Desperately need people to imagine Rob playing a horror game for the first time on stream and the only reason he does is because it's co-op and Stone can play it with him
Everyone thinks that 'I regularly talk about the deadly machines I build' Huevo Diablo is going to be the one laughing at and ridiculing all the jumpscares and enemies, and that 'Malewife, always in the background at Rob's beck and call' Roca is going to be the one jumping and squeaking and staying close to Ivo's character
Could not be further from the truth. Ivo gets jumpscared so badly that he flings his controller and pulls his legs up into the chair- Meanwhile Stone is laughing maniacally chasing further into the game where the monster ran shouting, 'Come back here knife boy, I wanna say hi!'
Everybody learns something about each other that stream. Ivo learns that he really wants to see Stone play more horror games. Stone learns that Ivo gets really cuddly, clingy and pouty when he's scared. Chat learns that Egglover4257 is a god at predictions, and this elevates them instantly to mod-status.
As promised, here are the refs for Ivo and Stone from my TIS au!! +bonus kinda screencap redraw from the film itself bc I saw this scene so clearly in my mind
Refs & AU info below the cut
cw: missing limb + non-graphic scarring
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Ivo Robotnik is a young orphan boy who was placed in a social experiment/study headed by his grandfather upon his parents' death. He grows up on an island, made terrified to leave it, unaware that nearly every moment, every second of his life is being televised 24/7 to the world at large.
Misunderstood in his youth despite every attempt from the actors on the island, as no one could have expected the boy to grow up a literal genius, Ivo turns to villainy in an attempt to take over the island and gain some semblance of control over his life. Though these plans never seem to go very well...
Now 41 by the time he's approached by one of the agents on the island and made aware of the truth. In spite of it - or maybe because of it - Robotnik decides to turn the show into a little game, to see just how much he can get away with.
And so he turns it into what it truly is: a show.
Agent Aban Stone is a member of the island's small secret security task force. He knows every camera location, every mic placement, he knows every routine, every actor's name, and inch of the island. And he falls in love with Ivo from a distance.
Now 30 and tired of over a decade of this, Stone orchestrates a power outage in the night that takes out every electronic island-wide. He uses this as his chance to tell Ivo everything, and is stunned when Ivo hardly tells him anything more than to 'play along.'
He never could have guessed that the man he had been trying to set free would rope him into a game of acting and pseudo-villainy - and is delighted to learn more about his plans behind the scenes.
No matter what, he will make sure Ivo gets off the island safely.
Bonus info:
- Once Ivo manages to rope Stone into his day-to-day life, Stone gets a bit more leeway with his autonomy and is able to dress more casually and often. He finds that he likes breezy clothing in a stark contrast to his tight suits! (above outfits not the limit of what he wears, just examples)
- Ivo really only has one pair of comfort clothing because he's almost always wearing his Villain Outfit™ that he has like a million copies of. He also tends to wear his prosthetic around the house, because he feels vulnerable without it, even alone. Also yes, that is a leotard under the shirt
- The island's secret task force is in charge of several things, but most importantly: keeping Ivo safe from anyone trying to harm him or reveal the truth, and keep the citizens safe from Ivo's evil deeds
- Ivo calls Stone "Agent" as a nickname in this au, mostly to give the people in charge a heart attack thinking he's found them out. Meanwhile, Stone calls him "Sir" (not Doctor, no PhD - yet) in order to further play into this role
- Viewers ship them haarrrrd
- They start out a bit younger (and in Ivo's case, scrawnier) at the start of this au, but rest assured they will be old (and fat <3) yaoi by the time the main storyline of the au concludes
- Rockwell and Gerald also play a major role in this au, but that'll have to wait until I've made their refs <3
As promised, I'll be working on the references for this AU (as well as the Pokémon one) as soon as I've finished some owed art- but in the meantime-
Please take this Ivo Show!Ivo design reveal and an homage to the original film cover for The Truman Show!!
I'll be adding more information for this AU to the references post whenever I'm able to upload that, but I basically have the entire main plot synopsis completed for the AU and can answer any questions before then (since it may be a while)!
