#sonic rouge n shadow r my favorites :)

[deimostes]

edits of some aminals :) individuals under the cut

[sansxfuckyou]

confused and annoyed (it's all i find i think about)

summary: they may be unversed in the ways of romance, but they're sure as hell trying

tags: fluff, love confessions, they r dumbasses, shadow watches naruto

authors note: i blame the reinvigoration of my longtime sonic interest on @ohposhers go look at his art, it fucks severely. n e ways, title from a chemlab song, hope ya'll enjoy.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/57788908

"You like him," Rouge sing songed as she trailed Shadow through the halls.

"Shut up," Shadow answered with, ears flattening to his head as he spoke.

Rouge just laughed to herself, "Alright, I can leave you be."

Shadow waved her off, "Yeah, sure, go ahead."

"Oh? I've really hit a pressure point this time." There's almost a cackle in the way Rouge laughs, a threat on her saccharine smirk.

"Nuh uh!"

"Yeah huh."

She's off before Shadow can swivel around to stop her from leaving, unable to swear her to silence on the matter. Sure, he knows that their trust runs too deep for her to just gossip the topic without any finesse. But something in the pit of his stomach says otherwise.

She's so gonna snitch on him for having a dumb heart, isn't she?

-/-/-/-

"No? Really?" Sonic asked eagerly, leaning in to be closer to his friend.

Knuckles gave a huff, "What about it?"

"Him though? Of all Mobians?" Sonic doubled down with.

"Like you're any better."

Sonic shrugged, "I can't give you any advice if you want Shadow thee Hedgehog, Ultimate Lifeform, mega full of himself-"

"He's not though," Knuckles said, just quiet enough that Sonic would barely hear, "Once you get to know him he's pretty nice."

Sonic's ears flicked back as Knuckles spoke, "Ohhhh, so you're really close with him. I see how it is."

"Get your head out of the gutter, Sonic!" Knuckles snapped back, red painting his muzzle at the notions.

"Sure thang, Knux! But really though, I gotta skedaddle," Sonic said.

"Don't you dare tell anyone!"

Sonic's already darting off at a considerably slower pace than usual as Knuckles speaks, to make sure he hears maybe. Knuckles doesn't bother chasing after him, he's too fast to effectively catch up in time before he's off on a mission or chatting with someone else. He better not fucking gossip about this with anyone else.

Would he…?

Knuckles shakes the thought from his head and grabs a new focus; find Tails for a ride back up to Angel Island.

-/-/-/-

Shadow doesn't sleep that night.

Instead he ruminates.

He watches his dumb ninja anime that Tails said he'd probably enjoy, something about losing everything they love for vengeance and struggling to be seen as more than a monster. He'd made it in about, oh, thirty episodes? Around thirty episodes before he started feeling feels about it.

Naw man he fucking gets it. He'll have to ask the kid for more recommendations.

He heads out to the kitchenette to grab some more snacks because he ran out and he's thirsty. He finds Rouge leaned on the counter sipping a cup of coffee, decaf he presumes, she raises a brow as she stares at him.

"Hi, Rouge," Shadow begins as he reaches for a cupboard to grab a packet of microwave popcorn.

"Turn down your tv, if I have to hear that 'of the sand' guy screech one more time I'm gonna lose my mind," Rouge said bluntly.

Shadow cringes a bit at being caught up so late watching anime. He flicks on the tap to get some water, "Sorry."

"I thought you'd be up blasting your favorite emo bands if I'm being real."

"They're not emo-"

"I know, I'm just fuckin' with ya. I didn't expect you to be over it so soon though."

"Over what?"

"Me making off like I was gonna gossip about your big fat crush on Knuckles."

"You did, didn't you?" Shadow just sighed, word would come out sooner, and it's too late in the night to effectively track them down. Also, he wants to get back to watching his show.

"Uh, no? Nobody was bartering me any gems for the intel," Rouge answered with, "C'mon, how much of a bitch do you take me for?"

Shadow shrugged.

"I did get something for you though."

"You did?"

"Ice cream."

"Ice cream…?"

Rouge placed down her mug to swing open the freezer, "Yep! Wasn't sure how broody you'd be, it's your favourite flavour- Tiger Tail."

"Thanks," Shadow said quietly, sliding his popcorn into the microwave.

"I got you one other thing too," Rouge said, there's that sly grin on her face.

Shadow raises a cautious brow, "What did you get…?"

"A bunch of grapes! They're Knuckles favourite, hand 'em over when you confess!"

