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st1ckart1zt · 3 days

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Who is the new character on Sonic x Shadow Generations?

This was the question that was going non-stop in everyone's head.

It definitely isn't Tails since Shadow absolute hate him for no reason

Since the game drops in october, i might as well make a theory about it and guess it.

So here are some characters that might be teaming up with Shadow.

Let's start with simple ones

1. Omega

We saw him appear in some of the games(Sonic adventure 2, Sonic Heroes, 06), and he was teamed up with Shadow and Rouge mostly.

2. Silver The Hedgehog

He was also like Omega teamed up with Shadow in 06 game. But unlike Omega he was sent to kill Shadow but teamed up with him to stop Mephiles.

He is also in Sonic and the black knight, a son, Galahad, to Shadow, in other words, Sir Lancelot.

Also, they have some similarities in their personality, powers, and form.

3. Cream The Rabbit

She hasn't appeared in Sonic games for few years now and it might be her who will assist Shadow.

Shadow and Cream seems to have very good relationship together. He acts like an older brother or an uncle to Cream. We can see that in archie comics.

And last one who i think it will shock many Sonic fans and that it will finally make their appearance in the game.

And.................... that character...................................... is.................................... no other than............................

4. Eclipse The Darkling

Yes i know what you're all thinking but hear me out.

Eclipse and Shadow share some similarities towards eachother.

Eclipse is fiercely loyal to his race and is willing to do whatever he can to make sure that they will not go on the verge of extinction. He is at times is playful in cruel ways and even at times mocks his foes while fighting them. He is the only one in Black Death's army to have a free will.

Even though he was created to destroy Shadow the Hedgehog, he decided that it would be better if he can convince him to return to the Black Arms. He often refers to Shadow as "brother" even though they were both created by two different masters.

While Eclipse is loyal to Black Death, he, at times, questions his orders or even tries to make the situations for the Dark Arms better. Sometimes it works, while other times it doesn't. Eclipse cares for no individual that isn't part of his species. He would rather them use them for the good of the Black Arms or just to rid them of their existence. All he wanted is to do right for his endangered race, even if it means destroying another to save it.

He holds a sense of responsibility and greatly cares for the hatching Dark Arms, despite the fact that they are a hive mind.

Doesn't this reminds you a bit of Shadow.

Shadow was created by Gerald Robotnik in order to cure Maria but after Maria's death he brainwashed Shadow by changing Maria's wish.

He also taunted Sonic in Sonic x many times and also in the games too.

After his redemption he starts to care about people around him and he doesn't admit that aloud but he does care. We can see that in archie comics, games and shows.

We can see that in archie comics, Sonic x, 06, Sonic Generations, Sonic Forces, Sonic Prime and etc

The difference between them is:

1. Their form

2. One of them choose to rebel against Black Arms, defeat Black Doom and become better while the other one didn't but still try to get better

3. Shadow didn't care about his kind but cared about his friends and people on Mobius. Eclipse cares about his kind but doesn't care about people on Mobius.

Well that’s it for this theory. Please Share Your Thoughts About This.

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madammobius · 8 months

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if sonic x shadow generations ends up being real and any of these characters/concepts/places are a part of it i will fucking explode

• black doom • mephiles the dark • westopolis • anyone human tbh (maria or gerald especially. if the commander comes back i will laugh so hard i die and cheer so hard i collapse) • radical highway • space colony ark • gunplay (extremely unlikely but a girl can dream) • infinite • any of shadow's chaos moves from shadow/06

#mind of mobi #sonic x shadow generations #sonic the hedgehog

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raeloganthesonic06fangirl · 3 months

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//kicks in door heavy breathing

AYO RAE HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW PREVIEW FOR THE SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS ANIMATION BECAUSE OH BOY. OH BOY. O H B O Y.

brought to you by the The Character They're Finally Fully Canonizing Into The Mainline Games By Acknowledging Him In One Instead Of Ignoring His Side Game Twenty Whole Years Later Is One I've Been Not Normal About Since I Was Nine

now write him a better ending SEGA you owe me that for my emotional distress and rearranging my brain chemistry at NINE

Hold on a second... Lemme find it...

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OH MY GOD, THIS IS AMAZING 🤩

The animation is beautiful, and I love the new voice for Maria! And EMERL is back in the spotlight after all these years?? And bringing Shadow back to his core characteristics?? Are we back in 2001-2006 again, because, yo, I think we're back in the Era of Shadow!