Look at Stone and tell me that half of the reason Ivo behaves the way he does with him isn't pure cuteness aggression. Look at that adoring smile and those big baby eyes and tell me there's absolutely no reason for Robotnik to manhandle him in front of any poor unfortunate witnesses. Go ahead, I'll wait
So the general consensus in the fandom seems to be that Ivo has AuDHD - or is at the very least autistic. I vibe with that, hell yeah
Do y'all think that he just has these 'don't touch me, don't even look at me' days where he's fully non-verbal, and usually he's able to just sequester himself away in the lab but sometimes the higher-ups will force him to attend their meetings anyway?
Do you think that these meetings used to be absolute hell until Agent Stone came along? Because suddenly there was someone who could speak for the Doctor, who Ivo trusted to speak for him because Stone always seems to understand what he wants/needs and has to say with just his posture, expression and a look. And the first time it happens, Ivo himself seems surprised before giving the other officials a very smug look, and that's what locks in Stone's role as his agent forever
Do you think they make a game of it? Eventually Ivo starts fiddling with his control gloves every time Stone needs to answer for him - he no longer just does it on days where he can't speak, but also on days where he simply doesn't want to. And Stone answers with perfect timing every time, and now there's a rumour going around with the other agents and officials that Ivo replaced Stone with an android, or that Stone was always an android or - most terrifyingly - that Ivo rewired his brain so that he could control Stone manually
But nah, it's just that Stone is the only one with access to Ivo's genius wavelength, like he's tapped directly into a line, and it even boggles Ivo sometimes though he will never show it
FINALLY finished Ivo and Aban's designs for my main au!!
This is a post-SM4 au (yes I know the movie hasn't come out yet and the current story is basically fandom hopes and headcanons, what can you do) where Stone finds himself tragically infected with the same Black Doom DNA that helped create Shadow
So much I can say about them and I'll forever be open to any questions, but have some info under the cut!
His full legal name is 'Doctor Ivo "My outfit doesn't have to make sense, it just has to show off my autistic swagger" Robotnik'.
The only part of his suit actually buttoned on is the high collar so that he can take it off when he's too hot- yes it's buttoned all the way down his front, sue him, it can work like a lap apron
Ivo was going to physically fight Aban if he did not start wearing more comfortable clothing - Stone took this to mean that he could stop diligently ironing his clothes because that's his least favourite part of appearance maintenance
Stone wears a full-body compression suit under his clothing to help him with chronic pain.
It's of Robotnik design and never needs to be taken off even for sleep! Waterproof so it can even be swam in. Shadow has a matching one because he was the test dummy for the prototype
Ivo missed styling his hair but didn't miss the upkeep so once Stone's hair started to grow out during his time in suspension, Ivo ordered him to keep it that way (Stone doesn't mind, and Ivo ends up doing the upkeep anyway as an excuse to dote on him)
Once Aban's hair grew to the point that he keeps it at now, it started resembling a wolf's tail trailing behind him especially when running or biking. Because of this, the Wachowski kids call him an 'honorary Mobian', and G.U.N. often refers to him as 'The Wolf'
As seen in the img, Robotnik has a massive blast-type scar encompassing the vast majority of his face, gotten during the eclipse cannon explosion. Shadow has matching scarring on his hands that will appear in his ref
Unseen in this due to clothing, Ivo has lichtenburg scars running up his arms from his fingertips, and Aban has matching ones going up his neck from handprints at his shoulders. Ivo also has a massive scar encompassing his right side from the ending of SM2
Ivo's outfit is HEAVILY inspired by Eggman's design from Sonic Boom
Hiiiiii contrary to popular belief I'm not dead and instead I bring you (possibly) Premium Stobotnik Headcanons™
First off- When the Doctor's not around, Stone takes on many of his qualities in his absence from the inherent need to have that certain Robotnik-ness around at all times. Dancing (even if it's not as extravagant), constant movement (very jarring due to how he's usually like a statue at Ivo's side), big and elaborate insults, et cetera. It is very important that Ivo is not aware of this, but everybody else is and it freaks them the heck out. More points toward the 'Stone is an android that Robotnik controls' theory in the agency
Stone is extremely minimalist and has always been that way, it didn't just start during his agent training. The most he'll keep is a few important knickknacks and gadgets the Doctor has given him over the years, maybe a fancy rock a Badnik found and offered to him. Ivo, on the other hand, is obsessed with record-keeping in all its forms - anything that represents an accomplishment or happy moment is saved away dutifully. It's just that minimalism is what's most efficient in his labspace. Stone is absolutely floored when he and Ivo finally start living together (post-SM4) and he finds out just how much of a collector and decorator the Doctor really is
