#sonadow nation... let me in... let me IN!!!!!!

[softredrobin]

[knocks] sonadow nation, hellooooo can i come in??? i brought an application [waves fanart in the air like a flag]

[avenoire]

knock knock sonadow nation, may i come in?

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[welcome-to-green-hills]

Movie sonadow headcanons? Please?

Hi Honey!❤️✨

You’re always welcome to have some SCU!Sonadow headcanons from me!

The Wachowski family is mildly supportive of Sonic when it comes to relationships. That, and it wasn’t much of a surprise to them either. When Sonic approached his parents on the topic, Tom and Maddie him a tight hug and told him that they loved him no matter what.

Tom and Maddie do, however, set strict rules with Shadow. Very strict rules (protective parents). Shadow does his best to respect their wishes.

Sonic likes to take Shadow on small excursion when the two are up for it. And by “small excursions,” it’s usually traveling around the United States at high speeds to look at national parks.

Shadow purrs in his sleep if his ears are rubbed. This was an accidental discovery made by Sonic and Maddie when they found him asleep on the couch. Sonic rubs his ears if it looks like Shadow is having a nightmare.

Shadow sneaks in through Sonic’s window at night and crawls into bed with him to sleep. Sonic pretends to not notice when this happens and smiles to himself. Sonic has learned that this is a comfort thing that Shadow does when he needs it. If he questions it, then Shadow refuses to return until a week or two later.

Sonic likes to r play the guitar for Shadow on slow days. Shadow likes to quietly listen and hum if he knows the song. In return, Shadow reads to Sonic.

Shadow enjoys listening to the rain on the roof. It’s calming to the mind and it helps him relax. He doesn’t like thunder. It makes his blood run cold. If it’s thundering, Sonic cracks open the window from the roof and crawls over to his side with an umbrella.

Sonic and Shadow (mostly Shadow) like to spend hours looking through old vinyl records in music shops. Shadow is very knowledgeable in music between the fifties and early seventies. Sonic got Shadow addicted to Green Day.

Sonic was able to salvage a couple of items from the bunker that Shadow lived in after it collapsed. He recovered a few photos, some clothes, a plush spider (Shadow loves to study spiders and had many books on them), and a couple of files about Project: Shadow. He’s given them for Shadow to view and bury in the mountains to let go of the past.

Sonic and Shadow like to walk around and explore in the forest. Shadow hadn’t spent much time in the forest before due to his past, but Sonic has made it his personal mission to take Shadow to explore places that he’s only heard of. Exploring new places with Sonic usually includes Sonic bringing him random things in his hands to admire, climbing trees and eating snacks, poking things with sticks, chasing after bugs and animals to hold, and the occasional “what’s this?” and takes pictures to share with the family group chat. Shadow occasionally collects things from the forest that look cool to him.

When Sonic and Shadow go super, they leave a trail of flowers behind them on earth.

Sonic and Shadow are not ones for showing physical affection with one another publicly. If they do, they hold pinkies rather than hands. The act is meant to hold a deep meaning to the two: it’s a promise to one another. It’s a promise to be open to new possibilities, as well as be truthful to themselves. When they do link pinkies together, they mutter “always” before they proceed to their destination. (Always is in reference to their conversation on the moon).

[carpaltunnelofloveee]

I just watched Sonic 3 in theaters and let me just say,

the stobotnik and sonadow nation have been fed

thanks Sega for giving us old man yaoi and gay hedgehog yaoi

[ace-does-stuff]

so, why'd ya do that?

summary: in Shadow's defence, Sonic should be able to tell when he's bluffing

tags: sparring, cafe meetup, chattin' it out, Amy and Sonic are roomies

authors note: @ohposhers @aethiriarts so i wrote some sonadow and you're are the sonadow fans in my dm's. it turned out a little bit mid methinks, but fuck it we ball and send it off the sonadow nation.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58263085

"You wanna kiss me so bad," Sonic taunted in spite of the blood that had made it's way to his lips from a fierce punch mere moments ago.

"What if I do?" Shadow snapped back.

And holy fuck that was not supposed to be the response that Sonic got for his smug remark.

He's pretty sure that it's visible the way that his mind crashes, a blank look sort of creeping onto his face. Wild way to respond to that. He's never ever had anyone say anything like that to him before, usually it gets him another punch to the snout.

But that?

Not that.

The grip on his shoulder presses down again, forcing quills into dirt and it hurts. But it jolts Sonic back into reality, he stares up at Shadow and finds a sharp gaze searing into him.

