached into his utility belt and pulled out a data pad, handing it to Supersonic. “What's this?”

"We’ve got a problem," Bathog said, his voice dropping, all business now. "I thought you’d want to know about it, considering it’s partially in your neck of the woods."

Supersonic raised an eyebrow, the usual cocky grin fading as he scanned the information on the screen. His green eyes flicked rapidly over the data, and his expression shifted from amused to serious, a grimace tugging at the corner of his mouth as he finished reading.

"How did you get this information on Ivo Luther?" Supersonic asked, his tone noticeably more focused now. "And why would he be delivering kryptonite to the Joker personally?" He handed the pad back to Bathog, his mind already racing with possibilities. "Also, how did you get this clear photo of Ivo? Is this his office—?"

"I have my ways." Bathog’s voice was stern, his red eyes flicking toward Supersonic as he slipped the data pad back into his belt. "They’re obviously planning something, and it includes debilitating you in some way."

Supersonic’s cocky grin returned as he nudged Bathog playfully with his elbow.  

"Aw, are you worried about me?"

Bathog scowled, swatting at Supersonic’s arm, but there was no real malice behind the gesture.  

"No. I’m simply letting you know that you should keep an eye out until we have more information... Speaking of..." He reached into his belt once more and handed Supersonic a small card.

"An invitation?" Supersonic quirked a brow, turning the card over in his hand. "To what?"

"Would it kill you to read?"

"Eh, I could but I just love hearing your voice."

"It's an invitation to the Robotnik Enterprises Charity Gala, you’ll need one to get in." Bathog replied completely ignoring Supersonic's comment, his tone even, but with a hint of flustered impatience. "I have a connection that informed me Ivo will be attending. I think that would be a good chance for us to get him alone and figure out what he’s up to."

"Us?" Supersonic’s voice was light with surprise, and his eyeridges shot up in disbelief. He leaned in slightly, a mischievous glint returning to his eyes.

"Yes, us," Bathog responded, his gaze steady. "Do you have a problem with that?"

"Oh! No, no, it’s just... I know you like to work alone. I’m surprised you want to work together." Supersonic’s grin softened into something a bit more sincere, his tone hinting at something more than he was letting on.

Bathog crossed his arms, his cape brushing against the edge of the rooftop as he began walking toward the ledge.  

"Your life is in danger, and I don’t feel like cleaning up your streets when you’re gone and I doubt any of the other heroes would want to pick up your slack. The obvious choice would be for us to team up and get this settled before it becomes dire."

Supersonic watched him with a thoughtful expression before muttering under his breath, "Why can’t it ever be just an invite to lunch or something…"

"What?" Bathog snapped, turning his head slightly but not fully looking back.

"Ah, nothing, I’ll see you at the gala." Supersonic replied quickly, waving it off with a grin.

Bathog rolled his eyes and, without another word, leapt off the building, his form gliding effortlessly into the night. The darkness swallowed him whole, leaving nothing but the faint sound of the wind in his wake.

Supersonic stood there for a moment, watching him disappear into the gloom, a hand brushing across his face in mild exasperation.  

"Chaos... now I have to figure out a way to be at that gala without giving up my secret identity to Bats," he muttered to himself. "I bet Amy would want to get up close to some of the attendants for an in-depth interview... maybe she can cover for me while Bats and I interrogate Ivo..."

Supersonic nodded to himself, his resolve firming as he leapt into the air, shooting into the night sky like a golden comet. The wind whipped past him, but his mind was already on the upcoming gala.

[I was laughing every time I wrote *Bathog*, my humor is broken =.=  @mars-wuz-herez @monotone90 @stormyy-bluezz01 I didn't forget about tagging you guys! :3 ]

Here’s Part 2

[hishighnesstheprincess]

Had some thoughts over on twitter and wanted to post them here as well because I know how apeshit the tumblr side of this fandom goes over Shadow and Maria and the Robotnik family in general. Basically, I think this narrative has something to say about grief (shocker), moving on (another shocker) and tunnel vision (slightly more surprising). Massive fucking Sonic x Shadow Generations Spoilers btw

Sa2 and Gerald's Journal from this game make it clear that Gerald devoted himself to Maria. To the extent that, after she died, he said that he had nothing and decided to destroy the world at all costs, despite having still-living family members including Maria's younger sister.

He died with those beliefs. And what he did after Maria's death would have led to the destruction of several people Maria cared for deeply and the planet she loved. His tunnel vision was not just self-destructive. It was selfish, disregarding Maria's wishes entirely.

On the other hand, we have Shadow. In his intro game, Shadow is basically the opposite of Gerald. They have the same goal, but only because Shadow believes Maria wanted the world to be destroyed. When he remembers Maria's true wish, he changes his plans immediately, no hesitation.

In sa2, Shadow is entirely selfless, devoted only to what he thinks Maria wants, which Gerald manipulates for himself. By the time of Shadow 05, he's in a state of partial amnesia and trying to figure out both the mysteries of his past and what he wants to do with his own life. The true ending of Shadow 05 has Shadow rejecting Black Doom's intentions for him, as well as, to some extent, what Maria and Gerald intended for him. Shadow intended for this to be the last time he would have to think about his past, or let his past influence his future.

But, importantly, neither doing things 100% for Maria or trying to forget about her were good for Shadow. Tunnel vision either laser focused on something or directed away from it is not a good way to deal with complicated things like trauma, grief, etc. So in Dark Beginnings, we see that Shadow very much hasn't moved on. The dream in the beginning could be because of Black Doom, but when he's on the spacecraft he catches himself thinking about a life with Maria, and forcibly redirects himself to focusing on the mission.

He cannot stop thinking about his past. He is trying to move on, but he thinks moving on involves completely putting his past behind him. Even though he is very clearly affected, considering that Black Doom lured him to the ARK with a dream of Maria. He still has tunnel vision. And then we get to the main events of SXSG. The first time he sees her, Shadow refuses to believe Maria is even there. When he is directly confronted with evidence of this Maria being alive, he doesn't take it well. As soon as he sees Maria and Gerald, he vows to save them.

Also of note is this visual effect whenever Black Doom pops up. The edges of the cutscene get all hazy, with black and red creeping in at the edges. Almost like he's giving Shadow tunnel vision, making him think that he has to give in to his anger to accomplish his goals.

At Shadow's darkest moment in this game, he almost gives in to that darkness, quite literally- the visual effect is back, the light on screen is flickering, etc.

ut, unlike in Shadow 05, he doesn't have to face the darkness of his past alone. Maria is the literal light, drawing him out of that darkness. When she died, Gerald didn't have her anymore, so he was lost in it, but Shadow has the strength of will, and the help, to escape it.

So even when Black Doom has "perfected" Shadow, at what should be his most angry, there are rays of light coming through the darkness. Shadow may never have the same light Maria does, and may have his own anger from what's been done to him, but he won't lose himself to it anymore. He has the light with him now

He has Maria in his heart now, lighting his way.

Btw if y'all are confused about the subtitles in some of these images, that's because they're translations of the Japanese version of all these games, done by Windii who I don't believe has a tumblr account that I can link to. The JP -> ENG translations in this franchise have almost always been a little fucky (with the sole exception of this game, Dark Beginnings, and Black Knight of all games), and while I'm pretty sure most of the info here is present in the official ENG version, I just went back to the source to make sure. And even though Windii doesn't have a tumblr account that I'm aware of, I can link to her youtube and website, where I got all this info

That's all for now folks. Make sure to check Windii out, she makes some great content for all the true nerds in this fandom (aka me and like 17 other people)

[the-sinful-voice-witch]

The beauty🌹 of Shadamy

Isn't it just wonderful how my dear Amy Rose gets paired romantically with every Sonic Rival in the fandom? Even Blaze! And fortunately not much with Jet 😂😂 My favorite one obviously is Shadamy, followed by Surgamy and finally with Metal Sonic but seriously, to me nothing beats THE Shadamy❤🖤🩷.

