#hanmertastic

oh, absolutely.

some time after the turbo incident, i personally headcanon that turbo sought out felix and attempted to explain himself to the nicelander. after all, he was injured, and turbo never wanted to live all by himself in the bowls of central station anyhow. felix was understandably horrified by turbo’s recent actions, claiming he wanted nothing to do with the racer, but he wouldn’t just let turbo die either [i imagine he had a pretty severe leg wound that wasn’t healing properly] so he automatically offered to fix turbo’s leg. [i still hc that turbo used a cane from then on due to code weirdness or something? still workshopping]

ANYHOW the point of all of this is to say that felix was going to turn turbo in to surge protector, insisting the racer needed mental help that felix was definitely not qualified to provide. turbo obviously couldn’t have that, so in a last ditch effort to save his skin, he dove into the code of fix it felix jr and hastily severed felix’s recent memories of turbo. the job ended up being sloppy and imperfect, but it accomplished what turbo was aiming for. felix no longer had any idea that turbo was still alive.

all of THAT is to say that when felix recognized turbo up on the big sugar rush cam, it was the first time that he had seen turbo since the RB incident [to his knowledge]. felix had long since mourned and moved on, having lots of time to process both the loss of his friend and his horrendous actions. seeing turbo again, only just as wretched as the last time felix saw him, was an ENORMOUS gut-punch. suddenly he was forced to grapple with the fact that his ex-partner had not only survived the arcade’s most unspeakable tragedy, but repeated the act, having taken over an unsuspecting game and lived there in hiding for years. all of that while ATTEMPTING TO MURDER A CHILD ON LIVE TELEVISION!

so yeah that’s why i think felix is 1000% disgusted by turbo BUT. i also like to entertain the idea of a reunion. realistically, i think felix would be terrified of cyng candy [get it? because cyng sounds like king and he’s a cy-bug? haha i’m so funny] and attempt to tell him off right before realizing he doesn’t stand a chance against the monster, at which point he would turn tail and run. candy could easily pin him down and hold him hostage, and it would be hard for him not to toy with felix like a cat might play with a terrified mouse.

but i think the dynamic would shift once candy figures out that felix isn’t just scared of being ripped to shreds, he’s scared of what turbo specifically has become. like, it starts to show in felix’s behaviors that he’s confused and desperate for answers, and the deal is sealed when he blurts “what happened to you?!” with a horrified expression.

i can see candy flippantly monologuing about his steady decline into power-hungry madness, answering in excruciating detail how he got to be the way he currently is.