'P-4k', aka 'Maria the Hedgehog' by Cylent-Nite on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

Just a warning, this character idea is much darker and gritty compared to my other ideas around. This is a character concept I was dabbling in randomly today, since I've taken a sick day off from school. I think the fact that I'm sick unconsciously made me create a character that is sick. xD

Meet "P-4k", which is an alias she likes to go by on the internet. P-4k is a 35 year old hedgehog woman living in the United Federations. She is an avid conspiracy theorist, and lives a lonely and reclusive life as she has no friends and family around, only being able to socialize and share her theories online. She uses the net alias "P-4k" in order to mask her identity, keeping her true name a secret to everyone. For many years, she has done very in-depth research and poking around in subjects relating to the Space Colony ARK and the fabled Project Shadow. After so many years of fixating on the singular subject, it had begun to spiral into a strange obsession, even building up the delusion in her head of being "in love" with Shadow the Hedgehog, who may or may not have even existed.

When Shadow was released from Prison Island, and his image became public domain, her dreams and delusions had finally come true, realizing that everything she had ever worked for was actually a reality. But at this point her mind had already become lost, having only become locked onto Shadow and playing out romantic fantasies in her head over and over. After the Black Arms invasion, she was lucky enough to get ahold of several dismantled Shadow Androids and was able to repair them, keeping them in her den as her own personal pets and playthings. Her fixation had become a fetish, as she even dresses in a similar fashion to the young girl who lived on-board the ARK, and taking on her namesake in order to please her "lover".

Anyways, this character is a bit deranged and twisted compared to my other ideas, using her as an opportunity to show a darker aspect of the Sonic world while still sticking to the rules. She's meant to be a parody and a subversion of fancharacters who are in love with Shadow, as well as a much darker subversion of the "Maria the Hedgehog" idea. I also wanted to make her an older woman instead of a teenager too just to show more of a mature nature, becoming something of a mistress/dominatrix when taking on her Maria the Hedgehog persona. The way she keeps her Androids is similar to that of a cat lady. xD

EDIT 18/3/15: I've been going through my gallery and cleaning up things I felt weren't very presentable, this being one of them, haha. Just made the image more defined, here's how it looked previously: P4k