Who will be the ONE and only Sonic T Hedgehog?

Shadow the hedgehog was created to be the ultimate life-form, born out of the love Gerald had for his granddaughter, and named with love by Maria, his name refers to the shadow that points and guides towards the light away from the darkness.

Allegedly modeled after a depiction of Super Sonic (the possible true ultimate life form); he is a direct descendant of Black Doom, Shadow holds a soul similar to Maria's and his creation was made to find a cure to Maria's illness. Tragically Maria is assassinated inside the space station ARK, for she's shot right in front of Shadow, before dying Maria places Shadow in an escape pod and sends him to earth asking him to promise to allow humans to have a chance to be happy.

Shadow's whole life has revolved around love and tragedy, he has lost everything, from those he loved, to his very memory. But he still chooses to fight for the world and for himself, he doesn't let his past blind him and he continues on.

Metal Sonic, however, is born from hatred, and is one of the few emotions he has ever known, Metal is created to be an exact copy of Sonic, he was made to believe he was the real Sonic, and probably even envies Sonic's freedom to some degree.

Metal's life is based on hatred, on tragedy without any light at the end of a trail of darkness. Eggman may love him but he has to earn even the slightest ounce of that love, every time he has to face Sonic in any way he has at least one type of identity crisis, due of being coded to be Sonic and yet knowing that he'll never be Sonic. While Shadow is a perfect parallel to Sonic, Metal is a dark mirror of Sonic, a Sonic who can't love and a Sonic who isn't free.

No matter what, Metal Sonic will always be in Sonic's Shadow, he will always be known as the fake Sonic, the evil Sonic, and this fact most likely not only makes him hate sonic further but also breaks him from the insides. Could You imagine being on his shoes? Being made to be yourself and yet only being known as your own evil clone that will never be anything else?

Metal and Shadow both are worthy opponents, and they have faced several times in IDW and Archie. and have even been on the same side in the games, both creatures born to be modeled after Sonic, both born respectively from Love and Hate, One who has chosen who he is, and what he is; the other who has no option.

Today, they face to see who will be crowned as the One True Sonic, the Ultimate Sonic.

Egghogs AU:

The Eggman Empire has overtaken a large portion of the Earth, thanks in no small part to his top soldiers: Sonic, Shadow, and Silver. Raised by Eggman and his robot army, they'll do anything to shape the world into what their father envisions for it.

All three of the boys are pushed to their physical and mental limits every day, made to work and train for long hours. They're kept stunted, too stressed or emotionally closed off to think about what has been done to them. Alongside this inner turmoil, they are committing atrocities every day without a second thought.

Amy Rose is a scrappy young hero determined to crush the Empire once and for all, working with her genius little brother Tails and her huge group of friends to foil Eggman's plans at every turn. Her hammer is just as threatening to the Empire as her kindness.

As emotions run high and allegiances change, the fate of the universe lays in the hands of someone it shouldn't, and it'll lead to everyone's ruin... including his own.

We Have The Sky:

After the Metal Virus is all sorted out, Silver is excited to return to a home he only ever got to dream of, in a safe and happy future.

Egghogs AU:

The Eggman Empire has overtaken a large portion of the Earth, thanks in no small part to his top soldiers: Sonic, Shadow, and Silver. Raised by Eggman and his robot army, they'll do anything to shape the world into what their father envisions for it.

All three of the boys are pushed to their physical and mental limits every day, made to work and train for long hours. They're kept stunted, too stressed or emotionally closed off to think about what has been done to them. Alongside this inner turmoil, they are committing atrocities every day without a second thought.

Amy Rose is a scrappy young hero determined to crush the Empire once and for all, working with her genius little brother Tails and her huge group of friends to foil Eggman's plans at every turn. Her hammer is just as threatening to the Empire as her kindness.

As emotions run high and allegiances change, the fate of the universe lays in the hands of someone it shouldn't, and it'll lead to everyone's ruin... including his own.

We Have The Sky:

After the Metal Virus is all sorted out, Silver is excited to return to a home he only ever got to dream of, in a safe and happy future.

Egghogs AU:

The Eggman Empire has overtaken a large portion of the Earth, thanks in no small part to his top soldiers: Sonic, Shadow, and Silver. Raised by Eggman and his robot army, they'll do anything to shape the world into what their father envisions for it.

