Sonic Fankid Spotlight!

Welcome to the Sonic Fankid Spotlight! A showcase for our favourite fankiddos (see our pinned post for more) :3

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✨Sonic Fankid Spotlight ✨️

The fankid spotlight is a two-week focus on one specific fankid, so more people can learn about their lore and character! During this time, art, reblogs, comments, and more will be focused on this fankiddo to show them the love they deserve! The purpose of this blog is to showcase all fankids equally no matter how big of a creator you are, so try it out!

✨️This spotlighted fankid is [TBD]!✨️

This won't be to reblog every piece of art like the @sonic-fankid-showdown does, but art/writing specifically for that period's fankid will be accepted :3

Where to apply (remember this is a queue, so your fankid may not show up right away! applications are ALWAYS OPEN!) Rules (read before submitting!!!!) FAQ Previous fankids spotlighted!

MOD LIST: Head Mod Blaze, Mod Espio, Mod Shadow

Tags

#sfspotlight < general blog tag

#fankid spotlight < tag specifically for spotlight posts!

#asks answered < general ask tag

#spotlight asks < questions about the spotlight specifically

#mod speaks < general mod tag (individual mods can be found under #mod [name])

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Start date announcement!! ✨✨

Hello, all! Thank you so much for being invested and following the spotlight’s start so far! We wanted to give you a quick update: we will be starting our first official spotlight in March!

We’ll be taking some breaks during holiday seasons for everyone to spend time with family, but come new year and you can begin showering the first spotlighted fankid with love! Thank you for your patience and we can’t wait to see you there <3

- mod Blaze

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FAQ ✨

Note that these are very baseline answers and you can find more in-depth answers in our Rules post or #asks answered tag!

How do I submit my fankid?

There is a Google form in the pinned post! Please read the rules both in the form and in the post before submitting, however!

Are oc x oc kids allowed?

As of writing this, sadly no. There must be at least one canon parent.

Who are the mods for the spotlight?

Wouldn’t you like to know weather boy

Can I submit my twins?

Twins (and triplets) are allowed, under specific conditions. If your twins (or triplets) are so heavily intertwined in their lore it wouldn't make sense to show only one, there's a chance it will be allowed. However, DM us to check first.

If my kid isn’t in the spotlight, can I resubmit them?

No spamming unless you want to go at the bottom of the queue. If you suspect your fankid was not properly submitted, please DM us. If your kid was in the spotlight before and you want to resubmit, please read the rules before doing so.

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Spotlight Length Announcement✨

The polls have concluded for the spotlight length, and the general consensus was to have it be 1 week long, or 7 days long. However, after talking with the other mods, we've made the decision to up it to 8-10 days.

This is because we are concerned that people don't realize how short a week is! We understand that you are excited to get to your turn and your fankids, but 1 week is an extremely short time, especially during busier months. If any complications occur, we will discuss the times further, but with 10 day long spotlights we will be able to show off 36 fankids yearly!

If you are concerned about this, please let us know in a respectful way.

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So! So far, for the spotlight time, 1 week has won. However, a few people have expressed displeasure with it, including some of the mods, so we're running another poll!

Are you pleased with week-long showdowns? (7 days for reference)

Yes

No

Voting ended onNov 16, 2025

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reblogging this again because the blog's been feeling lonely and also to remind you to vote!! remember, this is both to showcase the fankid, as well as giving art, writing, love, and praise for them and their creator! some mods have opinions on the times but again this is for the general public-- if you end up having any concerns, feel free to ask us!

- mod blaze

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So! So far, for the spotlight time, 1 week has won. However, a few people have expressed displeasure with it, including some of the mods, so we're running another poll!

Are you pleased with week-long showdowns? (7 days for reference)

Yes

No

Voting ended onNov 16, 2025

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How long do you need for each spotlight? ✨️

1 week

10-12 days

2 weeks

more (tags or comments)

Voting ended onNov 7, 2025

Quick question while we figure out how long to make each spotlight and how many kids we can showcase in a year!

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One day left to vote!

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HALF AN HOUR LEFT!

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@basmatirick from what I’ve heard, people are leaning towards the two weeks despite the consensus of this poll! If it does seem to be an issue, we can do another poll, but as mods our main worry is not being able to spotlight enough fankids each year if we move to the two-week mark. It would, however, allow for more focus on each kiddo without being rushed, so if you have any ideas on how to work around the limited slots problem (and this goes for anyone with ideas), let us know!

- mod Blaze

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How long do you need for each spotlight? ✨️

1 week

10-12 days

2 weeks

more (tags or comments)

Voting ended onNov 7, 2025

Quick question while we figure out how long to make each spotlight and how many kids we can showcase in a year!

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One day left to vote!

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HALF AN HOUR LEFT!

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Polls✨

Now that we have ten submissions, we can start the polls for when it will begin!

What would be a good time to start the spotlights for YOU?

