#Protector: Shadow

[pillowspace]

HOLLYBERRY: Pure Vanilla Cookie, wha...! / What happened to you??

TRUTHLESS RECLUSE: Hollyberry... Cookie...? // LADY IN AZURE: Okay, be quick you two, I'm only here for a friendly little visit with Sugar~! / (Truthless has been so cranky lately, maybe this'll get him to quiet down.)

LADY IN AZURE: (Plus, it's about time he learn he's not the only mouse to have been caught for the past few years.) // HOLLYBERRY: Oh it's been so long!! You look dreadful! When have you last slept?? Come on, let's get you tended to. Have you been well? // TRUTHLESS RECLUSE: Nh...?! // ~DRAG~

HOLLYBERRY: Don't you know where you are? Loosen up! You know, you used to smile so much more often... // TRUTHLESS RECLUSE: ... / (And it used to meet your eyes when you did.) // BOTH: (Talking to you used to be easy. Now I can't recognize either of us.)

why dis [Pure Vanilla Cookie] look so mad 😭😭😭

ETERNAL SUGAR: Your other half is just so gloomy. Are you sure there's nothing you want me to do...? // LADY IN AZURE: Don't, I worked hard on him.

I couldn't stop thinking about what implications the Eternity in the Embrace of Sloth story taking place years into the future had regarding the other ancients. Which led to the thought of Pure Vanilla Cookie. Then one thought led to another and I suddenly could not rest until I saw Truthless Recluse and Protector of Paradise interacting.

[jellazticious]

I love Samdow charlie I LOVE SAMDOWWWWWW

[sir-biszkopt]

Another discord thing

[nesu-x99]

More Look Outside Doodles!

me begging for more people to join the fandom

[everythingpie]

OK SETTING THIS UP LIKE A NORMAL ANALYSIS CAUSE ITS WAY EASIER

Ok so, they both take place in an alternate universe, one where smilk spreads the truth (including the harsh truth(this is important...)) and another where hollyberry stays with suga. While sugas whole thing is still sloth, i would consider devotion as passion and suga is VERY devoted to holly as we know and smilk very outwardly is a truthsayer. So, suga is showing passion yet still represents sloth but takes no action in trying to hide her love, like, at all. So its completely possible that sage DOES believe now in the utmost truth and outwardly presents like that but considering that he puts emphasis on what hurts he could be using the truth as a cover for his true intentions (ironic) which is causing havoc, cause the whole reasons he turns away from truth originally is because of the pain it causes others (and himself considering he learned the ULTIMATE truth lol) what if after being with pv hes now become even MORE sinister?? Using the truth against people, like how suga uses her and hollys passions to keep them in the garden but also making her submit to sloth, and because of this pv stays doubtful, henceforth, staying truthless recluse, because after being constantly messed with he now has to bear witness to his enemy using his past morals to cause even moreee harm pushing him further into this like doubt yet cannot do anything against it due to the truth being "the right thing" no matter how harsh (even though that is not entirely true in and of itself...) so hes kinda just stuck watching, like kinda spiralling over how horrible all his beliefs have become not even able to turn truth OR deceit for any respite. This could also be heightened in the fact that hollyberry doesnt really turn to sloth OR passion aswell??? But just dawns the role of protector despite not protecting anything really? Actually saying this i think she embodies BOTH more than neither as she still has a passion or devotion to protect others yet spends all her time doing nothing just wallowing in the garden with suga. This is actually an AWESOME revelation cause i was a little dissapointed when like the actually sin of sloth wasnt included much in the latest ep but instead just slothful activity which is a major let down! But now that suga has given holly a new role that she will never be able to fufill forcing her into a position of sloth like how belphagor did in some holy texts!!!! Giving humans ideas soooo extraordinary that they could not possibly bring them to life making them spend most of their life just dreaming of how to properly enact this ideas or just giving up entirly knowing they will never be able to acheive such greatness. Tbh i really wish they did go more towards this and the dream aspects for this new upadateeee but i still think it was pretty good.... also i find it a bit interesting that sages outfit is way more mordern for his time?? Like its still old dont get me wrong but this was like so not the style in the like tudor/medivel era, which is the one im assuming hes from considering thats where most like jester information came from, plus this fit is like wayyyy more victorian which is like not medieval at all... SAME WITH SUGAS ACTUALLY greeks absolutely NOT have worse something so ECCENTRIC and ikkkk shes like more greco-roman and not just greek but the puffs n jewlery still seems a little past her time -`_-...

