#i watched a video series about pll the other day. that's the only reason i'm able to make that reference

[son1c]

so after being brainwashed enough how did sonic start thinking of starline? like while it was happening what did he start to regard the guy as

well, here's where it gets into Scary Nightmare Territory(TM), because starline realized that just Seeing His Face was setting sonic off. so, starline he pulled some shit like red coat from pretty little liars and just completely covered himself from head to toe. maybe not in RED, but you get what i'm saying.

as for what sonic THOUGHT of him... he would've become just a moniker, like "red coat." and when he saw him, he knew things were about to get slippery. mentally, that is.

after starline decided to hit up the local theater's costume department, it was really hard for sonic to hold onto his own thoughts. cuz now, starline blended into the background. at least when sonic could see his FACE, he was able to recognize him as a person. an EVIL person, but a person nonetheless. when his face was obscured... he was just an extension of the warp topaz.

there's nothing left for sonic to anchor himself with in the physical space around him. he forgets how he even got here to begin with. it's just this. the words he hears, then repeats, then believes. it's dizzying. and through it all, the orange of the topaz...