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Idk what to say, draw people sleeping make me wanna explode
This scene where Shadow tells Sonic to end his life just hits me where I effing live.
What really makes this scene so impactful is that despite the fact he's more than capable of holding his own against Super Sonic even without his own super form, he makes no attempt to preserve his life... because deep down he wants to end it.
And he's not telling Sonic to kill him so he could prove that he's as bad as him or anything cliche like that. He's doing is because deep down he wants to escape from his trauma by giving himself the end to life that he didn't want to admit he yearned for, and that want has now finally come to surface in one final demand for his opponent to finish him off.
Because in the end, he never cared about defeating Sonic and his friends or helping Gerald Robotnik commit omnicide because the only thing he cared about is gone forever (and he only did the latter because Gerald manipulated him into believing that if he didn't help the mad doctor, then it would demonstrate he doesn't care about Maria at all).
I love them, does the angel island ever get cold, or is always summer there?
Anyway, somewhere is cold, knuckles should wear pants
First off this is adorable, it's everything to me <3 Secondly, yes! It apparently does snow on Angel Island. (at least judging by the events of the sonic mania adventures series, and the surroundings, we can assume this is Angel Island)
This island is perfect?!!
I don't think Robotnik ever saw Stone's affection as genuine. He's used to people only valuing him if he's useful. His own bosses call him a freak, yet they put up with him because of his "perfect operation record". He isn't even shocked when he learns the goverment erased him, he expected it and had a contingency plan ready.
He keeps calling Stone a sycophant and a barnacle, because why else would someone stay with him if not to gain something? Clearly, Stone is just a suck-up wanting to ride his coattails. And Ivo is fine with that! He gets his ego stroked and in return Stone gets a slice of the world-domination pie. Mutually beneficial!
This symbiotic relationship gives Ivo a sense of control and ensures that Stone won't abandon him like everyone else. It also keeps him detached: of course Stone waited months or him to return from space, that's his job. His admiration is inevitable, and meaningless.
Ivo develops a genuine, irrational attachment to Stone, one he's able to rationalize as just being transactional. Those emotional walls shield him from the fear of abandonment that comes with caring for another person.
Except...even after Robotnik becomes a liability, Stone stays. There's no benefit, no plans of ruling humanity, not even a paycheck. Yet despite everything, Ivo tries to keep the old boss/employee dynamic going. He can't fathom the idea that someone would stay for anything other than convenience.
Then Gerald shows up, and for the first time Ivo allows himself to put down those walls. As an orphan he had built up this idealized image of family that he thought he could never have. People will use you then toss you aside when convenient, but family? Family is different. Family will always be there for you and love you no matter what. Family won't abandon you.
And suddently Stone's grovelling is no longer necessary. Why would he need someone who just pretends to like him when he now has all the unconditional love he's always longed for? That's obviously why Stone got so jealous, it couldn't have been real concern, he was just afraid of losing his comfy position as the lapdog of humanity's new king. Between a sycophant and family, the choice felt obvious.
And, of course, Gerald turns out to be just like everyone else in Ivo's life: just another person trying to get something from him. The second he stopped being useful, he was tossed aside.
His image of family is once again shattered, but those emotional walls are already down. Now that Ivo experienced that betrayal he was so afraid of, now that he's about to die, he's finally able to be honest with himself.
Looking down on Earth, he realizes there had only ever been one person on that blue marble who actually cared. Someone who had always been there, even when there was nothing to gain. Stone had never abandoned him.
But he had abandoned Stone. He tossed him aside, just like Gerald did to him. Now that he's able to understand how Stone felt, this is his last chance to make things right.
In his final moments, with nothing to fear, Robotnik puts down his emotional walls and opens up as best as he can. Stone had done so much for him, asked for nothing in return, and now it was his turn to do the same. Ivo helped save the world, not for recognition or convenience, but simply out of love.
Stone had always been a sycophant to him, yes, but he had also been a friend. A sycofriend.
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Idk what to say, draw people sleeping make me wanna explode
AWWW THIS IS SO CUTE AND SAD… WHATIFIJUSTDIDTHIS….
Shadow lays on the grassy hill, cuddling what was left of his best friend… his older sister…
“Hey…”
His ears twitches, a soft but clear voiced called out to him, his immediately gets up, looks around to see who called out but stops to find you standing the opposite side of him.
“You look lonely…”
His head lowers a bit… looking at the plushie of what he lost, 50 years ago, till you spoke up again.
“Want some company?… I know you probably have one right now but… your probably cold since your the one holding her, someone should hold you too the same way you hold others to help them.”
He stops to think for a bit, then looks up to you.
“Please…”
He says with vulnerability and hint of desperation in his voice, you never seen Shadow being vulnerable before but that didn’t matter, what mattered is comforting The Ultimate Lifeform. Now it was just Maria, Shadow and You cuddling together on top of a grassy hill, Shadow smiles lightly, knowing there’s someone there who cares, cared enough to find him, hug him here on this cold grassy hill.
This is just what he needed, his sister and his lover.
😦😦😦😦💕