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heloflor · 1 year

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Protecting you

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A dozen of minutes away from the launch of the Maim-tron 9000, Max’s Superego starts worrying about Sam’s stubbornness to help his partner and tries to convince him to leave while he still can.

TW : Suicidal thoughts !

Notes : Sam and Max are a married couple in this fic.

Enjoy !

20 minutes. There were only twenty minutes left before the launch of the Maim-tron 9000.

Despite the commotion in the real world and the three pests still running around inside his body, Max’s brain was…eerily silent. Even for the Superego, it felt too silent. Especially with him around.

Samuel was standing by the astral projector, body completely frozen as if devoid of any life, which the Ego knew was pretty much the case. He’d already come to check on the wolfhound moments ago, finding himself disturbed by the dog’s empty expression paired with glassy eyes. Truly, he looked like a corpse.

…

The Superego didn’t understand what Samuel was trying to accomplish. How on Earth was projecting his conscious to those naked clones meant to help him get rid of the tumor ? As if the Cthonic Destroyer would fall into his lap so easily. And even if it did, what good would it make anyways ?

Then again, what good would saving Max make ?

Had it been any other situation, the Superego would’ve rolled his eyes at the dog’s actions. However, it wasn’t any other situation. From outside this chamber, in the part of the brain connected to Max’s senses, the Ego could hear his vice-president Superball remind everyone of the upcoming attack, followed by the Bosco scientist telling the intruders inside the lagomorph to find Samuel and hurry with their rescue. If Samuel didn’t stop his foolish plan, if he refused to leave before the launch…

As those thoughts crossed the Superego’s mind, he heard a sharp inhale nearby, bringing his attention back to the projector where Samuel was finally moving again.

“Found anything yet ?” the Ego couldn’t help but taunt, trying to keep it distant between himself and the other man. He refused to show weakness, even with his fears for the dog’s survival slowly engulfing his every thought.

“Skunkape has the toy,” the wolfhound replied with a glare before turning back to the memory scrapbook, “I just need to find where that maniac space monkey went and we’ll get that tumor out of Max’s brain in no time !”

Having to find the general…this meant wasting more precious time moving Max around…

“Sam, you need to leave,” the words left his mouth before he even realized it.

“I’m not giving up now,” Samuel simply answered, “Not when we’re this close to saving Max.”

“You’re almost out of time. Do you honestly believe you can take the Cthonic Destroyer out of the hands of Skun-ka’pe and cure Max of his tumor in less than twenty minutes ?” the Ego stated in a matter-of-fact way.

“I just have to find the right memory…” Samuel mumbled while flipping the pages of the book, cursing under his breath when he undoubtedly realized he’d already tried all the pictures he had.

“You will never be able to accomplish such a task,” the Superego continued, mentally counting each and every second that passed, “You should evacuate now before it’s too late.”

“You’d like that, wouldn’t you ?” the wolfhound growled.

“This isn’t only about Max,” the Ego argued as his annoyance grew. Why couldn’t that mutt listen to reason already ?! “Do I need to remind you of the explosion that is about to occur ? You need to leave in order to survive.”

“Superball will find a way to slow the process until we’re out, or something. We’ll figure it out. We have to !” Samuel was clearly grasping. Just how deep in denial was he ?

“Sam-“

“Mama Bosco, do you hear me ? We need to take control of Max again,” cutting the Ego off, Samuel rudely turned his back on him, contacting the inventor through his earpiece instead of facing the grim reality of the situation.

“Sam,” the Superego called through gritted teeth, frustrated to have his words fall on deaf ears. Samuel was focused on controlling Max, making him stop at Ms.Bosco’s cloning facility and unlocking a new memory.

“Hope this is the one,” the dog muttered while inserting the new picture inside the projector.

“Sam !”

“No time for a chat, we’re almost there !”

“For god’s sake, Sam ! WILL YOU STOP RISKING YOUR LIFE FOR ME WHEN I CLEARLY DON’T DESERVE IT ?!”

Both men froze at the words. “Great, now you’ve managed to make me lose control of my emotions.” The Superego awkwardly cough as he tried to regain his composure, “This is so embarrassing.”

When he turned back to Samuel, the dog was staring at him wide eyes, looking the man up and down as if seeing something deeply within the Ego.

Feeling humiliated by his lack of control, the Superego couldn’t hold the other’s gaze and looked down, his only sign of dignity being his stance, his hands formally clenched behind his back.

After a few more seconds of silence, the Ego heard Samuel step closer.

