Instigation

In the themes and background of the album I'm Your Fixation, this settlement not only functions as a setting inspired by classic cowboy and desert stories, but also has a strong symbolic meaning:
• Territorial control: Instigation assumes the role of sheriff and supreme judge of the entire town. It is the space where he enforces his authoritarian law and where he gathers the other inhabitants (as a jury of civilians) to carry out his public trials and witch hunts against Fixation.
• The internet metaphor: Just as the real Old West was known as a lawless, competitive land where justice was taken into one's own hands, in the album this town represents internet communities and forums (specifically the Sonic.exe creator community). It's a ruthless environment where someone's reputation can be destroyed overnight through mass manipulation.

Infatuation (The Obsessed Fan)

• Relationship: Manipulation and opportunistic utility.
• How it works: Infatuation is a perfect tool for Instigation's plans. When Fixation coldly rejects her, Instigation feigns empathy and a sense of "justice" to gain her trust. In reality, she doesn't care about the girl's pain; she's simply using her resentment as the primary weapon to publicly accuse Fixation and justify her moral judgment.

Ignorance (The Lone Fox)

• Relationship: Indifference and indirect oppression.
• How he's portrayed: Ignorance is the only cast member who doesn't actively join Instigation's hate campaign against Fixation. Because of this, Instigation views him with suspicion or as a weak civilian who needs to be kept under surveillance. As an authoritarian sheriff, any character who doesn't align with his hateful rhetoric is considered "suspicious" or irrelevant by him.

Temptation (The Trend Opportunist)

• Relationship: Alliance of convenience.
• How they get along: They get along "well" on the surface because they share a common goal: to see Fixation fall. While Instigation seeks political and moral power, Temptation seeks attention and commercial gain from the situation. Instigation tolerates Temptation and allows him to participate in the trial because it helps him inflate the public scandal.

Arrogance and Fodder (The rest of the civilians / The Jury)

• Relationship: Domination and manipulation of the masses.
• How he handles himself: For Instigation, the rest of the townspeople are mere pawns, easily persuaded. He behaves toward them with a false sense of heroic righteousness. He frightens them by instilling the idea that Instigation is a danger to the community, getting characters like Arrogance to act under his command during the mass trial.

He is a narcissistic, hypocritical tyrant and a professional manipulator who hides behind a law enforcement badge. He doesn't seek true justice; he seeks control, status, and the destruction of Fixation.
His most prominent personality traits are the following:
• Savior Complex and Hypocrisy: He presents himself to the people as the moral hero and protector of the innocent. However, in private he is deeply selfish and cruel. He doesn't care about the victims (like Infatuation), he only uses them as excuses to start his witch hunts.
• Narcissistic and Power-Hungry: He is fascinated by being the center of attention, passing judgment, and feeling that he has absolute control over the community. Fixation's growing fame wounds his ego, so he acts out of jealousy and professional envy.
• Manipulative and Opportunistic: He knows perfectly how to manipulate the masses. He is an expert in gaslighting and emotional manipulation; he takes an ambiguous situation, exaggerates it, and convinces the entire town that Fixation is a dangerous monster so that they act out of fear and anger.
• Authoritarian and Vengeful: As a self-appointed sheriff and judge, his leadership is based on punishment and public humiliation. He does not believe in redemption or dialogue; if anyone challenges his authority or his narrative, he seeks to crush them completely.
• Coward at Heart: His power depends entirely on the crowd's support. When the lies fall apart or when Fixation shows maturity and returns with his head held high, Instigation's tough-guy facade crumbles, forcing him to reluctantly give way as he loses control of the narrative.

In the story, Instigation's relationship with Fixation is that of a manipulative, stalking enemy and a false moral hero. Like the town sheriff (in the Wild West), Instigation sees Fixation's growing fame as a threat and seizes upon Fixation's first mistake to destroy him.
Its dynamics and behavior with Fixation are defined through these key points:
• Exploit "vulnerability" to attack: In the song "Criminal," Fixation coldly and harshly rejects Infatuation (an obsessive fan). Upon learning this, Instigation decides to twist the story and exaggerate things to make it seem like an unforgivable crime.
• Public Harassment and "Cancellation": Instigation acts out of a selfish desire for superiority. He bullies the town and manipulates Infatuation to orchestrate a "public trial" against Fixation. In "What Goes Up," he leads a witch hunt without any real evidence, dragging the community into mass hatred of the protagonist.
• Deep down, he's a bully with a hero complex: Throughout the album, Instigation is shown to be pretending to be the morally entitled "savior," but in reality, he's just seeking attention and trying to ruin Fixation's life.
• Loss of power at the end: In the album's conclusion ("You Belong To Me"), Fixation decides to return with maturity to make amends for his mistakes. Instigation, realizing that he cannot prevent Fixation's return or control everyone forever, reluctantly accepts him back, demonstrating that he didn't have as much real power as he claimed.

Its visual design consists of the following elements:
• Physical features: It is an anthropomorphic echidna with the characteristic bright red fur and white snout skin.
• Hat: He wears a black fedora hat adorned with a gray band and white buckles.
• Formal attire: Wear a long black trench coat, a gray buttoned waistcoat and a white jabot (a lace or fabric ornament at the neck, very colonial/judge style).
• Hands and footwear: He wears his characteristic gloves in the form of white mittens with spikes, and gray shoes that have a black metallic stripe across them.

Instigation is the main antagonist of I'm Your Fixation, acting as the sheriff of the Wild West. In reality, he is a man blinded by righteousness and the need to see himself as the hero the world needs. He will do anything to establish himself as a defender of morality, regardless of whose life he has to ruin, including Fixation's.

Following the events of What I Want, Instigation exploits Infatuation's heartbreak, psychologically manipulating her, as well as the rest of the town, into believing that Fixation is one of the many corrupt idols who have hurt them in the past, allowing him to successfully "cancel" Fixation. However, as powerful as he appears, he cannot actually prevent anyone from returning.