#sonadow descendants au

[curetapwater]

Here's the individual drawing of Shadow from Descendants AU by @a-dream-journalist

I adore drawing his eyeliner and his shit-eating grin. Descendants AU is one of my most anticipated releases of 2024. Year of Shadow AND Year of the Dragon? Now come on now.

[curetapwater]

@a-dream-journalist

there HAS to be a reason for this

[writingtraumaforever]

Uncontrolled Chaos: Chapter 17

Notes: This chapter was more fluffy awkwardness than anything. Showing off their dynamic after their little spat. <3 I wrote a mini-prequel of sorts of the AU Sonadow in this fic called ‘Something I’m Made For’ if you guys wanna check that out for more Uncontrolled Chaos content! ^^

Summary: Shadow makes breakfast, and Sonic thanks him. Maybe a bit too much.

Chapter Select!

Link to my AO3!

Start:

Emerald eyes flutter open to the smell of coffee and bacon downstairs, his stomach grumbling as he rolls over with a groan to put his arm around his boyfriend— except he’s not there.

Sonic proceeds to let out an even louder groan at this, dramatic as always. But he knows his missing partner is likely just downstairs preparing breakfast— as his nose and stomach detected and woke him for.

Sighing into Shadow’s pillow, Sonic takes a deep breath of his boyfriend’s familiar scent before pushing himself up groggily from the mattress. He’s not quite fully awake yet, but that tasty smell beckons him all too temptingly. And without his boyfriend’s warmth to cuddle, the bed is far too cold to lounge all morning in anyway.

So quills a mess and breath still fuming with morning sourness, the speedster slowly slides out of the bed with bare feet touching the carpeted floor. Padding his way out of the room completely in the nude— in terms of Mobian— and descending the stairs. He’s groggy as fuck, yawning with squinted eyes and a hand holding the railing for support as he trudges down each step.

Rubbing the sleepies out of his left, itchy eye with the back of his fuzzy hand, he turns the corner into the kitchen to sure as hell find his fine ass boyfriend standing there looking like a whole meal himself.

Sonic smiles all lazy and half asleep, scratching at his quills behind his ear before scuffling silently up behind his partner.

Shadow seems lost in his current task, already dressed with gloves, socks and air shoes per usual. One hand is on the spatula flipping the omelet he's making, the other holding his mug of coffee he’s sipping from. Sonic hums as he approaches him, a lazy whine escaping his throat as tan arms slink droopily around the hybrid’s waist from behind. Sonic is too sleepy to take much notice in how Shadow immediately freezes up and goes tense.

Pressing his chest to Shadow’s back, careful of the back quills, Sonic noses Shadow’s up-pointed quills to the side so he can easily access his lover’s neck. “Why you leave me alone in bed..?” Sonic mumbles all hazy and groggy, voice gravelly from just waking up. Burying his muzzle into the side of Shadow’s neck, the hybrid’s breath hitches and Sonic squeezes his arms around him a bit tighter, letting one hand rub absent-mindedly up and down Shadow’s lower tummy.

He dots a tiny kiss to Shadow’s fur just under his jawline before Shadow is finally jolting in his arms and dropping the spatula onto the floor with a clatter.

Sonic’s brows furrow, ears drooping back at the sudden and disturbing noise to their peaceful morning and—

“Oh shit!—“

Sonic jumps back, suddenly fully awake thanks to realization splashing cold water all over him.

THAT’S NOT HIS BOYFRIEND.

“Oh fuck, Shadow, I am so sorry!” Sonic’s red-rimmed, sleepy eyes are wide now, feeling incredibly dizzy from the sudden wake up call of reality but gathering himself enough to fucking apologize at least holy shit—

They were just getting on good terms damnit!

Shadow is still tensed up and facing the stovetop. Sonic can’t see his face, but he can see how his ears are pointed high on alert and his shoulders are tight and raised high on defense.

Not to mention his quills are practically standing on edge with how stiff they are.

Yeah. Not a happy hedgie.

“I-I was half asleep still, I—,” Sonic fumbles for words, trying to fix this before Shadow decides to, ya’know, kill him, “I thought you were Shadow— my Shadow! It was an honest mistake! I wasn’t trying to harass you or make you feel any way—“

“It’s fine.”

“I—,” Sonic blinks, wide emerald eyes watching as Shadow slowly bends down to pick the spatula back up, never turning around to Sonic, still, “… what??”

“I said it’s fine,” Shadow says quiet, his voice intimidatingly unreadable. Sonic can’t tell if he’s pissed or indifferent. “It was an honest mistake..”

“It.. it was,” Sonic insists profusely, desperate for this not to make things worse between them. Losing his Shadow was bad enough, but if he managed to lose this one, too??? He’s fucked.