“Max,” the wolfhound softly let out, the use of his name startling the smaller man who felt obligated to look him in the eye, “is that what this is all about ? Your depression ? Feelings that you’re not good enough ? Is…is this why you’re so determined to end it all ?”

“I…” yet again, he couldn’t hold the taller man’s gaze. Curses Max and his foolish feelings for that dog making him so vulnerable ! Now he couldn’t stand looking into the mutt’s sad eyes without wanting to spill all his most repressed thoughts !

“It’s okay, Max. You know you can tell me. We don’t keep these kinds of secrets from each-other, remember ?” Gently, Samuel put a paw on the Ego’s shoulder, and the Ego couldn’t help but put his own hand atop the soft fur, his defenses crumbling under the touch. As much as it hurt to admit it, it seemed that he was a much bigger part of Max than he thought, or even wished for that matter. His outburst had proven that as well.

Maybe…maybe there was no point in hiding Samuel what he…what Max, felt about this rescue mission.

“Sam…dearest…you need to leave this place. Now,” he finally managed to say. “Time is quickly running out, the Maim-tron could hit any minute. I wouldn’t- Max wouldn’t be able to forgive himself if something happened to you because of him-…of us. We’re not worth it, Sam. We’re not worth making you lose your life. Not like this… You’re so much more important than that.

“So please ! Leave while your still can. You-you may not be able to save us, but what you did was enough. It’s more than enough to give us peace of mind in those final moments. Now go. Go live a life without me holding you back.”

“…” for a moment, Samuel could only gaze at the Ego with anguish in his eyes. Eventually, he pulled the smaller man in for a hug. The Superego froze at the contact, hit by a brand-new sensation, one he wasn’t sure what to do with.

Sure, it wasn’t the first time he was close to the dog. After all, he was a part of Max, and the lagomorph was Samuel’s spouse. But this…this felt so much more intimate than anything the duo has ever done together. Never had the Superego been able to have actual physical contact with Samuel before. It felt…nice. Comforting, even. No wonder Max liked it so much.

Once past the initial shock, the Ego wrapped his arms the best he could around the larger figure, closing his eyes and simply enjoying the moment. From outside, he could feel Max doing the same, the eldritch abomination stopping in his tracks to hug himself, feeling the most peaceful he’s been since getting his psychic powers. And of course, it was because of Samuel. It was always because of Samuel.

For reasons foreign to him, the Superego wouldn’t have it any other way.

The Ego could feel a purr threatening to escape his throat but forced himself to keep it in. He’d already shown enough vulnerability for a lifetime. He refused to show how comfortable he was getting, even if this was going to be the very last time he’d ever see Samuel…

“Max…I’m sorry,” Sam murmured after a few moments, holding the Ego tighter, “I knew you were hurting, but I never realized just how bad it was. I’m sorry I was never there to help you the way you needed. I should’ve done something, should’ve prevented it from escalating this far.”

The Superego wanted to speak up, to tell Samuel that it wasn’t his fault, that he did everything he could and that it wasn’t his burden to carry in the first place anyways. It wasn’t his fault Max was a mess that couldn’t even take care of himself properly without his partner holding his paw !

Instead, the Ego stayed silent, letting the dog say what he felt the need to say.

“But you have to believe me when I say you’re worth it. Max is worth it. He’s worth everything to me. It doesn’t matter how much I have to lose in this, I’ll do it all over again if it means saving him. Max, I love you, and I’m not leaving this place until you’re back as your old self, safe and sound…”

Soon enough, way too soon for the Ego’s liking, the wolfhound drew away. The two shared a lingering glance, Samuel gently patting the small man’s shoulder with a determined smile.

“I’m going to save you. I don’t care that you’ve given up on yourself. I haven’t given up on you, and nothing you tell me is going to change my mind.”

And with that, Samuel went back to the astral projector with newfound energy. The Ego couldn’t even get a word in before hearing the dog gasp, his body going cold as his soul left to a new location, the screen quickly displaying the point of view of a clone in the underground lab.

“…Sam,” the Superego couldn’t help but sigh as he turned his back on his sort-of-partner. They had less than ten minutes left now before the launch of the Maim-tron. Samuel would never find that toy in due time. And if he did, he and those other three would be too late to perform surgery on that tumor.

Max was doomed, just like he was meant to. Just like Max himself wanted to. As sweet as Samuel’s speech had been, it wasn’t enough to chance the lagomorph’s inner views of himself. Besides, Max already knew just how much he was loved by his partner. That wasn’t what his problems were about.

There was nothing that could be done now to help him, even if Max himself had wanted help. Which he didn’t…

But Samuel could still be saved.