"Confess? I just realized it was a crush, Rouge."

"Oh I know, but it's good to have a plan!"

-/-/-/-

Knuckles spends the following days not exactly terraforming his island, but definitely doing some terrain work. Mostly punching trees, invasive species he'd imagine. But really, he just needs to blow off some steam.

Is steam the right word?

He's just working through the motions.

Chaos, why is everything so hard to make sense of? Is it love? Is it friendship? Or does he just really adore Shadow, because who wouldn't? He's so cool, he can't blame himself for feeling so messed up over all of this.

But he does.

His paws hurt when he watches the wood of a pine tree splinter and crumble under the force behind each movement. Swift and forceful. Each time he launches his fist at the wood he wonders how long it'll take before he starts to tear away like that. Just fall apart and collapse like it's doing right now.

With a loud crash it hits the dirt and he's panting as he falls back onto the dirt, staring up at the clouds.

He needs to head back to the emerald.

-/-/-/-

Shadow is waiting for him, just sitting against the stand that the gemstone is propped on. Knuckles sits down near him, not quite next to him, but close enough to count.

Neither of them speak for a long time.

Neither of them want to speak- the silence is like a second home.

Eventually Shadow 'breaks' the silence, shatters the stillness, he holds out a hand. Not a lot, not actively reaching for Knuckles. But his paw rests at the mid point between the both of them, palm down on the pseudo-concrete.

Knuckles doesn't move right away, didn't expect either of them to move. He expected this to be another sit down on the island and stare at the sky for hours before Shadow wordlessly leaves kind of thing. He still tentatively reaches out to meet Shadow's paw with his own.

Again, the stillness stagnates like that of a pond. Beautiful things can propagate in stillness and quiet, Knuckles doubts this'll be an example in the same way the lotus flower is an example.

He doesn't speak, neither does Shadow.

He's more focused on the contact, paw to paw. Covered by a glove, but still sparking like electric currents.

Clouds drift, the sun starts to fade. It's nice. It's quiet and tense and tender all at once but it's nice. Usually contact this close comes with sparring, which is another type of contact that they both enjoy.

"I like this," Shadow said, voice quiet. Somewhat out of fear that he'd ruin the moment if he spoke too loud.

Knuckles nodded, "Yeah."

"This whole love confession thing is dumb as balls," Shadow said bluntly, snatching away his hand only to hold his head in both with a groan.

"I couldn't agree more," Knuckles answered with.

"Can we just say that we both mutually like each other and call it a day? I don't have the capacity or experience to take you on a nice dinner date."

"Sounds good to me."

"Okay, okay great- that actually wasn't too bad."

"Speak for yourself, I was dying."

"Agreed."

"So, now that it's out in the open, wanna go spar?"

"Oh hell yeah."

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SONIC..SILVER..MEPHILES. CREAM..INFINITE I know that’s a lOT BUT IM VERY CURIOUS DONEJOJO you don’t have to answer all of those if yOU DONT WANNA

OH MAN!!!

SONIC: Favorite Sonic game? : UUUH,, if I really had to choose sonic 06 (with Sonic Unleashed as a runner up), I just have so many fond memories of playing that game n also being able to play as shadow w his guns LKHGF.

SILVER : 1ST Sonic Game: OH MAN OH MAN, THE FURTHEST I CAN REMEMBER IS EITHER SONIC 2006 OR THAT SONIC TENNIS GAME THEY HAD ON XBOX.

MEPHILES: Favorite Villian; this is so basic but doctor eggman will always hold that spot in my heart Gghjkl, but referring to Sonic x that time Shadow tried to kill(??) Kris so LKJHF Shadows up there too.

CREAM: Headcanons:

Shadow has claws instead of nails fight me on this I Dare you.

Knuckles & Rouge r extreme Bisexuals.

N Sonic experiences SOME KIND OF TRAUMA FROM THOSE TIMES HE WAS KIDNAPPED N TORTURED BY EGGMAN I MEAN COME ON. (Thus I bring you he gets pstd around steal and is claustrophobic from being stuck in those cells).

Shadow is scared of needles, n also hates to be called emo.

Sonic paints his nails black and/or his nails r blue. He also enjoys midnight Runs, n walks though the forest.

Tails is actually real anxious among new people n sometimes feels out of the loop bc of his smarts. (Plus keeps action figures).

Shadow n Omega never get modern slang n look to Rouge to fill them in. (One time they’re with sonic n Shadow absent-mindedly says ‘why would anyone want willingly to spill their tea?’)