So the BEST thing about this ship to me is that it was born out of a single interaction 😆 and I don't mean the moment she colorblinded mistook him for Sonic and hugged him nooooope I mean the moment she reminded him about Maria Robotnik's 🥺 true wish by giving him a similar speech of hope and second chances and after that he said: I have to fufill my promise for Maria... And you... Me after seeing that👇👇

(Funny this gif, casually she was also fangirling about a... SHAMY 🤣🤣 only the ones who know the show will get it)

Seriously, is fascinating how popular this ship became of that single interaction that led fans to write a HUGE amount of fanfiction of them and is always so romantic or so passionate or so angsty God I never get tired of it, one of my favorite portrayals of Shadamy is when Shadow is kind of a emo simp towards her, like he is simply adoring her even when she only looks at Sonic who is not looking at her 😭... Ah drama. 😂 I remember a few stories back when I was a pre teen... Like "el blog de Amy Rose" That's the only written fanfic name I remember and it was a total soap opera, a total and absolute telenovela full of all kinds of drama like Silver was their son and Sonic and Shadow were lost brothers 😂. Then I remember I few comics like Ternion that was an insanely passionate and angsty story with an excellent art that to contribute to my torture it was never finished... And boy I know the author had a secret smut chapter that she never posted anywhere... We know it exists because there were a few hot scenes in a video... 😭 but never happened the story didn't even reach half of what I think it was going to be🥲. In Chaos universe there's a double story in one Sonic and Amy had a daughter named Sonia but in an alternative universe we have María Rose who is Shadow and Amy's daughter... Is another tragedy were Amy is dead in both universes 😭 and of course I'm totally biased with Maria Rose's universe because the way her dad remember Amy's just hits different, seriously is way more enjoyably painful 🥲 and then the most current comics I'm addicted to of course IDOL AMY portrayed Shadow exactly how I said I like him the most 🥺 and the last one I saw is one apocalyptic where obviously Shadow survives and mourns a dead Amy: Future's Shadow... Girl this hedgehog can't catch a break they like to see him suffer 🥲🥲🥲

Now let's focus in the official interactions:

The Archie comics before the reboot kinda mistreated Amy portraying her in an annoying way most of the time just like in some games... And I wasn't a fan of a certain interaction she had with Shadow... (Those issues had a bitchy evil Rouge portrayal that I didn't like one bit🤬) I mean shadow actually kicks her in the stomach and hits her with her own hammer and... That just felt so wrong, you see I can't picture an scenario where Shadow would lay a hand on Amy in such a way as he did in those comics but I had a little comfort in this interaction at least 👇👇

She puts her faith on him when he doesn't have much faith on himself and that is something she also did in the games, like in Shadow the hedgehog own game. Then there was a reboot and we got better interactions, here we have Amy teasing him and he pouting adorably (and finally they dropped the Rouge is a bitch portrayal thank you😤)

We also see that they can make a good team

Hey Shadow how it feels to be hammered by her? 🤭😇, then we had the marvelous IDW reboot but we still don't have proper interactions (and this is the best Rouge💜)

Though honesty? This look like a romance novel scene... You know, with the bad boy being stubborn with the kind sweet girl 😂. Well Sonic IDW is still ongoing so we'll see if we get something more juicy... But I think I will be happy if they simply team up in a fight again.

And now let's talk about Twitter... Well, well, well have you noticed this tiny details in Sonic's Twitter takeovers? Someone asked "Shadow, will you marry me? " And they made Amy voice be the one reading that question 🧐, not only that the things Shadow described about what he wants in a partner for marriage were things that Amy totally would do perfectly (and to add some spice they made Sonic voice sound kind of upset to tease us with some sonadow too😂😂) and then the most precious and hilarious thing... SHADOW AND AMY ARE BOTH SWIFTIES 😆😆

And look! He got her ticket's 😭😭 and they went together!!! 😭😭😭(that's a DATE) and then in another Twitter takeover she tells about how they had fun and got shirts and then Sonic got jealous 😭😭😭 KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA and look what SEGA IS DOING 👇👇👇

Pop Star Amy and Rock Star Shadow I can't... 😭😭 and paladin Amy and knight Shadow AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THEY MATCH!!!!!

I'm telling you... Sonic team is indulging us with oficial Sonamy but they are also shamelessly teasing us with SHADAMY (and sonadow juju)

And seriously fellow comic artists, feel free to keep drawing Shadamy comics forever... We don't get tired... 😇 and SEGA... Don't be shy... We conform with little teasing details you don't have to confirm or deny anything but for future games... A little Shadamy won't hurt 🥺🙏, we want Shadamy in games too! IDW that goes for you too... If you are teasing Sonamy and Sonadow you can tease Shadamy too! (And Knouge too! 😫)

And all this reminds me that we should demand SEGA to reboot the Sonic Adventure games with new modern animation and also so it's playable in modern consoles! I want to play it with the Nintendo Switch!! 😤😤😤

[helpfandom]

Chapter 3: Gay People Exist

TW: Kidnapping, Emotional manipulation. Mild homophobia mentioned but MC, Robotnik and Stone are not Homophobic.  

I should mention that Stone and Robotnik are in a relationship, it isn't the main focus but it does help the plot.

Previously: You shot the man with the tranquilizer and ran, but you could hear him grab the dart out from his leg and drop it to the ground. The crunch of the ground beneath your feet was quickly doubled as the man ran behind you, quickly catching up as you didn't do much exercise. 

All you saw in front of you was the bright vermillion eyes of a robot floating in front of you.

You stopped in your tracks when you saw that the robot had its guns out and aimed at you, ready to fire. Robotnik caught up to you, and stood behind you. Your eyes got lost in the bright glow staring you down, seemingly daring you to try something. It was hard to move or breathe, it seemed like everything had frozen in your sight, blood was rushing in your head, you couldn't hear anything anymore over the sound of your heart beating.

Robotnik grabbed your shoulder roughly and pulled the tranquilizer gun out of your hands without much resistance. He shoved you aside which caused you to fall to the ground. Your back hurt as that was the thing that you fell on, but you didn't pay attention to that. You paid attention to the robot, it still training it's weapons on you, even though you were the one in the most amount of danger.

"It was foolish of you to try that, but I suppose you couldn't have known that I was trained to withstand poisons such as this." Robotnik said to you, shaking his head at your futile attempt to escape his -and the governments- grasp. Stone was flabbergasted and still standing at the truck, which, now that you look at it, you didn't run that far.

How is it that he caught up to me this fast? I was prepared to run and I shot him, no matter what that must have been at least some form of a measure to slow him down.

Right?

You shook your head mentally, now was not the time to be distracted from the threat. You zoned back in in time to hear Robotnik say: "Your 'father' left you." He turned to you, and popped a squat next to you. "He left you behind in a house alone with a government agent." He moved closer to look at you, peering owlishly into your eyes. "So why do you care?" 

Um, excuse me what.

"What?" He put his hand to his head, "Why. Do. You. Care. About. Him." "T-tom?" You questioned. He sighed deeply, but not in concern, but in annoyance. He started to speak a little patronizing, "Yes, Tom." You opened you mouth and closed it again a couple of times to try to explain why you care, but couldn't find the words to tell Robotnik.

"Precisely. But at least you didn't say anything about Family." He stood up and then picked you up and off the ground. "B-but I was going to say something about family." He still was holding you, but was holding onto your shoulder. "However, you didn't. Family is a stupid ideal made up early in history when they were trying to make a baby boom happen. Emotional attachments to people are foolish. They can be used against you or hurt you when you get close to them."

You both started walking, the egg robot trailing behind you and Robotnik silently. Stone broke out of his stupor and ran to the doctor when Robotnik got close enough to the truck. "Are you okay Doctor?" Stone turned to you momentarily and gave you somewhat of a dirty look before turning back to the doctor and fussing over him. "Stone. This is unprofessional behavior to show while on the clock." 

You were pretty sure he meant 'to show in front of other people', which made you wonder what they did while they were off the clock. Stone backed off after what the doctor said, and apologized profusely to the doctor. "I'm sorry to show such behavior, please forgive me." Robotnik waved him off, and handed you to Stone who shoved you into the truck.

"Why would you try to leave? It's futile." You stared at him for a while. Um, excuse me, what? Oh, he must have meant cause they're the government and everything. "I- I understand now, But I was scared and-" He pointed at you, "No excuses." Is it just me or is he meaner? You swallowed your spit, "Okay sir." He nodded, "Good, now take a spot next to Robo- Doctor." 

You looked around and saw what seat Stone was referring to, it was in between Robotnik who was in the drivers seat, and an empty seat, which you assumed was Stone's. You sat down in the middle and put on your seatbelt. Stone took the place next to yours, and nodded to Robotnik.

You looked back in forth between the two and mentally shrugged. Wonder what the nod was about. Robotnik started the truck and started driving to a destination unknown to you. The road was bumpy, but enough that you felt sleepy. Your eyes started to close. You tried to fight the urge to sleep, this is a dangerous place, I cannot sleep, but your eyes burned and felt good when you closed them.

Robotnik looked at you momentarily. He took note of how you fell asleep around them. Humans fall asleep around people they feel safe with, Like animals do. Y/N must feel safe around us, How stupid. We could kill them or harm them. Or... He shook off those thoughts and decided to focus on the road ahead, they were close to the baseball field that was their base. 

When they arrived -approximately five minutes after you fell asleep-, Robotnik stepped out to see Sergeant Nobody Cares -Robotnik legally changed his name- standing outside waiting along with his crew. "Sergeant Nobody Cares." Nobody pursed his lips but kept quiet. "There is a adolescent in the truck, put them in a bed and leave them in the truck." Robotnik moved to his truck, expecting Nobody to move as soon as the order was done. Stone trailed silently behind Robotnik.

When the duo entered the truck that served as Robotnik's quarters and workshop, Stone went to the coffee machine that he was familiar with, and Robotnik went to his wall desk to observe the tranquilizer gun. How irresponsible for an adolescent to have this. He set it aside on his desk. Stone walked over to Robotnik and handed him a mug that had "World's smartest man" written on it.  Robotnik smiled a little on the inside, Stone gave it to him for his birthday. "Here you go sweetie." Now, Robotnik smiled for real. He turned to Stone, still wearing a smile on his face, and replied "Thanks, Love."