“So it’s fine,” Shadow reassures, tone intentionally neutral. Sonic can’t see his face from where he’s standing, but he’s just praying to sweet Chaos that Shadow means it. That it’s fine. It was an honest mistake. And he’s not upset or triggered by this.

“Okay… I’m sorry,” Sonic repeats with a frown and knot in his brow, still looking for any further sign of discomfort from the hybrid’s back. He finds none.

“Go get dressed,” Shadow instructs plainly as if it’s no big deal that Sonic’s bare paws were just rubbing all over his torso, “Breakfast is nearly done. And brush your teeth for Chaos’ sake, you mouth wreaks,” he mutters, seeming to try and pick up the tense mood with some harmless and mocking criticism.

Sonic purses his lips and offers a nervous little chuckle, “Okay.. sure thing.”

And he’s gone in a flash, returning to the bedroom to get himself presentable.

Shadow instantly deflates from his rehearsed unbothered stance, his spines falling and his hand raising to touch the spot Sonic had kissed under his jaw.

Wide crimson eyes stare at the omelet in the pan before him, thoughts running wild on what just happened. His cheeks are pink, his ears are on fire.

Okay. So what can he gather from this???

He can gather that this alternate world’s Sonic and Shadow are not only romantic partners but very much intimate.

He can gather that they’re comfortable enough with one another to walk around alternate Shadow’s home in the nude.

And he can also gather that he is absolutely and unequivocally royally fucked.

What the hell even was that?? That feeling he got?? How he froze up??? He should’ve immediately pushed Sonic off and woke him up from his half asleep daze. He should’ve tactfully but firmly reminded him of their current circumstances. He should’ve stopped it far before Sonic did.

But he didn’t.

He stood there frozen. Feeling touch in an entirely new way for himself.

And while it was probably done with the intent to arouse, Shadow didn’t necessarily feel that… not specifically anyway.

He felt… comfort..? No. It was something else..

Addiction.

He shivered at the thought, realizing he didn’t stop it because he didn’t want to. It was something he immediately liked. Something he immediately wanted more of. Like an instant drug..

Serotonin perhaps?? Dopamine??

Whatever it was, it shocked Shadow.

He hadn’t expected to wake up and learn he was touch-starved, but here he was.

His train of thought is derailed by the smell of the omelet beginning to get a bit too crisp, blinking and snapping out of his stupor to look back to the breakfast and immediately move the pan off of the hot stovetop. Sliding the omelet carefully from the pan onto a plate, Shadow breathes a quiet sigh through his nose and tries to think of other things right now. Stop blushing. Stop thinking.

Focus.

Focus on what’s happening. What they need to get done today.

They need to go see the fox, and if he’s made progress on his chaos studies. Perhaps he can suggest getting help from the echidna as well? His species is suppose to be the most knowledged in the way of chaos anyway. He could be of use.

Chewing on the inside of his cheek with all his rushing thoughts and emotions, Shadow turns to see the table with the two plates of omelets he’s finished with a side of orange slices and yogurt. A healthy, balanced breakfast is essential to a productive day. Placing two glasses of milk beside them, Shadow takes his seat in front of his own plate with coffee still in hand. He sips it quietly, trying to stop the way his stomach is so tight from where Sonic had been rubbing it that it’s trembling and his jaw keeps twitching from his nerves feeling shot.

Soon enough, Sonic returns with a buzz of blue breeze and halts beside the table with a very sheepish and timid look on his face.

His ears are bent back in a submissive sort of way as if to show Shadow he means no harm when he approaches, Shadow merely sparing him a small glance out of the corners of his eyes before looking back to his plate and beginning to eat.

Sonic just breathes a quiet sigh and joins him at the table in the seat next to him, scooting his chair closer to the table before picking up his fork with a small smile.

“…Thanks for breakfast,” Sonic offers, trying to break the ice.

Shadow simply gives a hum of acknowledgment as he chews his food, not looking at the hedgehog yet.

Sonic takes a bite of the omelet and sighs at the taste instantly, “Looks like you’re a good chef in every world, huh?”

Shadow doesn’t respond to the compliment, body still buzzing.

Sonic takes the hint and eats in silence from then on, the soft clatter and clanking of their forks on the plates and their cups being lifted and placed back on the table being the only sounds in the room. Outside, birds can be heard waking up and singing their morning songs, the sun now fully visible in the horizon.

Once done eating, Shadow stands to rinse his plate off in the sink, Sonic following behind and yawning as he places his dirty plate on the counter beside Shadow.

“…You can get more sleep if you need to,” Shadow comments, recalling often seeing the blue blur back in his own world napping. He imagines constantly running around like that would make anyone tuckered. “I doubt the fox is yet awake. You can rest until a more appropriate time to visit him.”

“Aw, that’s alright,” Sonic shrugs with a stretch of his arms above his head, groaning at the feeling of his limbs popping and his back cracking before he relaxes his stance again and sighs, “I’m already up and goin’. May go for a run, though.”

