Nocohmis Fanworks

What were the chances that Sonic ever got this opportunity a second time? To witness Shadow at peace instead of merely at ease and passively vigilant? None, Sonic thought as he peeled himself away, cool air rapidly filling the divide. Less than none, because this didn't happen. Not in a million lifetimes. Sonic looked. Wow, Shadow was pretty. Designer lab baby. There was no weapons-based reason for long lashes scattered across a tan muzzle or the eyeliner-streak of crimson pointing towards his tufted ears like an arrow. Shadow was so sharp, pointy, even in sleep, but differently; like the first snowfall of the season versus an avalanche. Shadow appeared strangely mortal, too, with his cheek squished against a pillow. Like something Sonic could hold with his hands instead of glancing with his fists. Oh, this had been a big mistake, huh?

As they sat face-to-face amidst the saloon’s destruction, knees nearly touching as Sonic focused diligently on sanitizing and wrapping his arm, the sheriff thanked whatever heavenly entities felt like listening that no one was around to question his motives. The townspeople weren’t cruel; if they knew the outlaw was seriously injured, they would have happily jumped at the opportunity to do as Sonic was doing. It was one of the main reasons he loved Mirage and its inhabitants: they would drop everything to help a complete stranger, even a crook like the one currently staring down his nose at him. But Sonic didn’t believe he was doing this entirely for selfless reasons, and he wanted to avoid thinking too long and hard about what his actual reasons were.

Play is how people connect with each other. Shadow allows himself a modified version: competition. When he is depicted in media, across comics, animations, games, ect, we see him avoiding acts that he considers frivolous. But competition is enough distance away from enjoyment and more structured towards results. So he can taunt, he can mock, he can enjoy himself with impunity. I explore the idea of Shadow and play a little bit in my fic; the mental gymnastics he goes through to separate himself from frivolity and what that does to someone's sense of self.

Mmm, denial. From Chapter 2 of Walk Each Other Home. Currently at 10 chapters, going on 11 now that holidays are over. Tags are below!

- if you write, you might fall into the trap that the metrics on your works matter, and the numbers you didn't care about before on other works are a bar to measure the value of your work

- if you draw, the joy you felt in seeing other artists pump out work daily can turn to dread because you see a standard and have to decide what's more important; your sanity or keeping up

- idnetity is so important that its easy to want to adapt yours just to fit in. And losing yourself in the process feels bad. And seeing rejection of who you in their very loud posts feels worse.

- community is half the reason you're here. But once you put yourself out there making stuff, you're also putting yourself out for inspection by others.

What has helped:

You didn't write or draw for the numbers when you first picked up a pen or tapped at a keyboard.

Hold onto your passion tight and trust that the community who is meant to find it is out there.

Chapter Summary:

Shadow and Sonic try to solve a room puzzle without basic communication skills. It goes wrong, and then very wrong. We have a Princess Carry moment.

I said as much in author notes, but I LOVE this chapter. This is what I've been waiting to watch detonate from the beginning, and finally the hedgehogs are going to have to *gasp*--get. real. With each other. We're at 54k words now with no signs of slowing down! Please stop by, leave a comment, ect. Fic can be found here:

Walk each other Home Ch. 10: The Trial Room

White Roses, Black Doves

Chapter Summary:

They retrieve the journal, Sonic notices Shadow a little too much, and Shadow does what he can to prevent another Gerald Robotnik.

Chapter 8 is heeeereeeee! Preview:

Oh Shadow. Always gotta go for the throat, huh? Like to the chapter and more here:

I have two works and a handful of art, I still have time to rebrand before I am stuck forever- so hi! I'm Nocohmis. I've used this handle in other spaces before and it's less awkward to say when I introduce myself. Plus I noticed that when people tried to look me up, they found the ARK fanzine project that is really cool and you should go check that out too: Echoes of the ARK