"Well?" Shadow said, a low growl vibratory on his voice.

Sonic smirked, trying to regain his footing, "Then do it, coward-"

And, well, maybe Sonic should've expected Shadow to actually do it. He isn't usually the type to bluff. It still leaves Sonic absolutely dumbfounded even as he watches Shadow rear back and wipe the blood, Sonics blood, off his lips with the back of his hand.

They're supposed to be fighting right now.

Not supposed to be doing whatever it is that Shadow just did.

Still, he stands up like nothing happened, "Good match."

Sonic takes a full moment to register the words and give a response, gathering his composure to come to sit up. He still struggles to be coherent, "Shadow- wait. I. What."

"Our sparring session is over, I have to go do some real missions," Shadow said, he spat the words with some form of bland venom. Not quite aggressive or disappointed or anything really, just flat and firm.

"Could you at least tell me why you did that?" Sonic asked, shocked exasperation on his voice as he spoke.

"You told me to," Shadow said, "Same time, same place, next week?"

"Well, yeah obviously- you still didn't answer my question though." As he spoke he ambled over to Shadow.

"I did, if you didn't want me too you shouldn't have put the offer out there," Shadow snarked back, "Now please, let me do my actual job."

Sonic retracts himself, hands raised in surrender, "Be on your way, my good fellow."

And in a flash of green chaos Shadow is gone.

That leaves Sonic to contemplate by himself.

Man what the fuck Shadow?

-/-/-/-

"Hey, Amy, what does it mean if a guy kisses you?" Sonic asked over dinner.

Amy nearly choked on her own spit, "A guy kissed you?!"

"Yeah-"

"Who was it?" That exuberant glee she held in her youth has returned tenfold at the knowledge of her friends latest affair. Not an affair though. It was just a kiss, to her knowledge. Still, excitement courses through her.

Sonic waved off her statement, "Nu uh, not telling."

"Then I won't tell you what it means," Amy said.

"Alright, that's cool, I'll go ask Rouge instead," Sonic said, a bit of a huff on his voice.

"You know she'll ask the same question." Came the singsong response. The pink hedgehog gives a pleased hum as she places aside her plate to the coffee table and reaches to turn down the tv. "I'll explain it to you if you want me too."

"I'm not gonna tell you who it is-"

"Don't worry, I have a hunch. I'm generous anyways, I let you live here for free."

Sonic rolled his eyes.

"It probably means he likes you, if he asked then you might like him back because you said yes."

"Well I thought he was joking."

"That does complicate things- do you like him?"

"Obviously, but it's complicated!"

That gave Amy pause.

Well shit.

This might be a little bit harder than she expected.

"You like him enough to let him kiss you, so that means something. You're one interesting hedgehog."

"Okay, so how come my best friend kissed me?"

"Is he your best friend? Do you think he feels differently?"

Sonic can't quite answer firmly, he doesn't fricking know. Shadow isn't exactly an open book. Still, "Of course he doesn't!"

Amy catches the hesitation, "You should go talk to him about it, see if he's caught some feelings for you."

"There's no way that he has!"

"You can never be too sure about feelings, they're fickle, Sonic."

"What would you know about it?"

Amy gestures vaguely to the apartment, "We went from me chasing you around with a hammer to living together as besties- that seems pretty fickle to me."

Sonic huffs, "Fine, I'll ask him about his feelings."

A grin creeps onto Amy's face, "Yay, now eat your dinner! You've got a mission tomorrow and we cannot have you drop unconscious on the spot."

"Alright, alright."

-/-/-/-

"A coffee date?" Shadow asked, just to make sure he heard correctly.

"Yeah, just to chat!" Sonic answered with as he slammed down his heel on a badnik, metal shredding under the force.

Shadow bashes his elbow into a different badnik before speaking, "I'll consider it."

"Okay great! How does tomorrow sound?" Was Sonic's response to the notion.

"How about we work out a time and place after this mission?"

-/-/-/-

Shadow is used to Sonic being late, so it's very much a surprise to see the blue blur waiting patiently for him at a patio table with a mug in hand. He's tapping his foot anxiously on the ground and it deterred most of the other patrons. He perks up the second he sees Shadow, a smile quickly rising to his face as his postures straightens.

He takes a seat across from his friend and finds a cup of iced water sitting in front of him.

Sonic slides over a plate with half of a croissant, cleanly sliced in half.

Shadow raises a brow.

