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1. The Narrative of Grief by CosmicDumbass

   Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog (Live Action Universe), Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen, Other
   • Complete Work

   09 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Maria Robotnik & Shadow the Hedgehog
   • Gerald Robotnik & Shadow the Hedgehog
   • Dr. Eggman | Dr. Robotnik & Gerald Robotnik
   • Dr. Eggman | Dr. Robotnik & Agent Stone
   • Sonic the Hedgehog & Tom Wachowski
   • Shadow the Hedgehog & Sonic the Hedgehog
   • Shadow the Hedgehog/Sonic the Hedgehog
   • Shadow the Hedgehog
   • Sonic the Hedgehog
   • Maria Robotnik
   • Gerald Robotnik
   • Dr. Eggman | Dr. Robotnik
   • Agent Stone (Sonic the Hedgehog)
   • Tom Wachowski
   • Character Study
   • Psychology
   • Psychological Trauma
   • Trauma Exploration
   • Five Stages of Grief
   • Exploration of grief
   • Philosophy
   • Pre-Movie: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)
   • Movie: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)
   • During Canon
   • Canon Rewrite
   • Maria Robotnik and Shadow the Hedgehog are Siblings
   • Maria Robotnik is a Sweetheart
   • Maria Robotnik has NIDS
   • Maria gets shot
   • I hate the movie changed her death
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Shadow the Hedgehog Has PTSD - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
   • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
   • Police Brutality
   • GUN is treated as a fictional authoritarian police force
   • guys i hate GUN
   • Dehumanization
   • Implied Medical Experimentation
   • Non-Sexual Grooming
   • Exploitation
   • indoctrination
   • Power Imbalance
   • Gerald sucks
   • I just put the canon in a different perspective
   • Shadow the Hedgehog Needs a Hug
   • Shadow the Hedgehog-centric
   • Shadow the Hedgehog is Bad at Feelings
   • Hurt Shadow the Hedgehog
   • Hurt Sonic the Hedgehog
   • Sonic the Hedgehog Needs a Hug
   • Chaos Emeralds (Sonic the Hedgehog)
   • Going super as a metaphor for grief
   • Relationship Study
   • Fluff and Angst
   • The moon was gay
   • Sigmund Freud Would Have A Field Day With This
   • No beta we die like Maria
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Missing Scene
   • Survivor Guilt
   • Angst with a Bittersweet Ending
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Shadow the Hedgehog Needs Therapy
   • Soul Bond
   • Mentioned Longclaw (Sonic the Hedgehog)
   • Pre-Relationship
   • Tags May Change

   Summary

   Sonic is Blue. That's the worst part. 
   Everything blue is stained with Maria's blood.
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   How Shadow mourns his sister, Maria.
   OR, psychoanalyzing the absolute shit out of Shadow the Hedgehog.
   ☆☆☆
   Follows the Sonic 3 movie plot, but from the perspective of shadow. And with a few extra things thrown in.
   Also the hedgehogs may or may not be gay. (Movie sonadow is my favorite sonadow🥹)
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   This was supposed to be a character study using the 5 Stages of Grief.
   When I rewatched the movie with my roommate, and the “Oh ivo, you're no Maria” scene happened,- this mf (who doesn't like sonic btw) turned to me and went:
   “There's no way this isn't implied grooming.”
   Safe to say this fic may have evolved way past its original blurb...
   (Will NOT contain depiction of sexual abuse. Grooming does not have to be sexual.)
   ☆☆☆
   Fic playlist!!! It is an ordered playlist, but shuffle works perfectly fine too:)
   https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0l5Z7ybYAcBPzK9BC73npc?si=wMuBYIpET1OEn4FF88b8dA&pi=tmreAhqsT3Ovz
   (or just loop the song that plays when Jax almost abstracts in TADC lmao)
   

   Series

   • Part 1 of (Multifandom) character study bullshit

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