User blog comment:BrutaLity/Shadouge/@comment-1829968-20100420124547

So, I'd really say that if Shadouge were to eventually come to a canonical definition, it may as well be presented as canonically one-sided, by either leaving Shadow's portion up in the air (in which the majority seems to feel un-mutual romantic interest, and which is the only real perspective I can come up with/see due to how his angle is presented), or just officially claim against having mutual feelings for our white bat.

Somehow I think both options would be to spare his franchise, fanbase, and the character as he is presented to be. No one truly wants to see Shadow depicted as the character with a love interest or relationship possibility like everyone else in the group (since he's so differently crafted). I think SEGA acknowledges this, thus finds some way to keep Shadow separated from it.

That's the reason why instead of my fandom preference going in the direction it goes just because of fandom preference, it's really just my logical perception of it and what my only half-exception would be, since I, as a Shadow supporter, don't wish for romance to canonically go hand and hand with him. But if it had to, I can only see romantic interest in one candidate, with due credit given to other supporting reasons past the canon borderlines, or even cartoon borderlines. It took me a while to melt into the idea of my current fandom. I've had these reasonings and these views in my head since SA2's debut, and did my best to ignore it. Sooner than later, as I came back into Sonic fandom after being completely out of it, I started to see that there was no point fighting my logic and intuition with defiance. So here I am. Love did not come first for me when it comes to this fandom; reason did. Mine, anyway. I can also too well see it being a one-sided affection in the same aspect Shadow and Rouge are shown in, and though I do think my two hedgehogs could meet in a mutual light when the pink's head is a little more rounded and runs more on realistic speed in her future years, I can canonically appreciate it more if it were one-sided, especially at her current age. The pieces have been left dangling to me, but to me, they are also there - and could be possible. It's just been neglected/ignored/decided against by SEGA, basically.

Your idea that you think the two might have been 'considering it' for each other is interesting XD; I've never thought of it like that, at least not for Rose.

Though in canon, something tells me SEGA would slaughter the idea of his interest being triggered on my candidate, so I prefer leaving it to my own hands and going beyond it's cartoon world to satisfy my own.