#I don't think he'll be alone

[atwas-gaming]

I've had a scenario in mind for a while now about what it would take for Sonic to finally own up to his feelings about Amy. And I think what it would take is...

Shadow.

Well, just plain jealousy and a fear of losing Amy before he even has her. But Shadow would be the best one to instigate it.

First, some headcanons about how they behave romantically:

Amy's maturing and spreading her wings. She's not moving on from Sonic, not really, but it's possible that she's starting to notice other guys. There's some hints in the Twitter takeovers that she may be developing some small interest in Shadow.

Sonic is clearly interested in Amy, and if you pay attention, he has been for a long time. What he's not interested in is marriage- at least, not yet. And Amy is clearly wifey material- she cooks, she takes care of people, she has a caring nature, she's protective, and she's extremely loyal. She's not someone you can use for a one-night stand, you take all of her or you risk shattering her into pieces. She's Sonic's friend, no matter what else he may feel about her, so he avoids any romantic interaction because he doesn't want to hurt his friend.

Meanwhile, Shadow is... not aro-ace, per se, I don't know what you'd call him. He can see that Amy is attractive, but so is Rouge, and Shadow has no interest in Rouge. He just isn't interested in the physical side of romance.

What I think it would take to get Shadow's attention is something deeper, an emotional or spiritual connection.

So here's the Sonamy/Shadamy love triangle scenario that I came up with:

As Amy ages, she feels her desire for male companionship growing stronger. Sonic takes little notice of it, but it doesn't escape Shadow's attention.

Somehow or other, Shadow and Amy end up alone together, probably on a mission or something. I haven't figured out the exact circumstances, but they're together for quite a while. Amy loves to talk to people and get to know them, and Shadow has a soft spot for her, so she's able to get him to talk to her about things that he's probably never told anyone before. And he knows she won't tell anyone about them, either, so he feels safe telling her.

At some point, Shadow realizes, she's done it. She's broken through his barriers, and at the same time, she's calmed the storm of emotions that he's had swirling inside him for 50-odd years. He hasn't felt such peace since... no, not even then. This is something else. He's never felt this way before, and he doesn't have the words to describe it, but he's fallen head over heels for her.

This is why he never lets his guard down, even around the people he trusts most. Because if he lets them in, even a little bit, he might let them in too far. ("Can you see all of me, walk into my mystery, step inside and hold on for dear life.")

He loses control of himself and kisses Amy.

And when he lets go, he instantly hates himself, he starts throwing his barriers back up, because... she's crying. She's crying because she liked it, and she wants more of it, but she's still so desperately in love with Sonic, and she's starting to think she'll never get it from him, so she'll accept affection from just about any man, and it's not like Shadow's unattractive, and, and, and...

So Shadow's raw and open and hurting, he knew before he said or did anything that he was going down a dangerous path, but talking to Amy felt so good he didn't want to stop. And he wants to erase what just happened like it never did. But now he has to be the one to comfort Amy, because this was his fault, Amy was just being the kind and compassionate person she always was and Shadow was an idiot for letting it get to him and making more of it than what it was and losing control. So he has to keep his barriers down for just a moment longer, just long enough to hold Amy and tell her it's not her fault, until her tears finally stop.

It leaves Shadow burning with rage, and as soon as he can, he forcefully confronts Sonic (I imagine Shadow slamming Sonic against a wall or a tree and shouting in his face 😝) and basically tells him, "Amy needs attention from a man, she wants that man to be you, but if you can't grow up and do what it takes, then I'll be more than glad to take your place."

Which scares Sonic good and proper. It's bad enough to think that he could lose Amy, anyway, but to lose her to that faker??? And it finally makes him go to Amy and (very, very awkwardly) ask her to be his girlfriend. And... I'll let y'all imagine the rest.

As for Shadow... he, quite understandably, becomes somewhat aloof towards both Sonic and Amy for a long time after that.

But Shadow's immortal, right? And there's other Amy's in the world. He doesn't have to be alone forever.

Oh, and as for why Shadow would confront Sonic instead of just taking Amy for himself: because he respects both Amy and, especially, himself far too much to do that. He knows good and well she will never be able to fully commit to anyone else as long as Sonic is still an option. If Shadow was to start dating her, she'd go along with it, but it would become a power play between him and Sonic to try to "win" Amy's affections. Shadow has no issues with fighting Sonic over just about anything, but when it comes to his own feelings, he won't stoop that low, and he's not about to hurt himself by playing such a game. I also don't think he would view Amy as "a prize to be won."

[somegrumpynerd]

Do you think, in a truce scenario, Nightmare would try and keep his boys from spending too much time around Dream because he's worried they'll end up liking Dream more than him because that's what everybody's always done?

[patheticrafeenjoyer]

need an arc of them being the 2 most toxically co-dependent ppl on earth actually.

[kennyomegasweave]

I've been marathoning Pit Babe over the past 24 hours as best as I can (and I'll easily finish it when I get home from work today) and this was such a great decision for me personally. I'm coming out of this with different appreciations for almost all the characters than I originally had and I feel like this is going to make tomorrow's S2 premiere even better.

I understand Babe more than I did on the first watch, though I always enjoyed him. I still love Charlie, so no change there. I am loving their relationship more which, tbh, I didn't think was possible cause I already knew they had that "the only thing stronger than your craving for blood is your love for this one girl" bond. But here I am ready to claim them for my best couples of all time list.