Stone blushed a little, and started to get closer to Robotnik for a hug, but then Nobody and someone else walked in carrying you. You were passed out at this point, and didn't wake up when they set you down on a cot in front of the entrance. Robotnik waved them away. "Leave us." Nobody and the other person left silently. Robotnik turned to them, and walked over to you when they had left. He took note of how cute you looked, you looked innocent, but troubled.

The atmosphere was quiet except for your breathing. Stone walked over to Robotnik and you, "What are we going to do with them?" Stone gestured to you when he asked it. Robotnik turned to him, "We're going to watch over them, find out what we can from them." 

Stone walked away and sat down in a Robotnik's desk chair which was nearby. Robotnik followed Stone, they were both a little exhausted, Robotnik because he had to spend the day near humans, and Stone because he had to help you heal from your breakdown earlier. Robotnik took Stone's hand in his, and took him up. Robotnik turned on his floating holograms and turned to his music. He scrolled through until he could find their song, Merry-Go-Round-Of-Life.

Robotnik led the dance, staring into Stone's eyes as the couple danced. The red lights glowed over them, flooding the truck with a vermillion light while they danced away the night.

[hedgehogfangirl317]

Aleena and Jules - The Story of Sonic's parents

[Part 1] [Part 2]

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Two years after Aleena and Jules were crowned and married, and one year after the birth of their triplets, Dr. Robotnik arrives in the kingdom. He presents a curious sight for the people, since they've never seen anyone who looks like him before. (Humans have not arrived and populated the area yet.)

Robotnik introduces himself to the king and queen as a wandering inventor, a scientist, who'd love to offer his work to their people.

Aleena and Jules allow him to stay in the kingdom, and Jules sends his older brother Charles to observe the strange doctor, and take a closer look at his work, and his intentions. [Chuck and Bernie character design]

Charles, an inventor and academic himself, is extremely thrilled by the things Robotnik has to offer and all the advantages this kind of technology can bring. He manages to convince Jules of the good the doctor can do for the kingdom, but Aleena stays suspicious. Robotnik acts strange, he obviously isn't from around, but whenever they ask any details about where he comes from and why he left his home, he evades them.

Within a few months Robotnik integrates himself into the society and gathers star-struck followers around his person. He introduces electricity, communication devices and means of transportation. (The mobians of the kingdom aren't very technologically advanced, and mostly use magic for these things, but not everyone can use magic, so the machines fascinate them. Charles develops a liking for planes in particular, and builds himself a little biplane.) Robotnik also introduces his worker robots, mechanical help for any kind of heavy labor. Aleena and Jules give permission to test some of them in the field, and the sight of these worker drones in the city becomes a not so unusual one, escpecially working for the rich and nobles.

Charles also supports Robotnik with his newest invention, a machine that can put in mechanical prosthesises. Charles, who himself has lost his left arm in a terrible accident as a teenager, sees the incredible advantages for medicine, but many think it to be unnatural. By now, the mood of the people starts to cool against the doctor, because Robotnik often disregards the culture and love of nature of the people.

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Then, after a couple of months, the putsch happens.

Without warning, the robots attack. Robotnik had somehow raised a whole armee of them, and after months of preparations, they join the robots that were strategically placed in the city, and overrun the capital. The royal palace falls within a day.

Charles reaches his brother just before the attack to warn him. The family tries to flee, but Robotnik catches up to them. He needs to get his hands on the queen, because he knows the assumption of power will go over easier if he controls the monarchy.

Jules faces him with nothing but his sword.

It breaks Aleena's heart, but the children's safety comes first. The nurse pulls her away, and with the babies they flee. Jules keeps Robotnik long enough for them to escape.

Aleena never sees him again. Jules doesn't let himself get captured.

Shortly after, Charles joins them again, after he had prepared an escape. He almost goes back for his little brother, can't leave him behind, but they know Jules would have wanted them to get the triplets to safety. They escape the palace and hide on the edge of the city.

With the capital's ressources it's easy for Robotnik to expand his sphere of influence further and further. The outer baronies bow quickly to avoid a fight. But Jules' family is wiped out anyway, their home burned down, to get ahead of a retaliation for the king's death. Charles has to go underground as new head of his family, and his sister Bernadette marries into another noble family and hides her connection to Jules. She stays in higher circles as Aleena's contact. Neither Jules' parents nor Aleena's mother survive the putsch.

Robotnik's reign of terror begins. The aristocrats are allowed to keep their privileges for high tribunal payment, which Robotnik uses to fund his reign. The simple people are enslaved. Soon, everywhere in the city robot factories start springing from the ground. Robotnik reforms everything, destroys the nature, magic and music are forbidden on death.

Then, Robotnik starts roboticizing. The machine that Charles had admired so much and helped build is now used to make people into mindcontrolled cyborgs, to exchange complete limbs with mechanical ones and put them under Robotnik's control. More and more fall victim to this fate, because Robotnik trusts no one, especially not those who crawl to him.

A few weeks later the Oracle of Delphius appears in Aleena's hideout.

He reveals to her that her children are in danger, and she has to separate from them, or Robotnik will find them soon. With great grief after everything she's already lost, Aleena takes the babies to three different families where they grow up safe and in ignorance of their true parentage.

Prince Maurice II., by his father affectionately named Sonic, is left with a couple of simple workers. The wife is the royal triplets' former nurse whom Aleena trusts deeply, and of course she immediately recognizes the baby that's been left on her doorstep to be her former charge. They call the boy Sonic instead of his grandfather's name for cover. Charles visits his nephew from time to time while building up the underground rebellion.

Princess Sonia is left in the care of the rich widow Lady Windemere, and is the only of the three growing up in wealth. Her aunt Bernadette keeps an eye on her while mingling with he nobles to gather information for the resistance.

Prince Manic never arrived at the home he was supposed to go to. A group of thieves napped him from the doorstep, and he grows up between them as protegé of their leader Farrell. Aleena is worried that she has lost sight of her son, but the Oracle tells her everything will come as it has to.

Aleena vanishes underground, working towards the day they can overthrow Robotnik, and she can be reunited with her family and take back her throne.

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And eventually, that day comes. Peace returns to Aleena's kingdom. Despite everything that has changed, and the sacrifes made.

(Sonic's adventures had only begun though.)

[heckinconfusedparade]

The time Shadow threatened Tails and Tails fought back (SCU)

This was certainly not one of Tails’ better ideas. He had located Robotniks hidden (well not so hidden anymore) lab and decided he’s going to yoink the chaos emerald he has. If you had asked Tails what mindset he had going into this, he’d tell you “I don’t know.”

Tails sneaks down the corridor silently telling his stupid thumping heart to shut up. Every small sound made him nearly leap out of his skin. He knows Robotnik himself and his assistant is in the kitchen, but what is currently scaring him now is that he has no idea where Shadow is. Every interaction he’s had with the dark hedgehog up until now has been less than pleasant, and he is so not looking forward to their next meeting.

Tails takes some deep breaths. Ok. He can do this. Maybe. Hey is it getting hot in here? Maybe this was a bad idea.. maybe he should turn around, go home, slither into his warm bed, and forget any of this happened! Unfortunately it’s too late now. He’s already at the heart of this concrete cold base. Tails reaches a back room that looks preeeetty important! It’s the computer room! He starts shuffling around some files on the computer hoping to maybe catch a glimpse at future plans. He used his Miles Electric to take pictures of the screens whenever something of interest pops up. So far he’s received intel on chaos data, Ultimate Lifeform logs, and something about an ARK Colony in space.

“Interesting..” he says, “Robotniks grandfather created a space colony AND Shadow… 50 years ago?! Man.. maybe I should ask Shadow for his secrets on staying young!” Tails chuckles to himself. He’s funny. It’s also a way of settling his nerves.

While jotting down the coordinates of the lair to save for later, Tails hears some footsteps outside the room. He hides behind an island and covers his mouth to muffle his breathing. Tails can hear his heartbeat and feel it in his throat. Then he turns his head and spots something on a low shelf. It’s blue and it’s glowing! He recognizes it as “Sonics quill..?” He whispers. He starts to slowly crawl towards it.

But then he feels a hand that stops him in his tracks. The hand is cold, strong, and unforgiving. The hand grabs ahold of his two tails and drags him out of his hiding spot roughly, triggering Tails to whimper in pain. He is lifted upside down to dangle by his tails. He feels a cold shiver when he realizes it’s Shadow; holding him up like a prized fish.

“Hello, Tails.” Shadow says coldly. Shadow looks around and hums “looks like it’s just you here.. you came here alone. That’s dangerous.” He tightens his grip.

Tails shuts his eyes.

-

“Hey, guys, look who I found!”

“Hah! What a wimp! Thought you could hide from us, freak?”

“P-please put me down..!”

“Not a chance. You’re a freak of nature! You should be put on display!”

“Hey- hey I wonder.. how much that extra tail is worth?”

“Ohohoho I do wonder! Maybe if we keep tugging on one of em, it’ll snap off! Then he’ll finally look normal!”

“How’s about it, Tails? We’re doin you a favour.”

