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Amy with braids !

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I think he likes her

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After all that happened in Dark Beginnings youo mean to tell me HE'S JUSTS GOING TO SEE THEM???? AND I'LL JUST HAUVE TO BAWL MY EYES OUT????? HELLO??? HELPME

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SSS my beloved

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Amadow.... Amadow is realllllllllllllll!!

(shadamy but yaoi )

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Future!Shadamy

I don't see a lot of content of them happily married like this so hehe

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tryna different style !

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Touching moments

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Redesigns!

My redesigns of these three :3c Shadow's EMO !!!!!! Here are some of my headcanons for them!

Shadow:

Triangle & Spike Motifs: he's sharp!!!

He's got loads of piercings because how could he just choose one?

I would've given him 20+ more belts but settled for only 2, gotta be semi-realistic. He's a trend setter.

The boots give him at least three inches of height

Double A for Autistic & Asexual mf!!!

He-Him; but he probably doesn't perceive gender or shit "are u man?" "Im the ultimate life form" he don't gaf what people refer to him as, least they remember who he is.

Sonic:

Rings! Rings & Lightning Motifs !!! he is speed...

BIG OL' GREY SWEATS!!! He's a grower not a show-er.

The sweats also give him an upright triangle silhouette = hero silhouette

He DJ's on the weekends & uploads music to SoundCloud--he's a micro-celebrity on there

This mf can't tie shoelaces ... so he wears velcro shoes (the buckle is NOT functional, purely aesthetic ..........)

he's somewhere on the spectrum, where? yes

Aromantic :3

TRANS because I said so

Amy:

Heart Motifs--she is my sweet passion <3

Freckles because CUTE !!! :3c

She wears HELLA mascara, makeup is her expression and she loves the drama. She also helps Shadow with his eyeliner :P

She can talk to her Piko Hammer (& she responds in tweets/chirps) ! Hearts follow after each wing :3c

Only Amy can lift the hammer, its like Mjölnir

Bisexual Cis she-her Queen

ADHD--she has a HUGE fixation on astrology

She's colorblind (Tritanopia exactly) !!! its why she confuses Sonic & Shadow (it's my only explanation)

Share y'alls headcanons with me--I'd love to hear them :3c

[May 23 2024]

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shadamy flower shop x tattoo parlor au i love uuuu <3 u r a genius

THANK SHADAMY WEEK !!!!! The prompt kickstarted that whole idea for me 😭😭😭 I have so many ideas for it--I cant wait to share them all :)

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Bringing some happy memories home ✨

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the people yearn for turn of the century sonic gijinkas

here are my many inspirations

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The Shadamy Flower Shop/Tattoo Parlor AU is real and rotting my every waking thought 😔🫶🏼

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Can we see more of how Marra's third-eye abilties come into play?

Sure!

She's rather young here but she has the ability to tell the future but she cant go into specifics just yet. That and seeing spirits even when they don't wish to be seen. I'll play around with her character more at a later time.

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Headcanon #131

It all started when Amy’s shoelaces came loose after an Extreme Gear race. Shadow took note of it and immediately knelt in front of her to tie the laces so she wouldn’t trip. While he was there, he took her hand and kissed it. He was mostly just trying to act cheeky, but when he looked up, her eyes were wide and lovestruck, as if she’d never seen anything so dashing. His heart skipped a beat.

From then on, Shadow made a point of giving her innocent kisses whenever he could. Her cheeks turned a charming pink whenever he kissed them, and she giggled when he kissed her forehead. She didn’t seem to notice the delighted little noise she made whenever he held her close and kissed between her ears. Every little reaction she had to the chaste kisses charmed him so much that he couldn’t help but tell her he loved her.

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Headcanon #169

Shadow’s a more affectionate partner than Amy expected he’d be, and his PDA reaches a peak with how comfortable he is sitting behind Amy in public and holding her in his arms. She’s not sure why he sits with her so often in this exact way, but she enjoys it and chalks it up to him wanting to keep her warm.

In fact, he does have a particular reason for this. Most hedgehogs have more spikes than Amy–Shadow, Sonic, and Silver all have spines on their backs, and the quills on their heads point backward, so attacking them from behind is unwise. Not only does Amy lack back spines, but the ones on her head point down, so she’s vulnerable from behind. He noticed this early on, but there wasn’t much he could do aside from watching her back when he sensed danger.

Once they started dating, however, he had an excuse to cover her weak spot with his own spines, and he got to hold her close and show the world who they’d be dealing with if they hurt her.

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LOOSING MY MIND OVER THIS THREAD !!!

For me, Shadow and Amy's dynamic is basically two different types of touch starved in a person

((If any of the gifs on this post aren’t loading for you on mobile--like they aren’t for me--you can download them or check the sources listed. As for desktop, they play just fine, but they won’t line up next to each other like they do on mobile. Tumblr is a comedy of errors.))

Yes! Absolutely. I’ve seen tons of fans say Shadow is prickly and would respond badly to hugs, but canon says otherwise. This is a bad reaction:

[Sonic 06]

Whenever I feel like being sad, I wonder if Bad-Future-06 Silver has ever been hugged.

This is a bad reaction:

[Sonic Unleashed, gif source.]

And I shouldn’t have to say this, but...yeah. These are very bad reactions:

[Sonic X]

[Sonic Generations]

Yikes. I feel bad for both of them.

But this?

[Sonic Adventure 2, gif source.]

