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sonic-adventure-3 · 1 year

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My general opinion on Sonadow is that like. Because it's the most popular ship in the fandom most casual enjoyers just gravitate towards it and produce content of it which doesn't exactly match the characters or their actual dynamic, which is totally fair but as a canon enjoyer means I just don't enjoy like 99% of the fan content. And the stuff that I do enjoy definitely doesn't fall within the bounds of a healthy, traditional romantic relationship. However I will say that because there's so much art of it there's some legitimately gorgeous/hilarious art even if the characterization in it isn't totally accurate to canon

OH JUST SAW THIS SORRY IM LIKE A WEEK LATE TO THIS ASK. (context)

anyway yeah i completely agree! personally it can get a little frustrating to see so much of it everywhere, as i do really love sonic and shadow’s dynamic, but dislike the most popular interpretation

and yeah the stuff that i do end up liking definitely doesn’t fall into the ‘stable and normal’ category. like personally i just don’t like romance much in the first place, and i still don’t like any romance with these characters whatsoever, conceptually, but there is some stuff out there that does some really interesting things and tells compelling stories even if i don’t agree with the premise of romance.

overall far more than the concept of the ship itself i personally just actively dislike 99% of the fanwork, cause it’s not catered to my tastes. finding good sonic & shadow characterization can already be like finding a needle in a haystack, and finding good characterization that also isn’t romantic (or at least doesn’t end in a romantic relationship) and tells a story i find interesting is like finding a tuft of cotton candy in an asbestos insulated wall

but fr there’s some really truly amazing and hilarious art and writing out even if i’m not the right audience for it!

#(in post i realize these tags are vague but i am talking about sonic and shadow #)#i wish it was normal and encouraged to write stories about characters dating for a week and then breaking up #like while there’s definitely stuff that isn’t soft and sweet #i just don’t see stories where the endgame is anything other than a romantic relationship (if unorthodox)#like maybe i just don’t look in the right places but like where are my stories where they break up #where are my stories where they agree not to talk to each other on tuesdays #where are my stories where they never actually dated but still refer to each other as exes #i just think those are infinitely more fascinating than the. asbestos.#there’s some qpr stuff out there that’s really neat and i wanna see more of that #like even if those stories get told there’s no guarantee they’ll be told well #and since there’s so few people telling them there are so incredibly few stories that i can find AND like #compared to the asbestos #and by god i can’t and don’t enjoy writing so i as much as i wanna see them i can’t write them myself #god i’m always more articulate in the tags than the main post lol #rambles #asks #thank you for the ask btw!! i don’t get a ton so i don’t check my inbox often; hence why i missed this until now

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