#silvespio angst

[vee-isaweirdartist]

I'm in love with a fairytale

Even though, it hurts..

'Cuz I don't care if I lose my mind!

I'm already cursed.

Espio is fondly remembered by pretty much all small villages and clans to his hometown. And even after 80 years after his death, many whisper from time to time supposedly seeing the chameleon's Spouse linger around his statue and grave.. Silver just knows how much Espio appreciates those statues in memory of important heroes, and tries to keep it as pretty as he can.

[lm-tomatito]

Obligatory give us the espilver angst

I wasn't sure what to draw for this so, here, an attempt

Imagine the whole becoming super didn't work, pretty fun right? :D

[tsubomiiiii]

Erm tehee

[v10l3tz-thmblr]

A new friend.

(please dont let this age poorly when the game comes out ☹️)

| reference from the trailer ! |

[the-sonic-crew]

Silver can't you just choke out espios shitty master with your telekinesis?

I could, but he doesn't want me to.

[pacifistcowboy]

first day of the halloween month? naH babey it’s the first day of espilver week!!!!! let’s gOOOOOOOOOO

Is it Espilver Week? It is Espilver Week!!

Everyone is welcome to join the week by posting their fanart / fanfic with the tag:

#Espilver Week 2023

Our 1st day starts with the prompt "Absence".

Besides sharing your works, feel free to tell us more about your thoughts and headcanons for them!

[icycream24]

Silver and Espio for the ask meme? :>

hehehe my favs hehee🤤🤤🤤

SILVER:

I think most ppl don't know, but I used to really dislike Silver when I was first introduced to this character online. Not a game, no no, but YouTube AMV vids of this dude with cutesy shippy art of Silvaze. His portrayal was so degraded to me (I was 11 at that time?) that I believed he was a self-insert character for some popular artists to ship themselves with Blaze, in the girl-boss dynamic. Ofc, I looked for more info online and realised Silver was an actual character.

At that time I was playing Sonic Riders Zero Gravity and only unlocked Shadow/Rouge/Cream. After knowing what characters were avaliable, I tried my best to unlock the rest, including Silver. I also did not like his voice in English at that time, so much that I decided to switch the voice-overs to Japanese. And I also did not like it 😂 Not because it was grading! But more like, I was shocked by the drastic difference between the two. Kid me had to decide which portrayal I prefer more (ofc not aware of narrative difference of the scripts, I just chose based on my preference) and ended up with Japanese bc I vibe with the calm seriousness in the voice more. Eventually I did get used to both voices after more exposure of this character, watching playthrough videos online.

Talking about watching 06, I was not expecting him to be so different from my first impression of this "whiny/incapable/loser" kid. Silver actually was serious about fighting for his future, like a dedicated soldier. Blaze was *not* the girl-boss, she was on equal grounds with Silver. (Really... I was like 11/12, now that I think about it, how come ppl's comprehension skills so drastically apart that we can get totally different character interpretations?) I started to find charming traits on Silver, and that was when I started looking up for this character's info more & more.

And then I discovered the Rivals series. I watched the whole thing, 1&2, and this Espio character... Wait they're kinda nice tgt. (it was year 2012?? AAAAA I can't believe I'm still insane about Espilver/Silvespio, they're my sons now at this point 😭✨) I remember using Skype and talked about the ✨chemistry✨ between Silver & Espio, and my friend said I was tripping 😭

Anyway here's Espio:

At that time I didn't have that much knowledge on Espio, I just thought their Eng voice in Heroes sounded like he's dying in a few years with how gruff & grandpa it sounded LOL. Mostly I only draw him with Silver bc I realised no one shipped these two back then. (there was ppl but there was no tags for them) So I felt like, no, impossible. I need to COOK for them! So I started shipping them like FedEx with my limited skills 🥴

My Espio appriciation was mainly started by shipping him with Silver. As I reflect on why I enjoy this ship so much, I dug up traits that I like about Espio. He was helpful, supportive, and overall has a rather peaceful way of communicating with others (aka SILVER hhh). Compared to other characters, especially in Rivals, he was really chill and kept his head clear, and unconditionally aided Silver simply bc he knew he was helping someone with a good cause. Such admirable traits that I'd say are pretty rare even irl.

Still, Espio did not have that much screen time. His portrayal in my mind I do admit was half canon, half fanon. Silly ninja with goofy teammates that values teamwork & is capable of aiding others, plus saint-like patience & wisdom. (Haha...really, a lot of his traits are get from Rivals 2, his ways of interacting with individuals was way more informative than games & anime shows combined 🤧)

But yeah, with time I like these 2 characters even more, started to make all kinds of headcanons that I won't be able to elaborate here. The texts are already getting too long here 😂 I've imagined them, either tgt or separately, in fluff/angst/spice/AU/wholesome/dead dove/anything really bc I just enjoy these two so much 💕

It's kinda selfish to say, but with how little Espilver there was during that time, it was almost like they got a clean slate & I was not swayed by any other ppl's interpretation of these two for a few years. And ofc by time these two surely became my favorite characters. LOL I realised in my busy years of not drawing often, Silver & Espio were the only characters I drew 😂

UGGGHHHAA I love these two sm 😭✨ thanks for asking hahah I wanna talk about them all day 🤧✨

[espilver-week]

Is it Espilver Week? It is Espilver Week!!

Everyone is welcome to join the week by posting their fanart / fanfic with the tag:

#Espilver Week 2023

Our 1st day starts with the prompt "Absence".

Besides sharing your works, feel free to tell us more about your thoughts and headcanons for them!