#space otter

The post gave me huuuuge inspiration of a curious otter!Stone who would at first follow Robotnik around when he crash lands through the ring. Robotnik would probably experience some paranoia about feeling like someone is constantly watching him, but he’d shrug that off due to the whole stranded-on-an-alien-planet thing. Stone would eventually maybe save the exploring doctor from a sneaky Crabsnake (the f*ckers who hide in the glowy mushrooms and bite yo ass) or otherwise reveal himself. Robotnik would be thrilled to find some intelligent life form that didn’t immediately try to kill him but actually seemed willing to co-operate and was equally curious about the other (also wow, even an anti-social like Robotnik was starting to feel a little loony from only talking to himself). So they from a companionship. In my interpretation, otter!creatures would mainly communicate with Earth otter-like squeaks (so cute!!) but Stone would be able to learn to talk with Robotnik. Maybe with a weird accent or limited pronunciation, and he would still favor squeaks and non-verbal communication.

Stone would be the first to fall head-over-tail-tip in love with the Doctor. He would try to court him (bring him fancy fish, decorate his underwater lab with pretty things etc.) but Robotnik would be Dense AF as usual. He would eventually get the memo tho, fall for the big ol’ otter eyes, and feel conflicted about returning to Earth. Stone would decide to leave with Robotnik to Earth, where they live gay-ly ever after.