"Hopecest"? There Is A Lot Of Hope In This Universe... What Will You Choose?

"Hopecest"? There is a lot of hope in this universe... What will you choose?

I really don't like how the description of the promo image of the full Dark Beginnings has to specify that they're reaching for one another "like long lost siblings".

What is the difference between reaching for one another platonically and romantically? What makes that drawing different from the nearly identical scene of Sonic and Blaze in Rush, used as Sonaze fodder since the game came out? How is a blind person, the target audience, supposed to imagine the difference? And why does it matter?

It breaks the flow of the description and it feels... cowardly. Whoever wrote that description likely knows that a growing portion of the fanbase, especially on Twitter, thinks shipping Shadria is immoral, so they put their hands forward and shouted "THEY'RE SIBLINGS YOUR HONOR" to appease them.

Yes, I know the manuals have described their bond as sibling-like since the beginning, or at least ShTH. But was there any need to specify it here? Especially when Dark Beginnings itself just added more Shadria fuel (yeah it's very sibling-y to caress your brother's chest hair lol)?

I am not invested in Shadria but I don't understand the hate for it. It's cute. Shadow and Maria care for each other and are important to each other. There is no need to pigeon-hole their bond in a convenient label. There is no need to give an arm to the uptight fans who wrap their ship war (because let's face it, I'm sure many of those anti-Shadria people ship Sonadow lmao) in a morality question.

That piece has some real "Chihiro and Kohaku falling out the sky" energy going on tbh. Very kawaii and kakwáhyę. <3

Managed to find a few based tweets amidst the sea of Shadria antis popping champagne bottles, lol:

Based and Maekawa-pilled.

I do find it a tad sus how hard people cling to the ShTH manual as "proof" of pair's sibling relationship when the game proper never has Shadow or Maria describe it as such. The omission becomes even more salient when you recall that the Commander described Maria as being "like a sister" to him and "the only familly" he knew. Why does a Donut Steel nobody gives a shit about use those words, but not Shadow?

You mean to tell me in all 326 routes of Shadow The Hedgehog, Shadow does not take a single opportunity to say "I miss my sister Maria"? Wow, it's almost like ST left their dynamic open to interpretation for a reason. :v

Besides, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. If the ShTH manual is watertight proof that shipping Shadria is incest, then I reserve the right to say that Sonic was forced into a date with Amy under duress in Unleashed because Black Knight's manual describes him as awaiting a "stressful encounter."

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(yeah it's very sibling-y to caress your brother's chest hair lol)?

...I don't think the antis realize that just makes it even hotter. what are you doing, step sis

Yeah, Maria has some... brow-raisingly romance anime-coded behaviors in these shorts. She's, uh... notably touchy-feely with Shadow.

Also, one last grenade to lob into the water, because fuck it, we're waking up and choosing violence today lmao:

Perhaps, if Fortune had been favorable, he could have prevented this. Perhaps they would be happy together, although such trash as he didn't dare to think about such a thing.

But now all that Nagito sees in front of him is the blissful face of his girlfriend, her eyes filled with despair... And most importantly, she is in the arms of Ultimate Despair. This incarnation of the devil broke Mikan and convinced her that only "it" understood and loved her on a deep level, no one else.

And those cold blue eyes stare at thr young guy, and a Cheshire smile plays on the “devil’s” lips. She coos happily.

“These are all the consequences of your actions! But now she's mine! She is only mine!”

Nagito takes out a gun from under his jacket, which he luckily found, and points it at Ultimate Despair itself. All he have to do is pull the trigger... And make sure Mikan doesn't get hit by a bullet.

The “devil” grins, she is not afraid of him. She decides to put pressure on him with one single phrase.

"And it's all your fault."

This is canon izuru

I love them. I love them with all my soul since childhood.

I love their story.

I love their relationship.

I. Love. Them.

I want them to be happy, even if this is impossible for them now.

And nobody can change my attitude to them.

Hey Sonic fans, with the surge of new Shadow and Maria content this year, I wanna see how popular a certain relationship is.

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I am the abyss staring back.