#also i like shad/ouge if its done a certain way lmao ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[onestepfcrward]

yaknow, i've complained about it before, but if there is one thing that gives me the ick it is fanon depictions of shadow and rouge being 'siblings'

the fact that rouge flirts with him in canon aside, it feels so ooc for either of them to go 'yeah thats my brother/sister' like ?? theyre both loners with a shadowed past who keep everyone at arms length. family is a tough subject for them both. neither of them would refer to one another as their sister/brother and you'd be lucky to even get shadow or rouge to admit theyre friends (even if they are friends)

i guess it also has to do with my frustration regarding how narrow-visioned people can be about what a found family dynamic looks like. found family doesn't automatically mean sibling coded. there's far more complex and nuanced relationships that are unique in their own ways based on the bond the characters share.

#ooc tag #but listen if seeing them as siblings is what floats your boat more power to you #i just personally don't see it #i barely even see maria and shadow as siblings either tbfh (only in my au i have for my maria i do because she shares shadow's DNA) #but i like them most as best friends and each other's important person. there ain't really a label to slap on that feels like it fits imo #but yea i just don't think shadow is the type of person to accept traditional familial connections because of who he is - how he was create #professor gerald perhaps was the closest thing to 'family' he ever felt because that was his creator #my hc for how he views rouge is as an ally and a confidant #its all strictly professional because shadow is strictly professional #also i like shad/ouge if its done a certain way lmao ¯\_(ツ)_/¯