#who knows. maybe the “real” sonic is the surge equivalent here

[uselesstaroth]

Randomly imagined an "Across the Sonicverse" while thinking of "Start A Band" with the ending scene being Sonic in the wrong universe, tied up, like in the movie, however Neo Metal Sonic steps up

But instead of a helmet opening, it melts away into the figure, revealing Sonic's face and it says

???: I'm Sonic the Hedgehog. But you... You can call me Metal Madness.

Sonic: If I don't get home... Tails will-

Sonic (?): Your Tails.

I imagine this alternate Tails is in the back watching everything.

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And this is how I come up with an au where Sonic the Hedgehog has always been a helpful little robot saving the day from its creator Dr Eggman, who still considers him his greatest creation, and maybe he gets a bit edgier with time

IT'S AU O'CLOCK

Before he could make expressions, he would sharpie a smile onto his metal mouth to look less intimidating.

Tails got into engineering and mechanics to help his big robot sibling recover after a scuffle.

I imagine all instances of Metal Sonic appearing in canon are replaced with Mecha Sonic, with plot changed accordingly, so all those plots are now sibling vs sibling

This Sonic definitely would have a Neo Metal Sonic arc, where he gets the ability to copy bio-data and it's very confusing and conflicting. (Temporary villain maybe?)

Metal Virus goes totally different, for sure

This is the good brainworms