sonic and shadow who dont see each other as people, for lack of better word
in my mind, they arent. but not in a dehumanizing way, in fact, calling them people is dehumanizing them in my mind
they arent people, theyre concepts, and in the way i see them, theyre gods.
sonic is freedom embodied. he doesnt let anything stop him, hes the wind in your hair and the creativity flowing through you, hes the fight that never gives up even when it gets tough snd hes who will be at your side, pulling you up when youve fallen down. hes the determination, hes what tells you to never give up.
shadow is the rest, a strong force, something that looks like they should be fighting, but theyre a healer. theyre the feeling of a distant but close relationship, one that words cant describe, they see when it gets tough and they tell you to take a break, when youve hit your limit theyll push you back down. when the fight is over theyre the one to make sure youre still there. hes the patience, hes what tells you you got out.
and thats how they see each other.
others see them as physical things, you can see sonics trail of blue behind him, the remains of the badniks, they can see the rage of shadow, the carnage he leaves behind him
but thats not who they are, they were never meant to be physical things
and i would even go as far as to say thats canon. we know sonic is the wind, hes been associated with it for how long? and shadow wasnt meant to be a person, he was made as a concept, to be a fighter, to be a healer
im not screaming in the void
they arent physical beings, theyre concepts that are each one side of a coin, and that coin is a fight
sonic is telling you to never give up and shadow it telling you to not push your limit
and the only people that see each other as what they truly are, as the concepts the represent and the the gods theyre envisioned as, are each other
because they understand each other
in ways no one else every will