As previously stated, their costume stories do seem to be opposites in some ways with pv leaving sage while holly stays with suga, or smilk emboding pvs aspect more while suga just tries to push herself onto holly more. Also knowing that holly prolly accepted her invite before suga flooded her garden, suga is dedinetly priortizing herself more knowing holly has already "fallen for her" beliving she has less of a chance of leaving. But she definetly is still incredibly focused on hollyberry making sure shes at her "happiest" not really acknowledging her true emotions believing she is genuinely happier confiding in simple pleasures and hobbies instead of actually getting to help those in need providing real care for others. On the other hand sage definetly knows what he is doing antagonising recluse with his past self, as he probably once did TO HIMSELF which i find funny so im keeping the headcanon for personal use, using the truth to serve as a constant reminder of what he once was and how corrupt it can truly be. Knowing all this im gonna assume the story line was.

-Suga invites holly to her garden so she can be her partner basically but accidently causes her pain

-smilk leaves recluse behind after he succumbs to his mental fuckery, intentionally causing recluse suffering

Also given the title of smilks costume set "At the peak of truth, despair not" is obviously a lie, considering there is not a spec of hope in the peak or general story, could allude to how sage is still a deceitful person, and is using the literal truth to cover up the fact that hes doing this, ushhshshshs if any of this is SUPPOSED to be implied id be the happiest person on the planet cause that would make botb smilk AND sage liek 200% cooler.... also ive heard people say his souljam still being corrupt is an idicator of him being evil which is kinda cool i personally wouldnt sya taht but whatevs, i different thing i WOULD like to point out tho (and this is about to dive STRAIGHT into su territory so sorry) but sage is literlaly holding the head of awakened pvs staff that pv literally sees out of, which is hilarious considering sage literally steals pvs walking stick so that he has to rely on him in my au and that wasnt even intentional. But coming OUT of au territory this could totes be a metaphor for sage understanding the raw power of truth and still using it against recluse as its like a pretty key part of his like character considering hes had this staff litrally forever and now the new one is a shitty corrupted version and sage just has the new actually good version of it and isnt even using it to like help awaken pv or sum shit like that?? Reminds me of

Yk this also makes me think hes just telling people truths they dont want to really hear yet not allowing them to understand it fully leaving them coming back to him hoping one day it they may get an actual answer thats fucking helpful, holly is probably doing this with suga aswell but i barely got any proof for that just a blanket assumption as normally people in abusive relationships seek refuge in their abusers hoping they like have answers after being maniulated into believing whatever they say is true.

Imma just use this section to talk about sweetendmilk cause they have my HEART and i havent considered this SPECIFIC relationship dynamic (but if anyone wants any other versions of eternalmilk all you have to do is ask..... I WILL PROVIDE) anywho, i could totes see them encouraging eachothers behaviours like eachother yes-girlls, on the other hand i think suga still wouldnt trust smilk, she definetly knows somethings wrong cause why would smilk just suddenly change after years of brooding and rage??? Has he really changed or is he just telling another lie! If so i think she would attempt to change him AGAIN seeing other cookies potentially getting hurt seeing an opportunity to lure them AND smilk to her garden, smilk would be fucking PISSED i can feel it in my blood, he knows what shes doing and is extremely offened that suga would try to take this power from him after he like JUST got it, suga dont gaf and just wants smilk to think that all these silly things are futile and instead of spreading truth or deceit he should jsut succumb to sloth and stay with her. There is DEDINETLY a world wear smilk accepts this offer but still tries to kinda take over her garden swaying her people to his word with the truth and in return suga is now like SUPA PISSED and the 2 become like the bickering queen and queen of their now conjoined kingdoms,uhhhggg that would be so fucking hot like lowkey, thta would be SOOOOO fucking hot, n then holly n pv are just there,possibly even swap places while these bitches fight like after all this misery pv just succumbs to sloth cause all this is too fucking much bruh, but then holly is up listening to the sage kinda go against suga and is like "wait a second what if everything ive been protecting is literally a lie aswell" and i like how well both of these fit since both these charcaters were basically on the edge of doing this. Dude... this is like.... eternalmilk, hollysugar, sagerecluse, vanillaberry HEAVEN, if i ever expand on this au just know at some point they WILL be polyamorous... and alll hellllll will break loose. I realllllly wish i knew how to write fanfiction. One day yall gonna see me on ao3, TRUST

