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toffeelights · 3 months

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falling into sonic again..

no i grew up watching those epic sprite animations and sonic final fantasies, sonic paradox even. The games I played were heroes and a few more like unleashed and mega collection and i adored black knights transformation sequence i would play it in the car repeatedly ( i never owned a wii). I watched all the sonic gameplay I could. My favourite characters being sonic and shadow. I, however grew up and believed sonic was not "famous" and was niche, jealous of the only sonic merch being the boys underwear in the superstore :(,

i didnt like boom or even lost world. it wasn't "sonic" to me, so i fell out, come forces and im burned, never touching this franchise again in my mid teens. I looked at how it was doing, would watch dubs and enjoy animations but eh that was it for me.

then.. comes 2023 and the thing that drags me back into this franchise, the thing that fucking pulls me in and keeps me buried... is those same two fucking hedgehogs but this time... their fucking ship. I suppose i can blame the art that took me here in the first place but holy shit. if you told me when i was 5 years old that i would come to adore sonadow and that would be the sole reason for my staying to the sonic franchise and all i would draw would be fucking sonadow, i would think you were fucking stupid and then go on word and make sonic comics of him running and pissing on eggman. no its the fucking fact, that now its come to a point where the dynamic of sonic and shadow genuinely have shifted my entire brain chemistry, they are everything, romantic subtext or not, they have literally shaped my interest for the past half year.

the fucking SYMBOLISM sega hints around them??!! them being stars, fated, destined to meet, mirror images, understanding eachother the most yet causing the most frustration. Sonic, is the one character that can get so, so personal to shadow, challenge him in a way and intrigue him in the most bizzarest of ways he never understands yet finds equal annoyance as much as admiration, sonic is a shift to his core. Shadow also does care quite a bit, just as much as he gets irritated at his presence, i find it funny how in sonic 06, the two characters saving sonic are amy and Fucking SHADOW the hedgehog. (albeit you dont see this alot erm due to segas insistence of making characters.. boring? but anyways)

their TRUST.. in eachother, the sonic x shadow generations descriptions do it so well (esp in jp).

in sa2 when they.. worked together for the first time in space and.. he called him the ultimate life form.. and sonic and shadow.. just in that moment.. were together as one. and oh man..

I could talk about prime but uh my favourite interactions in there are mostly when one of the other was uncouncious or in a state of unawareness (youd be suprised how much this happened). like sonic holding shadow and saving him, he seems to get really, REALLY emotional when it comes to shadow than anybody else.. for some reason... and shadow' reaction when sonic almost died. OWee that was done so well. the way.. he held him.. tight.. when sonic was dying.. oh my gosh. bride style. oahy.. im not too fond on talking about prime since in terms of the "sonic and shadow" dynamic it sort of slaps you in the face but hey I appreciate some sonadow anytime, if that was their actual only canon dyamic i dont think I'd care for it as much but its more of an add on to one of the most insane PASSIONATE.. crazy mutually charged dynamics ive seen in my life... like why are they like that.. can they STOP.. those two.. my brain will explode if we actually like actually like ACTUALLY see them togteher and if its anything like "them" with their subtetly and bizzare unique tensions, i think i will lose my sanity and just not function anymore. good fucking bye if i see a mention towards emerl or the ending of sa2 i will lose my absolute shit and you random person seeing this will see me go through it. my sketchbook would probably be overwhelmed by the amount of incoherent sonadow mess dear lord why..

ignore this i have an exam tomorrow and ended up going on a crazy rant about tbese two hedgehogs that have carried me through senior year, shout out to sonadow.. gotta be the only thing dragging me towards a degree.

#sonadow #sonic #shadow #sonic x shadow generations #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog

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crusherthedoctor · 3 months

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🍓🍄🍅 :>

🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction?