I would die for Jeff, which is a different cause I really did like him in my first watch, but I didn't love him to this extent. But like. How could I not want to kill a million men for him??? I'm also enjoying Alan and not just finding him hot.

Winner is still just as pathetic as I remember, but also here way less than I remember. Same as Dean, so it's nice to see that my brain made both of them more important because that's still MY CringeFailLoser4CringeFailLoser couple.

Kim is in way less than I remember as well, but he is so much more competent than I remember and it makes me love him more. And rest assured I already fucking loved him. Kenta is making me feel even more sad and he already made me sad (Kim WILL be saving his soul starting on Friday and I am so excited).

Sonic and North not being a couple still makes no sense. But omega!North being alpha!Sonic's protector and defender will always be absolutely iconic. I cannot WAIT to see them acknowledge their love in S2. CANNOT WAIT.

I really liked Pete but now I'm just like ...okay. He's just on his Captain Save A Hoe about everyone and, tbh, that's not hot, that's not sexy. He's still Big Dick Pete to me though because look at him, but like. It's just not hitting the same.

I've been a Certified Way Hater since I first saw episode 3 when it first aired, but now I actively hate this man. From episode 5 on, every single scene he has alone with Babe has literally made me feel like puking, like I feel a horrible feeling in my stomach, and I feel like I need to run away.

All in all, I'm glad I've been able to fit in a rewatch. I always meant to do it, I had a whole plan (because watching 13 episodes in 48 hours was NOT my OG plan, lol) but the premiere date crept up on me.

I'm so ready for Friday. So ready.

[happyk44]

I'm really enjoying the idea of Lewin clocking Renzou and deciding to carry on Osceola's legacy by trying to help him the way Osceola helped him, except 1) Renzou does not want Lewin to be his mentor and 2) all of Lewin's advice starts with "well, Osceola said".

It's fun because Lewin misses Osceola but doesn't really know how to mourn him so his method of doing so is by bothering the shit out of Renzou, who is rapidly running out of places to hide, to understand what Osceola got out of taking care of and teaching him.

[ghoulie-gal]

Y'all know that list of reverse tropes?? The one that was like "Too many beds; really sweet guy that only hates you; hate at first sight" etc.?

If I remember right one of them was "accidentally kidnapping a mafia boss" instead of getting kidnapped by the mafia and i think that has some kind of hilarious potential with Sinostra...

People who ship Taiga with their OCs or absolutely hate him. Just imagine it

I think the key word here is "accidentally" too like no plan no intent it just happened somehow and now you gotta deal with not only him but also Romeo losing his shit (or alternatively hindering you from returning him because now he can get work done without having to babysit) and Ritsu trying to convict you for a heinous crime just because their freak boss broke into your car and fell asleep in the back seat or something and you were in too much of a hurry to notice

[ibetittering]

Fuck all of y'all in Florida how dare you misrepresent my liberal king that man loves women (not in that way) and he would not STAND for this smh

[sciderman]

And like THAT we learned the cast for MCUs Fantastic Four and by extent.....Johnny Storm *shudders* God save us all from the Mouse and from how fucked the Johnny Storm (and also SpideyTorch) tag is gonna be once the movie comes out.

we are going to get SO MUCH johnny storm porn lads

[skrunksthatwunk]

how do i tell my roommate that her cat repeatedly pissing on and destroying my things is something that people usually offer to clean or replace or apologize for instead of shrugging off

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

a character's self-deprication being what keeps them from being in a relationship can be really good but mostly when the self deprication is 1. justified and 2. only no longer an issue because their significant other is Into whatever they're angsting about

[youchangedmedestiel]

There's no way Dean didn't pray to Cas in episode 12x09 when he and Sam were isolated in that governmental jail. I refuse to believe it. They didn't show it to us, they didn't say anything about it. But listen to me. There's NO FUCKING WAY he didn't.

They didn't show us because it wasn't relevant to the story like it was in episode 6x06. We learned that Dean called Cas for help about soulless!sam but we didn't see him, but they tell us he did because that's relevant for him to yell at Cas in that scene for not coming when he calls. And same in Purgatory we learn that Dean prayed to Cas every night, we don't know what he said in these prayers but they tell us he prayed because this is relevant, it leads to Cas explaining why he never answered those prayers.

So my point is that in episode 12x09 they didn't tell us he prayed to Cas because there was no purpose for the story, but HE DID. He prayed to him because he felt alone and that's also why Cas seems so lost and helpless. Because he can hear Dean, he can hear him but can't answer, he can hear him not knowing where they are kept. He can hear him ask for help without being able to do so.

[ghostclefable]

Post-war Katsuki has taylor's Lover album on repeat and you will not convince me otherwise

[tardis--dreams]

Colleague: i didn't get the newsletter last week. Why is that?

Me: unfortunately, i don't know. Please contact [name] or [name] on that matter. They can certainly help you. :)

Him: i honestly don't want to do that. You contact them for me!

?????

[immortalsins]

the end of exams has been the biggest goal for me to get to for a couple of months but now it's here i'm realising everything is still awful even if i don't have to study for hours on end

[bl0oregardf0ster]

Sophie's random Foster's Home headcanons that may or may not make sense at all (Day 1):

Mac has hypersensitive hearing, which explains why he DESPISES most loud/multiple noises (especially if their sudden).

[potionboy3]

georgie parsons for @unfortunate-arrow