To me, it reads as platonic, especially with the reference to Maria and Rouge’s general behavior throughout the fic.

I’ve seen some fanartists/writers portray platonic ShadRouge in a similar way.

I love the chao plushies! 🥹

Horrible, awful, disgusting, this sucks, I hate this, I'll never understand how some people are capable of this-

and the worst part is that I KNOW the story gets even worse.

ugggggggggggh, fucking freaks, all of them.

You have every right to complain, man, this sucks. Some days, I feel like the internet needs to be thrown away, so we can start over.

Or at least find a way to reset algorithms back to how it was in the 2010s, and like, somehow put a DO NOT TOUCH sign on them! If it ain’t broke, don’t “fix“ it!