Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24553409-20140429164602/@comment-9340689-20140522170007

Shadowsgirl131 wrote: Shadow immortality wrote:

Shadowsgirl131 wrote: how come none of u guys like sonadow??? it's da 21st century, for christ sake!!!!! (lol) So your saying that being gay (no offense to any gay people) is what the 21st century is all about? well, Sonic and Shadow are ment to be together!!!!!!! You are one of those people who COMPLETELY IGNORE THE SOURCE MATIERIAL just to try to convince everyone that your ship is canon...BUT IT'S NOT AND IT NEVER WILL BE!!!

In the past, Sonic has shown many signs of being straight. If I tried to turn Batwoman straight to ship her with Batman, everyone would throw a fit. So what makes it okay to turn a straight person gay for a ship?

Also, Sonic and Shadow are RIVALS...THEY'RE NOT EVEN FRIENDS!!!

Plus, Shadow is still upset over Maria's death, hence why so many people ship Shadow with Maria.

Also, the Sonic series generally tries to exclude romance as they try to appeal to their target audience: kids.

Yes, they know older people like Sonic, but they're not going to turn Sonic into an M-rated game just to appeal to that audience. That's what happened when they created Shadow the Headgehog; they were trying to appeal to the American audience, and thought a bunch of guns, swearing, multiple endings, and a dark cliche would do that. It didn't.

Shadow was never intended to be a love interest for Sonic. He was concocted by people trying to appeal to the American audience without fully knowing what the American audience actually wanted.