Explain your sonadow headcanons pls further 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
*vibrates violently*
i feel like shadow had formed an attraction to sonic around the time of them turning super to defeat the biolizard, even though he didn't know it at the time. how sonic carried himself, his silent confidence and strength, and just the raw energy he had captivated shadow in ways he didn't understand.
but in terms of actually falling in love, i've always considered it to be in much less dangerous moments, more of the mundane, slow kind, like going for a walk together or sitting under a tree. i think shadow would realize, in those times, how much sonic actually means to him.
( personally, i think '06 would have one of those times where they just sit down and take everything in )
for sonic, it's a gradual thing. at first, he's simply interested in getting to know shadow and understanding him more, but respects that shadow might not want that ( he does ), so keeps his distance.
i get why people have it so sonic initiates their friendship, but i feel like shadow would, too. because he wants to know and understand sonic as well.
overtime, sonic learns about shadow's past, what he likes, what he doesn't like, and shadow gets to learn the same ( though, strangely, it's a little harder to get out of the blue hedgehog than he expected ), and they form a connection that maybe no one else but them can fully understand.
and it's only when that connection is formed that sonic develops feelings for shadow and falls in love, too.
i personally don't have the idea they're rivals post-SA2, since i think it defeats the whole point of shadow realizing what being the ultimate lifeform actually is and how he sees sonic, and the point of them setting aside their egos to protect the things that matter.
( that and, honestly, the fandom has kinda made them being rivals a sour note for me. for a lot of reasons. )
so, all and all, my personal hc of sonadow ( in most of the games // media ) is that they're enemies to allies to friends to best friends to lovers, includes shadow simping. slow burn, baby.
↓↓ if you want to see even more hcs of mine, read below! ↓↓
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yapper bf ( shadow ) x listener bf ( sonic )
they brush each other's quills in the morning
overstimulated sonic uses his partner as a weighted blanket
doesn't need to sleep ( shadow ) x can't sleep ( sonic )
they like resting on each other // being rested on
sonic teaches shadow how to play guitar
shadow teaches sonic how to dance
they play animal crossing and minecraft together a lot ( shadow's island // biome is cabincore, sonic's is sunset beachcore )
they also play roblox, mario, and lethal company together ( sonic has rage-quit exactly once and it scared the shit out of shadow )
shadow learns how to sign for when sonic goes nonverbal
they mimic each other ( neurodivergent gang )
shadow likes to carry sonic around ( smth smth weight smth smth makes sonic smile smth smth shadow likes making him happy smth smth- )
they listen to epic the musical cuz i do ( they act out their favorite moments cuz i do )
"i love you. i always will. don't forget that."
sonic is like a little bird and gives shadow trinkets he finds, shadow reciprocates and they ended up making it a game
whenever they go on dates, they're usually almost late, since shadow finds sonic beautiful and they end up kissing
"if stars blow up, does that mean they passed gas?" "shadow. it's 4 am. please shut up."
coffee drinker x tea drinker
piggybacks
sonic will do handstands and whatnot if he wants silence, but still wants to move, and he accidentally scared the hell out of shadow in the middle of the night cuz he looked like the omori creature
in a classic AU, they'd have sleepovers
not all of the hcs, not even close, but we'd be here all day otherwise!
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