“I’m sorry, Sam,” the Ego whispered while going back to his desk, focusing on observing what was happening outside Max’s inner brain. One way or another, he needed to get Samuel out of there. It didn’t matter if it was by force or manipulation. All that mattered was that the dog needed to be out and needed to stay out ! He couldn’t have Samuel run back inside Max’s body again and again while the Maim-tron was on its way.

He couldn’t save himself. He didn’t want to save himself.

But he was going to save Samuel, whether his partner wanted it or not…

#Sam and Max #SamandMax #Freelance Husbands #Superego #Max's Superego #Sam and Max season 3 spoilers #The City That Dares not Sleep #angst #my fanfics #really happy how this one turned out !#for all I know people won't like it but I really enjoyed writing it #(then again each and everyone of my fics is written for myself first and others second #like that one post said : I write for myself and post it online for the validation)#tw suicide mention #suicide mention tw #cw suicide thoughts #suicide thoughts cw

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joojdraws · 2 years

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greetings skunkierwaite nation (potential ship name?!)

here is a drawing of papierwaite & skunkape!!!

someone had to feed us and that someone is me

#sam and max #sam and max fan art #anton papierwaite #papierwaite #general skunkape #skunkape #skunkierwaite #art #jooj draws

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askjurgen · 1 year

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#Jurgen #Sam & Max #Sam and Max #Sam & Max Freelance Police #Sam and Max Freelance Police #Jurgen Sam & Max #Jurgen Sam and Max #anton papierwaite #Monsieur Papierwaite #Monsieur Anton Papierwaite #General Skun-ka'pe #Skun-ka'pe #Skunkape #askblog #doodles #Papierwaite

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lee-scribbles-and-doodles · 3 years

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S3 ep5

Current emotional status: FEAR

Cthulu Max has been on the rampage for a whole week!?

Ew, the narrator

Oh man, are they sending the airforce after him?

I really like Cthulu Max's design

Momma Bosco 💗

Oh hey, Norrington and Papierwaite are alive.

Superball are you saying you tried to send the Maimtrons up Max's--

Also he's acting president while Max is... deposed of.

Superball is only giving Sam until 6am :(

Featherly!

"Wandering around the moleman tunnels is no fun without Max."

"You got it all wrong, we're trying to help Max." "We will help him... to a generous serving of ass whooping."

"That is one rabbit who will be multiplied... into 2,000 smoldering pieces."

Carol ran off with Blustet

"I only want her to be happy, is all." Aw, Curt

Superball just admitted to having separation anxiety from Max

Ok Momma can't come but Papierwaite and Norringron can.

I like Norrington :)

GASP

Is it?

It is!

SYBIL!!!!

RETURN OF THE QUEEN

Oh, she is very pregnant

She was a wizard at one point?

She's gonna help!

Superball there's no such thing as acceptable losses

Abe has his body back

"Four score and seven tons of raw power"

HE CAN FLY NOW!?

Sybil, I love you, but why did you mod someone else's car???

Grandpa Stinky I love you

Oh, he just handed us the recipe for once.

Asdfff the spore maxes swarming Grandpa

They stole Grandpa's hotdogs

"We must feed the host! Piglets and sphinkters make us stronger!" "We regret nothing!"

Grandpa hasn't slept in three years

Sam just casually taking the last of Grandpa's corndogs

The spores are trying to get it

Lol Sam slapped them

Sal's alive!

He's hiding from Sam :(

Lol we can control Cthulu Max with Corndogs

Ew, the cornstarch got mixed in with the giant puddle 🤢 Looks gross

Love how Sybil completely ignores the Flaming Max head

Also the look of disappointment on the spore's face made me laugh

Fifth trimester???

The way the one Max spore by Grandpa's truck is bobbing in circles with his mouth open is making me laugh.

Sam showing concern for Sybil because she’s preggers 🥺

Her being pregnant with Abe's child implies that statues have working genital in this universe

She put a weiner scented airfreshener in the desoto

At least Sam and a Max spore seem to like that (of course they do)

"Sybil you're the best!" Hell yeah she is!

Sam's mind went to the color bar codes to prevent being traumatized by Sybil's oversharing

We drowned the desoto

Asdfgh Sam just botched slapped one of the spores for trying to say "that's none of your damn buisness."

Ew, Max's spine is pointing out

Oh hey, Satan and Jurgen

Why is Jurgen wearing his old fashioned clothes instead of his emo clothes?

Lol Sam snuck into frame to shout "Go Mets! New York rules!"

"--besides it's just a good and noble thing to do." "You're not familiar with my previous work, are you?"

"Sam, what happened to you to make you so cynical?" Gee, Jurgen, I wonder what could have possibly happened.