This is Shadow’s only canonical hug in the games, and aside from jumping slightly from being snuck up on, he seems to like it just fine.

Just look at that smile! He’s happy. He finds it endearing.

It was a hug from a complete stranger meant for someone else, but he still drank it in--and, given that he’d effectively just lost Maria, he really did need it. It’s the combination of Amy’s gentleness AND her speech that changed his mind. After all, if someone as sweet as her sees something in the humans, maybe they’re not so bad.

My buddy who runs @shadowxamyweek recently reblogged a post about this hug, and their tags sum it up perfectly:

[ID: A screenshot of tags on a post. The tags read:

#official art #4kids #shadow the hedgehog #amy rose #YEAH 😭 #listen I read nothing that has happened with them in SA2 as shippy - and i ship them #THIS HUG? THR SPEECH ON THE ARK? #those are two lonely kids #those are two left behind kids #those are two kids so desperate for affection #for two vastly different reasons #Amy loves with her whole chest and will never stop doing so- no matter what happens #and Shadow does too- that is key to remember- Shadow loves... so fucking much... that it hurts #you are RIGHT op when you say this is probably the first time someone has been gentle with him in a long long time #he doesn't even run away #in the game- when Amy flees- he takes a step after her- a moment's hesitation- a 'wait' #this kid NEEDED a hug #and i firmly believe part of the reason Shadow listens to Amy in the end is BECAUSE she is the only person who showed him gentleness #softness and kindness and affection #if only for a moment #fjdodhdofjgor THIS is what i mean when i say 'be gentle- be kind' #it MATTERS #it FUCKING MATTERS

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Shadow doesn’t hate hugs inherently; it’s just that no one hugs him in the first place...

...aside from one person.

Amy’s easily the most affectionate character in the cast. It’s cute at first glance, but there’s a common thread to every instance that puts a damper on it.

She’s always, ALWAYS the initiator.

She puts more into each hug than anyone else does.

She’s always the last to pull away.

The most reciprocated Amy hug I know of in canon is this one:

[IDW Sonic issue #22]

Which is absolutely adorable...but Amy still initiated. Because it’s always her job. Even the characters who like affection don’t need it the way she does...with one exception.

And this tiny detail just killed me. The little, “wait, come back 😟”

It’s the only time I know of when someone has actually stepped after her like this. In a game where everyone left Amy behind, he wanted to follow her. Mister so-called-prickly didn’t want the hug to end.

Because he’s the only one who needs it as much as she does.

He wants to be held as much as she wants to hold someone else, and no one else is warm and sincere enough for it. Compare these instances:

[IDW issue #6]

Sonic thinks Shadow is wrong about something, so he grabs Shadow’s arm to stop him, and Shadow aggressively wrenches it away and leaves.

[Archie Sonic Universe #23]

But when Amy thinks Shadow is wrong about something and grabs his arm to stop him, he gently removes her hand and thinks about what she has to say.

Even when he doesn’t want to be touched, he makes the distinction between “don’t touch me” and “not right now, please.” These are from two different continuities, of course, but I think the point stands. Amy’s special. He’s gentler with her than he is with other people, and that’s consistent across all canons.

Side note: how often does Amy get to feel special like that? I actually really like that Sonic doesn’t place others in a hierarchy of importance, and I wouldn’t change that about him even if I could...

[IDW issue #2]

...but Amy does play favorites. I want her to feel like she’s someone else’s favorite, too. I want her to have someone who puts her first and likes her best. I think Shadow’s more than capable of that. I believe he craves clinginess like hers deep down, even if he hasn’t consciously figured that out yet.

I have an entire tag for these two being affectionate. My favorite is probably this one.

Of course, there may be those who say I’m reading too much into one (1) hug. And you know what? Maybe they’re right! We need a bigger sample size. Sega, make more characters hug Shadow, please. Let Rouge comfort him after he confides in her about something. Have Omega give him an awkward metal embrace because he read on the internet that organic beings like that kind of thing. Make Shadow himself pull Silver into a hug when he’s breaking down crying from the stress of always having to be a hero. Show Tails accidentally grab onto him out of fear when they’re trapped in a lightning storm, and when he gets embarrassed and pulls away, have Shadow hold him for the rest of the storm and admit he’s not fond of bright lights, either.

[Sonic Boom]

That scene where Shadow and Amy rescue Cream and Cheese from Cryptic Castle? That easily could’ve turned into a cute group hug.

[Shadow the Hedgehog (2005)]

And I have seen some absolutely adorable fanart where he holds Cream’s hand while he and Amy lead her through Cryptic Castle to make sure she doesn’t get lost 🥺

Have Knuckles give him an empathetic bro-pat on the shoulder when he finds out Shadow’s the last one of his race, too.

[Archie Sonic Universe #89]

Have Sonic try to hug him, and then when Shadow inevitably pushes him away and says he doesn’t do hugs, have Amy arrive and latch onto Shadow instead while he tries to stutter out an excuse as to why she’s allowed to and Sonic isn’t.

The most affection Shadow has in recent history is stuff like this...

[Sonic Prime season 2 episode 1]

...where Sonic tries to hug him and Shadow immediately pushes him away, knocks him over, and tries to punch him in the face. Kind of says it all. Amy stands out as the only one with a good track record here.

[IDW issue #36]

Especially when you have him look at her like this when someone else is on the receiving end of that affection.

So in the absence of further evidence, I have no choice but to interpret this in the most Shadamy way possible. Your move, Sega.