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Eggman's programming

I know this has been mentioned before, but isn't it so weird that Eggman programs emotions and personalities into his robots??

People point out that this is really self destructive on his end because it can lead to some of his creations turning against him after building resentful emotions toward him, like Omega, Gamma, and all of the robots on Scrapnik Island.

My personal headcanon behind his thought process is that not even pure mechanical obedience can rival the loyalty a creation will have to its creator, or "father." It doesn't matter if you reprogram or rewire its entire structure to have its own free will if it's inherent personality, aspirations, and deepest desires will always be to make eggman proud of them, because of the way he's designed and conditioned them. They'll always return to him no matter how many chances you give them, because he's made it so that their biggest desire is to make him proud, even when given free-will or reprogrammed.

We see this most clearly with Metal Sonic, and Sonic will even tease him and take digs at him for it in the comics, telling him to "run home to daddy" (cringe). Clearly, even the characters in-story can see how eggman has raised all of his creations to depend on him for any sense of self worth or purpose. Truly evil, and I think something that's always overlooked when discussing eggman. People say he's not a respectable villain but I think this is really compelling and a unqiue way for a villain to function. Especially because his design is pretty dad-like to begin with, with the mustache, glasses, round body, and bald head lol.

It's so effective, that even when Metal Sonic gains even more power than Eggman through becoming Neo-Metal, he still only wants to take over the world to gift to Eggman. His influence even goes past his creations and gains loyalty from other aspiring inventors, like Dr. Starline.

Most of all, I think it's so effective because it's genuine. He really does love his creations, but simultaneously holds them up to impossible expectations and holds severe disappointment in them when they fail. I mean, think of it. Isn't it awful to design a creation that entirely depends on you for any feeling of worth or purpose, and to make it capable of love and such, only then to neglect and abandon it when it doesn't live up to your impossible standards? Just think of Scrapnik Island and the sheer amount of abandoned bots there.

I think after seeing Mr. Tinker and Belle, it raises the question, does Eggman deep down just want to foster these fatherly connections? To build childrens' toys and fun-rides and kiddy amusement parks, with his helpful heart-filled robot creations? He does often say that he only wants to take over the world in order to "enhance it" with technology, and that people just aren't cooperating. Maybe somewhere down the line his pure intentions got corrupted somehow into this extreme need for absolute control.

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He is so incredibly gender i love him

gotta let donnie wear the pretty dresses!!

Me monkey brain thinking of the most down bad thing to ever say to Optimus Prime, Soundwave, Starscream, Scourge, Battletrap, Ironhide, Sideswipe, Ratchet, Dinobot, Megatron, Prowl, Jazz, Mirage, Barricade, etc

live photo of you trying to hold in ur demons (thirsty thoughts of several transformer characters)

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i fr put all of the fandoms ive written for in a wheel of names and it landed on ROTTMNT,, i have NOT been in that fandom for a while, zamn!!

Not sure if this counts, but I used to have this one crossover idea of Rise of the TMNT and Lego Monkie kid mixed in with a reader insert. My reasoning on why they crossed over was because they were both animated by the same company, and therefore took place in the same world (or at least, that was how it was in the story).

Reader was Macaque's student and inherited some of his shadowy powers, and somehow gets transported halfway across the world from China to New York City! It's there they would meet the Turtles and would agree to teach them how to better harness their mystic energy, in return for a place to stay while Reader figures out how to get back home.

Then they would gradually fall in love, yadda yadda... I remember Reader and Donnie having this sort of Rivals to Lovers dynamic, where Reader would insist that magic/mystical powers are superior while Donnie would insist that technology was superior. And because they both have a big ego, they'd butt heads a lot lmao.

I'm,,, not sure if this counts,,, Because I have technically written and published this?? But it's on another platform, and I never got past 2 chapters and the Turtles weren't even introduced yet, despite me having so many plot points planned out.

Erm... U know what this still counts. Bcs I say so 😁😁

Ty for the ask!! I have a lot more ideas in different fandoms if anyone else wants to join in!!