Knuckles isn’t a dumb knucklehead and is actually a very skilled mechanic.

SHADOW HAS CLAWS COWARDS

(I have a lot more but I’ll stop here)

INFINITE: What Sonic character deserves more love? : Knuckles and Tails

[auroraknux]

Even more “incorrect quotes” for my Shadow Boom AU! I just really like sharing these lol

As always: 1) I don’t know where most of these quotes originate from (I steal them from various incorrect quotes blogs) 2) Some of them have been modified.

Tails: So, your answer to the question “what are you working on?” is “being edgy?”

Shadow: Also, writing fake product reviews. “This hat is simply divine. I wear it while I murder people. Sincerely, Ryan Seacrest.”

Amy: Tell me, is patience one of your more valued virtu--

Sonic: Yes.

Knuckles: Haha, I'm a piece of trash.

Sonic: As someone who cares deeply about the environment, I am obligated to pick you up. Is seven okay?

Knuckles: You smooth fucker...

Shadow: I have killed Mark. Help me dispose of the remains.

Sticks: One of those nights again, huh? Okay, you get the acid, I'll get the gorilla suit and the shovel.

Shadow: Choke me.

Rouge: Are you into that?

Shadow: No, I want to die.

Knuckles: I have BDE.

Shadow: You have what?

Knuckles: Bisexual Disaster Energy.

Shadow: Sonic, you’re flirting with death.

Sonic: ‘Flirting with death.’ Fucking WEAK. Catch me sucking death’s dick in a Meh Burger dumpster at 3 AM.

Sonic: Listen man--

Sonic: *pulls a heart-shaped lollipop out of his mouth and points it at Shadow*

Sonic: --I’m gay and not in the mood.

Shadow: And if you ever tell anyone that I have emotions, I'll kill you.

Shadow: Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling something.

Rouge: What if we kidnap--

Shadow: No.

Rouge: Steal--

Shadow: No.

Rouge: Blow up--

Shadow: Not even a little.

Rouge: [sighs] You’re no fun.

Shadow: Where are you going?

Rouge: Outside, to either get some ice cream or commit a felony. I’ll decide in the car.

Shadow: Revenge is a dish best served immediately.

Tails: I don’t think that’s how that saying goes.

Amy: What do you guys say when you answer the phone?

Sonic: What up?

Knuckles: Who dis be?

Shadow: No, he's dead. This is his son.

Shadow: The only person who’s allowed to call Sonic a jerk is me!

Sonic: Yeah! And if I’m a jerk, I wanna hear it from him!

Sonic: We did it!

Knuckles: We won, we won, we won!

Everyone: *cheers*

Sonic: Get back, you weirdos!

Knuckles: Sorry, sorry, he's just not used to positive feedback.

Rouge, to Shadow: We can beat Eggman ourselves! I say we go to his evil layer, grab some of his laser guns, hold 'em sideways and just go all GANGSTA on him!

Sonic: Nobody is perfect.

Knuckles: [walks by]

Sonic: One person is perfect.

Sonic: Knuckles and I are dating.

Everyone (including Knuckles): *gasps*

Sonic: Knuckles, why are you surprised?

Knuckles: I'm having problems with someone.

Sticks: Like "their dead body won't fit into the trunk" problems or "you like them" problems?

Knuckles: "I like them" problems.

Sticks: Too bad, I could have actually helped you with the other one.

Rouge: Well, I already know I'm going to hell. At this point it's really go big or go home.

Sonic: My reasons for doing things: 1) Spite. 2) The aesthetic. That's it.

Sonic: Okay, I lied. 3) Attention.

Knuckles: *trips on air*

Shadow: *shaking head* You're so clumsy.

*later when Knuckles isn't around*

Shadow: *punching the air* Who do you think you are tripping my friend, who the fUCK DO YOU THINK--

Sonic: What do you call a pansexual Nick who works at a CD store?

Sonic: Pan Nick at the Disc Co.

Shadow: Get the fuck out.

Sonic: Fine, do you want me to close the goddamn door too?

Knuckles: How's the world's most handsome guy doing today?

Sonic, without looking up from his book: I don't know, how are you?

Knuckles, voice cracking: Fine.

Knuckles: Do you play any sports?

Sonic: I run away from my feelings.

Knuckles: My kink is when people care about my feelings and what I have to say.

Rouge: Too realistic. Settle for bondage like the rest of us.