I am hyped for the game, I absolutely loved Sonic Generations when it came out ((and one of my fastest 100% of a game in the series when it comes to every mission and task)). With the Xbox 360 becoming a dying hardware, it's likely my game won't last forever and even though I got the Steam release to preserve a copy for my game collection, it's nice that this well deserved update is coming, and I want to grab it when the initial release time is over because I want to see how stable the launch release is... I sorta got spooked the last few times I attempted pre-orders on games with those game breaking bugs... I'll wait for them to be ironed out, it's not like I don't know half of the game's story already, lol.

But yeah, Shadow's version should be amazing. Return to Space Colony ARK, fight against old foes, re-experience the start of friendships and becoming allies again, run through the old Amnesia arc again maybe..? Imagine getting to re-experience the moments Shadow realized that he had true friends in Rouge, Omega and even Sonic? What about fighting Biolizard again?? Face off against the Shadow Androids for the first time since ShTH?? Black Doom's encore?? Mephiles back in glorious HD??

I'm ready to be a young teenager again, looking at Shadow with the same excitement as I did when this trailer dropped in the beginning boot up of loading a Sonic X DVD I was borrowing from a friend who was introducing me to the 3D era of Sonic after I'd been playing the Genesis games for years:

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This trailer did irreversible damage to my young brain, but probably because it was already primed by "What I'm Made Of" from Sonic Heroes and already dipping toes in listening to Linkin Park and Evanescence. Seriously, that cluster of time was such a core memory of my coming of age, I can't wait to feel that Ow the Edge era again with this new game. 🥺

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livewireprojects · 5 months

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Lost Prince AU

I had another post setup but I felt it was getting pretty long & needed more organizing so I made this to be the master post. I'll try to edit it occasionally when needed to add posts to this.

So basically this is my version of the Sonic, I call it the "Lost Prince AU" cause I needed to call it something & it is kind of that.

Pretty much (a rewritten version) Sonic Underground happened long ago but when they celebrated the final defeat of Robotnik, Sonic disappeared. Everyone searched for him but failed to find his body but knew in some way he was out there. Four decades later Knuckles(who was put in stasis as my excuse) meets Sonic & Tails, there were some slight changes(Sonic now having green eyes & some other stuff) but Knuckles knows enough details to know in some way Sonic is the one he use to know.

Another problem though is that Sonic doesn't remember much of his past but remembers a couple things that match with the missing prince. There are moments over time were something manages to help him regain missing parts of his memories but the effects of it scare everyone.

So pretty much Sonic going about his current life while occasionally wondering what he lost while moving forward. There's people out there that know very well who he is but there's complications with this from not knowing who these people are & also worrying about Sonic's amnesia having weird conditions that scare his friends.

Just a prince lost to time slowly finding himself as stuff happens in the background.

I'm not entirely sure how to type this post out.

This version of Sonic is an amalgamation of Sonic Underground, some of the Sonic games, Sonic X & a couple things I found from interesting in the comics & decided to add it. I don't read the comics the only comic I read was the Sonic Universe one were it was just Shadow doing stuff for his job then showing a preview of Lara(Knuckles's daughter) at the end. Any bits from the comics are stuff I found at some point & worked into this.(I at one point added Zonic & made implications to Scourge but took them out cause it wasn't working out)

Some stuff is getting reworked/edited, a lot of this is a work in progress at points.

Feel free to ask about stuff involving this AU, I might not be fully able to answer stuff but I can try

Previews of Sonic; Sonic during Sonic Underground, Sonic near the end of Sonic Underground & modern Sonic(outfit inspired by Miku Hatsune's Sonic outfit)

I'm not good at drawing Sonic characters in more mobian proportions unless I draw a human next to them

Links for stuff

Just stuff tagged for this on my blog - LINK

Posts about parts of the AU - Sonic Underground | Sonic 06(Post game)

Sketch refs (These are in not in order past when I decide to upload them to Tumblr)

Scrapped ideas - Zonic | Scourge

Old stuff - Old Silver & Venice refs(with a side of old designs & old vers of fankids) | Solaris Twins(Mephiles & Iblis) | Sally & Sally Jr Acorn(Slight spoilers & so much rambling) | All my old Lara the Echidna Bat Sketches | Comics/sketches from the predecessor to the Lost Prince AU(Contains content from when I was in middle school & high school, spoilers for the original version that are slight spoilers to the current/update version & questioning what I was on at the time)

#sonic the hedgehog #sonic au #Lost Prince AU #my writing

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scumbag-the-hedgehog · 1 year

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‘Ship Bias’ // hee hoo :3c

Ship Bias

Scourge x Bunnie

I had absolutely no idea I would actually like this - and comic canon had actually left me kind of averse to it - until it sort of accidentally happened with Burning and now the dynamic is incredibly fun where it's this semi-toxic casual arrangement where Bunnie is the one who wears the pants.