Hello duck! Sorry for the late response. Life is a bit crazy. I’m glad my presence and my rambles are welcomed with open arms here!

For your question, I’m not sure which trivia you know... Especially if it’s about Sun Wukong… however, I suppose one of the most interesting facts I’ve learned is that the original Six-eared Macaque actually never was said to have six ears. The six-eared actually refers to the six senses, sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and mind.

Also, did you see about the new Black Myth: Wukong game? I heard about it weeks ago, but it finally has a release date now! I’m so excited for it.

Lastly, I have been absolutely binge watching anything from Cy yu, aka Alejandro Saab, the new voice actor for Macaque. (RIP Billy Kametz, a dear friend of Alejandro Saab) It absolutely broke my heart to hear that when he took on Billy’s roles, he had Billy’s voice playing over and over just trying to do his best to replicate his voice… I can’t even imagine how hard that must’ve been to do… but he did so well! I hope he gets all the praises he deserves.

Anyways, I hope things are going well for you. Christmas is just around the corner, and I’m hoping you’re spending much of your time with loved ones!

-🍑 anon

Life do be crazy like that. I'm sorry my response is so late as well- hopefully both of our lives get a bit easier soon!!

ooohhh fr? thats super cool ngl!! wonder where the six ear thing being just hearing came from,,, kinda obvious why, bcs u know. EARS. but a cool fact nonetheless!!

YOOO I HAVENT!!! I think i remember watching a demo gameplay of it when I was still in my JTTW/LMK phase. So hyped to see it release soon, cuz it looked great!! Hope you get one once it releases!!!!!

Yeah,, haven't watched s4 yet cuz I lost interest in the fandom at that point, but hearing about Bill's death was so shocking. It's super sweet that his friend got the role. I'm sure he did great!!

What things have u watched that features Alejandro Saab btw? Voice acting be crazy because sometimes I'd search up a voice actor and find out that they also voiced a character from a different show that I liked? And also sometimes get extreme whiplash from the differences in characters?

Case in point: Did you know Daran Norris, voice actor of Cosmo from the Fairly Odd Parents, also voiced Knockout the super sexy transformer from Transformers Prime? LOOK UP KNOCKOUT AND LISTEN TO HIS VOICE. THE FUCKING RANGE. I WAS NEVER THE SAME AFTER KNOWING THIS.

Ty 🍑 anon!!! I hope christmas treats u well too!!! I actually did celebrate something with my family + cousins today, it was nice seeing them again!!

oughh idk how to end this but RAHHH ADVANCED CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!

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haha i forgor this account existed- school really do be giving me amnesia,,

Anyways, this is just an update to tell yall I am still alive and kicking! I’m still a bit hesitant about opening back requests again but if you guys ever just wanna talk hit me up in my inbox/dms or whatever!

why does tumblr keep fucking with my background picture quality smh 

i hope u guys know that even tho I never posted anything abt the franchise, the Sonic brainrot got me in a chokehold for a LONG WHILE!! Fortunately, I am taking a temporary break from that blue rat (affectionate) to brainrot over a TV show.

Unfortunately, said TV show is a dead kids show that's been cancelled since 2016 and if I tell you guys what it is you'll all MAKE FUN OF ME!!!!!!!!

The lurker anon reappears! Thank you for answering my questions, and I’d love to hear the backstory of your macaque theme!

Also, I forgot to label myself. Silly me. Mmm 🤔… perhaps peach🍑 anon if it’s free? Because- unrelated to the cute and cheeky monkey man- I really, really love peaches!

YOO hello again!! And yeah, 🍑 anon is free!! I haven't tried eating peaches but they look so aesthetic,, the only peach flavored thing i tried was a peach drink and i ordered it PURELY bcs of LMK HHAHSHSAH

time for some blog lore..... THIS IS GONNA BE KINDA LONG AND RAMBLY SO BE WARNED-

Before this account was made, I actually had a different tumblr account for personal use (I never log into it anymore though lol) instead of writing. I was in the LMK fandom at the time, so I was reading x reader fics EVERYWHERE I could, from wattpad to tumblr to ao3.

