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Hey, folks! I'm Paige, and I'm in the process of writing the second arc of More Than A Victim, a fic about Maria using the events of Sonic x Shadow Generations to prevent her death!
Here, Maria is the protagonist, with a story seen through her eyes! A big focus is showing off complexities we never see in canon for her—strong positive and negative feelings, hobbies, unseen relationships, expansions and complexities added to her known ones, and a look at how it feels to know how others see you after your death.
Now, I could say more—but that's kind of against the point, isn't it? Why listen to me when you can hear it from the horse's mouth? Sadly, I don't have the drawing ability to let her make a visual appearance—thankfully, I have other ways! Gerald's not the only one who can write a journal, you know? Find her letter under the break!
(Content warning for references to Maria's death! Maria icons from Sonic Rumble!)
"Dear Sonic AU Collision Voters,
Hey everybody! I'm Maria Robotnik! You probably know about me from my death scene in Sonic Adventure 2. Or my death scene in Shadow's 2005 game. Or my death scene in Sonic X. Or Shadow Generations, the one game where I actually get to live outside of flashbacks! That one's my favorite—but I wasn't exactly a major character there, was I? I think it's time to change we had a change of pace, don't you?
I'm writing to all of you from White Space and the ARK, where my friends and I are in the middle of making chapters 6, 7, and 8 of More Than A Victim! I'm so proud to be a part of Sonic AU Collision, alongside so many other interesting stories—drawn, written, and otherwise!
(Amy's reading this over my shoulder and she giggled when I mentioned the chapter numbers. I don't get it, and Wave keeps glaring at her every time she tries explaining. I guess it's some kind of future joke? Just another thing I'll have to learn when I make it out of here!)
More Than A Victim is far from the kind of story I think most people would expect me to be in. I mean, do I look like someone who'd be in an action story? But that's the point! This story is a chance to let me do things I never get to do in canon! I might not be as good as Amy or Shadow when it comes to fighting, but I like to think I can make up for it in my own ways. Just see how I blew myself up in the last arc! (Don't worry, I was alright. But the Guardian wasn't!)
Right now, chapters 1 through 5—including the Babylon Garden arc—are already on AO3. The next three chapters—the Battle Arc—are in development now. I'm excited for this one. It deals with some pretty complicated feelings on my part. I don't want to say too much in this propaganda post, but I will say this: I'm making a new friend in the next chapter. I wonder who it could be~?
I'm so happy that we get to make this story and share it with all of you. I had a lot of fun getting some spotlight in Shadow Generations, so I'm glad we're able to continue that journey here! I hope you'll all tune in to the next chapter's release! I can't give any details on when that will be, but I'm hoping it will be soon!
I hope you'll join me and my friends in Central City!
Most surprising thing the TADC finale did was solidify my change from finding Jax annoying (almost entirely due to how prevalent he was as a fan favorite everywhere) to finding Jax a very interesting and fun character. Choosing not to interact with most of the fanbase helped a lot.
Ragatha's still my favorite, though. But I can appreciate Jax a lot more now.
(The finale was also so good. Loved every second of it.)
given the current climate this pride especially i feel i must mention that i love my trans friends, i stand with trans people in the fight against transphobic legislation and those who would enforce it, and this blog is not a good place for you to be if you do not vibe with that
With the finale out now I think a central theme that I've recognized and really adore is "all of these characters are more complex than an audience would appreciate." They are all being squished into a child-friendly set of archetypes, be that by Caine, Jax, or metatextually, the fandom. Caine doesn't want them complaining, swearing or having sex, they just have to go on endless, mindless, youtube-monetizable adventures. He's the ringmaster, he puts them in a bright poppy's playtime ass stage and demands for funny to happen. Meanwhile, Jax doesn't want to address the dire reality of their situation and copes by playing along, treating himself and all the characters as flat archetypes with no internality, so that the elephants in the room can safely be ignored. The fandom, meanwhile, is quietly guilty of all the same things. "Why isn't my favorite character acting in accordance with my headcanon? Which characters are flatly evil so we can hate them? Will they achieve my perfect happy ending? Because if not I'll be mad about it."
It doesn't work. Because they're more complex than that. They're people, they need more, they have emotions and traumas and wants and needs. Ragatha isn't always cheerful, she's not just the mom friend, and she's not some manipulator either. She's a person, trying her best, and very often failing. Pomni isn't always anxious, she's a natural leader and she wants the best for everyone, but she's not perfect either. She's a person, trying her best, and very often failing. And Jax isn't just a villain, he's a very complicated ball of traumas whose consistent first instinct is to push everyone away, hurting others so that he won't get hurt himself. He's a person, trying his best, and very often failing. She might even be a girl. Zooble isn't just a grump, Gangle isn't just a wimp, Kinger isn't just crazy. They're humans. And humans aren't always good. They're messy, screwed up, complicated things. They're things that can't be flattened down to archetypes, no matter how much Caine, Jax, or the fandom wants it.
The fandom wanted a bunch of cookie cutter adventures with good guys and bad guys, but what we got is just a bunch of people, stuck together, their traumas rubbing up against eachother until something catches fire and explodes. And I think that's way more interesting. I'm glad the show is that. I understand not everyone feels that way, though. A lot of people wanted something less nuanced. But I don't think the show not matching your expectations is the show's fault. I think people just need to come at it with the right mindset. Meet the story where it's at.
People are always more complicated than an audience wants them to be.
