#and the eay stones character is determines how much it bithers me that robotnik is mean to him

[pinkopalina]

I think the mistake about stone's characterization in the deleted scenes is they didn't show his ability to pick things up quickly. because he doesn't know everything! he does have moments where he needs to be shown the way--like with the footprint and chasing after the proper people in sth1. and the deleted scenes misplace that quality when they do show it, so it was even more frustrating.

the great thing about stone is that he's still in the process of refining how smart he is. he's shown at the beginning of sth1 to keep up very well with the doctor, but in sth2, the doctor is different. they don't click like they used to, but that's okay, because of who stone is at his core.

in the giant robot, robotnik has all this new technology that even he didn't know about. like the stache smasher. stone needed a moment to figure that stuff out--which I think they were trying... trying to allude to/set up with the googling, even if unsuccessfully--and he picked it up extremely quickly.

to the point he showed robotnik something new.

this googling definitions stuff... comes from an alright place? but it's just not it. it's so misguided and needed just a little bit of readjusting to have made for a cute moment.

#stobotnik #i wanted to say this bc like... i am both okay with and not okay with the deleted scenes #i really dont care if robotnik is mean to stone but i do care about stone's character #and the eay stones character is determines how much it bithers me that robotnik is mean to him #making stone incompetent just makes their relationship.... eh #i mean if thats what you like go for it #its a fun dynamic. cant complain. #but i find it so much more interesting when you give stone complexity and the ability to feed off the doctor rather than leech off him