[just-floetcoeur]

My designs of the Divine Warriors.

Past version + a ver. with evil Shad. Man Shad has changed lol.

I got lazy with Kul’zak’s design. Was sick of drawing armour.

I tried to think up of headcanon lore for them but I don’t have much.

Irene the Matron

Goddess of light, health/healing, life, fertility, abundance, peace and motherhood

Region: Ru’aun, Phoenix Drop

Symbols: The purple spring leaf and unicorns

Song inspiration: “Thought I would be satisfied seeing you content at the other side. But somehow I thought these crazy thoughts that I deserve to be loved, I deserve to know love, we deserve to live in love. I wish there's no end to our time together.”

- Bulbel, Mili

“I’ll take your hand and guide you through all the steps one takes to move on to a place, a world unseen to us all. But it’s okay, we’ll be together, my friend.”

- What Will You Leave Behind (End Titles), Maude Plante-Husaruk & Max LL

“Though I’m about to wreck, you still have your life ahead. All things that lose their way can find it again. There is no inertia in the ocean.”

- Adrift, Stray Gods

Shad the destroyer

God of the Nether, shadows, destruction, death and vengeance

Region: Nether, Falcon Claw

Symbols: Red spears and the wolf

Song inspiration: “There was a boy who shared your bones, your eager blood, your affinity for love. He had it all in his hands and he watched it all turn to sand.”

-Holy the Sea, Forgive Durden

”Could this be the day I have waited for when all my hard work doesn't go ignored? Maybe she was right, they will realize I can change the world, open up their eyes. They know I am more than some eager blood. Not some average bones, I believe in love. I just want to prove I deserve this gift. I will change this world, maybe this is it.”

-Life Is Looking Up, Forgive Durden

“The mind plays tricks, you are confused. The man you seek is long gone, dead and cold, a story told by those he trusted, those he loved, and those who then moved on.”

- I Know Those Eyes / This Man Is Dead, Brandi Burkhardt & Thomas Borchert

“Watch out for the wicked ones who call themselves beloved ones.”

-Holy the Sea, Forgive Durden

”You're a fool to think this princess could ever really love a couple of poor boys like us.”

-The End and the Beginning, Forgive Durden

He and Irene were created as opposites, representing the two sides of the moon. Where there is light, there is darkness. They both need each other to exist but they can never truly love each other.

They basically have Celestia and Luna’s story. Shad hated how Irene was so much more loved. He hated how she bloomed with her divine powers while he thought they were a curse. Because of them, the villagers saw him as a monster. He was tied to the darkness against his will. But just like a moth to the light, he could not look away from her.

“The moon will sing a song for me. I loved you like the sun.”

He thought that by joining the Divine Warriors he’d finally be seen as a hero, that he’d be recognized for his actions. But Irene was always number one. With that resentment already growing, the Divine Warriors betraying him was the thing that unleashed all his rage. He became the Shadow Lord and created the Shadow Knights to kill Irene.

Falconclaw was probably the only village that didn’t see him as an evil divinity (aka worshiping Shad the destroyer and not the Shadow Lord).

On that note, Shad probably hated to be called “the Destroyer”, reinforcing his image as “the bad one”. But he accepted the relic for Irene. “I will make this curse my blessing.”

Esmund the Protector

The only one who doesn’t have an FFXIV equivalent.