And wouldn't you know it, when I was scrolling through the tags on tumblr I saw someone promoting their newly written fic they made on ao3!! I read it, loved the premise, and left a kudos and a comment (I think I left a comment? I'm not sure, I was a lurker as well when it came to reading HSDHSD).

Not too long after, I was scrolling through their blog and saw a post of them asking for any possible writing friends to interact. I thought 'hey!! i can write!!' and promptly sent them a dm. We chatted over our brainrot of the stinky monkeys and we grew to be pretty close writing buddies!! I even got to come up with a ship name for a pairing in the fic (the pairing was Macaque and Y/n, and Y/n in the fic was a baker, so I proposed the ship name 'Mooncake'. Still super proud of that ngl!! I'm pretty sure I made one for Wukong and Y/n too, but I forgot what it was </33 Mooncake was just so iconic to me).

We bounced off ideas from each other, and I sent them posts about Wukong (they were a Wukong Apologist and honestly, slay), and one of them actually managed to influence their characterization for him in a later chapter!! I was even writing my own LMK x reader fic at the time, and while I gave up on it after a while, they were the first person to ever read the first few paragraphs and gave me their thoughts.

Eventually, I had an urge to make a whole blog dedicated to x reader writings because I was inspired by them to make one, and when I told them they told me to go for it!!

Here's where the important bit comes in: This person's blog was themed around Sun Wukong. They're a Monkey King lover, they fucking love that stupid smelly monkey man!! So I told them "hey wouldnt it be funny if my blog was Macaque themed so we could match?" and they went "DUDE"

And boom!! That's the reason why my blog is Macaque themed!! I went through a LOT of custom tumblr themes (you know where you open someones blog and instead of being the regular tumblr blog layout its a totally new one that they customized themselves? Yeah that was me), meanwhile my friend just stuck to a simple 'Wukong pfp + header and orange background'. I think that matched our character themes really well HAHSAHSAH

Unfortunately, I'm sure that my friend is not working/active anymore. Their last post on tumblr was them apologizing for the lack of updates because of art school, and that was it. I don't know how long it's been since I checked up on the fic, but when I did, I found that their ao3 account was orphaned. So it's probably safe to assume that theyre not coming back to their tumblr acc either.

But still... I kept my Macaque theme. Even when my LMK interest started to fade and other media took over my brain, I refused to change it. Idk why, sentimentality I guess? It just felt wrong.

I have no idea where they are now, honestly. I just hope theyre doing okay. They were a super cool person, and I loved their fic and I loved talking to them and I loved being their friend!! Even if they probably wont see this post, I just want them to know how much of an impact they had on me. It was because of them I made this account, and got into writing requests and fics. And even if that didn't work out, they got me back to writing in general! They were an awesome person and they deserve everything good in life!!

Augugh this got sentimental... My bad!! Ngl, I've been secretly waiting for someone to ask me why my blog was Macaque themed, but the chance of that happening was really slim so I held the Blog Lore™ in. BUT NOW I CAN FINALLY SAY WHAT IVE BEEN HOLDING IN FOR YEARS RAHHH

Thanks for asking this, btw 🍑 anon!! Sorry if this was so rambly and long, my mind do be like that (incomprehensible to decipher sometimes). I'd love to see you pop in some more, if youd like!!

Oh!! And since ur a Wukong lover as well, you should read their fic!! It's unfinished, but I think you should give it a shot. The chapters are long, the writing style and interactions between characters are great, and the development and pining is well done!!

I realize that this sounds biased, but ermm..... IDC GO READ THEIR FIC!!! (/nf) Kudos and comment bcs they deserve it!! Even if they dont get to see it, I'd like to at least cheer them up on the off chance that they do.

Here's the fic!! And their tumblr acc too, because they make some pretty banging drawings for their writing!!

@butternut-zippersqaush