Sonic: So, I heard you like bad boys.

Knuckles: Not really.

Sonic: *immediately dropping the "edgelord" facade* Oh thank goodness.

Shadow: Life is so hard.

Shadow: *takes out a cigarette*

Rouge: I didn't know you smoked.

Shadow: *eats half of it* It's chocolate.

Sonic: I'd date you.

Knuckles: What?

Sonic: I SAID I HATE YOU!

Shadow: I can't find Sonic in this crowd.

Knuckles: Hold on, I got this.

Knuckles: *cups hands around mouth* I SUCK!

Sonic: *rushing up to him* W R O N G

Sonic: Don't tell the others, but you're my favorite member in Team Shadow.

Knuckles: ...I think they're aware.

[charleecat-bat]

Fandom Meme

A - Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.

Uuuh, well, lemme think, for fantoms that aren’t sonic stuff, I enjoy Retsuko and Haida because adorable. Angus and Gregg from NITW is too adorable for it’s own good. 

Sonic wise, well, I’m not strong on my ships but they’re are some I do think about or do think are matching, I think Shade and Knuckles are a good match, I enjoy Espio and Tikal, especially in my canon. 

I do love Locke and Luger a lot though, since I can see them working in my canon, but other then that, I’m not huge on ships so eh. 

B - A pairing–platonic, romantic or sexual–that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.

Locke and Luger, mainly because they were related but then with some fanart and talking with friends of mine, especially @terraqua111, I started to like it and my friends had a point that they were too distantly related for it to matter anymore. She also showed me Lien-Da and Xenin which I liked. 

I also didn’t consider Locke to be paired with anyone else before Luger, then I saw @lockewat‘s ship, Chuck and Locke... and I thought it was quite suiting as well. 

Two other ones are Vanilla and Big because that was so adorable and that would be such a peaceful relationship good god it’s what they’d both need, so many picnics for dates. and @motobugg did some work on Rouge and Wave which I have never considered and I immediately thought... damn that would actually work a lot. XD Also Shadamy at some points due to a friends artwork and Shadow would be balanced from Amy’s personality that he would need.

C - A ship you have never liked and probably never will. I’ve never been big on Julie-Su and Knuckles, in the comics it felt kind of forced to me, same with Sonic and Sally, that I don’t see them suiting each other at all. 

D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t.

Ummm, I don’t know, I can’t think of one. 

E - Have you added anything cracky/hilarious to your fandom? If so, what?

Uuuuuuuuhhhhhhhh, I don’t know. 

F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom?

Sonic fandom. XDD Been in that for around 8-9 years. Since I was 9 or 10 years old. 

G - Have you ever had an OTP? If so, do you remember your first one? Who was in it?

I think it would’ve just been Shade and Knuckles. lol Again ships aren’t my life. 

H - What is your favorite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., TV shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)?

Mainly ongoing stuff, I know it started with games, so I guess games? But I enjoy shows/series as well. 

I - Has Tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?

Ummmm... not that I know of. 

J - Name a fandom you didn’t think about until you saw it all over Tumblr. (You don’t have to care about it or follow it; it just has to be something that Tumblr made you aware of.)

Animal Crossing? I didn’t start playing the phone game until I saw people talking and reblogging stuff about it, then I tried it. 

K - What character has your favorite development arc/the best development arc?

Well, in Steven Universe, a lot of the character have great arcs, that who their true opinions and colours, like how Amethyst had self-hating habits, Pearl didn’t think she was worth much, and seeing Peridot’s growing into a whole different gem, it’s really cool.

L - Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves. (Characters you’re neutral about are fair game, as are characters you merely dislike. Characters that you absolutely loathe with the fire of ten thousand suns are exempt, as there is no point in giving yourself an aneurysm over a character that you hate.)

I’ll go with um... Lars from Steven Universe, I didn’t like him much as a character at first, but I could understand his insecurity and being unsure on how to act and how to show himself, and being scared to show his true colours... but now he’s showing his own worth and letting himself be who he is with the Off-colours, which I can genuinely appreciate about him, he’s much better as a character now. 

M - Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend.

Can I say the entire brotherhood? XD I would love that like you wouldn’t believe. 

N - Name three things you wish you saw more of in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).

Just more Brotherhood content in general, uuuummm more monster-related AU’s? I don’t know, maybe more merchandise too? I don’t know I’m not all that demanding about content. o-o I’m terrible at this. 

O - Choose a song at random. Which ship or character does it remind you of?