God of mountains, ice, guards, law, order and miners

Region: O’khasis

Symbols: The Violet sword and the bear

Song inspiration: “I’m sure that she would care to hear your argument as to how your presence is the reason she is sick. But I suppose it’s in vain, since her life is ending when I thrust this blade into her heart a-thumping.”

-The End and the Beginning, Forgive Durden

(Except Esmund would stab Shad, not Irene)

“Lights will guide you home and ignite your bones, and I will try to fix you.”

-Fix You, Cody Fry

He fucking hates Shad. He copes by saying it’s because he’s evil but he just wants Irene to love him.

Enki the Keeper

God of time, nature, wisdom, knowledge, moon and arcana (magic)

Region: Gal’ruk

Symbols: The blue hourglass and the owl

Song inspiration: “The mountains seceded, the light and dark depleted. We lost Adakias, but regained our science. Our world was finally reunited. So this is my cue, of where to leave you. Now it's your story to retell and pass on because an idea is only relevant if it's being thought upon. So remember, never surrender ‘cause the unrelenting constancy of love and hope will rescue and restore you from any scope.”

-The End and the Beginning, Forgive Durden

“The rest is up to you to do with what you’ll do, to learn and love and laugh ‘til the cycle circles back. I’ll just separate, weigh anchor, disengage, divide and disappear, and see you in the mirror.”

- Genesis, Forgive Durden & Casey Crescenzo

“You really are the chosen one, the calculated sacrifice. Please listen to my last words before I fade away. This is my gift to you: Live for your love every day. Please don't let your tired heart stop beating.”

- The End and the Beginning, Forgive Durden

Enki was also jealous of Irene’s love for Shad but he didn’t feel good betraying Shad. His death was his repayment for what he did.

Kul’zak the Wanderer

God of the stars, wind, wanderers -wandering merchants, bards, rogues, travellers, drifters, …-, freedom and prosperity/money

Symbols: the green walking stick and the elk

Region: Tech’ens

I’m basing off his whole personality of the one and only thing he’s ever said in the whole series: “Imortality? Hm, that doesn’t seem so bad.” So I made him a greedy bastard. Where Irene is the healer and leader, Shad the lancer and dps, Esmund the tank and Enki the support mage, Kul’zak is the rogue. He’s not completely selfish but he’s definitely the most selfish of the Divine Warriors. He helped Enki and Esmund cuz he thought it’d be fun.

[desultorydenouement]

thinking about ortus in HTN talking about how he failed harrow in her childhood. thinking about ortus as maybe one of the few 9th house adults that could have stepped in to support her and maybe also one of the few that saw the cycle of abuse for what it was - he knew why his father died, and even so he hated his father, was willing to leave the 9th - but in life, he failed her. and like i wonder how old little baby cavalier ortus was when he realized that something in that house was just rotten. and i wonder how lonely it would’ve been all those years, alone with ancient fanatics and 2 abused children ortus was too weak and afraid to save. i mean, until harrow puppeted her parents, he was going to have to marry harrow! and there was nothing he could do! so he retreats further into his poetry. only after death, only when it was too late, only when harrow was grown up did he have the bravery or maybe freedom or maybe distance to finally step forward.

[hybridshadowz]

mr. grizz got some interesting new employees...

[darkwitch1999]

Hey Darkwitch, I had this idea running around my head. It’s an idea about Marinette getting Akumatized into Protector after hearing about her cousin being bullied? What is your opinion on it? How do you think it will play out?

Ooo! Interesting....loving this idea! I'm already getting a few ideas on how this scenario would play out in the Darkverse....

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Protector Akumatized in the Darkverse AU

Marc used to attend a different middle school before transferring to Collège Françoise Dupont. At his previous school, Marc was ruthlessly bullied by a group of assholes and mean girls for years, and none of the teachers or the principal did anything about it.

Marinette didn't know that Marc was bullied until one day when he confided to her about the bullying. This happened while Marinette was over at Marc's house one day and she found some skirts and a couple of dresses in his closet and tried to encourage Marc to wear them to school sometime.

