#METAL VIRUS MADE ME CRYYYY JUST BC OF THEMMM

[whisper-and-tangle]

okay. um. focusing on this scene again-

Whisper does not like hugs. It's a boundary she has- and it's completely fine and respected.

She never hugs people.

Except Tangle.- In the second photo, it's a group hug. Whisper is only hugging Tangle, because she's only comfortable hugging her- and that's just sometimes, most of the time she doesn't like hugs at all. She barely even hugs Tangle, because Tangle respects her boundaries about hugs. SHE'S NOT EVEN UPSET OR AWKWARD IN THE SECOND PHOTO!!! SHES LITERALLY BLUSHING!!! BECAUSE TANGLE!!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 AND IN THE FIRST ONE!! YEAH CARRY UR GF TANGLE

In the Metal Virus arc, Tangle's death completely broke her and shattered her world.

Because Tangle was her world-

her last light,

her closest friend.

I'm relatively sure Metal Virus is set after Tangle and Whisper,

so it's set right after Tangle sets that trust- right after Whisper finally trusts Tangle with her past, and finally starts trusting her to go on dangerous missions with her-

and then she dies.

Tangle dies slowly and painfully infront of her and she has to be physically restrained so she can't jump to try and save her-

So she can't die with her.

Then Whisper snaps.

She breaks down crying, screaming at the top of her lungs-

And Whisper never screams, she almost never opens her eyes-

And here she's wailing, screaming, eyes wide open.

She just wants Tangle to be alive.

She just wants to be with Tangle.

She just doesn't want to lose another friend.

And it happens, all because of Eggman.

All because of him.

And it's not the first time this happened- He did this to the Diamond Cutters, and now Tangle.

So Whisper kills him.

Or, tries, atleast, being stopped by Cream.

But she's completely broken in this arc, and for good reason.

She went through a lot in this arc, and it may very well be my favourite volume in the entire IDW comics.

And let's go back to the first few sentences of this post.

Whisper doesn't like hugs.

Here, Tangle comes back to life.

After the Metal Virus.

After everything seemed lost.

It was all brought back, by a last stand, a valiant effort by Sonic and the survivors.

And Whisper pounces on Tangle.

She hugs her.

theyRE SO FREAKING CANON MY GODDDDDABSHSHJASN