All three of the boys are pushed to their physical and mental limits every day, made to work and train for long hours. They're kept stunted, too stressed or emotionally closed off to think about what has been done to them. Alongside this inner turmoil, they are committing atrocities every day without a second thought.

Amy Rose is a scrappy young hero determined to crush the Empire once and for all, working with her genius little brother Tails and her huge group of friends to foil Eggman's plans at every turn. Her hammer is just as threatening to the Empire as her kindness.

As emotions run high and allegiances change, the fate of the universe lays in the hands of someone it shouldn't, and it'll lead to everyone's ruin... including his own.

We Have The Sky:

After the Metal Virus is all sorted out, Silver is excited to return to a home he only ever got to dream of, in a safe and happy future.

Egghogs AU:

The Eggman Empire has overtaken a large portion of the Earth, thanks in no small part to his top soldiers: Sonic, Shadow, and Silver. Raised by Eggman and his robot army, they'll do anything to shape the world into what their father envisions for it.

All three of the boys are pushed to their physical and mental limits every day, made to work and train for long hours. They're kept stunted, too stressed or emotionally closed off to think about what has been done to them. Alongside this inner turmoil, they are committing atrocities every day without a second thought.

Amy Rose is a scrappy young hero determined to crush the Empire once and for all, working with her genius little brother Tails and her huge group of friends to foil Eggman's plans at every turn. Her hammer is just as threatening to the Empire as her kindness.

As emotions run high and allegiances change, the fate of the universe lays in the hands of someone it shouldn't, and it'll lead to everyone's ruin... including his own.

We Have The Sky:

After the Metal Virus is all sorted out, Silver is excited to return to a home he only ever got to dream of, in a safe and happy future.

RULES:

One character per person. This means that if you have twins, sadly you'll have to separate them 😔 The ONLY exception allowed to this rule is if your character has any pet, chao, wisp, etc. If that's the case then you can submit them as one.

Fankids derived from PRO-SHIPS are NOT be allowed to participate (this includes incest, inappropiate age gaps, etc). I'll be deciding what's appropiate or not (with the help of some people I trust), so what's already decided will NOT be discussed any longer.

Ship discourse is NOT allowed.

The last rule also means that the ONLY propaganda allowed is about the CHARACTER, and not the pairing they're inspired by. I do NOT want to see ANYONE fighting about ships.

Oc x Canon kids are allowed!! Go crazy with it people!!!

Any hate towards the characters and/or creators will NOT be allowed. If I see ANYONE sending hate I will block them! And if it's someone participating then their character will be disqualified. I want this to be a safe space, so be nice, everyone!!

I will be accepting submissions until May 18th.

The limit of submissions is 60, however the number of participants will depend on the number of submissions I actually get (it HAS to be an even number, so I'm sorry if anyone gets left out for that reason).

TO ENTER:

Name of the character.

Ship they come from (if oc x canon then put '[canon character] x oc').

Short introduction to your kid.

Photo (transparent PNG is prefered).

Creator's URL (for proper crediting).

Now that you've read everything above and you think your kid has what's needed to win (or you just want to join for the funsies, that's also valid) here's the form you need to fill to participate!!!

Tachophobia AU-

Personality: Nikolai "Niko" Peterson is a very anxious and timid lad, very much a people pleaser with a hard time chosing things for himself. He's also extremely afraid of "relapsing" into his "delusions" of being Sonic, and has severe tachophobia (fear of speed/going fast) because of that. He also stutters a lot.

Backstory: The general gist of the AU is that Starline survived IDW issue 50, and managed to kidnap Sonic and heavily brainwash him via hypnosis into thinking he's no longer himself and that he was delusional about being the hero Sonic the Hedgehog. It's an extremely messed-up AU but by golly have we gotten a lot of mileage out of it.

Powers: He still has Sonic's natural speed and chaos abilities, but not only is he afraid of going fast now, he's also been given inhibitors that repress his abilities. He is entirely unaware of all these abilities…he is good at drawing, though! :D

Starry AU-

In this world eggman left for the stars after sonic messed him up the first time in his absence GUN took the position of the worlds villains using the misguided mindset of "gotta control everyone, it's the only way to keep them safe"