December-January (1-2 months from now)

Febuary-March (3-4 months from now)

April-May (5-6 months from now)

Voting ended onNov 7, 2025

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Huzzahhhhhhhh that’s what I wanted that’s what the people want I guess! Prep your refs, writing ideas, and art supplies for our first spotlight in December! And if you want to have your own kiddo spotlighted, make sure to submit them before the queue stacks up!

- mod Blaze

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How long do you need for each spotlight? ✨️

1 week

10-12 days

2 weeks

more (tags or comments)

Voting ended onNov 7, 2025

Quick question while we figure out how long to make each spotlight and how many kids we can showcase in a year!

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One day left to vote!

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FAQ ✨

Note that these are very baseline answers and you can find more in-depth answers in our Rules post or #asks answered tag!

How do I submit my fankid?

There is a Google form in the pinned post! Please read the rules both in the form and in the post before submitting, however!

Are oc x oc kids allowed?

As of writing this, sadly no. There must be at least one canon parent.

Who are the mods for the spotlight?

Wouldn’t you like to know weather boy

Can I submit my twins?

Twins (and triplets) are allowed, under specific conditions. If your twins (or triplets) are so heavily intertwined in their lore it wouldn't make sense to show only one, there's a chance it will be allowed. However, DM us to check first.

If my kid isn’t in the spotlight, can I resubmit them?

No spamming unless you want to go at the bottom of the queue. If you suspect your fankid was not properly submitted, please DM us. If your kid was in the spotlight before and you want to resubmit, please read the rules before doing so.

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what's the inspiration behind this if I may ask?

Of course, here’s the story.

All of the mods here are fankid creators and fans, as well as fans and participants of the sonic fankid showdown. While I truly love the sfs, we were recently having a conversation about our grievances with it—which is in no part because of the mod, there isn’t anything that they could do to prevent these issues we saw.

The main issue that was frustrating to us was the fact that no matter how interesting your fankid is, some people only care about voting for their favorite creators—typically ones with big followings. Because of that, smaller creators typically don’t have as good a chance to get far in the tournament. To be clear, we are aware of exceptions to this! There is no hard rule, just a general trend that we noticed.

While expressing our frustrations for it, mod Blaze suggested making a blog for showcasing fankids, but in a specific way to be able to equally highlight all creators, regardless of popularity. We want to spotlight just one fankid at a time, so that we don’t have multiple competing for the attention, because the most popular creator’s kid is almost always going to come out on top.

Again, this is not an issue we are taking with the mod of the sonic fankid showdown, nor popular creators, and we don’t want any harassment to follow. We just want to give an equal opportunity for smaller creators to get some attention.

- Mod Shadow

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Polls✨

Now that we have ten submissions, we can start the polls for when it will begin!

What would be a good time to start the spotlights for YOU?

December-January (1-2 months from now)

Febuary-March (3-4 months from now)

April-May (5-6 months from now)

Voting ended onNov 7, 2025

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How long do you need for each spotlight? ✨️

1 week

10-12 days

2 weeks

more (tags or comments)

Voting ended onNov 7, 2025

Quick question while we figure out how long to make each spotlight and how many kids we can showcase in a year!

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are you going to rotate the kids based on ships?

I ask bc taking the first come first serve approach to showcasing will probably make it so there are weeks and weeks of kids from the same ship, since friends will likely submit together and be into the same ships, especially if they are popular.

just a suggestion, but randomizing it a bit if you get similar fan kids back to back might be a good thing

we are not going to be randomizing beyond the first few submissions before we begin; so far, we have a very even pool of ships, including single parent kids! If this becomes a problem, we will talk about randomizing, but as of now we won't be randomizing past the first few showcases. This is just meant to be showcasing fankids of any ship not among the banned ones; it is a possibility that there could be multiple sonadow or knuxouge or espilver kids in a row, but the point is to showcase the fankid regardless of ship

-mod Espio

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I want to add that just because different kids have the same parents doesn't mean the kids themselves are all the same! We have sweet kids and traumatised ptsd-ridden kids, only children and eldest siblings, babies with divorced parents and babies with parents who adore each other! I predict there will be a lot of Sonadow kids but again, each aspect and creator is unique, which is what the spotlight will aim to show via lore, art, etc.

- mod Blaze

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are you going to rotate the kids based on ships?

I ask bc taking the first come first serve approach to showcasing will probably make it so there are weeks and weeks of kids from the same ship, since friends will likely submit together and be into the same ships, especially if they are popular.

just a suggestion, but randomizing it a bit if you get similar fan kids back to back might be a good thing

we are not going to be randomizing beyond the first few submissions before we begin; so far, we have a very even pool of ships, including single parent kids! If this becomes a problem, we will talk about randomizing, but as of now we won't be randomizing past the first few showcases. This is just meant to be showcasing fankids of any ship not among the banned ones; it is a possibility that there could be multiple sonadow or knuxouge or espilver kids in a row, but the point is to showcase the fankid regardless of ship

-mod Espio

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How long do you need for each spotlight? ✨️

1 week

10-12 days

2 weeks

more (tags or comments)

Voting ended onNov 7, 2025

Quick question while we figure out how long to make each spotlight and how many kids we can showcase in a year!