Oh so the water tower counts as vegetable oil because Momma did something to it

Pfft we can replace Satan's microphone with a corndog

Omg they jumped off the building to avoid Max

Oh, they're fine, and the oil is in the giant puddle.

I'm thankful to Featherly for giving us an egg but I'd have preferred not to watch him lay it. Granted it was just in a cartoon way but he still made weird noises

Also TRANS FEATHERLY 2021

"I desperately wanted to see that, sir. Ask him if he'll lay another one."

Oh hey, the Flaming Max heads helped heat up the giant desoto corndog

Since I'm playing this in 2021 the Maimtron's song references are super dated, which defeats Superball's efforts

Oooh! A unique opening sequence???

Oh this music is jazzy af

Sam really doesn't like the Max spores

Sam how do you already know what Max's insides look like???

"Even when he's not a collasal monster Max's food comas can last for weeks."

Ok we wake Max up with the coffee beans, right?

Yup!

The gi Max spore is so sad he doesn't get to come 😢

"But I'm a horrible monster!"

"I suppose Max's brain always looks like a living room?" "Well, Max is host to all kinds of weird parasites, and he likes to he a good host!" WHAT

No really, this brings up so many questions about lagomorphs. Are they some kind of Symbiote or something?

And a previous episode confirmed Max is amphibious

Max has tumors!!!

It shocked Sam!

"Eugh! Get away fake Max!" "Do you find my warmth... alarming, Sam?"

"What do nightmares taste like, anyway?" "Pepsi"

Max wants to be author 💗

He also writes fanfiction about Flint 🤣

I'd unironically read his books.

Tina Belcher voice: Friend fiction

Max has an experimental fusion jazz band???

"He just killed a great white shark--"

Max being completely unable to describe a woman is very gay of him. Good for him.

Max's brain teleported everyone to different parts of the body.

Found Sybil in the gym/legs

The brain is broadcasting Sam's thoughts???

Sam couldn't think of a joke for the medicine balls :(

"Wow Max is looking pretty buff. Would it be too weird if I asked him to turn around?"

Sam! Stop thinking bad things about Sybil's pregnancy she can hear you you putz!

She's upset with him now

"Can you believe this guy?" "I find the entire situation to be very contrived and misogynistic." Same spore Max, same.

Sam stop being so mean omg!

"I changed Sybil, I totally get the whole parenthood thing now." "Really now?" "Tax deductions."

In Max's inventory now

Y'know, I never really thought about it as a storage house

Hit The Road reference :3

Baby roach hatched in

"Pa..papa?" "Now I am little champion, now I am!"

Max has a Maximus shrine

Sam turned into a roomba!

Aw, he named it Sam Jr 🥺

We won Sybil back through his love of Sam Jr

Found the conjoined twins

Huh, Max lost as eye. Does that mean he has a glass one, or do lagomorphs have regenerative abilities?

Pfft we have to play twister to control his arma

The brain is messing with things again

Oh, we need a roach to operate the game because of radiation

Well, let's kidnap Sal

Oh, poor Girl Stinky. She's really going through it

Aw, Sal feels bad

Sal?

Honey, are alright?

He's dying???

He's not immune to irradiation!?

Oh no, he's gone

I'm so sad 😞

Gotta pick up Sam Jr. Before I control Max

They mad Max do a magical girl pose

Ugh the narrator is back

Wait, what?

He's Max's brain??? SUPEREGO???

WHAT

"I was always ignored" Yo if my super ego was as pretentious as you I 'd ignore it too 😤

He wants to kill himself and Max???

I know Max had a self loathing complex but holy shit

The super ego is perfectly fine with destroying half the east coast what a jerk

Just noticed Sam's tie is red. Had no idea about this while drawing PI!Sam lol

We have to help Max get his memories back to use the ASTRO projector

Skunkapes has three Sam clones imprisoned

Sam had canon ocd?

Gasp Gordon???

No, it's Sammun Mak

I love him, little child tyrant

Just make him a mobile brain in a jar and let Sam and Max adopt him

Why is Grandpa here?

He isn't talking like Stinky

Too polite

Sam sees it too

He's a space gorilla

They switched brains?

Found the cloning g chamber

Let's go to Momma's first

CONE OF SHAME CONE OF SHAME CONE OF SHAME

Superball is "wracked with guilt"

"Keep it together Superball. Sam will be able to save the day. He always does."

Ok, let's go to the cloning facility

I'm still thinking about poor Sal yo

FLIIIIIINT!

He's punching space apes!

Girl Stinky really playing up the evil Mistress role

The doggleganger has a bomb on him!!!

