#ark hcs

[spyrkle4]

Ark hcs I have about the survivors: Aberration (part 2)

Sequel to the last post on ab, this one is gonna talk about the grad students n’ stuff (and I am going to be self indulgent af and none of you can stop me)

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-So fun fact the grad students have their own wiki page and it helps me think about what was going on in ab after everyone bounced (and when I mean everyone I mean everyone left, except their tames)

-Sadly I think Rockwell killed almost-everyone’s tames since he couldn’t get to the survivors, he could at least get the creatures they couldn’t bring with them...

-But not Xiao! Most of the light pets managed to avoid being spared bc they’re smol and it’s easier for them to hide, so yeah he mostly chilled in the ruins of the tek village for a long time until discovered by what’s left of the grad students

-Rockwell was the one who brought the grad students onto aberration, since he took over as overseer he could bring survivors onto the ark now, I think he mostly brought “students with bright minds” for his experiments

-Considering he was influencing some of the grad students, I think he was running experiments by poking through their heads and trying to get them to do what he wanted, basically his first test subjects in controlling other creatures 

-I like to think they all got along a little before Rockwell was messing with them, Trent and Rusty were the kind of people that did dumb dares and Emilia tagged along to feel included 

-Also they had a pet bulbdog with the group that was Emilia’s, they were together until the very end...

(more notes under the cut)

-Boris at first was leader of the group but Trent and Emilia voted Imamu bc he was too bossy and terrible at directions XD

-I actually think Boris is just a grump at first, he’s like “I just want to be a scientist I didn’t ask to be teleported into dinosaur land!” 

-Trent tried apologizing to Rusty multiple times after the incident of making of fun of his accent but at that point Rockwell was whispering words of doubt into his head he never accepted his friend’s apologies 

-Emilia and Rusty went on a date once (”It is not a date, stop it Trent” -Trent said it was bc he’s a troll) at fertile lake where they just talked and went fishing.

-Rusty I think helped Emilia feel confident, she was the anxious member of the group and he helped inspire her to feel brave, he was probably in her thoughts when she sacrificed herself so the others could escape 

-The fall Rusty had just broke his legs or something, he would’ve healed after a long rest, but Boris isn’t exactly a patient guy...

-Emilia and Rusty’s death hit Trent hard, he started taking their situation more seriously and stuck close to Imamu, worried about losing him too, 

-I think it was the combination of Element and Rockwell’s whispers that drove Boris off the deep end, he was still a bit of a grumpy jerk beforehand, but he wouldn’t have killed Rusty and drove Emilia to sacrifice herself if he hadn’t been corrupted at that point

-Trent and Imamu kept the journals of their fallen friends, Trent wanted to burn Boris’ journal after reading it, but Imamu talked him out of it as he thought that the voice that he and Rusty heard must’ve droven him insane, so Trent (reluctantly) put his arson plans on hold

-So when Trent and Imamu were in the ruins of the Tek village, they discovered a little shinehorn sitting by the ruins that was really friendly to them, Trent liked having the little guy around bc it reminded him of Emilia and her bulbdog.

-They found out the shinehorn was named Xiao bc they collected some of the explorer notes and dossiers, it’s also how they first discovered the name of Sir Edmund Rockwell

-Emilia was the one who started the trend of finding explorer notes, thinking they’d have a key to getting out of the Ark if they read the stories of past survivors, but she wasn’t there anymore to find the notes, so the two did their best to try and continue her work 

-Trent and Imamu, when they were the last of the group, became very close since they were in this situation together (Trent 100% called it a bromance, Imamu was very confused bc he did not know what Trent was referencing) 

-Before his defeat at the hands of Rockwell, Imamu first felt sorrow on ab when he discovered the dossier on reapers, and what to do if one... stabs you with their tail, he basically started tearing up and kept repeating “I could’ve saved him... I could’ve saved him” over and over because if he had known about the reapers... Trent would be alive

-Xiao gave Imamu some shinehorn hugs afterwords : (, why am I mean to these kids omg

-I’ve heard some people speculate that Imamu died shortly of his wounds after losing the fight from Rockwell, I think he did survive but his spirit didn’t :’( so he just spent his days by the tek village, with Xiao for company

-If Trent had survived his encounter with the reaper queen, I think he and Imamu would’ve been able to defeat Rockwell and escape aberration 

[itz-pandora]

I keep thinking about these guys ... Idiots....