-

“Leave. Me. ALONE!” Tails roars and kicks Shadow right in the face. Shadow coils back holding his face in pain, dropping the young fox. With tears pricking his eyes at the unfond memory, Tails scrambles to his feet and balls his fists. He’s scared out of his mind, but that one kick filled him with the adrenaline he last felt fighting those badniks in Green Hills. Right when he’s about to reach for one of his weapons in his backpack, Shadow growls and looks at the fox with fire in his eyes, and chaos crackling around him. Tails gulps.

Shadow grins “that was a rough kick.. you’re stronger than you look.”

Tails feels the urge to move- and fast. Tails darts to his left, and discovers his gut was right, because right when he moved, Shadow charged at him. Shadow quickly repositions himself and prepares to deliver a round house kick to Tails who flies out of the way but feels the heat of Shadows air shoes graze against his side. Shadow looks frustrated “give up and submit. You know I’m faster than you!”

Tails, in a brief moment of absolute 300 IQ brilliance says “then how come I keep dodging you?” he feels his heart stop when Shadow grabs his feet and plucks him out of the air and pins him on the cold ground. Shadow makes a mistake of letting go of his legs and going for his arms. Tails learned this move from wrestling with his brothers.. the ultimate little sibling move! Tails delivers multiple swift kicks to Shadows torso to get him to back off. Shadow does back off, but to Tails’ both surprise and horror: he’s smiling. Shadow has deemed Tails a worthy opponent.

Orange and red chaos energy crackles around Shadow once more “I never considered you’d fight back more than your ‘brother’. He just wanted to talk to me. But you.. you’re smarter than that. You know the only way you’re getting out of this alive is by fighting.”

Shadows words resurface another one of Tails’ recent memories.

-

Sonic limps inside the Wachowski house alongside Knuckles, holding his side and dirty. His parents rush to his side along with Tails.

“Sonic, what happened?!”

“Oh my god- baby are you ok?”

“I-I’m fine..”

Sonic groans in pain, talking seeming to hurt right now.

“He and Shadow fought again. Sonic did not fight back. Sonic wanted to talk to him, but Shadow did not have anything to say. I found them right when Shadow kicked him in the ribs.”

“Sonic…”

“Tails. Buddy, I’m ok.. I’ll be ok. This is just.. a-a temporary!.. setback!”

-

The memory sets an angry fire within Tails ablaze. This guy hurt his big brother. Sonic is strong. It takes a lot for him to show pain outwardly. And this guy.. the Ultimate Lifeform, made Sonic hurt so bad he came home barely able to speak more than a sentence at a time.

He stands up.

Tails’ tails swish sharply. He feels some static around him, then the boost of chaos. Around his body, yellow chaos energy crackles along his fur. His eyes turn a bright shade of yellow. Tails seems to notice, but decides not to take long to address it now- balling his fists once more, allowing the strength of chaos to freely flow around him. Shadow has a look of slight surprise then lunges at him. Tails’ attempt to dodge doesn’t work this time, and he takes a low kick to the stomach, knocking the wind out of him, and his body slams against a cart. Tails shakes it off, the adrenaline dealing with the pain, and shoves the cart at Shadow to slow him down. Tails leaps into the air, taking Shadow by the arm along with him. He hoists him up, and uses a flurry of kicks to the torso to keep Shadow up, then swings his tails down to slam Shadow back down to the ground. The room shakes, Shadow now lies in a small crater. Tails finds it in him to smile. He just did that!!! Knuckles’ training is really paying off!

Shadows not done yet. He rises from the crater. Tails returns to the ground. He tries to hit him more, but Shadow keeps dodging him. There’s a scuffle of fists and kicks thrown back and forth. Shadow grumbles something about beginners luck then grabs Tails by his neck. Tails starts clawing at Shadows hand.

Shadow has some thoughts.

He could kill him.

He could snap this kids neck right now.

He could choke him to death.

They’d never find the body.

His parents would never have to bury their child, but be forced to wonder for the rest of their lives where their baby was.

His brothers would no doubt come looking for him with vengeance.

As great as that all sounds, killing a child is not what Shadow wants to do. Maybe that’s what Robotnik wants, but not Shadow.

Shadow locks eyes with Tails’, whose eyes are slowly returning to their original blue colour. Shadow throws Tails where he had found him, breaking the surrounding cabinets and shelves at Tails’ impact. Tails feels his consciousness fading in and out as he takes deep breaths to recover. His hand digs around behind him, not minding anything sharp that could possibly hurt him. He grabs Sonics quill from its place in the rubble. He clutches it in his fists.

The energy feels like a power up from a video game. Utilizing his own power and the power within his brothers quill, he dashes forward in a spin dash, knocking Shadow off of his feet and into the large monitor set. Glass shatters everywhere. Tails leaps back to avoid it. Tails can hear two pairs of footsteps running toward the room. Tails looks around in a panic. All this broken stuff.. then bingo! A green chaos emerald! He grabs it and stuffs his Miles Electric and Sonics quill into his backpack.

Tails holds the chaos emerald, now fully panicking. How does this work again???

He takes a deep breath.

“CHAOS CONTROL!”

. . .

Back at the Wachowski house, things were tense. Sonics injured, Knuckles is angry, and everyone is worried sick about Tails who walked out just little over an hour ago when they weren’t watching.

“Thank you..” Tom hangs up his phone “Wade says he’ll spread the word to surrounding counties and cities.”

“Oh, Tom.. I hope he’s ok.” Maddie wipes some tears from her eyes. Tom hugs her “we’ll find him, Maddie. Promise.”

Sonic blames himself. Had he been smarter and not let his ass get handed to him and get injured, Tails wouldn’t had felt compelled to leave.

Knuckles also blames himself. He wishes he had stepped in sooner. He wishes he had kept a closer eye on Tails.

Ozzy struggles to bring back the happiness to his people. His tail wags lowly and slowly as he goes to sit by Sonic and Knuckles for pats.

A bright light fills the room. When the light fades, Tails is standing there. Tails feels like he can finally breathe again, “it worked-! IT ACTUALLY WORKED!!” He holds up the emerald. Then he realizes his family. They all stare at him with wide eyes before smothering him in a group hug.

“Where were you?!” Cries Maddie, her tears now of relief.

“You had us worried sick, Tails!” Tom is so happy his boy is home.

“Tails, I’m so sorry..” Sonic whimpers, hugging his brother the tightest.

Tails shifts his gaze to the hedgehog “wait, what are you apologizing for?”

Sonic looks at him, now confused, “didn’t you leave because of stress or because you’re angry I got hurt?”

Tails raises his hands in a ‘so-so’ manner “I’m angry you got hurt, but I’m not angry AT you. I left to gather intel!” Tails pulls out his M.E. And shows the pictures he had taken of the computer screens. Sonic blinks in shock.

Knuckles asks the bigger question “did- did you just use.. chaos control? Where did you find that chaos emerald?”

Tails laughs sheepishly “yea.. uh… so. I found Robotniks lair.. and I. Maaaaaybe snuck in?”

“WHAT?!” The family all says together.

Knuckles’ expression turns to horror “TAILS YOU COULDVE GOTTEN KILLED!! Why did you go alone?!” His booming voice makes the room shake.

“B-because-! I dunno..”

“What do you mean ‘I dunno’? Tails, you know how dangerous that man is.” Maddie continues to hold her son.

Tails avoids eye contact with everyone else “he didn’t find me.. but Shadow did.”

Maddie starts immediately checking him over for any injuries. She finds some spots that could become bruises, but nothing major.

“M-maybe he held back?” Sonic says hopefully. Shadow has been quite a pain.

Tails makes a face. Should he tell them?

It’s Tom’s turn to look afraid “why are you making that face?”

“He didn’t hold back.”

“Pardon?”

“Holding me up by my neck isn’t holding back.”

Silence.

You could hear a pin drop.

Tails continues “he found me.. and held me up by my Tails, so I kicked him in the face.. it’s my first time in a real hand to hand fight! And.. it really hurt. It sucked, even. I didn’t have time to think, he moves so fast! Then something weird happened- y’know that thing Sonic and Knuckles do that kinda looks like electricity? That happened to me! I had the upper hand for a second! And! I had the high ground. So I brought him higher, then much lower. It was so scary.. but so empowering! It felt like I had enough energy to power the town!”

“You.. beat.. him?” Is all Sonic can ask at this point.

Tails looks down “when he had me by the neck, I think it was then he held back, in the middle of that. He coulda killed me.. but he chose not to for whatever reason. He threw me instead.. and I found this!” He pulls Sonics quill out of his backpack and hands it to his brother.

Sonic blinks “my.. my quill? He still had it?”

Tails nods “Mhm. That quill brought back the energy I had lost. So I ran at him. Things got real dizzy. And then he slammed against the computer wall. Then I heard people coming so I shoved everything in my bag and chaos controlled back here!”

Knuckles can’t hide the fact he’s impressed. He has no reason to doubt Tails. He pats his little brother on the back “sounds like my training was of good use to you.”

Tails smiles “sure was!!”

Everyone is so happy he’s ok. Tails gets to pick what to have for dinner to celebrate his victory!

. . .