No one else was writing an Eggman who was evil/competent/didn't get one-upped or killed off by another villain/didn't want to secretly fuck Sonic because villains can never be obsessed with killing the hero for any other reason according to the internet, so I pulled a Thanos and decided to just do it myself, and made it my mission to create the cruelest portrayal I could muster to spite those fics and then IDW and Frontiers... without losing his comedic edge, of course. (I'm sure there are good Eggman-utilizing fics out there, but good luck finding them in a sea of soft!Eggman fics, dead!Eggman fics, Sonamy fics, Sonally fics, Sonadow fics, high school fics, SA2 fics, Scourge fics, Eggdad fics, multiverse fics, fics where there's a villain team up but Eggman isn't included because the other villains consider him a joke...)

More seriously, it's as simple as wanting to pay tribute to a franchise that I love. Aside from my one-shots that helped me get some practice for writing the characters, I wanted to create an adventure that encompassed everything I value in a Sonic journey, be it from Classic, Adventure or Modern. Including but not limited to: overarching themes, visual storytelling, Eggman, zone aesthetics, creative Badniks, Eggman, superpower of teamwork, balanced tone, Eggman, subtext, characters being positively influenced by Sonic and/or his friends, Eggman, callbacks that are actually fun or have reason to exist beyond How Do You Do Fellow Fans, and Eggman.

As for Trudy, I was interested in trying my hand at an OC and whether I could make them as compelling as the official characters. Ever since the start, I was determined to shoot down the fandom overcorrection of OCs never interacting with the cast in any meaningful way lest they be accused of Sueism, and prove you can make OCs work with them if you try hard enough. Plus, since some games have a friend of the week who the story revolves around how Sonic impacts them, like Shahra in Secret Rings for example, I was eager to give that a try too.

So eventually, after writing out several concepts, I got this idea for a horse with a bouncy ponytail... Though Colony would be the one to bring her to life on paper (because I'm not an artist :<), the design was already fully thought out in my head, to the point where I was actually worried that I was being too demanding when I gave Colony my description, though she assured me that it helped her visualize it. Trudy's personality didn't take long to finalize either: I was already sick of modern female characters whose sole personality trait is "I'm a cunt, pls clap", and in addition to fighting back against the common claim that soft and kindhearted characters are inherently bad or Sueish, I also thought having a character like her would stand out in the Sonic cast, since a lot of the main regulars tend to have a prideful and/or temperamental side, albeit some more than others.

...And since British-accented characters in non-British works tend to be stereotyped as the snobby one, this time the British cast member (Viridonian cast member?) is the mellow one. :P

🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings

Not so much a headcanon since it's already in my fic, but despite Sonic's casual body language and lack of lovey dovey talk, Eggman quickly figures out that Sonic is getting the fee-fees for Trudy because he knows that look.

How does he recognize that look? Because he's seen it in the mirror hundreds of times over the years, so of course he would know it when he sees it.

(The joke is that EggmanXHimself is my favourite ship that doesn't involve Sonic and Toll Girls... which also applies to Trudy, since she's slightly taller than Sonic lolololol.)

🍅 ⇢ give yourself some constructive criticism on your own writing

I get so into scenery descriptions that I often have to cut them down into smaller pieces for pacing. I always have to remind myself that it's okay if the readers don't visualize every little detail of what's in my head... but I try to convey as much of it as I can all the same. XD

For character examples, I've got a couple of things I'd like to address. I apologise if a lot of this sounds like Channel Awesome "sorry you felt that way" handwaving, but the point is to show that I'm very much aware of how the following could possibly be divisive for some folk. Anyway, here goes:

First off, the recent talk about Shadow's dickish side has made me somewhat nervous about how I've chosen to portray him, since Stellar!Shadow is pretty lax for the most part. Granted, he doesn't have an excuse to fight Sonic here, and it's long after the events of SA2/ShtH/Battle/etc, so it can be said that he's slightly chilled out on Sonic's side of affairs since then. His general attitude remains the same as ever, and there's still some competitive banter between him and Sonic, but it's more amicable than the days of SA2, and on the whole, if stuff like IDW is anything to go by, I figured that Shadow fighting Sonic for debatably shoehorned reasons (depending on which game or adaptation we're talking about) is at risk of becoming equally as overbearing to Shadow's image as revolving everything around Maria's death.

