i accidentally made an au! oops!
essentially- what if Shadow was the freedom-fighting thorn in eggman's side, and what if Sonic was the genetically engineered super-hedgehog ultimate lifeform?
One major difference is that Sonic would not be on board with Eggman's plans to take over the world. He helps Eggman at first because of his loyalty to Gerald Robotnik, before turning on him after he explodes the moon. At the same time, he's actively seeking competition with Shadow, who is the only person who can give him a good challenge, and it's definitely fun to rile him up. He's driven entirely by his impulsivity, resulting in a superpowered loose cannon without anyone to keep him in check. Other than Tails, that is.
And whilst there IS certainly Hedgehogs being swapped, some more people are changed too! Two big ones being Rouge and Tails, who still keep their roles of being these two's biggest confidants (and i cannot, for the life of me, split up Sonic and Tails)
Another swap is Omega and Knuckles!
Omega's role as the Guardian of the Master Emerald comes about as a result of being sent by Eggman to find it. Upon finding it, Omega defects, and decides to become it's guardian, taking a Shoot First, Ask Questions Later approach to intruders. They tolerate Rouge and Shadow only because they are bearers of Chaos Emeralds who intend to use them to protect the world, and sometimes go with them to thwart Eggman's plans. (Destroying Eggman's things = Fun). Of all organic lifeforms, Shadow and Rouge are by far the least annoying.
Knuckles is a mercenary hired by Eggman to guard Sonic's stasis capsule, frustrated by how useless he views his task to be. Whilst he does fail to stop Tails from releasing Sonic from stasis, he reasons that he technically hasn't failed to protect the hedgehog if he goes with him and keep an eye on him.
Sonic likes to rile him up just as much as he likes to rile up Shadow.
Some other swaps include Team Rose swapped with the Chaotix, where Big runs a Detective Agency with Amy, and her protege, Cream, Blaze being from the future and Silver being the guardian of the Sol Emeralds in another dimension.
In all honesty, the only universal constant is Eggman, because no one could fit Eggman's role quite like Eggman can.
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