Robotnik and Stone appear at the scene. Shadow drops to the floor and groans in pain. Stone rushes to his aid “Shadow, what happened? Can you stand?” Shadow shakily lifts himself to stand up. Robotnik boots up emergency monitors and pulls up security footage. Nothing in the corridors as of recent going in or out besides him, Shadow, and Stone. Then he pulls up the recorded footage from the room they’re in.

“A-ha! Found you, little one..~” Robotnik chuckles as he brings up the footage of Tails sneaking around in the room. Stone joins his side. Together they watch the recording of the fight. Robotnik narrows his eyes. "you let the child beat you?" he slowly turns to face Shadow who only says "he is a lot stronger than we thought. His strength, speed, and intelligence is something we need to keep tabs on."

The other two nod.

Stone gets to repairing the damages “he took Sonics quill and the chaos emerald. Should we retrieve them?”

“No,” Robotnik says “they’ll know we’re coming now. Let’s wait until our next encounter.. then we can get him and our belongings. That sly thieving fox won’t know what hit him.”

Thus begins the planning.. revenge is a fools game, and nobody here is foolish. The only one foolish is the fox who thought he could get away.

[harufallinwonderland]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH @shinysparklesapphires

As the sounds of tinkering of tech fill the room with A young fly beastman sitting in front of A heater having pried it open to find what happened to the inside to make it no longer work as A much older man sits in A rocking chair swaying back and forth while looking at A picture of A younger man who looks similar to him with A crab merperson who was currently more crab than human in the water of what seemed like of A beach they were both smiling from ear to ear than he just sighs with A chuckle at the sight but it was noticed by the young fly “Hey gramps is when you met Pepa?” the child said as they take A break from the heater to sit on the chair that the bald headed professor put next to himself for his grandchild’s convenience.

The bald man nods as he stands up in which the young fly tried to stop but Eggman showed it was alright with A hand stopping them and walking to the pictures grabbing it from hanging off the wall “….Yeah….I’d say it was the third best day of my life” he chuckles with his words and Ronnie tilts their head head “third whats the other 2?”.

“The second was the day we married and the first is when we first adopted your father” Eggman said hanging the picture back up than sitting back in his seat “why you want to know how we met?” He asked one of his eyes open able to be seen behind his glasses looking to Ronnie on his side catching the young child nod “yeah mom and dad told me how they met and that led to me wondering about you and pepa”.

“Hmm really? Well I remember it as if It only happened 5 seconds ago back than i was with your uncle Metal despite being A robot he wanted to know what it was like at the beach so and since I just graduated from Nrc I decided to take him there of course after making sure he wouldn’t rust or blow up I had enough inventions blow up in my face for one life to see my pride and joy meet the same fate”

-back then-

Robotnik was in swimming trunks and A beach shirt and despite being A robot his smaller robot had A pool floatie around it’s waist “alright Metal you got 2 hours max I hate being out there” the younger man says as his robot nods and flys into the water to go play and after looking long enough to see if nothing bad will happen with his robot he puts up his beach chair and umbrella and start relaxing

Some time passes of him on his phone still only being 18 and being glued to his phone sometimes getting up to check on his what you could call robot child metal but on one of those check in he noticed A beautiful man around his age walk to A rocky area of the beach that was hard to see whats going on farther in and without even thinking about it he was on his feet telling metal he will be right back as he followed the man he felt like A bit of A stalker but he just wanted…A word if he didn’t want to talk he would walk the other way the very next second so in the mean time he continued to follow.

After A bit of following the red hair mans stops atop of A rock then like it was some magic dust it surrounds the red hair man turning him into A humanoid crab person but instead of many other mer people he hardly looked human but to Eggman he still looked beautiful but all of it stops when the crab man jumps into the water and in the sheer panic of it he rushed to the water clearly not thinking that if he was A crab he would be fine and the thoughts only coming in as he jumped into the water and remembered…he really couldn’t swim.

For A full minute he was panicking rabidly breathing bringing the salt water to his lungs as he tried his hardest to stay at the surface he was about to pass out until he felt two strongs arms and hands…or more like claws on his sides lifting him up his head was barely above water as he looked up to his crab savior and in A moment of pure bliss all Eggman could do was have such A big grin with A sparkle in his eyes looking at the crab and to what eggman could see without his glasses the crab was the same but this moment of quiet besides the crashing waves was interrupted by Metal quickly flying over to where they were starring at them and they both just smiled at him.

-back to the present-

“After wards Metal just snatched me up and threaten to blast Krabs to high heavens” Eggman says chuckling at his fond memories but Ronnie was in shock “WAIT YOUR TELLING ME YOU TWO DIDN’T EVEN TALK ON YOUR FIRST MEETING” they were totally shocked by it all and Eggman just nods “yeah basically…it took me forever to convince Metal to let me back go back to that beach despite being unable to talk back then he sure was A argumentative robot but eventually I did…everyday until i saw him again…maybe I’ll tell you about next time” he gets up from his chair.

“So how about some of your Pepa’s amazing burgers without him around I’m the only one that can serve the best of the best around” he says walking to the kitchen and Ronnie just nods sparkle in their eyes and begins to follow him while Eggman looks at A frame pictured on top of A desk with A red rose and A thraumark next to it “don’t worry everything will be fine I promise you” he says in his head before catching up to the excited fly child.

[whatlneed]

So, the Sol Dimension as I build it is quite of the same mindset that my wife over at @fstbmp has gone about with theirs, in that it's a much more Fantasy-oriented world than the Chaos Dimension- there are vikings, dinosaurs, and plentiful use of magic through both personal prowess & ancient artifacts. Technology isn't nonexistent, but much of it came about unnaturally due to Eggman Nega's foreign influence on the Sol Dimension's timeline, and isn't widespread.

That same influence have rocked waves across the Sol Dimension's development, and while this is most obviously represented by the Sol Empire itself having been formed out of the continuous need to defend from him throughout their history, another example of his impact can be found in who was originally to meant to be this world's equivalent of Ivo Robotnik: Amon Starset.

Ruler the desert-residing Starset Kingdom, one of the larger subsidiary kingdoms under the Sol Empire's sphere of influence, Amon is a powerful wizard, mastered in the art of Golemcraft, who in another present would have been a grand conqueror... however, with the Sol Empire's formation long before his own rise to power, he came into a world with no reason for hostilities. Cooperation with the Sol Empire brought everything he would have wanted.

He never had spark or motivation to strive for more in life because of the freedom and security that the Sol Empire afforded him, and because of their aid, talents that would've originally been spent on goliaths of war went towards refining quality of life for both his people and other collaborators under the Sol Empire.

Within the Starset Kingdom, you'll find all manual labor handled by a colorful array of varied golems, granting his people who would have otherwise struggle in the harsh climate the opportunity to focus on trade, the arts, and intellectual pursuits- making his Kingdom one of the most prosperous and happy in the Sol Dimension. A man who would have once wasted his life on villainy, growing old in a world he's successfully helped bring happiness into.

Catching up to the present with him, he has grown old and comfortable enough to retire from his position as reigning ruler of the kingdom, passing his political duties down to his daughter, the young princess and now queen of the kingdom, Cleo Starset.

A woman who's grown up with every right and opportunity handed to her, spoiled for choices in the peace & prosperity granted by this.

... emphasis on "spoiled", as even with all this, she desires more.

Fate has a funny was of course-correcting, even with some delay.

[suna1suna1]

Hello, Tumblr! It's WIP Wednesday!

I think I'm gonna switch some stuff up because I haven't been getting much interaction with my WIP Wednesday game for a while, which is understandable. After a while of the same things, it isn't as exciting anymore and just gets boring.

So for this week, I'm gonna start a (no pressure) tag game! If you don't like participating in these, you don't have to, and if I tag you and you don't want to, PLEASE feel free to let me know. I don't want to be that annoying moot in your activity every week.

That said, here are the rules.

If I tag you, you can send 500-1000 words if your current WIP if you're a writer, your current WIP or WIPs if you're an artist, or both if you're both!

Then, once you're done, you can tag as many or as few people you want! Once again, NO PRESSURE! You can do or not do this as you please! ^^

Gonna get the tags out of the way first

@deadrabbithq @killingthecringe @nodulemodule

Starting with the art WIP, I have Silver's ref that I'm working on for To Catch a Hedgehog (as requested by the poll I put out)

And underneath the cut, here's about 500 words from To Catch a Hedgehog (if you don't like sonadow, no need to look under this cut. Ik at least one of the people I tagged isn't too big on it so yeah, no need to read if you're not into it lol)

"Informant. Now, why haven't you moved yet?" 

Sonic: "SO YOU WERE STALKING ME! GO AWAY!" 

Shadow: "I told you, it's not stalking. And I'm trying to save your ass."

Sonic: "After trying to take me out? Nah. I'm good." 

Shadow: "Look, I get it. But if you don't get out of the city, Robotnik is going to fire me and sick somebody else on you, and I doubt they'd be as merciful as I have been." 

Sonic: "Huh... 'have been'... interesting word choice. Okay, I'll bite. Why do you want to save me so bad when it's obviously putting your job at risk? I'm literally the person trying to wake people up and get Butt-nik out of power. Why are you turning on your boss?" 