That's not to say Shadow doesn't show an aggressive side at all... but in this case, it's directed at Eggman for using Gerald's memory as a front for his latest scheme... and that's before he learns other details of what the doctor has been up to this time.

Secondly, there was a lot of panicking over how to tackle Amy's stance on Sonudis. Obviously it makes sense that she'd initially be a little upset over Sonic feeling that way towards someone else, given how long she's been pining for him, but I want to make dead sure that it's played as sympathetically as possible instead of making her a yandere asshole, and I also wanted her to retain her upbeat persona and get something out of the experience instead of it being a downer ending for her so to speak. I know there's going to be someone out there who will take issue no matter what because "Sonic belongs to Amy!!!" (as if Sonic is anyone's property?), but I can only do my best, right?

Finally, since I mentioned one of my goals was to make the most monstrous Eggman I could while keeping him as his usual le funny eggperson self, naturally there have been times where I've wondered if I may have gone too far in a few places I've made it too in-your-face. In fairness to me, it's stylistically designed to be that way I've been very conscious about tonal progression in my fic, so at first there are only some subtle hints that Eggman's stooping to new lows beyond the usual on-brand dealings he does, and it's not until later on that the finer details of his true depravity become more apparent, culminating in... well, you'll have to wait and see how the endgame plays out. :] Like Shadow, there's some in-universe justification as well, since it's established that by this point in his life, Eggman is fucking sick of Sonic beating him all the time, and so he's giving the 120%, pulling out all the stops, and making absolutely sure that nothing goes out of his control. And it's not like it's just his cruelty that gets highlighted: his brilliance and insane determination get much focus as well.

Speaking of, I'm also conscious of the fact that some of the content relating to Eggman's darker actions might be considered stuff that you might not normally see in an official Sonic product, despite my known desire to make Stellar feel as official flavored as possible. But much like Sonudis, the idea is to tackle these elements with the mindset of "If this was in an official work, how might it play out? How would it be framed?" At the very least, I wouldn't say there's anything that goes so ridiculously far beyond the usual Sonic fare (like sexual activity, for a crude example), and you won't have to worry about zombot-tier misery porn where everyone just fails and sulks for a period that lasts longer than '06 loading screens.

#Crusher's Asks #Sonic the Hedgehog #Amy Rose #Shadow the Hedgehog #Lutrudis Hadeer #Dr. Eggman #Fanfiction

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gummiix · 2 years

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Intro :] (updated around every month ^^)

Interests:

I am largely fixated on Sonic the Hedgehog, so that’s what you’ll see most on my main blog (this one).

My other interests here include: Splatoon, everything Spider-Man and Spider-Verse, Kirby, My Little Pony (Gen 4), Super Mario, the Legend of Zelda, Pokémon (mostly just team rocket), various other random console games, and Pikmin.

All of these fandoms can be found in my featured tags, as well as other types of tags. (<- these are primarily for me, so some don’t make a lotta sense on the outside lol.)

I’ve also got separate side blogs for random interests that breached containment, like (in order of oldest to newest):

✩ stimming gifs, sounds/music, stim boards, web resources, etc -> @stimmii

✩ rottmnt -> @iheartrise

✩ nimona (the movie) -> @nimonablogheckyeah

✩ the amazing digital circus -> @iheartdigitalcircuses

✩ helluva boss -> @ihearthelluva

Stuff to note (BYF section):

~I curse. I also reblog some nsfw jokes on my main, but never something actually sexual at heart. (For example, smthin kinda like deez nuts jokes but more detailed. Like uhhh. She scott on my pilgrim till I take off.) I’ve tagged these as “#suggestive text” in the past, but I started tagging them as “#suggestive joke” a while ago.

~Mass likes/reblogs don’t bother me, don’t worry :]

~Uh. I may unintentionally spam-like/reblog other blogs though, if I happen to really enjoy your posts. I don’t mean to bother anyone, randomly I just go through a spiral of stuff I really like and feel the need to catalogue it somehow (or else I might forget lol)

~On my main I reblog things relating to politics/light discourse, usually just some civil rights stuff. I don’t tag these categorically.