[nova-rpv]

"i have a sister now! thank you, granpa! we are going to do so much stuff together!"

(trans masc newborn shado btw. tag as ship and ill kill you)

[thatshadowcomic]

Thinking about Shadow and Maria again

Sometimes I wonder if she ever felt indebted to Shadow and her grandfather, given how hard they worked.

She was a genius too, but half the time she was unable to provide anything to the ARK or anyone... without warning, despite it all, no one expected anything of her. She saw how much they expected things of Shadow and Gerald, and she couldnt help them.

I can imagine people reassuring her that she didnt have to do anything and pushing her to just relax, don't stress your fragile body. I wonder if Shadow would have been able to see it, or if she hid that feeling, refusing to let Shadow learn about guilt and sadness. She probably hated that he was made to serve anyone else... She wanted him to be happy.

Not happy for her, not happy for Gerald or GUN. Happy for himself.

They were all meant for great things and couldn't achieved them, because of things outside of their control.

Do you think she questioned if he was happy? Was he happy to do something, or did he only do it because it made someone else happy? Was is because he was told to do it, or because he wanted to accomplish the end goal, too? Maybe that scared GUN...

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This theme sits deep with me in regards to shadow... even with Doom, even with Gerald... I think he struggles deeply understanding and allowing himself to do things for, well, himself.

"Why do you run, sonic?"

"Huh? Because I like it."

"You enjoy exploring? Releasing extra energy? Scanning for eggman?"

"I just like the feeling. Doesn't need to be anything else. Do you think Amy wears red for a reason, or because she just likes the color?"

"...red has a lot of relevance to cultures and to Amy's personality. She seems to value it's ties to love and many cultures believed it held spiritual powers, something she also seems interested in. Life is more complicated than that, sonic--"

"You gotta lot to learn, Shadow... Sometimes stuff loses meaning the more you break it down. see ya."

"...tch."

[darlingcloudie-9]

oough………. my babies………….. i care for them very much 🌸

[penxil]

thinks about the ark siblings. cries a million tears

[extraaa-30]

at the pitch meeting for the job episode:

someone: we need to establish continuity with the s1 biblical scenes, some kind of callback

neil and/or douglas mackinnon, about to be the funniest people alive: oh, haven't you heard...?

[sarroora]

This family talks with their hands all the time and it’s lovely

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Since the Fearless Year of shadow wouldn't be complete without my contribution lol, I'll be publishing my fanfiction, Takotsubo, on AO3 on December 19th, one day before the movie's release. Make sure to check it out!

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Summary:

An accident happens, leaving Maria in the sickbay, and Shadow distraught.

And Gerald finds himself in the very familiar seat of being the parent to two distressed children.

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[aroaceleovaldez]

tysm ! i loved your arke headcanons !! have you got any for her time in tartarus and how she left too?

I don't have a ton of thoughts for how she got out of Tartarus - we know from TLT that Hades is in control of what is intentionally released from Tartarus, so maybe Arke got released eventually out of sympathy or good behavior. Either that or she escaped at some point (maybe with Hades turning a blind eye to her) or was released with the rest of the Titans. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[nightmarebunnyking]

I hc that Maria, whenever she was stressed on the ark or had a very bad day with her illness,she would pet shadow quills to calm herself down and it soothing for them both

I love their relationship

[allthedrugsforcreativity]

I don’t fully know why but Maria Robotnik and generally everything that happened on the space colony ARK happened in a 60s esk time period (obviously the technology is different but that’s because it’s Sonic. Referring more to the aesthetics) like have you ever listened to 60s music and Shadow Maria angsted to it that shit will kill you

[sophbun]

shadow refuses to sleep in the same room/near anyone because he purrs really loudly in his sleep because it used to soothe maria and he is embarrassed by it

[demegod-dess]

Some of my silly Sonic worldbuilding headcanons yippee 👍

(For clarification I refer to the animal characters as mobians even though that's like technically not canon anymore I think lol)

•Common headcanon, but showing hands (and feet but esp hands) is a big deal to mobians. They only show their hands/feet to family, extremely close friends, and romantic relationships.

•^Showing hands in any kind of relationship other than biological family is a particularly important emotional base to get to and shows deep trust

•^It used to be abnormal to show any hand at all, but now it’s mostly just the palm area (basically fingerless gloves are fine, for feet sandals are probably okay now but they’d need to stay well on the heel if that makes sense)

•^This was weird in the 50s/60s so if Shadow sees someone with fingerless gloves he’s briefly scandalized like a victorian man seeing a miniskirt lmao (ik he was raised on the ARK anyways but I hc he would’ve read and been taught about it probably)

•^Also idk about this one but maybe mobians started covering their hands in an effort to be closer to normal humans, so that’s why showing their actual hands became a sign of closeness/trust?