Marc confides to Marinette the reasons why he got bullied (one of them being that he wore skirts and make-up to school) and while it is painful for him to talk about that he ends up breaking down in tears, he reveals the last act of cruelty that the bullies did to him that made him finally confess to his mothers that he was getting bullied and ultimately lead to him switching schools for the new year (it was really terrible and fucked up FYI).

Marc hates making others feel worried about him so he begs Marinette to not say anything to anyone else as he feels that nothing else can be done and he just wants to leave the past in the past.

Marinette still feels angry and wants justice for her friend, but she relents and promises to not say anything about the bullying after looking at the sheer desperation in the writer's eyes to keep Marc's bullying between them.

Cut to the ice skating rink sometime later (a few days, weeks, or months....I don't know), a group of students from Miss Bustier and Ms. Mendelev's class, including Marc and Marinette, are having a group outing.

Marc and Nathaniel are skating together in the beginner's lane since Nath is not very athletically coordinated with his feet (or legs, arms, hands, etc.) and Marc is too bashful to show off his amazing skating skills (yes, Marc is talented at soccer and skating).

While the comic duo is skating together (or Marc basically holding onto Nathaniel to help the red-headed artist maintain his balance and not fall face first again), Marc hears a familiar laugh off in the distance that immediately makes his blood turn cold.

Slowly and reluctantly, Marc turns his attention to the bleachers where he spots his old bullies Sara Lemieux, Cerise Leroux, Colette Lyon, and Lavender Leyva.

At first the bitch quartet doesn't notice him so Marc tries to ignore them, but hearing their voices and stuck-up laughter starts sending him spiraling towards a panic attack.

At one point, Marc notices that their laughter is getting louder and looks at them again to see that they had noticed him at some point and were mocking him. Colette was dipping Cerise in an embrace as the two of them mockingly exchanged romantic pleasantries that were clearly insults towards Marc and Nathaniel.

Seeing the mockery unfold in front of him, Marc starts having a panic attack, reliving flashbacks from his past trauma from being bullied by them and unintentionally dropping Nathaniel during his panicked state. Nathaniel notices this and while confused, he helps Marc off the ice and sits him down on the bleachers.

The others immediately gathered around, concerned about their friend and wanting to know what was wrong. While Nath is trying to disperse the crowd since he knows they were not helping with Marc's panic attack, Marc's eyes shift toward the "Bitch Quartet", who were now mocking Marc's panic attack.

Cerise and Colette were now fake hyperventilating and acting overdramatically panicked while Lavender and Sara laughed along at their antics.

Marinette notices their mockery and how they were making Marc's panic attack worse and becomes furious. She springs up from her seat to confront them, much to the confusion of her friends, but Marc stops her in her tracks by grabbing hold of her hand with his shaky hand. The writer manages to choke out "Please...no..." as his eyes desperately plead to Marinette to not cause a scene.

Again, Marinette relents but she storms off to the bathroom because she was fuming.

Shadow Moth senses both Marinette's anger and Marc's panic, and while he was tempted to take advantage of Marc's panic attack to akumatize him again, he also couldn't pass up a rare opportunity to akumatize Marinette since she has consistently avoided becoming akumatized in the past.

Shadow Moth: Protector, I am Shadow Moth. Those who have tormented your friend have alluded justice for far too long.

Tikki: (remains hidden from Marinette's sight but tries to stop her) No, Marinette! Please! You must resist!

Shadow Moth: Such horrid, privileged people such as those girls never get their comeuppance, do they? No matter how horrendous their actions are they never face the consequences!

Marinette: (grabs onto her head as she struggles to resist the akumatization) T-They...how do they keep getting away with this?! N-No matter what anyone says or does...they never get what they deserve and they just keep making everyone around them suffer! Even when they aren't even near them anymore!

Tikki: (pleads) Marinette, we'll find a way to fix this. There's always a solution, but this isn't it!

Shadow Moth: I am giving you the power to ensure that those who try to escape justice will suffer the consequences of their actions. From now on, you shall act as their judge, jury, and executioner!

