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Name ✨Stellar the Hedgehog✨

Age Varies based on what age I draw her, but let's say 16!

Pronouns She/Her

Basic Description The product of Project Stellar—a secret government operation aiming to perfect Project Shadow—Stellar is a genetic experiment combining the DNA of the Ultimate Life Form and the fastest thing alive. Designed to be a living weapon, Stellar was born in a hidden facility where she would have been raised to be an unstoppable weapon for the military. Thankfully, Shadow the Hedgehog (with help from Rouge the Bat) discovered her existence, destroyed the lab, and rescued her as an infant. Shadow then went on to begrudgingly inform his long-time rival, Sonic the Hedgehog, of their newfound child, seeing as she was technically just as much Sonic's problem as she was Shadow's. From there, the duo (along with help from their friends) raised Stellar as their daughter, sheltering her from the knowledge she was created to be a force of destruction for her masters. Along the way, Sonic and Shadow found themselves truly falling for one another, dissolving the barriers they had placed between one another as rivals, finding new appreciation for each other in their new parental roles.

Stellar herself is a bright, warm-hearted person. She has a strong sense of justice and never shies away from standing up for what is right. She takes after Sonic in personality, always cracking jokes and finding it hard to sit still. Despite this, she inherited Shadow's finesse and ability to plan out her choices, not to mention his abilities to utilize chaos energy. She has a love for figure skating, ballet, and make up (thanks to Auntie Rouge!), but don't let her feminine side fool you, she is not afraid to get her hands dirty! She would love nothing more than to spend her day smashing badniks into the ground with her skates if her dads would let her! Stellar loves both of her parents dearly, but sometimes wishes that they wouldn't be so protective of her. After all, what could they possibly have to be worried about?

Extra ✨Stellar's favorite color is red. ✨Her favorite food is chili dogs. ✨She is bisexual. ✨Her favorite flower is lavender, because it reminds her of home! ✨She learned how to skate from Shadow. ✨She calls Shadow "papa" and Sonic "dad". ✨She desperately wants to make her family and friends proud. ✨Her best friend is Camellia the Cat, the daughter of Blaze and Amy. ✨She loves racing Sonic, but is frustrated he always lets her win. ✨She can be VERY impulsive when angered, much like both of her parents! ✨She is SUPER dense when it comes to romance. She has no idea Camellia has been in love with her since they were little! ✨The inhibitor rings she wears keep her powers under control, but they also prevent her from truly mastering them. ✨Her powers are designed after collapsing stars/black holes. Extremely destructive to both herself and everything around her. ✨She has no awareness to the extent of the latent power inside her.

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Hey. If you voted for Trump, get the fuck away from me. Not even joking.

You are NOT welcome here.

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A reminder, I have a Bluesky for those who are hating Twitter as much as I am!! (Tumblr is my main squeeze anyhow)

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Welcome to the login page :))

This is so insane to me, dude 🥹💞 What an honor!!

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WHAT DO U MEAN MY SHADOW ART GOT FEATURED ON THE TUMBLR RADAR??? 😳 AHHHHH 🥹💞

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oooooooo do you have any interactions of jasper and warden or any headcannons of their relationship and does knuckles or rogue like him what about jade (sorry for being nosy just really interested)

OMG YOU AREN'T BEING NOSY AT ALL!!! 🥺❤️ It makes me so happy that people are interested in my silly little AU!

Warden finds Jasper to be exhausting, honestly. Can you imagine trying to collect a bounty on someone, and they won't stop hitting on you the whole time?? He drives him crazy. 😂 He would have decided the bounty wasn't worth it a long time ago if it hadn't become a matter of pride at this point. Jasper doesn't mind being chased around by a big handsome wolf, he finds it entertaining, if anything.

As for his parents? Rouge thinks it's cute. 😆 Baby's first wanted poster!! Knuckles is less enthusiastic, he wishes Jasper wouldn't cause so much trouble, and he worries about him getting hurt. Jade doesn't really care either way, she's happy to see her brother having fun! However, if she saw Warden actually trying to hurt her brother he would have her to deal with. Eggman has found out she is not the pacifist he originally thought her to be when he tried to use Jasper as a hostage in the past!

(forgive my messy sketches)

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Shadow pretends to hate hugs and cuddles when other people are around.

He absolutely doesn't, he will actively seek out Sonic for cuddles and warmth when the two are alone together.

LOL I like to imagine Shadow is very touch starved. He was only ever really physically affectionate with Maria and he doesn't really know how to go about expressing his fondness for anyone else. Thankfully, Sonic is pretty forward and is usually the initiator, so he can take a bit of a backseat and just reciprocate at his own pace.

I do think that once they get closer and their situationship evolves into Sonic crashing at his place all the time, Shadow would slowly start being more affectionate behind closed doors. No need to worry about someone seeing him let his guard down! He will still get annoyed if Sonic teases him too much about being touchy-feely with him, but thankfully Sonic is at least tactful enough to know when to pump the brakes with his teasing. He doesn't want to scare Shadow off, after all!

