#shadmaria

And please, I’m asking politely: don’t use the “because they’re siblings” argument. I’m exhausted to death by that take. There’s a lot of nuance in Shadow and Maria’s relationship that's open to interpretation. What I see between them doesn’t fit the sibling dynamic at all.

I just wish people wouldn’t judge my whole blog based on one ship. I’m not hurting anyone—I’m actually really shy and friendly. I’m here because I love Sonic, I love the fandom, I love other ships, and I just want to enjoy the things that make me happy.

Shadaria Week! Day Five - Wings

This was a challenge! And I am pretty happy with the result! Edit: I reuploaded it since the wings got rendered wrong.

Here in gif format

Listing

Edit: WAIT WAIT

They have magnets so they can hold hands😭💖

Mobian x Human OTP Collage Pt. 1

✨Ships✨

Shadow the Hedgehog x Maria Robotnik (Shadaria): Shadow, the ultimate lifeform, and Maria, a kind and gentle soul, share a deep and tragic connection. Their bond is forged through their shared dreams of peace and understanding, making their relationship profoundly emotional and enduring to me.

Princess Elise x Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonelise): Princess Elise, the kind-hearted and soft-spoken ruler of Soleanna, finds her first true friend and crush in Sonic, the blue blur. Despite their different worlds, their connection is unbreakable, driven by Sonic's determination to protect her and Elise's unwavering faith in him.

Rouge the Bat x Agent Topaz (Roupaz): Rouge, the cunning and independent treasure hunter, found a woman named after a gemstone and straight up proposed to her with a huge-ass topaz ring! Their contrasting personalities balance each other out and create a dynamic that's intriguing to me.

Sara x Knuckles the Echidna (Knuxara): Sara, having shed most of her spoiled mannerisms, is now a spirited and adventurous girl who meets Knuckles, the stoic and duty-bound guardian of the Master Emerald. Their relationship is a mix of fiery determination and mutual respect, with each bringing out hidden strengths in the other.

Games

Sonic X

Calender Story

Film

Merchandise

Canoncity

Characters: Shadow the Hedgehog, Maria Robotnik

Canon Status: Canon (as Family Bond and Sibling-likes)

Canonical Type: Family

Relationship: ARK Siblings, adopted brother on Shadow’s side

Other Ship Names: Shadaria, Shadow x Maria

Official “Canon” Interactions between Shadow and Maria in the Games:

Shadow the Hedgehog and Maria Robotnik’s official interactions are best-friends as sibling-likes and they lived together as siblings back in the ARK Colony five decades ago.

Shadow and Maria are not blood related but they saw each other as siblings and it was officially acknowledged around 2000s back in Shadow the Hedgehog manual book.

And in Sonic Team Japan’s official website states with using sibling word in Maria’s official description both Japanese and English.

In Japanese, “きょうだい” (kyōudai) word means “sibling” and regardless of gender, it is also used both as brothers and sisters.

Even in Japanese sibling word きょうだい used few times in the games Japanese version.

Even in Sonic x Shadow Generations states that Shadow and Maria’s relationship are/were sibling-likes since Maria says Shadow as family love in both English and Japanese.

It was also stated they lived like siblings on the opening Shadow Generations theme in Sonic x Shadow Generations Japanese version and in actual English translation from Japanese.

(English translation is translated from Japanese by Windii Gaylord (Gitlord))

So as a result, Sibling-like relationship is/was going on between Shadow and Maria.

However, there is a small misunderstanding on Shadow the Hedgehog manga version on issue 2, where Maria says “I love you”.

In the actual original version says “大好き” (daisuki) means “I love you” or “I really like you” but it is not limited to romance unlike “愛してる “ (aishiteru), which is limited to romance. In English “love” word uses everything besides for siblings but “daisuki” generally uses for sibling or hobbies and food that one likes. Daisuki also uses for romance to their partners use on their daily lives but it was already acknowledged that Shadow and Maria are ARK Siblings, so things could be really different if Maria was used 愛してる instead. Since Maria used 大好, this means, she meant she loves Shadow as sibling or to thank him being part of her life as a sibling.

Conclusion:

ShadMaria is not that much popular in Tumblr’s Sonic Community and despite having sibling-like relationship between Shadow and Maria, it has a small popularity in Ao3 and it used be liked by Japanese fans back in 2000s. (13)

Trivia:

Shiro Maekawa who used to work at SEGA and Sonic Team, made a romantic manga about Shadow and Maria but he is not working at SEGA or Sonic Team anymore, so his opinion on his own and SEGA had already made a final conclusion that Shadow and Maria are sibling-likes on the manual game book and their official website like in Sonic Channel.

Even game helpers of Shadow Generations like Chris Hernandez stated that Shadow and Maria are sibling-likes and includes Shadow as being part of Egg Family on his Twitter account.

References:

1.https://x.com/MisterCrits/status/1846387434872836203

2.https://sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/character/shadow.html

3.https://browniehideout.wordpress.com/characters/shadow/

4.https://sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/character/maria.html

5.https://browniehideout.wordpress.com/characters/maria/

6.https://romajidesu.com/dictionary/meaning-of-%E5%A4%A7%E5%A5%BD%E3%81%8D.html

7.https://www.japandict.com/%E5%A4%A7%E5%A5%BD%E3%81%8D

8.https://jisho.org/search/%E5%85%84%E5%BC%9F

9.https://context.reverso.net/translation/japanese-english/%E3%81%8D%E3%82%87%E3%81%86%E3%81%A0%E3%81%84

10.https://romajidesu.com/dictionary/meaning-of-%E3%81%8D%E3%82%87%E3%81%86%E3%81%A0%E3%81%84.html

11.https://jlptsensei.com/learn-japanese-vocabulary/%E5%85%84%E5%BC%9F-kyoudai-meaning-siblings%E2%80%8B/

12.https://archive.org/details/shadow-the-hedgehog-usa/page/n4/mode/1up

I just came back from an appointment with my psychologist (who's a normie) and we were talking about Sonic Movie 3 and she was like "Shadow and Maria were in love with each other, like that's what the story is about"