Sonic wanting to help Knuckles so badly but not at all understanding why he can't just chill out and entertain himself has me going feral.
As if I'm not insane enough about them forming a bond while being two child victims of a war that wiped out each others' families??? but I digress.
The way their last interactions with their parental figures played out speaks such volumes about who they eventually became.
Sonic's final instruction from Long Claw was to stay hidden and to never stop running. Eventually, Long Claw changed her tune in the message she left on the map to the master emerald, but until then she had made it abundantly clear that she wanted nothing more than for Sonic to just live his own life far from danger.
Sonic took this to heart. He never stopped running, physically and emotionally. He's all about fun and self-distraction, and while he eventually overcame that pressure to stay hidden in order to take on a more heroic role, he does what he can to live up to Long Claw's expectations: live his own life and be himself.
On the opposite end of things is Knuckles.
He said he was "trained since birth in all forms of lethal combat." Knuckles was set up to go to war from the moment he hatched, and the last thing that his father said to him was an assurance that he would one day bring honor to their tribe.
So that became his main goal from then on. He fought his way to the ends of the world until he was renowned as the most dangerous warrior in the galaxy. He spent every waking moment trying to track Sonic down so he could fulfill his destiny and reclaim the master emerald.
He, like Sonic, lived a life of isolation, dedicated to honoring the memory of a dead parental figure, but while Sonic never stopped being his own person, Knuckles never quite started being his own person.
He remains with the Wachowskis to honor a vow he made to Sonic and Tails. He tears the living room apart so that the household pet can face his "greatest enemy." He goes on a road trip with Wade to help him train after he gets kicked off his bowling team.
How can he just step back and entertain himself when all "himself" has ever been is what he can be for his tribe? Old and new?
How is he supposed to relax when he has probably, no exaggeration, never relaxed a single day of his life?
How can he take a break from being a warrior when being a warrior is all he has ever known?
He literally didn't know the definition of the word fun until Sonic taught him how to play "base of ball."
What has been Sonic's coping mechanisms his entire life are, to Knuckles, completely counterintuitive and alien.
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Do you have favorite nrmt fics? Or just any aa fics
Ooo! Yes! I’ve recently been compiling a list of the ones that I just couldn’t get out of my head, so without further ado~
Here are fics that are pure nrmt goodness:
a seat at the table by parchmints - 7yg, Phoenix officially adopts Trucy, and nrmts finally taco bout it sort of maybe ;3
Butterfly kisses by royalmess - canon compliant and “SO MANY KISSES I DIED” <- actual note from my list
if you leave the light on by angstinspace - 7yg, confessions, and my favoritest thing :^)
rough around the edges by Samioli - [screaming from a megaphone] MILES LIKES THE STUBBLE
the bookstore at the corner of 14th and fen by kbots - bookshop/flowershop au, SOOOOO cute and slice of lifey
Chicago Noël by canolacrush - you ever wanted a baker/mafia au? Well now you do! Takes place in 1950’s Chicago, SO delightful to read, good character variety, holiday vibes, and honestly i will be reading this annually
And it’s not a rec list from me without those tasty tasty casefics! These focus on nrmt too of course:
Dating for a Turnabout by Mikomikono - fake dating, murder mystery but they’re being gay as hell the whole time and it’s AWESOME
Investigations of the Heart by poodlepunk - Miles being tortured and down bad, need i say more?
Thrown Through a Loop by savitarandsigh - time loop au, tied to a case! Very cute and fun hehe :3
Turnabout Feelings by ssygir - 7yg, set in Paris, and Very Ace Attorney iykwim, a very satisfying casefic
Turnabout Sole by Collaberal Damage - bodyswap au, SO FUNNY AND CUTE and on top of that, the case is really well done imo!
Aaaaaand basically the rest so far are klapollo so if you’re into that:
can i go where you go by parchmints - klapollo getaway fic , fake dating, they melt my heart and make me want to flip a table
In Better Light by cosmogyral & sunsmasher - klapollo Pacrim au with a side of nrmt as well, SO WELL DONE, do yourself a favor and read this
singing my life with his words by angstinspace - klapollo soulmate au, the premise is so original and god, i wept. Cannot recommend any higher than literally mailing you my tears
wherever you stray, i follow by parchmints - klapollo royal/fantasy au, as magical, romantic, actiony, and adventurous as a fairy tale ought to be!
I’m actually quite behind on my fic reading list, so this is where I’m at so far. I’ve definitely got plenty of in-progress fics that i follow & enjoy that will probably make it to this list eventually, so ask me again some time for more!
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Okay, guys, I really want to thank everyone for such great attention to little me, honestly, you cheer me up so much, I met so many cool people here, everyone is so talented here!! (And I really want to read some AUs, but they only work with vpn, and I hate it…) I would be very happy to draw for days and nights without sleep, but I need to go back to reality a little bit, I’ll go to restore my health and do debts. .. ;-;
I want to kiss sensei and Magma separately…
Oh, and can I ask in between a very hated question to myself? (God, how I hate this topic) I'm afraid that I may need money in the near future, and all I can do is draw all sorts of garbage… I could sketch something, or even draw a sketch animatic for 30 seconds? I'm not very confident in terms of fullbody as my style is… jumping... (It will take all my courage now not to delete this text, you can ignore it, but if someone will be ready to ask about it... well I'll die)
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