#ofc we had to make megs a roomba for Comedic Effect

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The Metallic Phantom

I've been meaning to make this post for a while, ever since I was asked on my piece Her Machinations, about Metal Sonic — as a fellow Eggman robot, Omega, is depicted in this AU as... a robo-vac. (I know, the crime we committed here is unforgivable 😭 If wanted, I can speak on Omega and why he is what he is in a different post).

But it begged the question: What about Metal Sonic ? If Omega's a roomba with an attitude (and questionable sentience), then what's Metal ?

And that got me thinking. Where does Metal fit into all this ? Does he even fit into this AU ?

So of course, I consulted my sister, because if anything related to AU Sonic’s history is under inquiry, she's my best bet for an answer.

We went back and forth on ideas, but we still didn't have a clear idea on what exactly he'd be, considering we'd never thought about his role before.

But we did have some vague possibilities:

Metal is a bot, impersonating Sonic. Simple. No kind of corporeal form, just a digital bot that probably caused a bit of trouble with Sonic and his image.

Metal, or the equivalent of, is a catfish who probably did the same thing, impersonating Sonic and scamming his fans.

Either way, it could have been an Eggman scheme all along (for whatever reason) or not. But it could partly explain why Sonic has a distaste in 'fakers'.

Whatever Metal becomes, or if he does, I'm sure he'll prove a nice little mention in one of Sonic's stories as an influencer.