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7/25/2025, 2:53:56 PM
>>532624127
>if it's not in the games, it's not canon material.
I think I see what's happening here. You and I are using different metrics for what is and isn't canon. We'll never agree this way, then.
I personally subscribe to the creators', Sonic Team's, and SoJ's visions. Most JP Sonic media is something I consider canon or canon-adjacent.
I believe that is a much more stable way to view Sonic's universe than the games, which are now written by Mr. Ian "Potto" Flynn, who cannot even remember that the Biolizard is supposed to come before Shadow.
Do you really trust something written by a fanfiction.net writer who climbed his way up the ranks through Archie over a statement directly from Iizuka, Toyoda, Hoshino, Sonic Channel, etc.? Because I don't. That's the problem I have with relying purely on the games. If something Ian or Pontaff wrote contradicts the people within Sonic Team, you bet I'm going to choose Sonic Team's perspective on it, whether it's in-game or not.
>>532624724
>Shadow's not used to that kind of thing
Shadow has been complimented on his appearance before by Rouge and '06 NPCs. There is no reaction to that from him, he literally ignores it completely. Same for when Sonic suggests he go on a date with Emerl in Battle JP.
But then when Maria does it, his face gets all red. The obvious explanation for this, to me, is that it mattered specifically because it was from Maria. And if a boy only blushes at compliments from one single girl, I don't see how I'm delusional for interpreting that as romance, especially when combined with those outside statements.
Shadow is not bashful unless Maria is hugging him or complimenting him. That is romantic behavior. That is also very much not how real siblings behave. Would I be right to assume you're an only child? I'm not trying to insult you, but the people I come across who argue that there's no romance there also tend to not know what having a sibling is like.
>I gotta leave for an appointment soon.
Aighty.
>if it's not in the games, it's not canon material.
I think I see what's happening here. You and I are using different metrics for what is and isn't canon. We'll never agree this way, then.
I personally subscribe to the creators', Sonic Team's, and SoJ's visions. Most JP Sonic media is something I consider canon or canon-adjacent.
I believe that is a much more stable way to view Sonic's universe than the games, which are now written by Mr. Ian "Potto" Flynn, who cannot even remember that the Biolizard is supposed to come before Shadow.
Do you really trust something written by a fanfiction.net writer who climbed his way up the ranks through Archie over a statement directly from Iizuka, Toyoda, Hoshino, Sonic Channel, etc.? Because I don't. That's the problem I have with relying purely on the games. If something Ian or Pontaff wrote contradicts the people within Sonic Team, you bet I'm going to choose Sonic Team's perspective on it, whether it's in-game or not.
>>532624724
>Shadow's not used to that kind of thing
Shadow has been complimented on his appearance before by Rouge and '06 NPCs. There is no reaction to that from him, he literally ignores it completely. Same for when Sonic suggests he go on a date with Emerl in Battle JP.
But then when Maria does it, his face gets all red. The obvious explanation for this, to me, is that it mattered specifically because it was from Maria. And if a boy only blushes at compliments from one single girl, I don't see how I'm delusional for interpreting that as romance, especially when combined with those outside statements.
Shadow is not bashful unless Maria is hugging him or complimenting him. That is romantic behavior. That is also very much not how real siblings behave. Would I be right to assume you're an only child? I'm not trying to insult you, but the people I come across who argue that there's no romance there also tend to not know what having a sibling is like.
>I gotta leave for an appointment soon.
Aighty.
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