#she doubts the perception of his original purpose. to destroy humanity. because thats not what shes known of him.

[carnation-damnation]

I have sooo many thoughts about Rouge. Of all the main Sonic cast we know the least about her. She's a stealthy spy. She worked for the president despite being a thief and probably a double agent in that case?? She's extremely cunning. She's capable of detecting the emeralds despite not having that innate connection with them like Knuckles can.

In her theme there's a persistent sense that she doesn't like to be helped or controlled, possibly. She's searching for something she can call her own and that can only be hers. Nobody else can take it from her.

There's this sense in sa2 that she doesn't trust who she's working with, exactly. She doesn't show it by being cold like Shadow would, for instance, but she puts on this air of professionalism despite sometimes not thinking ahead (Giving herself 5 minutes to find 3 chaos emeralds despite it originally being fifteen and getting her locked in a vault as a result.) And this shows in her empathy and compassion. She doesn't show it as openly as somebody like Amy but she clearly cares and finds herself affected by the relationships she's gained since her introduction. She's probably told herself that she doesn't need anybody, that she can do everything by herself, she doesn't need to lean on anybody for help but she forms Team Dark herself.

#longpost #going bonkers. Love u guys <3 #Shes seen as the most mature of the sonic cast despite being a teenage girl (18) and so clearly silly. Look into her eyes the silly #Is in there. #Anyway yeah. #da aura of mystery around rouge t bat <3333333333 #be nice to me I dont usually talk abt sth lore bc its so. everything #but I LOVE coming up with backstories for characters that dont have one <3 #I also think white jungle is the turning point in her character for sa2. as I always do #This little weird bioweapon kid risked everything to save your life off an island set to blow up #Despite the circumstances being your fault #sure he needed the emeralds. but something about rouge reminded him of maria. his best friend. his family. #Rouge may not know that exactly. but at the end the first thing she says when sonic comes back after the boss? #'wheres shadow?' #she doubts the perception of his original purpose. to destroy humanity. because thats not what shes known of him.