Scourge x Knuckles

Lee's sold me on this one - it's Spicy Soknux, where the "Sonic" gets Knuckles to loosen up a little except it's Scourge's version of "loosening up" and that doesn't really entail a positive development and probably involves a lot of stoking the flames of resentment. Also a lot of "kiss with a fist" action and that good old fashioned "enemies to lovers" dynamic.

Scourge x Mephiles (Or Any Kind of Faustian Bargain)

Thought about this a bit and I think about those little moments in 06 where Mephiles will like, make an offer to Shadow to do the whole "we can rule together" thing or otherwise turn his back on the world in an act of revenge and naturally Shadow, being the principled person who's gone through the events of SA2, Heroes, and Shadow to come out of it someone sure of who he is, roundly rejects the offer.

Scourge would not be so principled. He would collaborate with a world-destroying entity or outright let it share his body if he thought that it might potentially mean he can stop feeling so inferior all of the time. Basically I'm pitching a corruption arc that might also involve overpowered fusion bullshit.

Scourge & Maria (Platonic)

Friendships are a form of ship! And Scourge will always and forever be caught off guard by a girl who's genuinely kind and nice to him. Love redemption arcs and Scourge getting to be a positive mentor figure - even if said mentorship involves some petty crimes but those are just charming. A fake "corruption arc" where Maria gets a leather jacket and a familiarity with graffiti while Scourge gets a friendship bracelet and someone he genuinely wants to protect.

#galaxofmuses #{ooc}「mun sez」#{ask answered}「we’re conducting business here」

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detectivenyx · 8 months

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interested as i am in sonic x shadow generations and a potential go-over of some of shadow's ideas, the very concept honestly seems incongruous with his arc.

and yeah, i know. who cares about a twenty year old character arc. but shadow the hedgehog (2005) was the ultimate confrontation with his past that was meant to have him come to terms with his origins, what he was built for, and what the people around him, particularly maria, died for. all meant to culminate in him beating the shit out of his remaining dad and moving on to the future which was not subtly laid out in the song literally titled 'never turn back' with lyrics that while good with a sick ass musical riff, aren't very subtle. like damn the song's very much about 'holy shit the trauma i went through was horrific, but i am going to move forward from it'. and to be honest, he did, even when mephiles tried to prod at that wound in 06 by implying shadow should hate humanity for what they did to maria and what they would do to him in future. like sonic 06 is a flaming pile of shit but everyone keeps saying 'if the world chooses to become my enemy, i will fight like i always have' is a raw ass quote and it's the response shadow gives after mephiles' prodding all through his story.

but kind of even in the configuration of generations, it like. doesn't really gel well with this and almost makes his entire character development pointless because you are turning back to the very thing you said you would never turn back to. you have to do it again. and 'they're doing it because humans often say they'll never turn back and then do' seems unlikely compared to the much more likely 'sega wants money and saw shadow the hedgehog was going through a surge of re-appreciation and they could take a break from union busting to prop him up as a little marionette to dance for the fans'.

and i mean, come on, the game's also literally called 'sonic x shadow generations' which given sonic team's remarketing as one of the few successful Hip Relatable Brands (by mostly appealing to autistic people who are stuck in unemployment and reminisce about the time where sonic free riders didn't immediately throw out their back), they absolutely did as a marketing ploy

#also it seems to just be a generations expansion which. definitely a choice to make an expansion to a 13 year old sonic game #but i think that doesn't capitalise on the one thing i thought shadow the hedgehog executed pretty well #i.e the morality-based routes that weren't either of the two common pitfall ways to do them #(either 'it barely affects the run at all' or 'the good route feels like the real one and the bad one feels like you fucked something up')#implementing that wouldn't fix the fundamental problem of retreading shadow's character arc because it will make sega profits #but it would be something. im sad that that doesn't get implemented into more games. some of them even actually good.#also to clarify: i'm an autistic person stuck in unemployment reminiscing about the time where sfr didn't throw out my back

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twisting-echo · 2 years

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Twisting-Echo's Sega Sonic Ship Chart

I want to start by saying that I was a weird kid and I'm a multishipper, so I like a lot of STH ships; there is no ship that I hate. Sadly, if I were to let myself be myself, this whole chart would become an unreadable mess of multicolored lines and curves.

