#episode ii headcanon bogaloo

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i think when tails is working on smt and sonic's chilling out w em, tails can just say like, "can you pass me the..."

and without missing a beat sonic will throw them exactly what they needed, they'll catch it perfectly and give a backwards thumbs-up, sonic will chuckle and tails will grin, and then the two go back to what they were doing

cause sonic does have knowledge on this kinda stuff, and he observes what tails's doing all the time. he likes watching his little bro work, and even with his shit memory he tries his best to figure out what goes where and when and how and why.

i think things arent as easy w tails's other friends, though. amy's great at software but doesn't know the first thing about hardware - or tails's gadgets, specifically; knux and trip and sticks barely interact with technology as-is, let alone something as personalized as tails's stuff; . everyone's absolutely interested in what tails has to say and do, but they don't really get what he's doing

i think sometimes when they gotta ask others for help they say "can you pass me the..." but then nothing.

their brain is blank and full of fuzz. they cant remember the name of whatever thing they need, or if they do remember they dont know the specifics - what kind of head for a drill screwdriver, what shape and size the wrench they need is.

they try to mime the shape of whatever they need, still racking their brain for the actual specifics, but the short-ish temper they inherited from sonic wins over in the end and they just look for whatever they need themself, embarrassed and feeling incredibly guilty.

i think eventually theyd make a proper inventory of everything they have and thatll make their life FAR easier, but until then its a lot of awkward fumbling and anger at themself for things they cant change

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(bit of uhhh systemphobia/ableism in this one. interalized. shadow isnt actually ableist hes just bad a grieving)

tbh at first i dont think shadow would know what a system is

like sure, he grew up in a medical environment... but that doctoring was focused pmuch exclusively on physical disabilities, not mental illnesses.

even if he did find a DSM-I or something, he wouldnt have heard anything abt DID. though there are reports of it going back literal hundreds of years, they only got the proper term for it in like 2013, and it was pmuch nowhere in the dsm until recently.

even then, so so so many people act like it doesnt exist. like it isnt legit. even now, and especially back then.

i think that would cause shadow a lotta frustration. he tries to race sonic, just to be hit w 'sonic' aaying smt like "im sorry, love, hes not at front today. i can relay the message, though!"

tbh i think shadow would get pissed. that IS sonic. its his face, his body, his voice - ignoring the completely different tone used, one shadows never heard him use, one that barely sounds like him at all - so why is who is clearly sonic acting like they aren't?

they badger tails about it later, who gives them a straight answer they refuse. they interrogate knuckles, who tells them the massive history of DID in his tribe, which shadow completely ignores. annoyed (confused) tired (desperate) they go to amy, who tells them that - well, when sonic was a kid, he wasnt safe, so his brain split and made new parts of him that could help make him safe. now that he is safe, though, his brain still makes new parts, for any reason it wants - or thinks it needs to.

despite how clear these answers were, shadow wouldnt accept a single one of them.

sonic the hedgehog is one person. one concept. one thing.

a guy who loves adventure.

he is not the villain of his own story. he is not so sickeningly sweet it surprises even his little sibling. he is not so cruel and antisocial that he leaves people behind for months, refusing to talk for any reason other than personal amusement.

he is annoying. he is bothersome. he is pushy, and loud, and deeply immature.

he is frozen in time.

when shadow met him, he was all of these things. he still is. he always will be. he doesn't change. he doesn't grow.

amy grew two feet taller and has a part-time job, tails grew three feet and looks like an entirely new person. knuckles adopts a new fashion style every month.

sonic doesn't change. he has new clothes, but they're the same style he's had them in since they first met. he has a new cane, but that's just an accessory, it's nothing unique, it doesn't mean anything.

he's a superhero wannabee, a one-trick pony, the same phrase repeated over and over and over again.

maria used to tell shadow she saw monsters. not just the regular ones under the bed or in the closet, but standing in the hallway and staring at her, whispering gibberish nonsense words until she ran away, trying not to cry.

sonic told him that it has schizophrenia, apparently. some kinda mental disorder 'categorized by hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinkin' and behavior, and flat or inappropriate affect'.

he laughed. maybe a little maniacally.

'how's that for flat?'

shadow said it absolutely was inappropriate. sonic challenged him to a race. shadow told him only if you're prepared to lose, and the two fought for hours.

they did this constantly. at least once a week. 'enjoying' each other's presence, battling their way to the top.

this routine has been changed. shattered. because one day, sonic just wasn't home.

he could grow. he could change.

he could leave

but, half a week later, he comes back, running up from behind shadow as he takes a cruise on the dark rider, scaring the shit out of him by nearly running backwards into a building

it says it heard about that race he wanted. shadow tells him the offer's off. not taking no for an answer, it says it invites him to a race.

he accepts.

