Espionia

Espionia is the het ship between Espio and Sonia from the Sonic the Hedgehog fandom.

Canon
As Sonia only appears in Sonic Underground and for a short while in the Archie comics when Prime Zone Sonic visits the Underground Zone, with Espio absent in both, the two have never met. A character resembling Sonia can be seen sitting beside Espio in issue 134. It is possible that hedgehog have met or otherwise seen any of the major Sonic characters within Mobius Prime since her band were on a concert tour as mentioned in issue 144.

While the two have never appeared to have met, Sonia and Espio are acquainted with their versions of Sonic as brother and close ally, respectively. Also of Knuckles, where the hedgehog had a few moments with him and helping our the Chaotix. Sonic and Knuckles of their zones have also helped them in their battles against their versions of Eggman/Robotnik. They are members of resistance groups who are fighting for their worlds’ freedom. They are members of trios who are known to perform musically: Sonic Underground performs a song in every episode, and Team Chaotix uses Chaotix Recital as their team blast in Sonic Heroes. Both are able to use some sort of tornado attack as their signature move. The chameleon has his Leaf Swirl, and hedgehog her own namesake spin.

In terms of similarities, both possess a color scheme relating to the colors purple, purplish-red, and pink. They are skilled martial artists, and can perform spin attacks other than those mentioned above. Both have two male, goofy teammates. Sonia travels with her brothers, and Espio teams up with Vector and Charmy. Sonia and Espio are considered to be the only mature members of their respective groups. As seen in Sonia’s cartoon and Sonic X, both of them sometimes can be full of themselves.

Fanon
Espionia is a fairly popular ship, although they will most likely never meet canonically. One of the most popular ships for both Espio and Sonia, its main rivals include Bartonia (Sonia×Bartleby), Knuxonia (Sonia×Knuckles), Espade (Espio×Shade), and Espicole (Espio×Nicole). Some fans of Mina ships like Manina would also be shippers of Espionia, given their similar musical talents.

On DeviantArt, an Espionia fanclub was set up in October 2014. Fan-art aside, it has currently three fan-made stories over nineteen separate chapters. The Sonamy×Shadally fanclub has a separate gallery dedicated to this pairing.

A notable DeviantArtist for this ship is ameth18, who also ships rare pairings Manina and Mightoney, among others. He also founded the MobiuanCouples fan club specifically for these ships, as well as his own revisionist history and fan-children based on them. Another notable artist is BeeWinter55. Shojo-Skip wrote Chaotix Underground with this ship in mind, most parts can be read from a long fan-fiction list of the aforementioned group.

As of May 2022, Archive of Our Own has five fan works. Two are titled Neo Sonic Underground, having two seasons as separate works. Wattpad has currently one section of Sonic Couples focusing on this ship. Most these have somewhat romantic tensions between chameleon and hedgehog.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

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