~I have adhd and autism, and reblog about struggles sometimes tagged with “#nd things”. Also,

~I use tone indicators for anything that I think might be confusing, but always spelt out. For example, “/sarcastic” or “/light-hearted.”

~I am genderqueer and use they/she/he, in order of preference. (When I say “alternation preferred”, I mean I would greatly appreciate if you alternate between multiple of these pronouns for me rather than just choose one set forever.)

~Unimportant to blog, but I wanna add as a little hiya to the queer community that I am also demi-pansexual. (demi as in demiromantic + demisexual.)

~I blog a lot of sonadow here, so just to organize the duo in my blog I may tag sonic and shadow’s general interactions as the ship as well, even if the post wasn’t necessarily meant to be. Please send an ask / message me if this makes you uncomfortable.

~My memory is faulty, meaning I may reblog the same thing multiple times without meaning to, or forget to respond to a message/ask. (more on that below)

Moot-to-Moot Communication:

~If we’re mutuals, feel free to message me for any random reason!!

~I might take a while to respond, but I promise no matter what I will see your message and be thinking about it. The Dysfunction does do the hit (and also the anxiety and memory . lots of that too)

Drawn demonstration by user cuptoast on twitter dot com:

~Please, please just message me a lil reminder if I don’t get back to you after a day!! I prolly forgor 💀. Just a little “yo” or whatever you want is great, it helps a lot.

~However, I usually start conversations with an ask. (It’s a little silly, but it’s easier for me to keep track of and less intimidating that way.) If you’d prefer, you can just respond to it in messages.

~I…… may or may not be following over 4000 blogs (I very much am.) This means I never really see moots on the dashboard, which means I don’t really interact except for once in a while when I might FLOOD your posts with likes + reblogs ,:]

~In any messages whatsoever, if subtext is used then I would very much appreciate spelt-out tone indicators (or any other form of clarification 👍. I may casually ask for the tone if I’m confused)

~Just let me know if you want me to tag something for filtering out, like spoilers but also literally anything else.

Do not interact section:

In general, I block who I don’t want to interact with; but with the current situations, I want to clarify my stances if it makes anyone more comfortable to know… or uncomfortable, so they can know and do what they will.

~I stand completely with Palestine and Palestinians, against genocide, displacement, the Israeli military or government, and for a ceasefire. I reblog about Palestine news and history frequently. I also believe that Jews, as well as all average civilians everywhere, deserve to live and be happy- all including with places of worship. These are not contradictory statements.

~I am against proshipping, meaning that I am heavily against the fictional fetishization of children, (including minor/adult ships,) rape, or incest.

~I also did not realize that TERFs were so common here!! Unfortunate! I am also obviously against terfs.

WHEW!! THE END!!!! YOU MADE IT THRU!!! Thanks for reading :]. pow bam bang you get hearts <33💞💘💕

#gummii.txt #includes:#interests #sideblogs #before you follow #moot communication #and a DNI #long post #edit: ARGH I can’t get the blinkies to distribute correctly and I have to get my laptop to fix it #there were 6 but I messed with em and now I can only have 2 😔

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magicstormfrostfire · 2 years

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what got you into ace attorney? ^_^

Oh! This one is kinda easy actually hehe. My friend Adam got me into it. Its one of his favorite games and he went 'hey I know you like Sonic/Shadow, have you ever played Ace Attorney? Its just like that but with gay lawyers and mystery'

I didn't believe him, but I was always looking for new games to try, so I bought the trillogy to start.

MAN IS HE RIGHT.

The games themselves are incredible and have wonderful characters and drama and plot devices that even involve the supernatural/metaphysical, like ghosts and psychic powers. But not only that, its got extremely gay subtext between the protagonist Phoenix Wright and his rival/old friend Edgeworth. Its so incredibly Sonadow its insane. I should try to look into some fanfics of them now that youve mentioned the game to me again....

#magicstormasks #asks

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shadowiie · 2 years

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8 and 14!

