User blog comment:MarkvA/Sonic's Sidekicks: Who's The Best/@comment-4546796-20120410153603/@comment-1171508-20120410174450

As there has been a lot of debate about whether or not Shadow and Silver are Sonic's sidekicks, a debate I foresaw, I decided to include the option to vote for them indirectly, even if the vast majority does not consider them sidekicks. Even though I do not consider them "true" sidekicks, rather allies as stated below by many others, I can see the point of Silver's and Shadow's fans, so in all fairness I added the option.