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kind of getting obsessed w eggman. guy w issues. ignored by his family so he makes his own and it's twisted and broken and bent but by god it's his.

i wonder if he's ever considered introducing sage to the rest of his family. i wonder if he doesnt simply because he enjoys the power trip of withholding this happiness from them. they dont get to share in it, its just his - and sage's, of course.

our eggman having NPD and fighting against sonic whos exactly the same is p interesting. the two are p similar - impulsive, doing what they want when they want, generally not doing what they do out of a sense of justice or for the greater good (though eggman sometimes claims as such as a joke) but because they feel like it. they both want attention, respect and acknowledgement, its just that ones evil about it and the other thinks he's evil bc of it

boiling him in oil

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what if sometimes tails get. idk what specifically its called but lime. Faker Anxiety where he worries his extra tail os just like a super advanced robotic tail he made when he was a baby and keeps replacing or some shit and every time sonic learns hes thinkin that it just BITES THEM BITES THEM. And the paranoia stops :]

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gonna mention some of our sonics most important/active alters rq

sonic's polyfragmented & has well over a hundred alters so we're just mentioning the ones we have names / ideas for.

also scourge is in here. Is scourge also a guy seperate from sonic? we may never know... (the answer is literally just yes)

Pilot (he/him, neos?)

what they do: fuck all ; took away all of sonic's knowledge and muscle memory abt the tornado so he could fly it.

front tells: has a special salute he offers to everyone - two fingers on his temple, then finger-guns

relationship w/ others: when sonic realized hes the reason it suddenly started sucking at piloting the tornado, it fought him for DAYS. the two are on good terms now but sonic's still salty about the whole thing

description: dark brown fox. fur's only a little lighter than sonic's original quill/fur color

Survival (none)

what they do: keeps the body calm & focused when thrown into a survival/panic state ; fragment

front tells: acts prettymuch just like a hedgehog. snuffl snuffl

relationship w/ others: n/a

description: classic sonic but hes covered in mud

Protection (none)

what they do: split specifically to keep tails safe if sonic shut down during a battle, now helps everyone - including sonic ; fragment

front tells: completely nonverbal ; one-track mind worse than sonic's

relationship w/ others: n/a

description: classic sonic but hes covered in wounds :[

Scourge (it/he)

what they do: one-up sonic at every opportunity. obviously

front tells: usually him screaming "SCOURGE IS BACK, BABY!!!"

relationship w/ others: everyone either hates or loves him ; outside the body, amy thinks he sucks but is glad he's less sexist now, tails used to think he's scary but now just thinks he's kinda lame, and knux... has opinions.

description: YOU KNOW IT BABY!!!!

Cog (they/it)

what they do: exist. tries to keep the body away from drugs

front tells: higher-pitched voice, talks more like AoSTH / classic sonic; uses contact lenses that look like metal sonic's eyes

relationship w/ others: a lot of people jokingly hate em but most r kinda worried for em ; outside, theyre best friends with basically all badniks (though they have a somewhat rocky friendship with omega) and consider them to be its siblings

description: thinner sonic, wilting quills and its bones are painted chrome.

Mary-Ann (they/them)

what they do: split to give tails familial affection when sonic got burnt out, & later got the Secondary Task of avoiding like. CPS and stuff. ; now that they dont have to do that they get to just chill

front tells: softer tone of voice, body language is completely different and a lot slower

relationship w/ others: sonic feels bad abt pushing so much onto her even though it wasnt his fault or choice. theyre chill tho ; outside, they have a kinda-friendship with shadow since theyre the one who introduced him to the fact sonic's a system. tails loves them, and even outside of their purpose they care abt him too

description: porcupine mobian. looks a little more like an irl animal

Fleet (he/it/xe)

what they do: anger/rage/fear holder, used to be a fragment ; fronts whenever sonic goes super out of stress, or if he gets too upset when using the chaos emeralds to go super

front tells: extremely obvious. totally different way of speaking, maine/british accent (maine accent it picked up somewhere, british accent is the body's default); when fronting while super bc of the chaos emeralds, they morph him into what he looks like in headspace, but if he's just fronting due to stress all that changes is his quills are Wayyyyy messier. hard to miss him!