An old project idea I've love interest in..... That's hard, because most ideas, even when I'm not working on them, are still either on the back burner indefinitely (i still for example have intermittently returned to the RPGmaker game I made years ago) or chopped up and recycled for new ideas.

However, I was sifting through my wips folder and I found a fic called "The 50s date" that was a cheesy sonadow datefic i wrote with Juju's Island in mind, who used to be a friend but then she deactivated and moved away from the Sonic fandom.

It's the kind of cheesy, chaste and pure shippy ship ship fic, the kind that would trigger my romance repulsion nowadays. Before realizing that I don't have to cater to anyone but myself in writing, I did a lot of fics catered specifically towards a friend's favorite tropes or ship, like a weird pantomime of what fanfic is "supposed" to be like.

I'm much happier now that I set boundaries in fandom and only make and follow things that truly make me happy about Sonic. And hey! I've got two fic wips in my drive (one outlined one with a finished first draft) that I'm truly proud of and am excited to create. I found the fun in writing, and I've never looked back since

OH RIGHT THERE WAS A SECOND QUESTION TOO

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Most motifs to me aren't about what they are but what they symbolize, so it's hard to pick favorites when I often look past the motif to the subtext when I appreciate them. A lot of motifs are subtle too, but when combined within an overall character or story, end up with narrative weight. Buut if I had to pick some just based on aesthetics alone, I'd pick diamonds, contrasting colors on contrasting characters, leather belts, astronaut suit motifs within fashion, annnnd reflections

#ask game #oh my god im rereading this wip and yuuuup i got a repuls reaction from it lmaoo #my favorite line is 'that one time [Shadow] told Rouge to watch out for the dangerous shape-shifting aliens known as 'communists' still #made them want to bury their head in sand'#now i write fics in the action genre (and also suspense 👀)#i still need to edit that draft tho..... its a 3 chap short story about team dark #thats greatly inspired by spy books like spy x family and casino royale #cant believe i finished it and then never touched it again....#its been actively on my mind for the past week or two i really need to get on that

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the-heart-of-a-monster · 3 years

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I read your comic last week for the first time, for some reason I had never bumped into it before!! So today is the first time I am reading a newly uploaded page and the feeling exchilarating! But since I'm new to your story, is sonadow going to be endgame? I feel like you've been dropping hints 🤭😶

since youre new im going to repeat it now but since ive gotten asks from other ppl also:

it's true that im constantly pushing sonic and shadow closer together to think about themselves, the other, and their relationship with eachother. (theres a lot i could talk about here but i'd rather let u read it for urself in the comic) BUT this is not a romance comic and you shouldn't expect anything romantic from it.

yes, sonic and shadow are going through a lot and we are seeing them change and develop, and yes i drop gay hints here and there that im glad to be picked up and if you want to read it as romantic then go ahead! Honestly it's great when ppl see the queer experiences in this. You're free to talk about it to me, as long as it's like. in a mature manner and not "kyaa nosebleed shadow was so hot in that page" or "x3 cute gay spikey bbys snuggle" (thats fetishizing of gay people and im having none of it)

BUT and there are no "ships" or "shipping" in my comic itself. i just want to focus on relationships, lore, actions, emotions, hardships, etc. etc.

It feels... a little sad when the comic gets reduced to "a ship" because that's entirely not the focus of it. I admit i focus a lot on sonic and shadow at the moment, but thats mainly because i used to only write for shadow so i needed to get into the other characters over a while and starting with sonic was the easiest.

