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You've made it clear that you see Shadow and Rouge as best friends, even though SEGA has said outright that team dark aren't friends at all and nothing more than teammates. What is your reasoning for seeing them as friends? Why do you think SEGA denies it?

((Disclaimer: I still haven’t finished Shadow Generations—yes, I’m that slow—so while I know Rouge and Omega are involved, I don’t know much more than that. No spoilers, please! I highly suspect it fixes a few things, but this message has been in my inbox too long for me to put it off any more. Thanks for your patience 😵‍💫))

Sega and I disagree on a lot of things. These are generally opinion-based; most obviously, I prefer Shadamy while they prefer Sonamy. It happens. I think Burning Blaze should show up more often. Sega disagrees. It happens. I think Amy should get to have back quills and a super form like the guys do. Sega disagrees. It happens.

This one isn’t a matter of opinion. Sega is simply wrong about their own lore.

Joking around in Sonic Heroes even when they barely knew each other:

Rare sincerity from both of them in Sonic Battle after she took him back to Club Rouge to keep him safe:

From Sonic 06:

This one’s particularly meaningful because he’s not surprised in the slightest:

He takes it seriously and it clearly means a lot to him, but he just nods, as if he knew it deep down already. I sometimes see people say Team Dark’s friendship in 06 doesn’t count for current canon because it’s a closed time loop and they don’t remember it, but no. These two were already very close friends.

As for why Sega does this, I can’t say for sure because this...

[Shadow avoiding everyone at Sonic’s birthday party in Sonic Generations]

...is a lot less compelling to me than this:

Archie Sonic Universe #61, after his BEST FRIENDS broke him out of mind control—and yeah, Omega means the world to him, too. The writers for Sonic Chronicles knew that:

My best guess: Sega decided partway through that Shadow should be a “cool” lone-wolf character. They distanced him from Rouge and Omega for the same reason they distanced him from Amy: they bring out his softer side. It’s hard to make a guy an angsty, tortured loner if he has friends in the present who have his back and make him smile.

One problem with this is that the friendship keeps shining through every so often anyway. Some of the writers clearly remember it and put in bits here and there into the modern era:

[Sonic Forces, Episode Shadow]

[Helping Shadow make the right decision in IDW issue 36, then casually chatting with him later]

And Shadow Dark Beginnings has some really good Team Dark moments, too. I like to point out this one:

The key here is that she isn’t just getting a spaceship for him, she’s also making sure he socializes with other people. He really does need that, and that’s great...

...except, as mentioned, it ends with him sulking and isolating himself anyway:

C’mon, man, Rouge is right there. Only excuse I’ll buy is that he doesn’t want to be a third wheel.

And not to go off on a tangent, but I never hear people talk about how much this kneecaps Rouge’s personality. Morally gray characters are tricky to balance. When Rouge is written as nothing more than a materialistic, flirtatious thief who only prioritizes her own well-being, I honestly don’t have much use for her. Showing how far she’ll go for her loved ones proves there’s something more to her. In my opinion, the only continuity that gets her right without leaning heavily on the Team Dark dynamic is IDW. And even though she’s fantastic there, it still feels lonely without the team. And while Omega’s funny, chaotic nature helps him stand out, he loses a lot of depth without his two favorite meatbags to play off of. The element of “we know this guy’s bloodthirsty, and we wouldn’t have him any other way” is gone.

All of this adds up to a frustrating bout of tell-don’t-show from Sega spanning years now. The higher-ups can say Team Dark aren’t friends all they want, but they’re simply wrong.

In my opinion, the only reasonable way to approach the topic is Death of the Author.

I mean...writing around Sega’s more questionable choices is kind of my thing anyway. Kind of comes with the territory in my line of work.

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Tired Donnie for all

Dude does not get enough sleep

Just like me fr😔🙏

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Tumblr deal with your BOTS PLEASE

Reblog to crunch a bot down to nothing.

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K-POP DEMON HUNTERS STICKERS

New stickers in my Etsy shop!!!

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KPOP DEMON HUNTERS

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fluttershy 🦋🌸 + some fluttercord

these were originally supposed to be warm up doodles but were too cute not to finish :3

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I’m really obsessed with my bbg Amy rn so pls take this if y’all care🥀🥀

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my cute polar opposite chudlings

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Here’s a preview of my comic, “Her Tears of Loneliness” for the upcoming Amy Rose Zine! See it in full during the release on September 23rd!!!

Find more at @chaosquillcollection !

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Day 238: Sonic Battle - Amy Rose background

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Malware Amy 🤗💖🥭

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Oki that’s enough cuteness aggression ^w^

*pancakes Amy for whimsy and love ❤️*

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🌹🩷 "These look amazing…"

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Here is an old drawing of mine, made in 2012!

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They have got to fight together in the movie like this ✨💕

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well EYE think they should share a blunt and make out but whatever

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Maybe besmirching his card-playing integrity will knock him down a peg or two. Or three or four. His mouth quirks up. “I won.” Maybe not.

Scene taken from Chapter 2 of Ballads for the Gallows by @sadgirlz-lovemoney. This fic has such a chokehold on me. I think about this scene everytime I play cards lol.

This was supposed to just be a sketch, but here I am cause I have no chill apparently.