#mainline sonic sees shadow warp past him with chaos control but doesn't lose control of the situation in a significant way

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I love the idea of Eggman of all people sometimes taking the role of responsible adult because you just know its so silly and might even be hypocritical at times.

Eggman: OH HOHOHO! My new trap will surely be too much for that blue pest and his fox friend to handle, they'll be begging for mercy and then I, Dr. Ivo Robotnik, will be victorious!

Also Eggman: Sonic!? Tails!? What are you doing here!? This movie is rated 18+! Both of you are far too young to view such violence and distinction, it could damage your developing minds. Now, please leave or I'll be forced to alert security. I can't believe the cashier didn't ID you at the booth, I'll have none of that going on when I take over...

for me this kind of depends. a more lighthearted approach like that would probably work best in something like boom where it wouldn't feel out of place, but for serious mainline contexts i'd much prefer if the position of maturity was used with malicious intent, weaponized against sonic even, in cases where his immaturity and naivety has caused things to go south. "this wouldn't have happened if you took things seriously and didn't treat everything like some kind of twisted game" kind of deal. while normally something like it wouldn't likely have much of an effect on sonic, i think when confronted in the right moment of vulnerability it would force him to reflect whether he wants it or not and that? that would be Interesting to see