#keep an eye out for wip weds! there might be smth one day soon...

[yearnsforstarlight]

hello for the WIP ask game I really am interested in the 1st WIP listed. Could I see a snippet of it?

Hello there! Thank you so much for asking this (you're allowing me to rant about stobotnik and brainstorm this fanfic idea all at once..). This is still a massive WIP though, so I can't really offer you a proper snippet; but I can offer you the summary and the train of thoughts I had while coming up for this! This does contain Sonic 3 spoilers.

For years now, it had always been Doctor Robotnik and Agent Stone. Often, where Robotnik went, Stone followed. Then Doctor Robotnik’s grandfather, Gerald shows up. Agent Stone finds himself pushed into the background, even the Doctor doesn’t seem to want his Austrian steamed goat milk latte, anymore. A stir of feelings (definitely not jealously) sets off within the ever-loyal agent. Alas, Doctor Robotnik has never been an idiot, and his sudden infatuation with family isn’t unprovoked. Rather – it’s a survival instinct, if anyone knows how dangerous the Robotnik’s can be, it’s Ivo Robotnik himself.

As you can tell, by the well chosen name for this WIP, it takes place during (and perhaps after Sonic 3). When I first watched Sonic in 2020, it was purely because me and mother had time to kill...and now look, five years later I'm writing stobotnik fanfic, hope she's proud! But anyways; this fanfic will be my take on Sonic 3, and purely how Ivo sees family. In 1 (and perhaps 2, I haven't seen that in a while though), he seems pretty adamant he doesn't need family. He's very much anti-human, and the only affection he has ever shown is to his robots. Even Stone, who must of worked with the doctor for years now, doesn't get any display of gratitude from him until he's quite literally about to die. So...after seeing Sonic for the third time, it got me thinking. As much as it is obvious they're related, why did Ivo accept him so easily? And boom, this fanfic idea was born. Who knows a Robotnik better than anyone else? A Robotnik! Ivo knows from the beginning there is something up with his grandfather, and he is determined to find out what. He also knows that Robotnik's are dangerous, and frankly have little care for the people around them; thus he keeps Stone out of it. Stone, not knowing his master plan, assumes the worst: that he has been replaced. To sum up for what I have planned for the fic...Robotnik having family issues (you're no Maria has got to hurt), miscommunication by not talking to each other, and a jealous Stone (who is soon to realise he doesn't quite like Robotnik's attention not on him).

Oh, and General Walters and Robotnik's complicated relationship will be explored in this one. General Walters certainly has a lot of guilt for what happened to Maria, only with Ivo, well, you'll see he didn't show it the best.