#maybe i should doodle him a bit at some point idk maybe it'd clear this stuff for me

[antirepurp]

i need to think about silver more he's got all kinds of potential and characterization that can be taken to so many different directions. he was 14 and his world was in ruins, with only him and his best and only friend standing against the fire that ravaged everything he knew. he hones his abilities for battle, to destroy anyone that stood in his way, to forge his way through anything and everything to protect the little he had left. he was caught off guard when he first saw a clear blue sky and the life that flourished under it, only for his surroundings to fuel his resolve further, to take his life in his own hands. he held on to the one strand of hope he was given with the ravenous hunger of a wild animal, and even when he came to understand the lies he was told that resolve never faded, only changed its target. silver was a fighter in every sense of the word, a beaming ray of hope that has the capacity to protect and destroy, held back by the child he was and still is

how much of it remains now that the timeline was changed, and solaris is no more? the memory doesn't remain, but something has to have been left behind, whether its the strange kinship he experiences with a girl from another world so far removed from his, or the inherent strength that remains in his psychokinesis, reacting so strongly to the presence of a chaos emerald. is it better for him to not remember the hell he lived through and endured, the loss of his best friend who now stands by him, similar yet so different to what she used to be? would the knowledge bring nothing but hurt, or fuel his desire to be a protector of the future? where does that desire come from, anyway, is it something he feels he has to do without being able to explain why? has he ever thought about it any more than that? why does the sight of a clear sky fill him with so many feelings he can't put into words, when it's nothing but the sky?

[cattyanon]

How other characters react to scrapnic? Like Amy , Knuckles, or Shadow. How would they react? I just have to say I love this Au so much I constantly doodle scrapnic^^ Hope you are having an amazing day/night/evening/afternoon/morning/etc <3

Aaaah I'm so glad you like it!!! I would love to see your doodles of him if you're comfortable sharing! Now onto the question...

First of all I wanna mention that it actually takes them awhile to even tell anyone. Everyone, including Tails at one point, were certain that Sonic had died. How do they tell/explain this to anyone? Much less the world? And what if they don't believe him (Tails)? It'd be logical of them to assume he's just in some sort of denial over Sonic's death again.

So they actually go awhile without anybody knowing but uh. The first person to be 'informed' of Scrapnic's existence technically hadn't been told anything. So who is it?

Well remember how I said that since Tails couldn't really keep a certain someone out of his workshop/home that they're the only one that Tails ever really talked with?

If you don't remember, it's Shadow.

Also since I ended up going on whole spiel about what happens here's a TL;DR: Shadow visits Tails and, much to Tails' dismay, can tell something is up and ends up discovering Scrapnic. Immense confusion ensues.

You see, Tails had been so distracted with Scrapnic that he completely forgot that Shadow visits him regularly to check in on him. So when he hears a knock at the door and sees it's Shadow (through a peephole in the door) he immediately panics. He tries to convince Shadow that now's a bad time.

Of course this completely backfires as it only makes Shadow worried about him. Except for the first few times, Tails had never done this before. It's clear he's hiding something so he teleports inside much to Tails' dismay.

The additional problem here is that, due to completely forgetting about Shadow's visits, he hadn't told Scrapnic to hide. Just asked for him to stay out of sight of the door while he handles it. I mean whoever it is, he should be able to get them to go away pretty easily.

But wuh oh! Turns out the person at the door is literally the only person who he can't easily get to go away! And Scrapnic doesn't know this!

And Tails really tries to get Shadow to not come in beyond the doorway. He's totally fine, see? Shadow obviously doesn't buy it one bit. So uh. Shadow begins to go looking around the workshop to find out what Tails is trying to hide, inevitably stumbling across Scrapnic. Idk what Scrapnic is doing when he finds him but he's definitely just harmlessly minding his own business.

When Shadow sees him he just completely blue screens for a moment. What. The fuck. Is a Metal Sonic. Doing here.

He immediately gets into a defensive position and Is just all "Who the fuck are you?!" and on one hand, Shadow is tempted to attack him. But on the other hand, this is probably what Tails was trying to hide from him. And since Tails seems fine there's probably something more going on here?? Maybe????

And Scrapnic just completely gets the (s)crap scared out of him and is all like "Shadow??? What the fuck are you doing here?????"

I'm just imagining it's like that one Spiderman meme, lol.

Tails just rushes in like "PLEASE DON'T ATTACK HIM, SHADOW!!! I SWEAR THERE'S A GOOD REASON HE'S HERE!!!" and is super relieved to see a lack of fighting.

Of course Shadow demands an explanation and poor Tails is like "Yes. An explanation. This is a thing I should definitely be explaining now. Something of which I will explain. Something I am totally sure of how to explain to you because it's definitely nothing complicated. Of which I should definitely get on. You know, since I'm sure you'll totally understand and not question my sanity. Haha, yup."

Both Shadow and Scrapnic just stare at Tails all like -_- because he's clearly stalling and most definitely does NOT know how to explain.

Eventually Shadow has enough and is just like "For fucks sake, let's just go into the living room where you can just take your damn time figuring out a way to explain why in the fuck there's a Metal Sonic in your house rn." while poor Scrapnic just stands there uncomfortably at being called a Metal Sonic.

Tails makes Shadow promise to hear him out before jumping to conclusions as he proceeds to just tell him what happened on Scrapnik Island.

Then he gets to the part where it's revealed that Scrapnic is Sonic.

And Shadow just. Doesn't know how to process that. What the fuck do you mean that's not a Metal Sonic and is actually just Sonic?? That Sonic is still technically alive but as a fucking robot? Why the hell didn't Sonic, like, run across the water or some shit?! (The answer is that he was too scared that his robotic body would fail him in the middle of ocean)

Shadow is visibly angry but holds out the questioning until Tails is done. And to put it simply He's not happy. In fact he's fucking pissed, even with the explanation.

Cause Shadow knows how painful it feels to lose someone that close to you. The sheer amount of grief it gives you.

So to know that Tails had to go through for all that for no reason? That Sonic was alive this whole time? Whose only 'reason' he didn't just run across the water was due to his own cowardice?

Well, let's just say that Scrapnic is gonna get a very stern talking to...

(Also I HAD planned on talking about Amy and Knuckles but this post just got too long...)