Shadow hums at this, nodding as he places his plate on the drying rack and then grabs Sonic’s to rinse off. Still not looking directly at the blue hedgehog.

Sonic’s lips purse at Shadow’s obvious avoidance of him at the moment, a sideways line forming on his muzzle in frustration with himself for making the hybrid build walls back up after just feeling like they were finally getting somewhere after last night.

“..I really am sorry about earlier—“

“Let’s not talk about it,” Shadow interrupts pointedly, turning his head just slightly as to look at Sonic but never actually doing it, “.. we’ll pretend as though it didn’t happen.”

Sonic looks a bit taken aback by this, but he isn’t exactly in a place to argue. If just talking about it makes Shadow too uncomfortable, they won’t.

“Alright. Didn’t happen,” Sonic agrees with a slight reassuring smile, “No biggie.”

Shadow nods, “Right,” then returns back to washing dishes.

Sonic looks the hybrid up and down a moment, a slow, knowing smirk growing on his face.

Oh how this is all so deja vu for him.

”Anyway, I’m gonna hit Green Hills for a bit. I’ll be back in a while,” Sonic informs, moving towards the door with a lingering look the ebony hedgehog’s direction.

Shadow simply lifts a hand with a grunt of dismissal. Sonic chuckles quietly to himself as he leaves the house.

While his absolutely accidental sexual harassment wasn’t anything to laugh about, watching Shadow go through gay denial all over again definitely was.

[tullecake]

My bunch of sonadow fankids!! Except the only one still technically alive is Sony- Woops From left to right, we have Dudley, Vacare, Elegy, Ferox, Pertinax, and then Sonus/Sony!

A little bit of a loredrop for this AU of mine, (as explained briefly in Sony's original post) he comes from ~500 years in the future, made as a lab creation by a descendant of Dr.Eggman called "Ego". Before Sonus, there were 5 others, who didn't survive for one reason or another (I'll definitely make posts in the future explaining the specifics of each of them)

The sort of "code names" under their names are their identification terms; the "PM" in it standing for "Project Martyr", followed by the number they were made in. So Sony was Project Martyr's 6th attempt Project Martyr and "Ego" will definitely get their own post explaining, but for now, here's the Martyrs' designs :D

[greenhillguy]

things im always thinking about:

sonic having a longer/more serious bout of amnesia after the metal virus arc

au where sonic grows up working for eggman instead of against him ( aka henchhog au )

metal and sonic's telepathy / mind tether from the ova

eggman's mr tinker phase

the framed picture of sonadow the president keeps on his desk in the oval office

sonic's acab attitude

every detail from jet's bedroom/office on the airship

aus where maria is alive

frontiers setting up everyone going their separate ways 🥲 and also tangle 🥰

the babylon rogues being descended from ALIENS????

the chaos emeralds acting as adderall for sonic so he's chiller when he's super

amy and her fortune cards ( which are gonna be available as an actual deck later this year??? might have 2 get... )

the fact we didn't get to see alternate sonics in prime 😭😭

the mom/dad/picket fence line from tails

actually just everything about sonic and tails growing up together tbh

this disco cover of i am all of me

eggman having not one but TWO queer coded henchmen boyfriends in recent sonic media

how bad i want another CHAO GARDEN IN A MODERN GAME

AN INFINITE REDEMPTION/GET EVEN WORSE ARC ??

[curetapwater]

@a-dream-journalist

The first rule of tragedy is to be yourself. The second of rule of tragedy is to be literally anyone else. The third rule is that however much you try there is no escaping being yourself forever.

[trappedham]

My AUs/Projects (updated regularly, except I'm slacking lol)

Everything is under the cut bc it got too long :P

Ik I have it in my bio but I'm pinning this post again for easy access while I whip up master posts for each of my aus... and a masterpost for those masterposts, probably. again, for easy access

Bizarro Ninja

- Kai centric

"In the fight against the Bizarro Ninja, Kai gets dusted by his Bizarro counterpart."

Unwritten

Written in Stone AU

(Aka, the most developed one. Still subject to retcon/change)

- Morro + Lloyd centric

"After being pick-pocketed in Jamanakai Village, Morro takes pity on the brat and adopts takes him under his wing, as his master once did for him."

Some drabbles written, subject to change/retcon (need to link all drabbles and shitposts for this au here. Also playlists?)

Masterpost/doc in the works

Master of Creation! Morro AU

- Morro (+ maybe Lloyd) centric

"For better or for worse, Morro inherits his master’s legacy and raising the Green Ninja until his time comes to defeat the Overlord."

Unwritten

Need to link playlist(s)

"Dark Souls" Ninjago AU

- Morro + Lloyd or Ninja centric

"After a great calamity leaves the balance tilted, the Realm of Ninjago descends into darkness."

Unwritten

(Lmao I have so many Morro + Lloyd centric AUs, can you tell I have a lot of Green Cousins feelings?)