Marinette: (her hands slowly start reaching to cover her ears as she continues to struggle resisting Shadow Moth’s influence) I-I…

Tikki: (desperately begging) Marinette, no! You know this isn’t right! You wouldn’t be seeking justice, you would be seeking revenge! Please! Don’t listen to him!

Marinette: (removes her hands from her ears as her face darkens, her fists clenched) Justice…revenge…what difference does it make anymore?

Tikki: (shocked) No….

Marinette: It doesn’t matter how you define it…all that matters is that those girls are punished for what they have done!

Shadow Moth: Yes! And they will receive their just punishment, with my help of course. All I ask in return is that you bring me Ladybug and Chat Noir’s miraculouses! Do we have a deal?

Tikki: Marinette...

Marinette: (unclenches her fists) As long as I'm around to protect, they shall not escape my justice!

(Marinette is engulfed in darkness as she is transformed into Protector, much to the horror of the ladybug Kwami. However, the tiny kwami of creation notices the Ladybug earrings on the floor that Marinette had dropped when she unclenched her fists, quickly picks them up, and flees the bathroom before Marinette's akumatized transformation is complete.)

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For Marinette's akumatization, I believe that she knew that she wouldn't be able to suppress her rage and anger towards those girls for hurting Marc, but she had enough willpower and strength to take off the ladybug miraculous so she wouldn't hand them over to Shadow Moth. Yes, I know that she almost immediately tried to hand over the miraculous when she was almost akumatized in canon, but this is fanon and besides, I think it makes a bit more sense for her to at least try to struggle against being akumatized and using the last bit of her remaining willpower to remove the miraculous so that Tikki could keep them safe and possibly find someone else to be "Ladybug" for a day. Speaking of which, I think that Tikki will most likely either pick Alya to be "Scarabella" or Marc to become the temporary Ladybug Miraculous holder to save Marinette (and unfortunately the Bitch Quartet).

As Protector, I imagine Marinette either having a knight aesthetic with villainous color palettes or perhaps she'll be more like "Princess Justice" with her design, though I think the knight design would be a bit more fitting. Not sure what her powers would be, though I could imagine that they would be something related to knights. She would definitely have a sword and enhanced sword-fighting abilities as well.

Well, that is my take on Protector. What do y'all think? Thanks for the ask, @thetwistedarchives! I had a lot of fun coming up with ideas for this scenario! Hope you enjoy my response.

@thetwistedarchives @nerd-chocolate @artzychic27 @andromeda612 @username8746489 @miraculousfan1232 @imsparky2002 @eternalstarlitwonderland @msweebyness

[al-ld]

All this talk(at least at the start, mostly by Zenix and Sasha) about Shadow Knights are guards left behind and that by killing their lords, they were breaking a cycle...AND THEN THERE WAS SHAD!(from Wiki)

Title(s)

Shad the Destroyer

Realm Breaker

Judgement

The Shadow Lord

The Lord of Shadows

The Shadow King

The King

The Heart of Darkness

Alias Shadow Lord

...And he's breaking a cycle of fucked up guards?! Shoulda been Xavier, even fucking ESMUND woulda fit!

Connected to O'Khasis,

Supposed to be a high end figure and someone that inspires the people

Garroth, Azura, (pre-shadow knight) Zenix, Dante, Laurance Dale, Brian, Molly (since Esmund = Protection and someone other than Irene would be for magic(maybe), Also Molly would like all Divine Warriors)) and others, would pray to Esmund and then we find out that HE'S the SHADOW CAPTAIN?!

His mind broken from the rejection of love from Irene and the powers of the nether. It coulda worked

Also could tots add Xavier to the pick(both siblings falling to the darkness, meaning BOTH Garroth and Zane would have a villian arc, Garroth's shorter than Zane since he might be controlled)

The sacrifice, by Aaron, giving to Garroth, and we have controlled Garroth.

