The Murasakian

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Holding Out for a Ditto

Where have all the humans gone and where are all the ’mons? Where are the professors with their loyal Espeons? Shall there be a Pokémon who’ll come and take the lead? Late at night my vines tangle up as I dream of what I need.

I need a Ditto! I’m holding out for a Ditto till the end of the night. They need to be smart And they need to have heart And they need to be a Normal-type.

I need a Ditto! I’m holding out for a Ditto till the light of the morn. They need to be tough, Amorphous and stuff, And need to be good with transform. Good with transform.

Late at night I speak of hope but the words seem balderdash. What good future has a world of bleak volcanic ash? “Catch ’em all!” they used to say, but now there’s none to find. I miss every one of them, well, except for Mr. Mime.

Oooh! I need a Ditto! I’m holding out for a Ditto that can water this grass. It’s gotten quite dry With no rain in the sky As the years they continue to pass.

I need a Ditto! I’m holding out for a Ditto that can gather these rocks. They’re strewn all around And cover the ground In a manner quite unorthodox.

I need a Ditto! I’m holding out for a Ditto who can break all these blocks.

Up where the mountains brim with bright copper ore, Out on the strangely vacant sea, I wonder if my humans are remembering me. By the wind and the waves and the sky, By the sun and the moon, I imagine that something will surely change soon.

Oooh! Oooh! I need a Ditto! I’m holding out for a Ditto who can salvage this world. To rebuild this place I’d gladly embrace More quickly than a diamond or pearl.

I need a Ditto! I’m holding out for a Ditto who can make me a home. My family is gone, I’m an old Pokémon, And I’m tired of being alone!

I need a Ditto! I’m holding out for a Ditto, or at least an Unown.

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Yay, three of my favorite ships made the top 100! Stobotnik at #14, Gelphie at #16, and Narumitsu at #46.

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I did some fanart for my own fanfic, Wade's Awkward Search for Butter.

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So, I wrote a very short, very silly Stobotnik fic. Wasn't sure whether it qualified as M or E, so I rated it E just to be safe. Anyways, enjoy. Wade’s Awkward Search for Butter (1138 words) by Mura Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Sonic the Hedgehog (Live Action Universe) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dr. Eggman | Dr. Robotnik/Agent Stone Characters: Wade Whipple, Agent Stone (Sonic the Hedgehog), Dr. Eggman | Dr. Robotnik, Tom Wachowski, Commander Walters (Sonic the Hedgehog) Additional Tags: Comedy, Canon Divergence, Emerald Sex Summary: Wade finds himself in an uncomfortable situation.

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Stone and Robotnik sabotaging the "there's only one bed" trope, because of course Stone is sleeping on the floor. Where else would he sleep?

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I think this was a neat callback.

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Maddie: I could really go for a pumpkin spice latte.

Rachel: Oh! Let's go to the Mean Bean!

Tom: You just like that place because of the time the barista "accidentally" tripped and punched me in the face.

Rachel: Yeah, so?!

Maddie: Come on, Tom, you don't really think he did that on purpose, do you?

Tom: I swear it's the only time I've seen him smile!

Rachel: I'll bring extra money for tips.

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I feel like Robotnik's blindness to Stone's genuine affections becomes more understandable when you consider that Ivo was probably in his late-40s/early-50s before he even met Stone. That's plenty of time to establish a worldview. If Gerald had made the same claims about Ivo being rejected all his life and being cared about by nobody a mere ten years earlier, Ivo likely would have believed that he was right. Robotnik spent his life watching other people having loving families, forming genuine friendships, and experiencing romantic connections, while he had none of that. That goes beyond childhood neglect, and extends to a significant part of his adulthood reaffirming the hypothesis that he's fundamentally unlovable. Of course he would consider himself undesirable to all possible genders, and of course he would consider all his relationships to be strictly transactional. Before Stone, perhaps the closest thing he had to being loved was being either admired or feared, so why should he interpret Stone's feelings as anything different?

Viewed through that lens, it becomes a bit less remarkable that Robotnik was so blind to the love and care that's so obvious to us, and more remarkable that he was able to form the bond he did with Stone at all. For the first time in his life, he has someone who he actually likes to be around, someone who he trusts enough to share his evil plans and his bank account with, someone who he's afraid of losing, someone who's frequently on his mind. The fact that Robotnik doesn't recognize that as love and friendship doesn't change the fact that it's still a far more intimate relationship than he perhaps thought was ever possible based on the first fifty-odd years of his life.

So, yeah, from the outside looking in Robotnik seems remarkably blind. But in the context of his whole life, the fact that he managed to form this relationship at all was quite the breakthrough.

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Hey, Stobotnik Nation. I'm curious about what your reactions were the very first time you saw any particular scenes in any of the movies. Please feel free to share!

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Ghost (1990 movie): We're going to use a pottery-making scene to demonstrate a sensual emotional and physical connection between these two lovers.

Sonic 3 (2024 movie): We're going to use a hair-cutting scene to demonstrate the weirdest alien mating ritual you've ever seen in your life.

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Robotnik: You know what the problem is with kids these days, Stone? They lack even the most basic knowledge. Little things like...how gum stays in your digestive tract for seven years if you swallow it. Or how eating carrots will vastly improve your eyesight.

Stone: Uh...sir? I don't think those are good examples of basic knowledge. In fact, I'm pretty sure they're both just old wives' tales.

Robotik: Really? Huh. Well, true or not, they still have a nice nostalgia to them. I guess you could say...I miss my wives' tales.

Stone: ......

Robotnik: I miss her a lot.

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What book do you think Gerald is reading to Ivo and his anatomically-accurate plush heart?

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Robotnik finally gathers up all his courage and admits his feelings for Stone.

Stone, wide-eyed and stunned, stammers out, "Sir, I...I..."

Robotnik panics, punches Stone in the gut, and walks away swiftly, shouting, "Good talk!"

Stone, doubled over on the ground, barely manages to squeak out, "I love you too."

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I wrote a very short Stobotnik fanfic if anyone's interested. Hope you like it!

Limbo (1021 words) by Mura Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Sonic the Hedgehog (Live Action Universe) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dr. Eggman | Dr. Robotnik/Agent Stone Characters: Dr. Eggman | Dr. Robotnik Additional Tags: Existential Angst, Death, Feelings Realization Summary: Robotnik's thoughts after dying.

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I do like how Robotnik has enough confidence in Stone's abilities that when he sees him tied up, it doesn't even occur to him that Stone might have gotten captured against his will. It's more plausible to Robotnik that Stone's doing some weird sex thing than that his agent actually lost a fight.

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I was thinking about Stone's official LinkedIn page (thanks to Demetera for capturing it while it was still up!) and how Robotnik went out of his way to create this award for the soul purpose of putting Stone in his place by having him lose every single year (supposedly to a random badnik?). And how Stone - instead of being insulted - is just so honored to get nominated, he lists it in the Honors & Awards part of his resume. These two are so fixated on each other in very different but equally unhealthy ways.