Smith Sibs Angst AU

- Kai + Nya centric

Instead of leaving the two kids to fend for themselves, Krux strategies to keep them apart.

Security Breach 3 star ending/"Human" Freddy AU

(Aka Thing I Don't Have A Name For then again do I have a name for anything around here?)

- Freddy, Gregory + Vanny centric

(Vanny and Vanessa are most likely the same person in this AU but that might change later)

We're ignoring that canonically, Freddy doesn't have a body in this ending- just. He keeps his body and he, Gregory, and Vanny(Vanessa?) leave the Pizzaplex together. Angst/fluff. Also slice of life and found family.

Masterpost/drabble in the works

Maria Lives(?) Or something AU (Sa2)

(Very basic name, I'll find a better one for it later. Probably.)

Maria + Shadow centric

I'd write a proper description for this one if it wasn't a very rough basic idea. Also I just love these two alot and they stole my brain. That's okay I didn't need it

Sonic 06: Original Timeline + Rewrite (unofficial title)

Uhh pretty much everyone gets a role so. Everybody(?) centric?

Rewriting sonic 06 just a bit, and also exploring more of the doomed timeline

Doomed Timeline/Original Sonic 06 Timeline

Shadow centric, and maybe some Silver too

Hey, wouldn't it be funny of Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) came after Sonic 06. Haha jkjk... unless? 😳

Shadow The Hedgehog (2005) Rewrite

Team Dark centric

Yes this is yet another au/fic project centered around found family dynamics what about it

Somehow accidentally made a Sonic X oc so now Shadow has his own scrappy kid

Shadow + Original Character centric

Ya so I started watching Sonic X, just finished s1 fantastic amazing that season finale was just *chefs kiss* literally I am. Dying for Shadow content even tho it don't come until season 2 and boy we are. Speedrunning the adventure games huh. Anyways I accidentally made an edgy teen oc so now I'm sticking them with Shadow and they have to put up with each other and also I love them. Uhh oc introduction soon? As soon as I've got some good 💪art💪 for them...

SatBK but make it gae and the plot make sense

Probably Sonic and Shadow/Lancelot centric. Possibly Sonadow.

I finally watched a playthrough of SatBK and I have Opinions but I'll be merciful and spare you the wall of text. Straight to the business, I desperately want to do SatBK some justice bc God help me it's called Sonic and the BLACK KNIGHT- istg if the "black knight" is supposed to be "king arthur" im gonna. ITS SHADOWWW ! !!! I'm nothing if not a Shadow truther and he and Sonic should've had an enemies to friends frenemy bromance arc SEGA PLEASE- also there's some fuckery going on with the plot but thats not important

Sonic Western AU

technically omniscent?

mostly an excuse to put sonic characters in silly hats and costumes.

Shadow's Mixtape AU

Team Dark centric but mostly big sis/lil bro Rouge and Shadow

something something Shadow missed out on a lot since he was asleep for 50 years. Rouge takes it upon herself to catch him up on the times... with a mixtape. Things dont go as smoothly as the bat would hope...

(yes, fic/drabble and playlist in the works)

IDW Metal Virus arc AU

Sonic and Shadow centric (obvs but this is technically omniscient)

Just a big fat excuse to have the two but heads but have to begrudgingly work together to Fix Things I just. Ough theres so much to play with I'm a kid in a candy store rn I'm just gonna go HAM >:DD

Strays AU

Shadow centric, lots of fluff

Shadow seems to have a habit of collecting strays... and they aren't just cats.

Projects & stuff

- The Idea TM

- WiS! Morro (Serpentine War Era)

- MoC! Morro

- Ronin wip?

- Finish Elemental Team Up

- Come up with a better name for Bizarro Ninja AU T-T

- TAG YOUR SHIT MARS T-T

- Written in Stone Masterpost/Infodump

- WiS: the Vengestone Situation

- should probably link all of the WiS!AU drabbles here, just to have them all in one place..

- 3 star au masterpost/general content

- baby Phos pentest doodle :P

- Valentines day shitpost

- Valentine's day shitpost (late) 😭😭 girl help

- all of my aus probably need a masterpost of their own...

[curetapwater]

Don't Cha by the Pussycat Dolls came on the radio and my little sister said "this sounds like Mal when she was stealing Ben from Audrey" and then I started imagining Descendants!Shadow singing it skfhdvxbshb

[curetapwater]

I was inspired by @a-dream-journalist 's Sonic Descendants AU to sing a couple Descendants songs. Still working on If Only but that one is actually harder (how the heck did Dove sing that without her voice cracking on the "ah-oh"s)

My room no longer has carpeting so my audio is pretty echo-y but overall I'm pretty happy with how I did here, although I wish I'd hit some notes better towards the end there. Regardless, hope you enjoy! Villain songs are so fun from an acting perspective.