Anyways, summing this up: Shad's dumb(he's my fav Divine Warrior) and Esmund(/Xavier) rocks(both were sorta useless in cannon MCD since he never got to really deal with them)

[jellazticious]

The shadow wins because it's the only one that respects its crush AND allowed to be in his house

[theidiotclawmate]

it's monday story posting time! to all two of you who were waiting, here we go lol

(summary copied from the actual ao3 post) After Rouge's birthday part is cut short, Shadow walks an extremely drunk Sonic home. Only... Shadow slowly realizes that Sonic may not be drunk- something else is seriously wrong with his favorite blue hedgehog.

Safe With You is being posted now!!

[symphonysanctum]

I just need Vergil to reunite with his other fragments even if he is whole, because now as a system I think about it so often and I would hate to be alone again after having split in such a traumatic way and learning to rely on other parts of himself just for there to be silence and an empty echo of space where they were once,

[hyrules-warrior]

AU Where Shadow and Maria actually escape the facility in the movie and are just 2 kids on the run

Gerald distracts the GUN soldiers enough that Shadow and Maria and able to escape the facility where they then hide in the woods.

It's then two kids just trying to hide and survive. Shadow is basically feral in his efforts to keep Maria safe. He is suspicious of anyone they meet and will just throw himself in front of anyone and anything to protect her.

Imagine if it was even more of an AU and GUN and the scientists were studying Shadow during the events of the first Sonic movie and the base raid happens after the second Sonic movie so Maria is alive and a child in current time (no 50 years of stasis for Shadow). Maybe eventually they run into Sonic and everyone else while being on the run from GUN and join the Wachowski family. Shadow is still suspicious, quiet and overprotective of Maria even with the safety the Wachowski's provide. Tom and Maddie are just glad to have an actual human child join the family and a girl at that!

I think Maria would have fit into their family so well. So it would be so interesting to see her and Shadow join the gang.

[roscvcins]

ugh im thinking about 90s style wedding photography looking like it came straight out of an old hong kong romance film

[kissorkill16]

Ideas For WTRB Season 3

Me: *pulls out a list*

1. I want Trinity to escape the cell Mr. Peterson threw her into. Obviously, Mr. Peterson took the keys with him, so she couldn't get out by herself. I have a feeling that someone will find her in there and let her out.

2. I don't want the show to do Trinity how it did Nicky. How no missing posters were put up of Nicky. If they do the same thing to Trinity, I'm gonna fucking scream.

3. I want someone to visit Nicky in the hospital! His parents, his friends, anyone! Hell, at this point, I'd even accept it if Mr. Peterson went to visit him. I love him, I just want him to get better.

4. I want the Inventor's Club to get back together, the finale made me sad.

5. I want that bitch Finch to get a redemption arc, because I will absolutely not accept it if she does the same thing she did to Nicky in Season 2 and get off the hook. Thankfully, Finch is confirmed to join the gang at some point in the series, but if she does something bad to Nicky or anyone else in the group, I want her to get punished for it.

6. I want to see more of Aaron and Mya. I know we saw them in "Dark Echoes", but we only saw them and Mrs. Peterson for a split second. I want to see them more, and I also want to hear who their voice actors are.

7. I want proof that Aaron and Nicky are best friends! 13 episodes into this series, and it still hasn't been confirmed that Aaron and Nicky know each other. If you know Tiny Build and have access to their discord, please ask them if Aaron and Nicky are still besties like they were in Nicky's Diaries and the books.

8. I want Trinity's parents to actually change! Especially that Karen mother of hers. They want to send her to boarding school and they wouldn't even listen to her when she tried to explain to them that their family was in danger. You'd think they'd learn to trust their daughter more after she nearly got kidnapped by a psychopath.

9. I want to see Jay and Luanne Roth. I know we saw them in a picture frame in What Do That Clue Do, but that's not enough. I want to see them care for Nicky.

10. I want to hear Diane's voice actor.

11. I want to see the Forest Protectors' downfall!

12. I know this is weird and kind of wrong, but I want to see more of the Shadow Man. I know he's a bad guy, being a manifestation of Nicky's fears and all, but I just want to see more of him.

13. There's a popular theory that Franklin Peterson (Mr. Peterson's older brother) is either the Shadow Man or The Guest. I think he's The Guest, and I kinda want that theory to be proven true.

What do you guys think? What do you hope to see in Season 3?