All the Way (Jacksepticeye fan song) is the one that came up on shuffle, and it reminded me of Hawking, at least my version. I could imagine he would listen to this to motivate himself or something like that. 

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas).

...Trying not to say Monster AU for any sort of fandom CRAP TOO LATE-

But what about a Shape of Water-esque AU? 

Q - A fandom you’ve abandoned and why.

I haven’t really abandoned any fandom? o-O R - Which friendship/platonic relationship is your favorite in fandom?

When they’re not a couple and they’re just best friends, Locke and Luger I guess, they act like big dorks. I don't know, I don’t think about relationships much besides family ones. 

S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon (prompts optional but encouraged)

Hmm, well, I feel while Locke doesn’t know what his main sexuality is right now, he’d feel he’d be in writing (sexuality)/Asexual, as he never really had sexual feelings, he only had sex in order to have his son, and he honestly never liked it all that much. 

I also have a head canon that Steppenwolf is afraid of humiliation, or just making a fool of himself in social situations (he’s got a very well hidden social anxiety), so if he saw a bunch of people staring at him and whispering to each other, he’d instantly become worried about what he did. 

Another head canon is that I love to imagine Sabre can swordfight very well, and the person who taught him is surprisingly Tobor. As he was very good with a sword and shield combo back in the day (before his injuries). 

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending? 

That Steppenwolf is a werewolf okay not really, I’m not really about strong head canons that I would ‘die defending’. I just like the thought of him being one because it’d be ironic for his name... and it’s just with me for so long man. 

U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.

Steppenwolf (Sonic Fandom I guess)- I still don't fully understand why I liked him, I simply did but nowadays I just find the character I made him an extremely interesting character and every time I’ve wrote something or drawn something to try and cheer myself up, it made me feel he’d be a very strong, protective and oddly supportive in his own way. I’m not sure. I’m weird. 

Lapis Lazuli (Steven Universe Fandom)- I just want her to be happy, I find her really interesting, her powers are really cool and I just want to know how things turn out for her, it just sucks that she tends to disappear for long periods of time. 

Angus (Night in the Woods)-He’s a bit underrated but he’s just so cute to me, especially with how others draw him, I love his character and I feel bad for him when he takes about his abusive childhood and issues growing up that made him who he is today, made me want to give him a big hug. 

V - Which character do you relate to most?

Well, I feel I can relate to Angus at a few points, always feeling like I have to be the responsible one, being usually quiet and wanting to hide in corners in parties (and your friend that you stick to is your corner in those situations), 

I also feel I can relate to Retsuko from Aggretsuko, always trying to keep calm and from losing my temper, also Mister Ton kind of reminds me of my dad at some points... and he can piss me off just as much as he does with Retsuko so yeah. 

Part of me also feels like I relate to my version of Rembrandt, he’s an artist, he deals with a lot of emotional issues, he’s insecure about his body size/weight, very motherly/fatherly and protective. 

I dunno. 

W - A trope which you are virtually certain to hate in any fandom.

Annoying characters that think they’re full of themselves and practically perfect while thinking everyone else is below them and everyone is unworthy of their ‘greatness’... or mary-sues. 

Or just a needlessly dramatic moments or moments of anger and arguments that don’t need to happen. 

X - A trope which you are almost certain to love in any fandom.

Kind of the big strong protective one with a heart of gold and is very loving whether they show it or not, or big ass ones who are strong as hell but are really just gentle giants.

And probably monsters stuff like werewolves or stuff but sometimes that can backfire and become annoying. 

Y - What are your secondhand fandoms (i.e., fandoms you aren’t in personally but are tangentially familiar with because your friends/people on your dash are in them)?

Team Fortress 2 is one, have a few friends who like that game while I don’t like it much anymore for personal reasons, some horror fandoms like Five Nights at Freddy’s, Little Nightmares all of that. Idk

Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go! (Prompts optional but encouraged.)

Umm... I always strive to make my Guardians unique in different situations, hell, I imagined they were in certain AU’s or in certain video game situations, like a fighting game, I’d like imagining like ‘finishing moves’ they’d have or the type of weapons they’d have, or even simple stuff like hobbies or favourite foods. Just stuff like that... and I will try everything in my power to be unique, like in my Gem AU, wanted all the gems to be different and at the least unique, and the same with the Monster AU, only Thunder and Steppe’s are the same but they have a difference. 

Okay that’s enough. ^^; This was really difficult surprisingly.