"I thought you might enjoy it, so I saved ya half," Sonic said as calmly as he could despite nerves wracking his form.

Shadow takes the plate, "Thank you." He breaks off a piece of the croissant before speaking again, "What did you want to talk about?"

"Why did you kiss me?" Sonic asked.

Shadow shrugged, "I was given the chance and I wanted too, why else?"

Sonic just sort of stared at him, "That's seriously it?"

"You wouldn't take a hint any other way," Shadow said, a scoff of disappointment on his voice. He knew Sonic was dense as a brick but this? This is a whole other level.

He stares at Sonic as he processes the words.

"People already think we're dating, Sonic- there are rumours flying around town, Sonic," Shadow said, leaning forward just a bit.

"What do you mean there are rumours?" Sonic questioned.

"Do none of your friends keep you up to date on that sort of thing?" Shadow asked back.

Sonic shook his head, "None of them gossip."

"Rouge is good for that sort of thing, she knows everything," Shadow said. He broke off another piece of croissant, "But I kissed you to get it into your thick skull that I like you- and yet you still had to come ask me to confirm it for yourself. You really are an idiot."

"Huh." Sonic pauses, "I guess Amy was right about you liking me-"

Shadow refrains from barking at Sonic and first falters to swallow his bite of croissant, holding up a hand as if to say one moment. Then he wipes his lips of crumbs and speaks, "You told Amy!?"

"In no uncertain terms! I didn't say it outright, I just asked her for some advice."

"That girl has never once been in a relationship, how would she know anything!?"

"It was her or Tails, I think I chose right, Shads."

Shadow sighs, "Look, just, do you like me back?"

Sonic shrugged, "Yeah, 'course I do. Might be fun to date you while we're at it."

"You are so annoying- fuck, I can't believe I love you."

"I can't believe it took you so long to say it."

"I can't believe you had to ask me outright to realize how insane the tension between us is."

"Fair point."

Shadow groans in annoyance, "You are, so dumb."

Sonic leans in a bit, "Yeah, I might be." He's smirking, "Wanna go spar?" He quirks a brow that's loaded with implications.

Shadow chuckles, "After I finish my croissant, we can spar all day and night."

[mama-qwerty]

do u have examples of ships u dislike based on how fandom is crazy with shipping

Okay, before I begin, I want to reiterate that I do not begrudge anyone's personal headcanons regarding any characters, be that sexual orientation, trans status, disability, or implied nationality, etc, etc. You do you, just remember that not everyone will share or agree with said headcanons. But if shipping is something that makes you happy, that's great and it's none of my business.

(Except any that pair canon Tails with anyone else romantically. Especially Sonic. Ick, miss me with that, DNI, gross. Super judgy in that regard.)

That out of the way, on to your question. There are so many different ships in the Sonic fandom, there's no way I could (or want to) cover them all. (A side rant is the insistence on pairing every character in a romantic/sexual way, not only in Sonic but every other fandom. Platonic friendships/relationships are possible, and can be just as rewarding and comforting as romantic ones. Two people can actually just be good friends, or really hate each other, without some romantic undertone.)

But anyway. That's a rant for another day. Let's get back to Sonic and talk about the elephant in the room.

Sonadow.

I personally headcanon Sonic as aro/ace, so shipping him with anyone just feels wrong to me. He just doesn't strike me as the kinda guy who'd be interested in that in the first place, and besides, he loves all his friends. Narrowing that focus to only one super special important person in his life just feels like it goes against his character.

And Shadow doesn't strike me as the type who would be interested in romance, either. He has a lot of personal trauma and identity issues he's working through, and throwing a relationship on top of that seems unnecessarily complicated, especially with someone like Sonic who just bugs the ever loving shit out of him.

That said, I have read some really good Shadamy stories, and I could see them working. Mostly because of how well Amy's personality would work against Shadow's.

But Sonic and Shadow? I don't see it. And feel it falls into the whole "They're rivals so OBVIOUSLY they are so hot for each other" schtick. Sometimes two people can just not get along because their fundamental ideals are different, and not because they're harboring some hidden lust for one another.

I feel like Shadow and Sonic respect each other, and will work together (begrudgingly) if they have a common goal. But their motivations are different, as well as how they go about achieving said goal. Fundamentally, they are coming at the world from different angles, and this would not foster a successful personal relationship between them.

Like I said, you do you, and if Sonadow is something that really makes you happy, I'm glad! I just personally don't see it working out.