If he's caught being snuggly with Sonic by anyone else, though, he will immediately grab him by the arm and throw him as far as he can away from him LMFAO

...Sonic doesn't mind. He thinks it's fun. 😂

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To all my fellow USA residents who are of voting age—vote. I'm so serious. Every vote counts. A tiny droplet of water can become a giant wave.

I want my grandma to live to see the first woman president.

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Considering making a Sonic/Fankid discord for all my homies.... would you guys be interested in that??

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hey. can i talk to you for a moment about your decision to give stellar two separated eyes but still keeping sonic and shadow uni-eyed? like, whats going on there /j

LOLLLLLLL I mean, Sonic and Shadow DO have two eyes (confirmed by SEGA), it's just a stylistic choice that hearkens back to old American rubberhose characters, like Steamboat Willie and Felix the Cat! I decided to ditch that stylistic choice for Stellar so that her eyes could become a linchpin for her design.

I wanted her to clearly be related to both of her dads, but also have a sort of artificial feel to her, symbolizing her sinister origins. Early in the design process, I decided that having her eyes differ from both of them (both in color and style) would give the viewer an inkling that she is not all she seems.

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What are Stellar's relationships like with the other main Sonic Co.?

I'll break down a handful of relevant relationships for you!!

Sonic - Stellar's dad

Stellar loves her dad, and is most like him in personality. This makes it so they are usually on the same page when it comes to what they do and don't like, but it also means that there is no one on earth who can annoy Stellar like Sonic can. 😂 As much as she loves joking around with him, sometimes his teasing and sarcasm can get on her nerves. Sonic has truly adapted to his role as an embarrassing dad, so dad jokes are non-stop in the hedgehog household. Even so, Stellar loves Sonic a lot and nothing makes her happier than running all over Green Hill with him! She wishes he'd take her on more of his big adventures.

Shadow - Stellar's papa

Stellar and Shadow are very close, but in a way that is different than how she is close with Sonic. Shadow is a quiet, steady, and responsible force in her life, one that she appreciates greatly. She knows she can rely on him for almost anything, and she finds a great amount of comfort in his presence. Shadow would do almost anything for her, and she knows it. That being said, Shadow can come across as overprotective, which becomes a point of contention between the two of them.

Tails - Uncle figure

Since Tails and Sonic were living together when Stellar arrived, he's always been an active part of her life. Once he got over the drama surrounding her existence, he was SUPER stoked to be an uncle! He was one of her regular babysitters growing up, and she really likes trying to bring out his more playful side. Even so, she finds it a bit hard to connect to him and his interests at times, as she's not very techy. She might not understand all of his brainiac lingo, but she does love all the fun gadgets he comes up with! He actually helped create her skates as a way to help vent her excess chaos energy!

Knuckles - Uncle figure

Knuckles is probably the uncle she relates to the most, as she shares his love of adventure and the outdoors! She often spends time listening to him tell stories of all the adventures he and Sonic have gone on, her eyes filled with stars. She admires him greatly, and thinks he's super cool! The only thing she doesn't get is how he can spend so much of his time sitting around and guarding the Master Emerald. She has far too much energy to be able to sit still for that long!

Amy - Aunt figure

Amy was another of her regular babysitters growing up, which is also how she and Camellia became so close. Amy would come over to visit with Camellia in tow, and the two would spend a majority of the time playing together. She sees Amy as a warm, loving person, and she feels like she could tell her almost anything. She does know not to piss her off, though! Amy is a force to be reckoned with when she's upset! Of course, she's delighted whenever she comes over, and it always helps that she brings yummy baked goods with her!

Rouge - Aunt figure

The aunt she's closest with, Rouge helped Stellar shape a lot of her personal style. She's the rich auntie type, always coming over with gifts and taking Stellar out to have girl time. She is responsible for a lot of the more feminine aspects of Stellar, seeing as she's the one who introduced the world of cosmetics to her. If it wasn't for her, Stellar would have been dressed in oversized t-shirts and running shoes all her life!

Blaze - Aunt figure

Being softer and more reserved, Stellar finds it harder to connect with Blaze. It's not that she doesn't appreciate her, she's just can find her a bit hard to read at times. She definitely exudes that queenly energy, and she can find that a bit intimidating at times. Even so, she's always happy to get opportunities to know her better, and she recognizes she's an empathetic and responsible person.

I should also mention that the only one out of this group that she genuinely sees like blood family is Tails. Everyone else are kind of like god parents or something, haha! She doesn't see any of the other fankids as cousins, basically. She sees them as peers/friends.

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are there any core personality traits that both normal stellar and villain stellar share?