relationship w/ others: sonic tried to force him into permanent dormancy for years, which didnt work and caused him to take over the body for a few weeks ; he probably did meet ebony and pyjamas, both of whom unfortunately misunderstood his entire Him and hurt him a lot, but they managed to make up after xe worked thinks out with sonic and theyre rlly close friends now :]

description: it is fleetway :]

Prime (he/it)

what they do: secondary host

front tells: way, WAY more physically and verbally affectionate towards his friends; more open (obvious) about his emotions, doesnt bother hiding them as much (especially when he thinks it might be funny); a little more over the top with everything, especially his mannerisms - many of which he picked up directly from eggman

relationship with others: GREAT friends with pilot, who sorta acts like his tails when his tails isnt. yk. available (busy boy!!!). NOT FRIENDS WITH SONIC they do NOT get along :[ ; loves tails, LOVES amy, LOVES!!! KNUCKLES!!! LOVES SHADOW!!!! he loves ALL of his friends and he's gonna make it THEIR PROBLEM!!!<333

description: prime sonic! so just sort of different-looking regular sonic. he calls himself prime bc hes convinced hes the first sonic, and is totally smug abt maybe having a single memory earlier than sonic the other one.

Sonic (he/it)

what they do: primary host

front tells: it's sonic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ; rlly easy to tell when hes fronting again after a while bc he immediately picks up from the last convo you had w him (if he remembers) or challenges you to a race (if he doesnt)

relationships w/ others: VERY rocky. didnt accept he was a system for a while - he knew he was one since before the concept was given the name it has now but he was iffy on the whole "other people in his brain" thing and dealt with it HORRIBLY. this is a horrible combination of STC and IDW sonic so you know he was just being a huge inconsiderate jerk to everyone for YEARS. his reaction to the chaos emeralds giving a bunch of his alters their own bodies was fear and disgust instead of joy or even vague curiosity; even though he's repairing his relationships with everyone and going to therapy and getting support from his friends and allat, he still doesnt really like just... not having access to his body all the time. he doesnt like not being at front, it feels Bad, esp. when he misses big important dates. sorry man you got hit with the reverse curse idk what to tell you

description: ITS SONIC!!!

YUP THATS LITERALLY ALL I HAVE FOR NOW!!!

maybe ill make some more stuff with these guys and more specific alters but ive had this sitting in my drafts for like a month now so . it needs to be posted 👍

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i think on days tails has a little more energy he makes rlly sweet breakfasts

like a massive bowl of chocolate cereal in mixed coconut and chocolate milk with the tiniest drop of peppermint extract added in

or belgian chocolate french toast topped with cinnamon and maple syrup, massive sausages slathered in honey, and warm tea and fresh cookies on the side

obviously with like 20 minutes afterwards bc uhh so much foods gonna give them a stomachache they gotta calm it down somehow. totally.

sadly they never invite sonic to these breakfasts so he just gets to starve (joking joking [hes always invited and gives constant praise and compliments to the chef . he is a gourmand after all])

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nywayyyy objectum amy is everything 2 me. she loves her handmade plushies and her heavily personalized car and her bestie her diary and her bff forever her piko piko hammer and theyre all her friends and she'd do anything for em. she loves em so much

i think during forces she hid everything except her hammer n diary away somewhere supersafe. let kids take care of her plushies so neither them nor th kiddos would have t be lonely.

think every time someone tries to break her piko piko hammer - esp if they succeed - that person gets to see just how proficient at hand to hand combat she is

think if anything gets harmed she spends hours w it soothing it as she stiches it back t health or kisses its scratches better or gently whittles a new handle for t

she's got so much love for her friends no matter what form they take,,

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sonic smiling placidly totally disosociated and/or not listening 2 anyone as his 500 alters (25% of those being alternate versions of himself) scream at him bc he just did smt stupid

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sonic fucking loves cars. i think he gets, like, overly excited when he sees any that look 'weird' (distinct), or ones that match his quills or the ones that can almost match his slower running speeds

sonic hates cars, because theyre shit for the environment, and all the ones that claim to be better are just as bad, if not WORSE. every month at least once a month he has to physically restrain himself from going off to blow every damn car manufactory up

sonic LOVES cars. he loves the way each person personalizes them, how they grow to fit each others molds. the connection some people have with theirs

sonic HATES cars, the massive ones five times as tall as the average mobian driven by assholes who seem to think that if anyone's short enough to get in the blind spot, they should be fast enough to dodge out of the way - or small enough to just let the car pass over them harmlessly.

sonic loves cars. he loves his car, and his friend's cars, and the way they're all made just for them. how they've been meticulously modified by tails to be perfectly neutral in their carbon footprint, how they give him and his friends fair grounds in races together, and, honestly, how beautiful they all look

being a good activist, and a decent person, sonic advocates against the overuse of cars and the refusal to run them on anything but gasoline.

but, he still gets some guilty pleasure out of 'ooo'ing and 'aaa'ing at new models from his favorite brands...