Shadow didn't respond for a while. Why was he doing this? Sonic was right. He was putting his job, hell, maybe even his life on the line for a random guy. But this random guy was the only person stubborn enough to pull the kind of stunt he did. But if Robotnik wanted him dead so bad, then maybe it was because it was working. 

Besides, while Shadow had a job, it wasn't pleasant. It had never been something he wanted. He remembered wanting to help people, help Maria. He remembered saving up for medical school... before Ivo took out the council. Now he'd ended too many lives with his own hands.

Maria would have hated the person he'd become. He sure did. 

Her face flashed in his mind's eye. Her smile, encouraging. 

He swallowed. Then he typed out his reply.

Shadow: "You're not the only one who's lost people you loved to that monster." 

Sonic didn't reply for a bit. Shadow wasn't sure if he was going to, if that was a good enough reason to listen to him. 

Several minutes later, there was a new reply. 

Sonic: "I guess everyone has. But then why have you gone along with it for so long?" 

Shadow: "In the moment, I guess it beats starving." 

Sonic: "...Yeah, I still don't trust you. How do I know you're not gonna come here and murder me in my sleep anyway?" 

Shadow: "If I were going to do that, I already would have."

Sonic: "Sure... Anyway, is that all? Because I'm hungry and I can smell my roommate making chili." 

Shadow: "No. I want to know how you got those paintings up so fast. And you said you'd seen it when people become completely cybernetic. How?" 

Sonic: "Question numero uno, trade secret. Question numero dos, you don't want to know." 

Shadow: "I work for the government and even I don't know. I didn't even know that could happen." 

Sonic: "Oh, it does. All the time. Not pretty." 

Shadow: "How do you know?"

Sonic: "...Alright, look. I'm gonna set up a more secure account (and probably burn this one). I'll message you on the one condition that you don't tell anyone who I am. We can go from there after I've eaten." 

Shadow: "Fair enough."

[mochamoth]

Rant on why I love and fixate over Scratch (sorry for bad writing + Long warning!!)

If you couldn't tell by my profile I am literally OBSESSED with Scratch. I first actually started watching AoStH about a year ago, because of a clip of the show I saw on tiktok. I thought it was funny therefore I checked the show out. And omg I became so fixated on Scratch specifically. Also don't expect a lot of these reasons to be deep, I am NOT a deep person 😭.

So first off his personality. I adore how he's both an asshole, but also a total wimp. Also he is so SO dumb but in a charming way. I love when he acts like an actual chicken, it's funny and cute (plus his LAUGH OMG, MOST ICONIC LAUGH NEXT TO PAPYRUS'S). Scratch is just a total loser who tries to act cool and I love him for it. Oh also the way his mannerisms are. Omg. The way he SITS. He'll casually just do the splits. On the floor. And the way he walks. And how he STANDS. HE STANDS LIKE A CHICKEN WITH HIS WING HANDS. IT'S SO CLEVER AND CUTE OMGG.

Next is his design. It's just- nice. It's a nice character design, especially when paired up with Grounder (I'll talk about him in a bit, dw I'm also a Grounder fan). I loveee his outfit (?) he has going on, it's simple but nice. I like his extendo-neck, it adds a LOT to him, same with his wing-like hands and arms. Also I'm bias but chickens and crows are my two favorite birds, so that alone is just a yes for me. His eyes are cute. Simple and cute. His COLORS OMG. I am autistic and some colors overstimulate me, so Scratch and aosth as a whole just- the colors are so pretty and nice. I love Scratch's blue-ish color. It's a very nice blue. Oh and he is SO fun to draw. Thank goodness too, cuz the last character I was obsessed with was Guzma, I love his design too but it's a nightmare to draw. The only thing I'd change about Scratch's design (not counting headcanons or styles) is his feet. More specifically his lack of claws. Where are they?? His name is Scratch, so why doesn't he canonly have claws? It's not a big deal, I headcanon he has retractable claws, but still.

Third, I kinda relate to him? Not too much like I did, again bringing up the last character I was obsessed with, Guzma, but still relatable. I'm also very dumb and gullible, and I'm the oldest of my siblings not counting step. I know Scratch and Grounder are technically twins, but for the sake of this I'm gonna say Scratch is ever so slightly older. I relate to random quirks he has like copying and playing out fictional media I like, talking very loudly, and being extremely clumsy.

Probably the most dumb reason on this but I adore it; his outfits. Omg. His outfits. My favorites are def the knight one, the astronaut suit, and I'm not sure what it's called but the outfit he wears in the Egypt episode when he tries to trick Sonic's ancestor. LIKE HE SERVED?? HELLO?? And those are just my favorites. He has such good style in my opinion, he ate almost every single outfit up (almost).

Ok so finally getting to this: his duo dynamic. Omg. Scratch and Grounder are like- my favorite villain duo ever. They're perfect. They balance eachother so nicely and are literally siblings. I love the type of bond they have. They fight almost constantly over everything, and are constantly blaming eachother for no reason, yet they still care for eachother. It's just not obvious. It's more obvious in Grounder, but Grounder isn't really mean. Evil and a shitty influence definitely. But he's not really that mean? Grounder kinda looks up to Scratch a lot, no pun intended, but Scratch also cares back. He just won't vocally say it. Like he has saved Grounder's life MULTIPLE times. And gets very defensive of him when he feels like it. They're not perfect, obviously. Scratch especially can be a total jerk to Grounder for no reason. But at the end of the day they do care for eachother. Hell even when they're not up to catching Sonic or helping Robotnik they're hanging out together, very rarely do you see them on their own. Once in a while yes they do their own thing, but they do hang out a lot. Also how their designs balance eachother is so nice. Scratch is this tall, skinny, chicken robot while Grounder is short, chubby, and a mole robot. Also little side note, the chicken robots Scratch is based off of (Cluckers or something) drive me insane 😭. Like I died probably 26 times from them. Anyways the colors too. Grounder's greenish teal compliments Scratch's red details. Idk as an artist I just like that fact. Don't ask me any deep questions about art btw, ik I work as an artist but I'm not that smart 😰. I like how even though Grounder is the short one Scratch will coward and cling onto him 😭 it's funny. And I love how chaotic they are. Just two dumbass guys doing dumbass things!! Coconuts when added is also amazing. I wish we got to see them work together more. But Grounder and Scratch on their own are again, perfect.

Oh. Also. I like how they're ACTUALLY separate characters. With a lot of duos I see one of two things happen a lot. Either they have very watered down personalities, or are literally the same person. I like how Scratch ans Grounder work together, but on their own are great characters still.

The final reason is probably the most.. I guess vague out of the others. I just feel like he could have a lot of depth. Ok I know he's dumb. He's made as a comedic henchman. He's not supposed to be taken seriously and it's a silly kid's show. But how him and Grounder are treated is lowkey dark? Like they LITERALLY said they're abused. And that's normal to them. They thought "hm yes let's force our robot kid to do chores! That's love!" Like no.. No that's not love 😭. I feel like that could also be a contributing reason to why Scratch is so hostile and cold, even to people he cares for like Grounder. It's because he doesn't know how to show it. But that's more headcanon territory so I dunno. And I feel like them fighting for a BIT of Robotnik's love tears them apart and it's kinda sad to watch. Like they could be very close but can't.

This was more of a sloppy rant than anything. And I don't really watch aosth that often. Not often enough to remember every single detail. So if anything is wrong I am terribly sorry 😭. But those are just a few huge reasons why I love Scratch so much. That's not getting into tiny specific details that don't really matter at all. Anyways I'm sorry for this long ass rant, I swear I won't do this often 😰 probably just one more time for another "show" if I feel like it, I just felt like ranting today! Thank you for reading this!

(Also photo of him. Cuz why not.)

[catfox1310]

Humanity's Hope D-Sides concept.

Hey everyone! So one day while I was looking at fanmade FNF D-Sides stuff, I had the thought to do a D-Sides version of the Humanity's Hope AU for fun. (Some links for those unaware of what the AU is)

It was pretty hard to do this concept, since Maria is the main villain in D-Sides Sonic. But I had an idea on how I could make it work while still somewhat following D-Sides Sonic's lore.

Here it is:

"Years ago on a space station known as the Space Colony ARK. There lived a young girl named Maria Robotnik and her cousin Ivo Robotnik. Their grandfather, Gerald Robotnik, had suddenly dissapeared one day, leaving them all alone by themselves.

One day, Maria was wandering around the ARK and came across Gerald's lab, curious, Maria checked around the place to see what he had built before his dissapearence. One of the inventions would catch her attention, some sort of platform with a keypad and a power switch. Turning it on, she fiddled around with it, accidently hitting a button and getting zapped, knocking her out cold.

When she awoke, she found herself lying on the ground, and face to face with a purple hedgehog, kneeling down and looking at her. This was Sonic The Hedgehog, the guardian of the Master Emerald. Something that Maria saw behind him, it was a georgious-looking gem. But Maria noticed something... strange, about it.