Yes they do! 😁

At her core, Stellar is a curious, intelligent, and fun-loving person. Even Villain!Stellar inherited the playful gene from Sonic, despite the fact she hides it very well. I imagine without the watchful eye of her supervisors and the immense weight of all the expectations set upon her, she'd actually have a very quiet soft side.

I can see her seeing a kitten in real life for the first time and being totally enamored, crouching down to pet it with a small smile on her tired face. Maybe stopping to admire a blooming cherry tree, or taking a seat in an open, sunny field just to feel the wind in her quills.

Ingrained within her is the innate love of Earth, a feeling that was passed down from both of her parents. I think a lot of her life is spent locked up, so those brief moments she is allowed out on some top secret mission, she really memorizes every new thing she gets to see. After all, her room back at Cosmic Labs is sterile, sparsely decorated, and blindingly florescent.

She is also a very emotional person, but in this AU that aspect of her is greatly suppressed, meaning her outbursts of emotion are far more explosive than her hero counterpart. She bottles things up, quietly resents, and simmers in her rage.

I even think she has her sense of justice, still, albeit twisted. She is basically brainwashed, so she THINKS she's on the right side of the fence, even if she's not. It's also what makes her so passionate about her missions, she sees it as a way of proving her worth and securing validation. She has no parental figures besides the scientists that raised her, so her self-esteem is almost entirely hinged upon her identity as the Perfected Ultimate Lifeform, as that is what they expect her to be.

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Sonic and Shadow got married for one of two reasons;

1 To spite Eggman

2 For tax benefits

Option 3) because it somehow became a competition to see who could get the other to say yes first

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I feel like Stellar is the only one whom Shadow would willingly trade places with if captured, especially if it involved being turned into a weapon again. I wonder how she would react in that situation, especially if she had to fight him.

Oh, Shadow would do almost anything for Stellar. It kind of terrifies him how much he cares about her—he hasn't loved someone so openly and freely since Maria. The idea of losing her is a constant fear for him, and he's very, very protective of her. He shelters her from a lot of her (and by extension, his own) past, so there is a period when she's a teenager that she grows pretty frustrated with his overprotectiveness. He never lets her fight alongside he and Sonic, which makes her feel like they don't trust in her abilities.

Of course, everything comes to light when Eggman discovers Stellar's true nature and wants to use her dormant powers for his own gain. In an effort to draw out the latent power inside of her, he kidnaps her and uses her like a battery for one of his machines. This backfires, as his attempts to draw energy out of Stellar causes her inhibitors to shatter, resulting in a fountain of chaos energy being released. By the time Sonic and Shadow arrive to rescue her, Eggman has unleashed something he can't handle. After all, Stellar has had no practice utilizing her chaos powers outside of what Shadow was willing to teach her, meaning she has little to no control over the massive amounts of energy inside her. She becomes a walking weapon of chaos energy until Sonic and Shadow can manage to snap her out of it.

Once Stellar came to, she was a weak and sobbing mess. She would be so scared and distraught, unable to do much else other than cry and apologize. She would feel horrible for hurting both of them while she wasn't in control of herself, and she'd suddenly find herself afraid of what she was capable of.

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You guys are so right I should draw more of Stellar and Camellia being gay for pride month

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Thank you sm for thr shadow as a girl dad agenda. Ur so right and its giving me life

I'M SO GLAD WE CAN ALL AGREE!!!

I just think Shadow would connect so naturally to a little girl, you know?? Stellar would immediately activate some dormant protective instincts in him. She's so much like him from the get-go, being an experiment created by people intending to use her and all. He would feel responsible for her, angry for her, sad for her, and hopeful for her. He'd think of Maria when he looked at her, but he'd also think of himself and his own experiences.

As he raised her, he'd find himself growing to care for her in a way he'd never quite felt before. He loved Maria, yes, but that was a different kind of love. She was a sister, a friend, but also part of his reason for existing in the first place. Part of his duty.

With Stellar, it would be different. She exists BECAUSE of him, in a way. She is a part of him. She looks to him for guidance, protection, love, and encouragement. It'd be a whole new experience for him. He'd find himself caring for her so deeply that it would terrify him.

It'd be this softer side of Shadow that would really intrigue Sonic, actually. It'd be one of the reasons the two of them started to catch feelings for each other. Sonic would really admire Shadow in his new parental role. I mean, he's always known Shadow has a good heart at his core, but seeing him actively love something would make him approachable from a different angle. They'd actually have something to work on together, and something to organically start conversations about. He's always known Shadow pretty well, but only at the level one rival would know another.

Seeing him worry, care for, and love their daughter would make him appreciate Shadow in a new way, and that sentiment would be returned by Shadow. He'd find himself growing fond of Sonic's empathetic nature and responsible side. He'd always known Sonic to be kind of care-free and lackadaisical in his approach to life, so to see him approaching fatherhood seriously (even though he never asked for it) would cause him to recognize Sonic as a legitimate partner.