•Mobians are basically humans that mutated a long time ago because of radiation/pollution/chemicals/fallout/etc or something (kinda sorta similar to how in Archie they came from like,, a gene bomb making animals evolve really fast and humans devolve?? But instead it’s that whatever it was caused some humans to mutate to be similar to animals from around where they live or smth???)

•^Idk whether or not I think mobians (and humans) are aware that that's where they came from, probably not though I feel like it got lost to time kinda?? Maybe the first mutations also caused memory loss so no one remembered

•^There are also middle grounds between humans and mobians, like that’s what the catgirl and people with pointy ears from the OVA were

•A lot of mobians just started using “the ______” as their surnames, similarly to how human surnames came from occupations

•^Once mobians were more integrated into human society the system for their names in like IDs and stuff didn’t change, so “the” became an actual common middle name and “(animal)” an actual last name. So basically Sonic’s middle name, as well as most characters, is genuinely The

•^Some mobians either always or gradually started to use more human-like surnames

•^These surnames were usually things from nature (ex. Rose, Acorn, etc.) because that's just important to a lot of mobians

(also daily click reminder as usual: https://arab.org/)

[possible-streetwear]

[thatshadowcomic]

Tails helping Shadow rebuild parts of the ARK to establish a earth protection unit against future invasions, only for tails to discover pictures in the deleted data, that wasn't yet written over. He brings it to sonic and rouge for guidance...what should he do?

Shadow's overseeing the project with GUN's support. He's strict and particular on what they can and can't do and seems to find great purpose in this. I can imagine it's a weird feeling seeing scientists back on the ARK, even if they're only rebuilding a small section of it for defense, and not actually to live or research within.

Maybe they should just wait to show him... He refuses to let anyone into the living area of the ARK and one specific bay.

[the-incident-on-show-day]

the ark’s d&d nights

(hcs i wrote during a power outage because i had nothing else to do)

rowan - the DM!! he loves writing and planning elaborate campaigns, as well as being in control. because of this he struggles with railroading (for non-d&d players, that basically means forcing your players to make choices/follow paths they don’t want to) and often fights with lister, who makes it his mission to derail the story as much as possible. when he has to play as a character, he’ll be a bard or a wizard.

bliss - loves making chaotic hot people. loves flirting with chaotic hot people. you’d think it would be awkward, considering her ex is the DM- it isn’t. quick to jump to violence (or provoke others to it). basically tries to get in as many badass oneliners in every sentence as she can, and somehow it works. probably mains genasis or smth... either as a rogue or a magic user.

juliet - she’s introduced as a sweet, unassuming elven girl... everyone assumes she’s just playing herself. but as soon as she goes into combat, she RAGES and it turns out she was a barbarian all along- the most brutal warrior you could ever imagine. different voice and everything. turns out she’s using D&D as an outlet for her suppressed childhood rage. everyone is terrified, impressed, and lister begs to put her on a screamo album.

lister - he makes a joke character- definitely named something like jack inoff. definitely a gnome bard. does the funny voice, flirts with everyone, blah blah blah. ruins a bunch of serious moments because he’s scared of vulnerability. but when his backstory comes up, it ends up being the most tragic fucking thing possible and breaks the hearts of everyone at the table. by the end, he’s the most invested out of all of them… and definitely cries when his first character dies.

jimmy - a paladin. with a knife. he’s a little shy about roleplaying at first (beginnings of sessions are always a struggle) and sticks to peppering in funny comments every now and then. but once he gets into it, he gets INTO IT. he genuinely forgets he’s playing a character sometimes. and lister can’t take his eyes off of him.

angel - joins on call, used to just listen in until rowan suggests that she plays as jimmy’s patron. she’s the most chaotic out of all of them and rarely gives anyone what they request- but she’s so funny about it that no one can find it in themselves to be mad.

(oh and they definitely make an album abt this. ppl theorize endlessly like “what does it mean when they say ‘i just wanna quench the flames / but i’m already ablaze??’ a metaphor for mental health?? for self-destructive tendencies??”)

(and instead it’s abt lister’s dumb ass who keeps casting firebolt in enclosed spaces.)