While Sonic was confused, Maria could swear that she was hearing a faint voice calling out to her from within the emerald, and so she placed her hand onto it. This action caused lots of energy from the Master Emerald to flow within her, causing her to collapse.

Getting back up on her feet, Maria wasn't even sure what happened. Unsure what else to do, Maria set off to explore her surroundings.

Eventually Maria would find some sort of camp run by two robots with (fake) mustashes named Prisbot and Cylbot. It was there where someone would suddenly greet her, the spirit of an echidna girl named Tikal.

Tikal would tell her that the power she gave her could actually transform her into a magical girl by pointing up to the sky and saying the phrase "Magical Maria, powerup!" It worked! And everyone was amazed by it.

Maria spent the next few days getting taught how to use her newfound powers, after everything was done, Maria returned to Angel Island and showed Sonic these powers too.

Maria would then live a peaceful life with her new purple friend, but this peace was soon shattered once someone dicided to steal the Master Emerald for infinite power. And Maria was shocked to see who it was...

It was... an older version of her...?

Maria knew what she had to do, and raced after this "impostor" to get the Master Emerald back, Sonic had some trouble due to his shoes becoming heavy from being far away from the emerald, but eventually his shoes malfunctioned and unlocked permanently, allowing him to run as fast as Maria and to finally be able to explore the land. Eventually, Maria defeated the "imposter" and brought the Master Emerald back.

Little did young Maria know that this "faker" really was the real deal from the future, and that her older self would harness a bit of the Master Emerald energy, allowing her to become a Dark Magical Girl and fight her younger self so that she can have the Master Emerald all for herself. And thus, the story would begin..."

And there you have it! Obviously I didn't touch on the other Magical Girls and the storyline with the plague created by D-Gerald (NIDS), the Chaos Emeralds, D-Shadow, and D-Ivo. But those ideas are still in this version of the AU.

One thing that I should tell you all is that some of the companions are changed here. Young D-Maria has Sonic, D-Helen now has Claws, D-Sara has Cream, and Older D-Maria has Shadow and Fang/Nack. (And yes, Older D-Maria's role is a fusion of Eggman and Eggette's roles in the OG AU.)

I also imagined that Young D-Maria looks like the regular D-Side Classic Maria design, but without the Eggman infuences. A mix of the normal and D-Side designs if you will. (But I'm unsure what Hope, Sara, Helen and Frances' D-Side designs will look like yet. I could ask Deacon, but I don't want to bother him.)

Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed this concept, and if you have any questions, whether it'd be lore, or ideas for the D-Side versions of the characters mentioned above (trust me, I don't have any ideas right now for the rest of 'em apart from Sage and maybe Elise). Let me know!

[eggluttony]

Eggman desires to show off his newest apprentice (the reader) to Gerald (who was busy eating some snacks on a couch). Eggman teases the apprentice by how they were eyeing him and blushing at the thought of him along with meeting his father. Gerald smirks at the apprentice as he has them and robotnik sit down with him (specifically with the apprentice in the middle of him and robotnik). Their thick and plump sides press up against the apprentice, whom is a blushing mess by now. Robotnik and Gerald talk for a bit and then smirk as they readjust themselves to have their guts sandwich the poor apprentice.

They start to tease the apprentice and they push the apprentice deeper into their soft guts. Eventually the apprentice slips down into their groins and sees how hard they both are. The two fat men immediately have them undo their almost burst open suits and then proceed to spit//roast and Double pen//etrate them as they continue to eat their snack and laugh at the apprentice. As soon as the two men are done, they have the apprentice on their hands and knees as the two use them to rest their feet on their back (which is arched due to the sheer weight of their legs). Gerald tells his son how good of an apprentice he has and that he might even borrow them.

Who wouldn't become a blushing mess and just have to admire both Eggman and his grandfather when finding out he's almost just as fat and very handsome too 💜 And the delight of immediately knowing that it's for the same reason too, the way they love to eat, as Gerald is enjoying his snacks and rubbing his big belly as he eats. It really runs in the family!

The first thing the apprentice takes notice of is the size of his grandfather's tits and belly and with the way their eyes immediately move down to stare, both Eggman and Gerald can tell exactly what they're looking at. Eggman doesn't hesitate to tease them, saying "So you like what you see with both of us, ey?" and Gerald is very happy to catch their interest too

When the apprentice is sat in between them they can feel the warmth of their huge bodies and their squishy spilling love handles lightly press against them both sides and already gets them flustered as they talk. Even more so when the two give each other a smirk and a nod over their shoulders and then turn inwards to push them between their bellies

Now sandwiched between their guts they get to feel just how warm, round, soft, and flabby they are. As they push together more the apprentice can just about feel how stuffed full both of their stomachs are, really bulging tight beneath the soft fat that they're sinking into. They both tease "you really love being squished between our huge fat bellies, don't you?"

The apprentice soon feels the men's hard cocks as they keep bumping their bellies against them but then put their hips into it and hump them too. They order them to undo their suits, saying "come on, you know you want to see our bellies and cocks." they're barely clinging to their huge fat bellies, the buttons on their clothes popping right off as they grab them

The apprentice marvels and drools at the size of their massive bellies bursting out of their clothes and spilling out even further. They're both so round and wide, Eggman's has dark brown hair and Gerald has gray all over their bellies and into happy trails to their pubic hair. Eggman's belly and cock are noticeably bigger but really they're both very huge in both areas

Soon they're making them gag and moan on their cocks as they take turns spitroasting them, big balls hitting their chin as one fucks their face and big balls slapping their behind as the other drills their fat cock into their hole, swap. Then Gerald lays back and has them climb on top of his belly while Eggman stands behind them and they push their cocks into the hole together

Stuffing and stretching their hole while they stuff and stretch their guts as they're still both stuffing their faces with food even more, so their bellies continue to fill up and feel fuller and heavier and weigh down on them and increase the pressure on the apprentice. All the movement and pushing their bellies against them during the thrusts makes them burp a ton

As they belch and groan in pleasure from the fullness, the apprentice smiles wide and moans more. They love the feeling of being between two fat stuffed loudly belching men with their huge full bellies jiggling and squishing against them while their cocks slam into them. They look so woozy from the pleasure, the men tease them by saying they're such a slut for big fatties!

They can't hide how much they love it, it's a warm soft doughy heaven squished between them as they're burping while fucking the same hole. "Fuck, we're really stuffing their hole like we've stuffed our bellies, look at how stretched it is, we're splitting them wide open. But they love it don't they?" Eggman notes. "They sure do, just listen to them moan!" Gerald says

"I wonder who they think is doing the better job pounding them?" Eggman asks. "Me, I'm most experienced, I'm the older one." Gerald says. "No, me!" Eggman insists. They get playfully competitive and try to thrust harder and faster of the two until the apprentice is moaning louder and cries out "Both! Both of you feel amazing!" and they laugh and enjoy the ego boost

Their overstuffed guts by the end plus their overstuffed hole with the thick hot loads of cum they pump into them has them all feeling so good and so satisfied on cloud nine when they all reach their limits and cum. The apprentice is so overfilled with the men's cum, it leaves them feeling full even when they take their cocks out, even after it gushes from the hole they gaped together

Then they kick back and rest their feet on their back and they're so heavy it weighs down and arches their back but they served as a nice hole to fuck and now they're an obedient little footrest! Gerald says "Wow son, you really know how to pick them, this one's promising! You'll have to let me have em on some days!" But Ivo insists they're either all his or they take them on together hehe 💜

[emeraldtied]

Copy and pasted most of this from another post I did years ago, but added a few things too. Plus the lead up to their actual dating period, but here's a break down of Arrow and Mina's relationship:

Sonic and Mina met when they were eighteen, on the latter's birthday in fact. While they knew of each other, they came face to face for the first time at The Pit, a nightclub in Grand Metropolis.

While that night ended in a very typical rendezvous (yes, a one night stand) there was a genuine connection between them. They talked for hours in the club, having found a comradiere with one another that they very much needed (Sonic more so than Mina, but still). It was the first time either of them found another celebrity less than enthused with the life, one of the first times they could just be themselves without having to worry about keeping up appearances. This would become a running theme in their relationship, the backbone even.

They spent the night in question at Sonic's flat, and spent the morning after talking even more. It was then they decided to put any kind of relationship on hold, though this was mainly Sonic's suggestion given his mindset at the time. They still exchanged contact information however and before parting ways was when Mina offered her assistance fighting, which Sonic turned down in the moment.

They kept in touch over the next few years, in fact Sonic was a pretty frequent regular at Mina's concerts when she was touring on West Mobius and they often met backstage to catch up. It didn't take the mongoose’s crew, particularly her band, to notice something between them, though they kept their observations to themselves.

The bond between her and Sonic actually caused a bit of strife in some of Mina's relationships, born mostly of jealousy on whoever she was dating at the time's part, and there was a section of time where Sonic and Mina stopped talking. But it didn't last long, the two even played music together some of the times they met to chat.

Mina was the third person to join The Freedom Fighters at Sonic's request. She gladly accepted and while one of the many members shocked by the hedgehog coming clean about his past, like the others she still supported him wholly and completely.