Wait so Girl really is a mermaid??? I thought that was just her aestetic

God I love Flint

Haha we tricked Skunkape with scooby doo villain tactics

Got the robot

Her water broke... and it was pennies

Max wants to save Sybil! 😭🥺💕

Super Ego is here

Oh now he wants to save Max

The only thing here are those records

Super Ego waved goodbye

Cthulu Max is cute when he cries

Wait What?

His head is on fire!

The maimtron hit him!

He waved goodbye... and teleported away.

He exploaded!!!!

He promised he'd take Sam with him and he didn't!!!!

AAAAAAH

I thought the dead Max thing was popular angst fanon fic thingy!

We're cloning Max?

It didn't work 😭😭😭😭😭

Superball ran off crying

Oh God the credits are just Sam walking sadly what the hell

He's not even stopping to fight any crime 😢

💔💔💔

God the way he's clinging to himself

What?

The elevator???

MAAAAX

he's back???

Past Max???

He blew his Sam up???

Wait hold on I'm glad they're together again but this doesn't fix anything

There's so much trauma from this season

All the horrible things that happened during 301-304 happened in like 3 days tops, then Sam had to deal with Max being a monster for a week before watching him die!

And the new (?) Max had BLOW HIS SAM UP!!!

And they left the franchise like that for a decade????

What the hell?

I want to be happy but this shit is going to consume my brain for the next week at least what the hell

Aaaaaaah!

Like maybe they really do just brush it off but it feels unlikely

I know Max has a connection with his other selves so it'll be easier for him to adjust but certainly Sam is going to notice the discrepancies since he doesn't get the same deal

Someone told me there were multiple endings hold on

Aw, they walked off into the sunrise together

But still

AAAAAAAAH

#sam and max #freelance husbands #sam and max freelance police #sam & max #sam & max freelance police #freelance police #lee plays sam and max #305 #what the hell #flint paper #agent superball #momma bosco #sybil pandemik #sal s&m #general skun ka'pe #girl stinky #sammun mak #don't @ me I'm crying

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bellasbarginart · 3 years

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I absolutely do not have the energy to draw this out but fffff-

I gotta type this out right now or I’ll forget it

since various people are making Sam and Max gothic-ish alternate universes, I shall plop my idea for one here

• Jekyll and Hyde AU

This alternate universe would feature Sam as Jekyll/Hyde and Max as his partner/lab assistant. It would take place in London in the olden days. Max would be the one who created the experiment, and Sam tested it since he wants to take down thugs in street, and of course it ends in disaster. Sam develops a dangerous split personality, his Hyde. Max immediately realizes the danger he has created, and must find a way to free his dearest companion without causing harm to him. Meanwhile, Sam begins to crack under the pressure of having his own self taunt him and cause harm to the people he once called his acquaintances. Hyde Sam would be just as unhinged as a normal Hyde can be, but with an uncomfortable obsession with Max. For the endgame, I’m thinking either generic sad ending with Max ultimately having to take Sam out of his misery, taking Hyde with him or them finding a way to save him. Flint Paper could serve as a detective searching for Hyde but never realizing it’s his good friend Sam/Samuel. For the designs, typical victorian clothing. I imagine Sam in a fancy petticoat and his Hyde-self in typical cloak and hat but his fur is messy and he’s foaming at the mouth. Max would be in simpler clothing, but still clothed. Flint would be in black clothing, a detective that looks formal. I imagine this AU would work much better in the context of the Gothic Musical (because I love it to death) and I just love the thought of Sam with Anthony Warlow’s voice. Also the idea of Sam transforming into his Hyde self at his and Max’s wedding is perfect angst material.

Other characters such as Girl Stinky can be included. I can imagine she could fit in a role as a girl of the night, but perhaps a spy with Sal as her partner? Mama Bosco can fit in as an another scientist helping aid Sam and Max in their pursuit. Skunkape could possibly be a second antagonist, perhaps Jergen can fit in too?

With any context I guess any character can fit in there. I’m only the best at fitting ideas in short bursts, ha. I’m genuinely sorry if anyone else has had this idea as it’s a fairly common AU premise. But, I’ll hopefully come back to this post with some art but I’m terrible at drawing both Sam and Max so I will try to make it look…some what decent, haha. Until then, thank you for reading through my small idea, I greatly appreciate it.

#sam and max #sam and max au #sam and max freelance police #jekyll and hyde #alternate universe #gothic au #girl stinky #mama bosco #freelance husbands #If anyone HAS had this idea I apologize #throwing random au’s at a wall and hoping something sticks lol

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