"Sonic and Tails" this, "Maria and Shadow" that. "The avatar," "Silver and Blaze," etc etc they're ALL representative of frienship as a theme in Sonic, but can we talk about how ALL pale in comparison to Knuckles??
Who else to be the epitome of the theme of Frienship in STH than the very one who lacked frienship for most of his life?
Knuckles spent most of his time alone, with no one else in Angel Island but himself, some chao, and ruins upon ruins of a civilization long gone and forgotten.
its not until years of solitude that he meets eggman, sonic, and tails
and SURE, he is tricked by eggman into a fake frienship, and his first impression of the Prower siblings is of enemies in his territory, but... that quickly changes
He is betrayed by eggman the very day he had formed a bond with him, but also sees Sonic actively try to help him, he can't do anything but to trust Sonic, even after his trust was shattered by someone else
he chooses to trust Sonic's acts instead of Eggman's words.
Eventually Sonic is able to retrieve the Master Emerald back to Knuckles, and he and Tails fly away from Angel island.
and it makes you wonder what did Knuckles feel, his first friend had turned into a traitor, the rival he made had left, he had been alone for most of his life but
do you think it was until then when he felt lonely?
But it does not end there, whenn the egg robo and mecha sonic steal the M.E. and Knuckles has to destroy mecha, Knuckles almost falls to what could've been his death, griping to the Master emerald...
But he is rescued by Sonic and Tails, and taken to safety back to Angel Island.
Eventually Sonic and Tails returning to his island would become more and more recurrent, including other threats like Eggman.
Knuckles was no longer alone, Sure Sonic teases him over everything, and he is often ready to fight him if he crosses a line or two
but he never sees Sonic as an enemy, he always cares. and he starts to care for others too, Rouge, Amy, people keep entering his life and, not leaving.
But he never chases anyone out of his island except for eggman, even when he tries to get Rouge's hands off the Emerald he doesn't try to harm her, he just stands his ground.
He often chooses to leave the Master Emerald unguarded if it means he can help his friends
during the metal virus he just tells sonic that he keeps bringing trouble to his island, but he doesn't throw him out of it, even if he knows sonic is a threat, because sonic is his friend.
Knuckles is a character who once knew not of frienship but quickly became friends with so many people, and if it wasn't because of Eggman (incidentally) he wouldn't have had ever met such great friends
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