[curetapwater]

Reblogging again now that it's daytime (for me) and I'm a bit more coherent. Very excited to participate in my first tournament, and to see all of y'all's fabulous AUs!!

How perfect that my first opponent is one I'm already highly highly familiar with lol. Barbie and Descendants are practically sister AUs, lol. They sit right beside each other in the Sonic multiverse. Two sides of the same coin. @a-dream-journalist and I are incredibly excited for y'all to see our Shadows clash!!

We are already resolved to support whoever wins the first round. If B!Shadow wins, we both root for him; if D!Shadow wins, we both root for him. Round 1 has no losers to us.

If this is your first time seeing Barbie AU, it's available here on AO3. Despite the name and premise (each installment is an increasingly loose retelling of a 2000s Barbie movie), prior knowledge of Barbie movies is not necessarily required. There are easter eggs sprinkled in for Barbie fans, but it is also intentionally accessible for people who are just into Sonic (I know it's kinda a random crossover choice lol, but it is just the natural intersection of my special interest in dolls and my hyperfixation on Sonic the Hedgehog). Same will go for Descendants AU, once it's published.

Rest assured that my hype for Descendants AU to get published is equal to how hyped I was for Shadow Generations. Equal importance in my eyes.

Black-hearted evil vs brave-hearted hero... are they really so different? Who will prevail?

SONIC AU COLLISION: WORLD MAP [VERSION 1]

(aka the Round 1 Bracket)

Welcome aboard as we travel across the multiverse in our very first AU Collision. (Disclaimer: No AUs were harmed in the colliding of these worlds /silly). I cannot thank you all enough for submitting an AU, spreading the world, and overall just joining in for the fun.

Reminder: The deadline for any changes to the image, description, etc. will be Friday, November 15, at 7 PM PST

Polls will be released on Sunday, November 17, at 5 AM PST

Each AU and their respective creators are listed below the cut. A closer look at the bracket will also be pictured below.

LEFT SIDE:

RECOIL by @transzsonix & @lazydayslivin VS Broken Illusions AU by @nb-hedgewolf

Neo Badnik Empire by @midnightbadnik VS Time Twins AU by @libelelle

Imposter Swap AU by @sonlc & @transgendermilesprower VS Delirium!AU by @hunniegl4zed

Sonic HSR AU by @fleetwaydarksonic VS Mechanical Error by @chipistotallysane

The Lost Descent by @novurxge VS Lost and Found by @midnightshard06

Sonic Re:Scale by @taffydragondraws VS Vampire AU by @kingprinceleo

Chuck's Pizzareia AU by @majesticn3wt VS Accidentally Organicized AU by @lunaledragonet

Sonic Murder Drones AU by @silvers-starrway & @cherbearsz VS The Unshakable Bond by @floxy-offical & @the-sky-queen

No Strings Attached by @nostringsattachedau VS Infested by @flightyalrighty

The Kelpie: A Folklore AU by @scrunglepaws VS Resurrected AU by @superscourge

Cyborg Cream AU by @averiesmiles VS Manufactured Malice AU by @pretzlforpresident

Silver's Parent AU by @fleetway1900 VS Light and Shadow by @sparksssss

Live & Learn AU by @head---ache VS Dadpio AU by @retrocandyfloss

Interstellar AU by @interstellar-au VS Hedgehog University by @hedgehog-university-au

Monsters vs Aliens by @weirdozjunkary VS The Legend of Blaze by @girlsonic

Corrupted AU by @wereh0gz VS Enchanted by @sparkles-rule-4eva

RIGHT SIDE:

Chilidog Vendor Adventures by @i-am-zeledoxus VS Crystal Eyes (Crystallize) AU by @nomx2chomp

Sonic Icebound by @sonic-wildfire VS Dark Boom by @teamxdark

SASS Fusion AU by @mstormcloud VS Sonic Ghost Hunters AU by @sharks3ye

Heart of Chaos by @hyper-cryptic VS Flowers In Bloom by @emioliravioli

Shadow Barbie AU by @curetapwater VS Descendants by @a-dream-journalist

Starry by @cometstarrysonic VS Turning Tides by @lightninghikaru

Bioswap by @finalshockdown VS Egghogs AU by @themetalvirus

Life Series AU by @karma-creations VS Fullmetal Alchemist AU by @halloweencatsart

Sonic Cowboy AU by @napstabl00k VS Triple Stars by @triple-starsss

Sol Sonic by @kittydoremi VS Three Moons AU by @eclipsed-jester

Sonic Freak Show by @estellardreams VS Slumbering Wage by @yu-melon

We Have The Sky by @niko-jpeg VS Black Arms Sonic Eclipse Version by @cattyanon

Sidekick Sonic AU by @raihanijulie VS Siren's Call AU by @hevs-dreamworld

Inkwell AU by @xx-disco-inferno-xx VS Robotnik Manor by @taylanix

Lacersha AU by @heirorage VS Sonic: The Bad Guys by @thefakehedgehogaroundhere & KitsunamiFennec

Whispering Flames by @askmistaketalesurgesans VS The Chaos Project by @starzdeath

ignore the random lines <3

[curetapwater]

I think I already know your answer but quick. Would Shadow look better in a dress or a suit. Important for design reasons. He has fancy fingerless gloves too if that at all factors into your decision.