TLDR or whatever i'll put it in the FAQ

is it a sonadow comic? No.

are sonic and shadow queer? yes, yes they are.

does the comic happen to have sonic and shadow and a tight and corelated character development of them in it? Yes.

is the intention of that development an emerging of romantic feelings or any other fantasy of them "getting together"? No. There's no romance, and no dating.

is the comic challenging the idea of what it means to have a close bond with people? yes, not everything is about romance or dating. they're aromantic btw. (shadow even is triple a)

#fan lore #thoam lore #im glad people read the gay subtext i put there but i feel like yall are picking it up too hard #like yes theyre gay but also no this isnt a ship comic and you shouldnt expect anything from it if youre a shipper #idk maybe im also just bad at nuance bc i lack the experience of romantic attraction #so i just see things differently??? who knows #about sonadow #faq

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infizero · 2 years

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speaking of gotf. may i remind everyone once again that evan stanley, current head writer and one of the main artists for the official sonic idw comics, has sonic and shadow be together in her fancomic (along with tikal ofc, poly rights)

#every time i think about this i go insane. like like. i have reiterated this same statement so many times but anyways #we might start getting subtext thats actually SUPPOSED to be there (like - most likely - the bridal carry panel from issue 35)#like i refuse to believe that known sonadow shipper evan stanley didnt know what she was doing with that #anyways. what a time to be alive #serena.txt

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chao-chachaslide · 3 years

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(1) For the Sonic x Shadow story from the Sonic channel, if going by the translation that Sonic pointed to the moon and ark then to himself--it's very significant. In Japanese culture, it is rude to point so him pointing is a big deal. Also in their culture, staring at the moon and thinking of someone (The phrase the moon is beautiful as well) means "I love you" since they are not used to saying it outloud. So you can possibly take the subtle meaning as: Sonic sayin: I love you, do you love me?

Yo cool I didn't know that. Thank you anon!

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#The amount of subtext in this story is actually insane I swear #replies #anon #sonadow

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cessmaga · 3 years

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My Shipping memes

My NOTPs!

[Just to clarify, I have no problems with these ships (exept for sont*ils) I just

Don't really see shipping them, and these are my only opinions okay]

Because it's bland, Because it's cliché

SonAmy

Ehhh, I really don't care about much of this ship, it's pretty generic in my opinion, and I'm really tired of main boy protagonist being with main girl lead...

I'm alot okay if sonic ends up with no one

Because it doesn't make any sense, Because of the subtext

Coyote x roadrunner

No, just no,

And yes it exist, and I'm glad that, it's not really popular..

Because it's disturbing

Sont*ils

People actually ship them 🤢

Like cmon man, the age gap

And bonus if sonic x any other characters that has near as age as tails (cream for example)

And ALSO SONEGG!! Just no, please just noooo

Because they're the same

Any ships involving thomas and the other sides

I don't like these ships, I sorry, I mean like, aren't they all like the same or something?? I don't care what you say, it's pretty much selfcest eughhh

Because I ship them with others

knuxadow

Ehhhh don't really have any problems with this ship, I really see it in my personal opinion, it's not my cup of tea

Because I see them more as friends

Sonadow

This is not my cup of tea either, I see them more as brothers, bc i like the sonic is maria reincarnated headcanon and them being as brothers is unpopular in my opinion

Because I just don't

Sonic x Shadow x Silver

Again no problem with this ship, and also ot3 ships, I pretty much see them as brothers, and them being brother is pretty underrated and why I haven't see any content of them three together :(

My OTPs!!

[Yeah I know, I really not much a shipper, but here's some I actually like and I'm invested with]

Because it makes sense, Because it has potential

Sonknux

Yeah so ummm I have no idea that I'm going to be really invested with this ship, woww

So ummm I really like their dynamic, also this is one of the enemies to friends to lovers that I like, and I really like how they trust each other.. I can imagine them as powerful powercouple, I mean-- they're both freaking fastest and strongest things alive

I can imagine them going to nature walk together aaaaa

And plus speed x power, red x blue, wind x earth opposite attract ship I'm here for it

Ughhh I don't know to explain but yeah

Because they're the same

Bugs x Lola (main ver.)

This is the male protag x female lead I like, baffy is good at all but I can imagine them as sassy powercouple and it's just 😀

I can imagine them teming up and trolling the person together ishsoajajdhfgahjs

And yeah it's pretty much it

Please don't be mean to me these are my opinion k byeee

#notp #coyote x roadrunner #sonamy #sonadow #sonic x shadow x silver #sander sides ships #sontails #sonegg #otp #sonknux #bugs x lola #shipping meme

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