the sky is being noisy (thunderstorm directly over my house) so i’m gonna talk about my villain au boys because they need therapy like right now 🫶
tw: abusive behavior
sonic:
sonic was taken in by eggman when he was young (eggdad moment) and didn’t realize that the doctor was just using him for his own gains. when sonic did find out, instead of having a battle of morals, sonic just straight up said that he would be better than eggman ever was and ran away
being around tails has changed his life both for better and for worse. for better because, well, it’s tails! a sonic will always need a tails! they’re a cosmic truth, after all! …right?
unfortunately, being around tails has also caused some harm. he does consider tails to be his little brother, but subconsciously the thought of family scares him after figuring out that eggman had been using him. he’s terrified of rejection and getting attached
is tails just using him too? what if the kit leaves him alone as well? he doesn’t deal with thoughts like these very well, frequently spiraling into extreme highs and lows where he’ll either guilt trip tails into staying by his side or passive aggressively pushes him away
he hates that he does it, he’s very self aware and knows he’s hurting the kid, but he can’t bring himself to either change for the better for leave the kit somewhere he’ll be safe
tails:
tails was not abandoned by his parents in this au, but they were very abusive towards the kit. the prower name is a pretty big one so he’d frequently make public appearance where he was forced to hide his mutation. at home, his parents basically ignore him yet get mad at him for not being the perfect child they wanted
when tails met sonic, he’d been kicked out of the house for the day. he was six years old. sonic found him sitting outside and just started talking to the kit, eventually convincing him to run away with the hedgehog
while being around sonic has helped him feel protected, he can’t help but crave that parental affection he was never shown by his own parents. he’ll go above and beyond just for a simple “good job” or fur ruffle (he does not swat sonic’s hand away). he’s also still very insecure about his namesakes and rarely ever flies
despite craving sonic’s attention so much, he’s also kinda scared of him. he never knows when the hedgehog will snap next and is walking on eggshells almost 24/7
the brothers love each other, they genuinely do, they’re just damaged. nothing about their bond is healthy. it’s very codependent, both of them relying on the other to be their source of happiness. it’s ruining them both
they’ll never leave each other’s side, tho. they’re all each other have and neither of them wants to be alone
"Nine sneaks into Sonic and Tails' home - as the Hedgehog-Miles household did not learn to close their doors, inviting in unexpected inter-dimensional guests."
Heyo! Back again with a new chapter! For now, the uploading schedule is every Friday unless school gets in the way (dastardly college) or if I want to post/update a different fic that week. I am thrilled so many people enjoyed the start of this fic, and I am all too excited to continue this.
@chipistrate HAPPY BIRTHDAY BESTIEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i remember when we watched sonic prime i promised i would draw Nine and Gregory together <3333 HAVE A SUPER AWESOME COOL DAY!!!!!!!! TAKE YOUR RAT BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Idk who I'm directing this at but I need to say it, something about Nine's redemption being rushed, when he like. wasn't even redeemed to begin with? He just apologized and promised real hard not to do it again. The show ended before he even could get his redemption and let everyone see that he was just having a really bad day and can actually do better.
His outlook and attitude towards the world haven't changed, others' opinions on him haven't changed (for the better anyway). You could argue about him fixing up the shatterspaces being what counts since that made everything be well and good by the end but like, is it really. He said he's gonna fix them once he's done with Sonic multiple times while he was actively trying to kill him (and you can trust everything he says 💯) so that wasn't his final change of heart against previous morals or anything.
Also, he never wanted to destroy the shatterspaces in the first place, they kinda just got caught in the crossfire and he merely rolled with it because he knew he had the power to fix it later and reveled in it (and you could argue the whole flipping around New Yoke as being deliberately malicious, but I think he deserved to do that, as a treat) I believe he most likely would've just disappeared off the face of the universe and fully isolated himself in the Grim if he didn't need Sonic's energy to stabilize the Prism, but that's besides the point.
What I'm saying is that an apology is not a redemption.