My gosh, I loved their interactions here! Their soft moments, mixed with their usual bickering, was very refreshing to see. Shadow's compassion for Sonic, as he reminded Shadow of Maria, was such a lovely detail to include. Especially since the story ends with Shadow being more willing to help with Sonic's chronic pain.
And speaking of Sonic's chronic pain...
I haven't come across any fic like this, but I can definitely say that I've come to like headcanon-ing Sonic as having a chronic illness. Although I personally don't deal with a chronic illness (that I know of), this reminded me a lot of my own struggles with things like horrible period cramps that affect my entire body, particularly constraining my ability to walk for hours. Of course, Sonic's situation is different from mine, but I just wanted say that I feel for him and am very interested in learning more details as to how he handles his chronic pain (i.e. his routine).
AHHHHH I JUST LOVE THIS HEADCANON SO MUCH (I'm officially adopting it in my head ty ty)
I'll be on the lookout for more of your beautiful writing if you do decide on continuing with this work, something new, or whatever else! :D
EJEBBEHAABBAAAAHHH THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!! The comparison between Sonic and Maria were especially fun to write. "exchanges one blue for another," was a phrase that possesed me until I got to put it down to paper. Also forget me not symbolism on those guys <3
This fics existence was in part because I haven't seen many people write chronic sonic (as I lovingly dubbed him thanks to a Tumblr series) and I feel like it definitely has potencial!! Why should Shadow be the only one in pain, y'know?
oooooh man the fact you relate to the way I wrote Sonic is like. Highest compliment right there. I will admit I don't struggle with chronic pain either, (unless you count my, funnily enough, also knees that like to randomly hurt sometimes) but cramps are the bane of my goddamn existence and I relate. A LOT.
I'll be honest I haven't actually thought of his routine much - mostly because I think Sonic would be kind of nonchalant about 'not needing anything' because 'the pain isn't that bad'. (It is) He doesn't let it get in the way of his world saving, pushing through it unless he's physically unable to. Which, yeah, kinda self destructive of him there.... The crutches are a way to give him back some freedom. Wait until someone bullies him into getting a wheel chair, he'll be unstoppable
Aaaaarghhhh again thank you thank you for reading AND commenting!!! Glad I could convert you to my chronic pain beliefs>:)c
I don't know if I'll add anything to this work, (I have an extra scene in mind that I felt was a lil too ooc to include but I could probably just add it in a separate work now that I think about it.... But we'll see!) but I'll definitely keep writing lmao
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