I honestly don't know lol. I think he can pull off either incredibly well provided the design is flattering to his cartoonish proportions. I kinda like the idea of him mixing masculine and feminine presentations in a way that shows that the Ultimate Lifeform cares not for how mortals tack gender onto clothing. I think he'd be equally likely to choose a suit or a dress (like maybe picking jeans for occasions that call for more casual clothing but wearing a nice suit or a ballgown for formal occasions)

I'm trying to visualize Shadow in Mal's gown (idk how close to the og you'd go or if you'd take artistic liberties with it) and I think it could work on him. Something I ran into when designing dresses for Shadow is that this franchise's modern styled characters have a design philosophy that emphasizes the head and extremities while leaving the rest of the body quite small and slim. This is especially true of the male hedgehogs, who have big heads of quills that make them particularly top-heavy and have slightly less big hands and feet so as to balance out the silhouette. So when giving them clothes, I personally find it important to keep those ratios in mind. I found this generally easier to do when giving him pants than when giving him a dress, but that doesn't mean at all that he can't look good in one. Just a bit tougher to get juuust right.

But one thing is certain. The coronation outfit needs to keep the cape.

[curetapwater]

WAIT WAIT OMG @a-dream-journalist

Rouge and Shadow singing The Space Between with the voices of Kazumi Evans and David Humphrey 😭😭😭

[curetapwater]

SHADOW: Hm, the best way to steal the scepter would be... bullying Tails into convincing Knuckles to get a private audience with it unobscured by a barrier.

*Sonic walks by*

SHADOW, already grabbing his spell book: New idea, adultery.

BAHAHAHAGA

Oh and Tails as Jane is inspired.

[curetapwater]

Amy Rose believable and in-character foundation for villainy woohoooo (long one, strap in folks)

Amy is a princess coming from a long line of royalty.  Sonic is her boyfriend not only from her infatuation with him but also because her family, which has long pressured her to marry into another royal bloodline, expects her to be Sonic's queen.

She's had her future lain in front of her her whole life; by her family, by the tarot, by society.

She's enthusiastic, proud in her convictions, and believes in the good of all people.

Sonic expresses his dream to give the children on the Isle a chance to live in Mobius, and Amy could not be more supportive.  She knows that from who and how they were raised that they don't have very good moral values now, but that can always change!  Living life on the good side of the kingdom will surely lead these wayward souls onto the path of goodness.

Or so she expects.

She's kept a close eye on the VKs, determined to watch them grow as characters, as good people, but that doesn't seem to happen.

She's a little bothered.  She's always been able to predict the future (not literally through magic means).  But they're not following the trajectory she'd set out for them.

If anything, they’re still cheating, still lying, still breaking rules, still defacing property, as if they haven't been granted a better life than they had on the Isle.

...She still has hope for them, of course.   That's who she's always been, the believer in the good of people. Who would she be if she wasn't?

Hold onto hope, hold onto hope, hold onto hope, everything will turn out just as planned.

...And then.  The most.  Unexpected thing happens.

It happens at a game, when she's in her cheerleading attire, and Sonic is drenched in sweat and sweet, sweet victory.  He claims to have an important announcement -

Sonic's proclaimed his affections for one of the villain kids, Shadow.  With barely a mention of Amy.

And she runs.  And she's freaking out.  And she doesn't know what to do what to think what to say.

It's not like Sonic.  It's so out of character, so out of the blue, she can only think, what if -

Magic, her mind goes to.  What if someone cast a spell on him?  And if so, how, why, and... who?

Well. She draws the conclusion as to who pretty quickly.  It's in plain sight.  That damn hedgehog with the black magic that's been a proven bringer of evil.

She tried to believe in these wayward souls, oh, she tried so hard.  But it became that much more difficult when one of them ripped her life out from underneath her.

It sounds dramatic to the outsider, but they don't understand the pressure.  The expectation.  The shock.

So she grovels.  She lurks.  She watches them not out of hope that they'll do good but to catch them in the act.  Prevent any of their other misdeeds.  Hope that the spell (was it a spell?) wears off (will it ever?) and Sonic comes running back to her crying (would he?) like it was all a bad dream (was it?).

In the end, it becomes apparent that the villains, most especially Shadow, have now chosen the side of good, as they have prevented the conquering of Mobius by Black Doom.

Oh, and apparently the spell on Sonic was broken.

And no one bats an eye.