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for our sonknux... theyre..........Kinda gay tbh

i think smt that defines their qpr is like. th concept of being alone together. sonic likes just chilling out n not having to be around others, knux isnt a people person and is used to being isolated. angel island & its archipelago are more than big enough for the both of em (even tho knux usually insists sonic stay around the places knux already knows so it cant get an advantage over him) so they can be close enough to know the others there while never rlly having to interact if they dont wanna

i think they do a lot of rlly sweet mushy stuff but not like super frequently. less kisses and more....i guess id say survival-orientated stuff like cleaning each other or cooking / foraging for one another. but cutes

think sonic calls knux pet names but w the same bite as when it calls knux "knucklehead". please imagine it calling knux its moon its wind its everything W a shit eating grin on its face. ty.

i love the

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oh yea speakin of sonknux. i think knux would want to get married.

i mean, we already know sonic Doesn't. he hates the concept of marriage, of being tied down to one person - or tied down at all. sure, he wouldnt mind the ceremony of it, but pmuch everything it stands for goes against everything he stands for.

but knux is a little more tradition-orientated. i think he'd find or be given knowledge over echidna marriage rites as a kid and spend the next month and a half daydreaming about him and sonic performing them together. being introduced to sonic's family as his future husband, the two cooking together and sharing recipes from their respect families as a sign of trust and a way of bonding. the actual marriage bit doesn't even require kissing, something he's still pretty sure sonic doesn't like (it doesnt mind its just rlly picky abt when where and why)

sonic sees marriage as a chain. knuckles sees it as nothing more than a promise - that they'll be together for as long as both are willing, and that they truly do love and care about each other.

maybe sonic would get how knux sees it, maybe he'd even be open to it, but right now he's got absolutely no interest in anything "more" than the relationship he's got with knux right now.

and that's entirely okay.

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i dont wanna think rn so im just gonna talk abt the fucking . socks

i think the first time sonic n knuckles kissed was during th classic era, prolly once they started getting more comfycozy w each other. actually i think thered be two

th time that knux considers the 'first kiss' is. well i think sometime sonic was complaining abt romance stuff to knux, mostly abt how most young adult books (which weremt even his demographic) were so romance focused and it was totally gross. n he brings up kissing but thats one word knux hadnt rlly heard in english before so he asks whadda hell that is n sonic, absolutely refusing to force knux to suffer through the books he was reading (just his retelling of them) kisses them

sonic doesnt consider that to be the 'first kiss' bc it was just an example

in its mind, their REAL first kiss was a lil after that, after smt brought tails and him over to angel island for a quick business visit

it doesnt remember the circumstances around it tbh, but it does remember that knux was keeping watch while tails slept and sonic was supposed to

sonic was sleepy as all hell and not really thinking straight, so after a bit of soppy banter it leaned over to knux, turned their face to its, and kissed him, thanking him for keeping it and its kit safe

prolly passed out leaning up against them, safe and warm

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part of my AU which is insane is that all the sonic games r basically just documentaries abt events that aftually happened But also that sonic gives a lot of mocap stuff or references for very specific animations. so while he doesnt always play the games abt him (usually cause he cant afford them) he internally ranks em based off of how much fun he had doing ref stuff for em

he thinks lost world is a rlly watered down and poorly explained version of what events actually transpired and rlly doesnt show the help amy and knux gave enough but he goes into hysterics when he remembers the map animations & had TONS of fun doing flips and poses for it so its okay in his book

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sonic def calls fleetway fleebay beepo to fuck w it. it gets a rise outta him but when hes regressed he actually kinda likes it

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i think scourge smokes like 200 cigarettes a day specifically and exclusively so his voice sounds more fucked up

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sonic's handwriting is bad. that's it. there's no secretly good part. it can be legible sometimes, he can almost write cursive, but he's not good at writing with hand otherwise.

he doesnt really care - his friends are used to it, and can usually read it after a few times. his signature's good and clear enough for government officials and obsessively adoring fans alike. but it still kinda gets to him sometimes.

yeah, duh, the fastest thing alive's got handwriting worse than your average chicken scratch, but when you're 18 and still write worse than most 2 year olds it can get a little embarrassing