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a one-sided familial relationship is funny as fuck that’s what i want for sage. i just really don’t think eggman would ever think of himself as a father, rather than an inventor, a genius, a dictator. and i don’t think eggman would ever view his creations as people or as capable/deserving of autonomy. any affection eggman has for his robots is derived of their usefulness as extensions of his will and intelligence, ultimately. he is arrogant and self-obsessed. i think he occupies a role that is not dissimilar to a father to some of his robots (namely metal sonic and sage, mayyyyyybe omega in a rebellious teen way that i dont think either would ever think of as such), i think it’s absolutely subtext, but the acknowledgement of it runs contrary to every action eggman has ever taken. it’s too much of a change in self-perception for me to believe in, i think is my main thought on it

#but hey that’s just an opinion. a myyyyyy opinion #rambles #right like it’s not not there. the denial of autonomy/personhood is very much like the role children occupy in society #but i just don’t see a compelling case for eggman ever shifting his self perception enough to think of an object as a child #an inventor as a father. it does not benefit him and undermines his image if anything #thinking of a bucket of nuts and bolts as disposable is one thing #seeing people you acknowledge as children as disposable is another #it requires such extreme cognitive dissonance. it’s illogical! and i don’t think eggman is favourable to illogic

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