Especially not Sonic, who is still in love with the villain (ex-villain?) Shadow.

Oh, so just because they decide to do good in the end, all of their past misdeeds are forgiven?

Her life is still in jeopardy from no longer being Sonic's partner.  Her life was stolen, and it has yet to be returned, and no one bats an eye?

Her family is devastated.  Disappointed.  Crying like babies that Amy let Sonic slip through her fingers.

She has to get away.  Get away from the villains who led her to her demise, Sonic who didn't go back to her after she was abandoned and he was spelled, and the people/society that just let this all happen without any retribution.

She'd spent all her life being nice.  Kind.  Caring.  Considerate.  Enthusiastic.

...And where was her happy ending?  The one she had been promised her whole life?

She thinks, okay.  After a little bit of R&R, she'll try again.  Try to reclaim her spot.  The villains have been taught goodness, surely they won't pull nasty and illegal love spells anymore.

But imagine her dismay.  Her heartbreak, when she hears of a marriage proposal.  And the jubilant "yes" heard throughout the entire kingdom.

"A long family legacy, gone," says her family.  "Our royal status, gone."  Her life as she knew it?  Gone.

And why doesn't anybody seem to care that the ex-villains who still seem to cause trouble despite putting their past behind them are being rewarded for their misbehavior?  For ruining lives?

She decides she won't wait and stand in line like she was directed to do her whole life.  She decides to take charge.

She decides to do the very same thing that Shadow had done and take what she wants.

That night, the museum is broken into.  The Queen's Crown is reported as stolen.

She didn't quite have a plan.  But she wanted the crown, so she took it.  And then... something unexpected.

She feels a tug in her gut, holding the crown in her hands, as she's drawn towards a separate room.  A recently added exhibit, ever since the downfall of Black Doom, containing his infamous staff.

There is a voice in her mind, an insistent melody.  Hypnotizing tones, pulling her closer and closer.  Promising her the power to get everything she wants and deserves.

...She doesn't know exactly why she took it.  I mean, for the power to get what she deserves and give out the retribution that is long overdue.  But why, she's not quite sure.  She was desperate, she figures.

Amy walks around a bit.  Reveling in the magic after feeling powerless for oh so long.  Casts a spell or two in those mindless little drones who forgot the sins of the villains, who forgot her, who had been so good for them.

Sonic gets news of her, apparently.  She confronts him, gives him a chance.

"Make me your queen and we'll rule side by side.  Just like we were always supposed to."

She thinks, he can't say no.  He likes bad boys (gender neutral), if he must've fallen for Shadow in his days of evil.  So he should revel in her new villainy as well.

"...I like the old Amy better."

She falters.  Unexpected.  Unexpected, again.

"She wouldn't want to hurt innocent people."

He considers her.  Looks at her cautiously.  Extends his hand to her, shivering in apprehension.

"...Just, give me the staff

and I'll forgive you."

She can't believe it.  It's so unexpected.  Not just that. It's unbelievable.

Forgive her?  For what?  For putting all of her good in one place and getting nothing out of it?

For being shunned by her family for not being able to keep Sonic, for reasons out of her control?

For giving those who had wronged everyone the payback they deserved?

"...You'll forgive me?" she says incredulously.

She can't believe her ears.  She cannot.  Believe.

"I don't think so."

And she concludes, "A silly little spell isn't good enough for you.  It isn't good enough for anyone."

She has nothing to apologize for.

BRUHHHHHH AMYYYYY GIRL AAA-

Once again, the first instance of "Amy as the villain in a sonadow story" I've ever gotten into because SKDJXCSVDV BRUH HOLY SHIT-

Skdbdcd Queen of Mean Black Arms Amy sounds like it'd make for such a sick character design, too.

Is this going to be a full fic once the workshopping is done? I'd inhale it.

[curetapwater]

Hi! I'm having more Descendants AU Shadow thoughts against my will today.

So much of Shadow's being is held together by magic (a translation from chaos energy), he must've felt.  Like.  Empty on the Isle, besides from not fulfilling the purpose he was initially created for. 

He always talked big shit on the Isle because he had to. He didn't have the magic or the spells that Black Doom had, but he at least carried the same threatening stature that his father did. He only knew that he was something special because that was what he had been told his entire life by the millenia-old Black Arms patriarch.

He knows that he's magic, not just because his father had once been cursing entire kingdoms, but because he's felt it. A light buzz, just noticeable when he's particularly vexed, that burns a bit in his core, just enough for him to know that it's there, even with the barrier constantly fighting to tear it away from him.

He knows that there is magic beyond the barrier. Black Doom bestowed upon him his spellbook, and he knows that he is capable of using magic in Mobius. But he is not prepared for the sudden snap in the air and the flame that's been fighting against the barrier for 17 years suddenly licking to life in his core when they breach the barrier.