Apart from training with the other Freedom Fighters, Mina started special practice sessions with Sonic once it became clear that she was having trouble with her own speed. Despite being a natural born speedster she never took time to practice the skill, but Sonic was all too willing to lend a hand. Using the opportunity to not only hone Mina's skills, the hedgehog had a habit of bringing them both to remote, beautiful, places that he knew of from his travels when they needed to take a break or were otherwise tired of running around.

One could say their relationship started taking a turn during one such adventure, in a particular meadow. It was there Sonic admitted that he didn't see himself getting out of the final fight alive but, if he did, he had the intention of taking Mina on a proper date, to which Mina accepted.

Sonic and Mina were paired up when The Freedom Fighters went after Robotnik and together they traveled over Westside Island and were the first to run into Robotnik and his new robots. With the help of Bolt they were able to retrieve the emerald the doctor had found and make a clean getaway. From there they joined Porker and Johnny in finding the fifth emerald before rejoining the rest of The Freedom Fighters in Green Hill, where they were soon ambushed.

Like the rest of The Freedom Fighters, Mina was present during their final altercation with Robotnik and witnessed Dark take over Sonic's body and what the entity was capable of. It was Mina who dragged Sonic out of danger once he was back in control, and back to the base.

On a similar note, she was also there with everyone in Grand Metropolis and was indeed present when Sonic died. Unsurprisingly, she was distraught by the events but still assisted in gathering the emeralds to help bring him back and helped in the immediate clean up and rescue efforts in Grand Metropolis.

Mina spent the majority of her time after on Angel Island while Sonic regained his strength, leaving only to assist the other Freedom Fighters when they asked though she was never gone for long. During this time she got to know Rosie, who had also been brought to the island after seeing what had happened in the city. They hit it off well, much to Sonic’s relief.

Once back on his feet, and in between training and organizing The Freedom Fighter efforts, Sonic made a point in spending more time with Mina and fulfilling his promise to take her on a real date, and another, and another. Their relationship progressed enough that Sonic took her offer of staying with her in Scrap Brain. While intermittent at first, it only took a few months before he ‘unofficially’ moved in. 

Another turning point in their relationship, and perhaps the one that sealed the deal, was near the first anniversary of Robotnik and Chaos’ attack, specifically the one in Grand Metropolis. Overcome with grief and guilt the night of, Sonic had a full blown panic attack that knocked out power in Scrap Brain while he was staying with Mina. It was the mongoose who consoled him after the fact, staying up with him the whole night through as he dealt with frayed emotions. 

Just a few days later, they decided to become official. A year after that, they admitted their love for one another one day, pretty much at random, and haven’t looked back.

A few years later is when Arrow joined the band, after much nagging from Mina and her bandmates, and from there they started to tour around the world together.

It was Mina who brought up the idea of marriage a couple of years after this, and while Arrow didn't shoot the idea down he did admit he never saw the appeal in the notion. This more or less ended the conversation, but he could tell his words had shifted something in the mongoose, and that got him thinking.

Arrow sought out advice from Kintobor on the matter, questioning his father figure on their relationship with their wife and matters of love in general. Later he asked the same of Rosie and her experience with her husband.

It led to him proposing to Mina just a few months later, in the meadow where they had their heart-to-heart just a few years prior. However instead of a ring, he used the guitar picks they had exchanged when they first started dating, now encased in silver and glass necklaces. She said yes.

They continued touring even after Sonic proposed although stopped a few months before the wedding to take a much-needed break.

They were married on March 20th, 3230. It was a very small wedding of only their closest friends and family, and they didn't announce it to the public until a month later. It was around this time their families revealed the house on the outskirts of Green Hill, their wedding gift where they reside today.

They continued to do smaller shows, mostly charity, but officially announced their hiatus when Arrow brought up the idea of starting a family, to which Mina jumped on happily.

After some trial and error, and nearly two years of stress, Lyra was born in 3232. From that moment on Arrow and Mina have put their lives as musicians on the backburner, only doing smaller shows here and there and living their best life with this daughter in Green Hill.

[chaosworthy]

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Night had long since fallen over the forest, a blanket of tranquil silence that was at times peaceful. Other times? Too quiet. It sat somewhere in the middle that night for the blue hedgehog as he stood on his back porch, leaning on the railing and looking out past the garden and into the forest. He was looking for nothing in particular, merely lost in thought as the distant sound of waves served as a backtrack to his aimless pondering. He likely would have spent the entirety of the night like that, until the break of dawn.

Had something not caught his eye.

He knew he hadn’t imagined it, and he blinked back to reality when the shadow figure seemed to stop, then move deeper into the forest. It blended in near perfectly, but where some might have felt fear at a strange thing watching them, the hero actually smiled. In one fell leap his feet were on the grass, and in a flash he had taken off after the odd object. It didn’t take more than a few seconds for him to catch up with them, and upon coming to a stop at the cliff overlooking the ocean, not far from his home, Sonic actually let out a soft laugh.

"You could stop by during the day, y'know. We'd love t' have you for dinner."

His offer was honest, and even Shadow knew that as he turned from the scenic viewpoint to look at the blue hedgehog. His expression was carefully neutral, as it always was, but there was something in his tone as he replied. Something touched, maybe, but persistent. 

"I don't want to intrude," the darker hedgehog said, crimson eyes glancing back toward the cabin before back at the hero. "You and your family deserve some peace."

Somehow that only served to make Sonic’s smile brighter as he made an off gesture with one hand. "And yet you come by t’ check on us pretty regularly. Of course I've noticed, I just figured you'd tell us why by now."

That middle part was added because of the look that came over Shadow’s face, a surprise that was hard to miss. There was no ire or anything like it in Sonic’s voice but the black hedgehog still looked like he had gotten scolded in a way. Had he been that obvious? Or was the blue hedgehog just that observant? After a moment of thought, of reminding himself just who Sonic was, Shadow thought he had his answer. 

The two hedgehogs had never hated each other, contrary to what their first meeting may have looked like to some. Shadow had merely been operating under Rouge’s direction because he hadn’t known better. His bout with amnesia had changed a lot, and he had done things he wasn’t proud of, but he was on the mend and Shadow knew he had the blue hedgehog (and certain detectives) to thank for that. Still, Shadow only gave a shake of his head. 

"There's…no reason."

"You really are a strange one, huh?" Sonic didn't buy it, but he knew well enough that trying to force anything from the other was a losing battle. In truth, he hadn't been bothered in the least by the other's visits, because he knew there was nothing malicious about them. If there was, they wouldn’t be standing there right now with civil conversation. So he only gave a light laugh, weight shifting as he placed a hand on his hip. "It sort of works out, I never did get t' thank you for pointing us in the right direction a few years ago. Without that, who knows how well things would have gone."

It was a fact he would admit to just about anyone, and Sonic was very aware of the fact that they never would have found out what Robotnik was up to without Shadow's help. If the dark hedgehog hadn't pointed them in the right direction there was no telling how things would have ended up. It wasn’t something the hero liked to dwell on and he was thankful, something that may have gotten a little lost in the smirk that graced his features next, emerald hues unwavering as they looked at the other. 

"That, an’ I heard you helped fight back in the places that would have been overtaken otherwise. So…thank you."

Again, there was a silent shock on Shadow’s part. Not because he was surprised to hear the hero knew about it, but that genuine gratitude in the hero’s voice. That was aimed at him. Nonetheless, those crimson hues narrowed, though not unkindly. "You really do have eyes and ears everywhere, don't you hedgehog?"

"You say it like it's a bad thing," Sonic quipped, though his smile fell a notch as he thought for a moment longer. "Sides…there's not much use for it anymore. Not with things as peaceful as they are. Must make wandering easy though, yeah?"

They both had their reasons to be happy that a certain scientist was gone, and they wouldn’t deny that. No one in their right mind would. Without Robotnik there was peace. That was undeniable. 

"Admittedly, yes." Shadow soon fell silent, expression level as he looked out towards the ocean and without really realizing it Sonic had followed suit. For a moment there was only the sound of the ocean, of crashing waves, and some far-off call until the darker hedgehog shifted. "Without the doctor around things are…peaceful. I…like it here."

"Do you ever think of going back?" The question was out before the hero could really think it over, but he was curious. Shadow, after all, wasn’t from Mobius but rather Earth. The same one Kintobor was from, though how closely they had been in the same time none of them really knew. Or, rather, weren’t willing to talk about.

"Back to what? There's nothing left there." Shadow snorted, knowing the blue hedgehog couldn’t argue with that. They both knew that on Earth, whichever one it was, the Ark had crashed into the planet. Neither of them had to be scientists to know what the likely outcome of that was. "Even if I never anticipated it…this is my home now."

"'S not such a bad one t' have." And the hero knew he wasn’t the only one who thought so either. Why else would so many people have come together to defend it otherwise? It was their home too, and the hedgehog knew he spoke for a handful of people when he said they were glad to have Shadow as part of it. More reason for him to shoot a playful, yet semi-serious, look at the other. "I mean it though, one day we'll have t' meet proper and do dinner. Or at least lunch."

It was, naturally, met with a glare. "You're insufferable."

"Wouldn't have made it this far if I wasn't."