thoughts on nat & travis? or, alternatively, mistynat
I'm sort of politely ambivalent on Nat and Travis. I don't mind them, certainly, in the context of the show; I think there's a real sweetness to the flipping of gender expectations, how being with Natalie allows Travis the space to be much softer than he might have been otherwise. I'm forever fascinated by the Dead Wife slot he occupies in Natalie's narrative, how his death--not just as a former lover, but as one of her best friends--colors the rest of her life. They're not a ship I'll ever necessarily want to write for, but I think Travis is a lot more interesting than a lot of viewers give him credit for, and it's very sweet how often Natalie holds a place of strength in their relationship to allow him to just feel his feelings.
Misty and Natalie are weirdly sort of the same for me, in terms of how much I care about them as a ship. As a dynamic in adulthood, they're undeniably very funny and engaging, but I really feel like it's one-sided all the way through. I don't know how much I feel Natalie actually cares about Misty. Misty is obviously obsessed with Nat, and I don't think there's a single character who even comes CLOSE to matching that for her in the show (sorry, Walter, it's cute that you're trying, I guess). But I never really get the sense that Natalie's going to give that in return. As teenagers, it's even more one-sided, if possible, so I don't tend to dwell on them too much. I can be convinced by a particularly nice gifset or piece of art, but yeah, they've never really hit for me like most of the more popular ships.
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Shadow the Hedgehog utilizing their skills and their desire to do good in whatever way they see fit by becoming Santa.
(I'm hella inspired by @spiritsonic's design which you should look at as well as @mysuperlaserpiss (X) and @atomicbell (X) and I may or may not have been listening to WAY TOO MUCH 'I Believe In Santa Clause' and maybe I care a lot about how Santa is actually a feminine form of Saint and I think that fits so well with Shadow's NB tendencies but ANYWAY-)
Let me explain my thoughts:
1- They can teleport. Transportation solved.
2- They are strong. They can carry and do whatever they want wherever they want.
3- They are Short. They can slip in and around places unnoticed (probably better than most because of course they worked with Rouge and picked up tips and tricks from her.)
4- If Amy manipulating time/turning invisible is not JUST a game mechanic and is actually something she can do, you bet your ass Shadow wanted to learn how they could also use the power of chaos to accomplish these things.
5- It's a solitary job about doing good/doing the right thing and staying out of the spotlight, which Shadow I think would relish.
6- Nobody, NOBODY, ever needs to know it was them. If anyone saw them (especially in that getup, maybe with a good thick scarf to hide their face) they'd assume it was whatever local iteration of Santa they have. Nobody would ever suspect Shadow.
7- Shadow follows wishes/requests made in good faith to the letter, and few things are more honest and earnest than a kid's wish.
8- Shadow's version of good is equal parts giving food and candy to hungry people as much as it is lighting a destructive, dangerous factory on fire or punting a corrupt political official straight to the dark side of the moon. You know they'd do it all on Christmas Night.
9- Maintaining the notion that Shadow is immortal and will outlive everyone they care about, I think this could be a really good way for them to both take time and remember those they have lost and do good in their name while also doing the healthy thing and not reflect on that loss all the time.
10- Please we hurt this Gremlin King almost all the rest of the year I wanna just give them a couple of days where they aren't in pain.
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