He shudders as he's suddenly all too aware of everything, senses he didn't quite know he had heightened. He can see the colors and to the right of him is so suddenly so loud, humming sultrily in soothing vibrations, not just pink but magenta, and he looks over at his friend and he feels like he's seeing more of Rouge today than he has in the couple years he's known her.

He's still reeling a bit from the sudden revelation, the sudden warmth, that he's not quite ready for physical contact; he needs to get a bit more comfortable in his own skin, he decides. But the prince is reaching out his hand, and he has formalities to keep up as the de facto representative of Team Dark, so he goes in for the handshake -

- and the sensation of the pinpricks of tiny needles creeps up on him upon contact with the other gloved hand, fingers brushing, and it's almost enough to make him snap his hand away.

He thinks - he's sure - that those green pupils also constricted in slight shock (hopefully a confirmation that what he was feeling wasn't unique), but the prince makes a recovery quick.

No, he finds out later. The prince is one of the only ones with a signature that strong - likely the reason he's the one being blessed with the Emerald Scepter, as the best candidate to channel its power.

Spells become an outlet for the insistent sizzle in his didgets. Otherwise, Silver jokes, he'll blow up the dorm room and they'll have to sleep in the lobby.

(He thinks that Silver is only half-joking, partly from the telekinetic's own experiences and Shadow's gut feeling that it might be an accurate prediction.)

But there's no way to get rid of it all, oh no. Not after nearly two decades of laying dormant, having built strength by fighting against the magic supression of the barrier. So he carries this heat prickling under his skin, omnipresent, ready to jump at a moment's notice.

Unfortunately for him, it's not quite accepted in such a form.

Conceal, they suggest. Suppress, they order. Most magic and spells and potions are retired - outlawed, actually - but Shadow never got the memo when the anti-magic laws started rolling in twenty years ago, and surely the Isle didn't either. He hasn't yet learned how to be ashamed of his power.

But he hears what's different about him, separating him from the likes of that telekinetic-pyrokinetic duo or the prince himself with his faster-than-lightning speed - something he'd heard from that girl who's attached herself to the prince's hip -

"Isn't that dark magic?"

He's not ashamed, he's not afraid. It's thrilling, wielding the power running through his veins, the same wielded by his father, after so long, but he's cautious. He's heard horror stories bedtime stories from his father about the entire race he once commanded. Shadow's not a mindless drone like the other Black Arms - his hedgehog half makes him more intelligent than the other spawn - but with how little it takes to feel as though he's about to spill over and unleash a catastrophe, he keeps a promise to himself to not let his abilities overtake him.

If Mobius looks down upon his power, even so, he has a mission to fulfill, so he looks down the hall, closes the dorm room door, and bundles up under the covers before summoning a small red glow out of a tingling hand.

It's still not enough.

It's most definitely not enough when the Mobians recount the vile misdeeds of their ancestors, when he sees the tightness of the queen's face in displeasure at hearing of her son's new boyfriend, when he's deprived of choice and pigeonholed into a role he never asked for. How he aches to form a spear of energy and plunge it through a deplorable Mobian's guts. How his magic itches to lash out; how it surges under his skin and he stares at his scarred wrists, watching already red stripes glow bright scarlet with alien magic trying to claw its way out as he fights against but so desperately wants to give into his instincts.

And if he doesn't put his energy towards suppressing it, he'll be crackling like summer lightning. But he has a mission, so he breathes, painfully forces it down, lets it fester and burn in his stomach, and seethes.

Can't you tell I'm making this a main plot point for self-indulgence purposes -

Smiling so wide. I'm obsessed.

Honestly I was never into how in the original movies magic is kinda treated as like a shameful shortcut that should be left in the past. And considering Shadow here is basically made of magic, I love the idea that he's having to struggle with how an essential part of who he is is considered taboo.

In part 2 there's that plotline about how Mal tries to be someone she's not to fit in and uses magic to do that, but I think I prefer this idea of Shadow's magic just being a part of who he is that he has to learn to hone and use correctly, as opposed to being a cheat that he has to retire for character development.

Side note, I think a lot about the line in Chillin Like A Villain where Ben says "But it's hard being what I'm not" and Carlos says "Well if you don't, you're gonna get us caught" like Ben's seeing the other side to what Mal has been experiencing of forcing herself into an uncomfortable mold for survival. Idk just thoughts haha

[curetapwater]

hello yes I crave validation and I know that I should like. keep most of this stuff as a secret but I've decided no actually, I'm going to share all the stuff that I want to. here's my probably-finished act two limo scene storyboard. I'm actually happy with it, surprisingly. just a heads-up: there's cursing because, uh, I want to.

Damn son, this excites me to no end!! It's interesting that this is written as a script, is this how you outline prose or is it bring scripted for a different medium or is this the final format? Regardless, it's really cool! And is that an IDW reference I see in there with the "if he can't be forgiven can you?"

Also I don't mind cursing lol