This Is My Favorite: My favorites are Sonic x Elise (Sonelise) Knuckles x Sara (Knuxara/Knuxsara) Shadow x Maria (Shadaria) Tails x Maria (Taiaria/Tailsmari) Rouge x Topaz (Roupaz) Mephiles x Maria (Mephilia) Metal Sonic x Maria (Metal Sonmaria) Sliver x Blaze x Amy (Silvazamy) Silver x Blaze (Silvaze) Blaze x Amy Blazamy) Silver x Amy (Silvamy) Big x My friend @javelin505's oc

Chris Thorndyke x Dave the Intern (Davis) Eggman x Katella the Intergalactic Huntress (Eggtella)

I Like This: Vector x Vanilla (Vectilla) Cream x Charmy (Chaream) Fang x Elise (Fangelise) Bark x Maria (Barkmari/Barkaria) Bean x Sara (Beansara/Beanara) Espio x Elise (Espielise) Espio x Sara (Espisara) Espio x Molly (Espiolly) Jet x Elise (Jetelise) Storm x Maria (Stormaria) Wave x Sara (Waveara) Ray x Marine (Rayrine) Ray x Tangle (Rangle) Honey x Mighty (Mightoney) Omega x Maria (Omegaria) Cosmo x Tikal (Cosmikal) Shade X Tikal (Tikade) Tiara Boobowski x Madonna (Tiadonna) Tikal x Chaos (Tikaos) Maria x Gadget (Gadaria) Maria x Infinite (Infimari) Elise x Others 😏 Sara x Others 😏 Maria x Others 😏 Elise x Zor (Zorelise) Sara x Zaza (Zazzsara) Maria x Zavok (Zavaria) Sonic x Knuckles (Sonuckles) Sonic x Shadow (Sonadow) Sonic x Sara (Sonsara) Sonic x Maria (Sonmaria) Sonic x Amy (Sonamy) Amy x Elise (Amelie) Sonic x Amy x Elise (Sonamelise) Knuckles x Shadow (Knuxadow) Shadow x Amy (Shadamy) Shadow x Amy x Rouge (Shadougamy) Eggman x Ella (Eggella) Knuckles x Rouge (Knuxouge) Shadow x Rouge (Shadouge) Blaze x Rouge (Blazouge) Rouge x Amy (Rougamy) Blaze x Elise (Blazelise) Wave x Rouge (Wavouge) Wave x Blaze (Blazave) Elise x Maria (Marielise/Marelise) Amy x Maria (Amyria) Metal Sonic x Sara (Metal Sonsara) Chris Thorndyke x Sonic (Sonchris) Tails x Zooey (Tailsey) Tails x Amy (Tailsamy) Tails x Cream (Tailsream) Rouge x Manic (Manouge) Espio x Sonia (Espionia) Cream x Marine (Maream) Starline x Maria (Staria)

It's Okay: Chip x Maria (Chiparia) (They are so cute!) Chip x Sara (Chipsara) Chip x Blaze (Chipaze/Hot Chocolate) Chip x Amy (Chipamy) Chip x Topaz (Chipaz) Chip x Rouge (Chipouge) (Chip really likes the ladies) Espio x Shade (Espade) Tails x Cosmo (Tailsmo) Fang x Rouge (Fanouge) Shadow x Tails (Shadails) Eggman x Sara (Eggsara) Eggman x Elise (Eggelise) Knuckles x Amy (Knuxamy)

This chart belongs to @fini-mun

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venomomega196 · 2 years

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I really love this idea is still very interesting.❤️

#sonic #sonic the hedgehog #sega #mephiles #mephiles the dark #maria #maria robotnik #love #mephiles x maria #maria x mephiles #mepharia #shadow

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ninjapotatohead · 2 years

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What Ruined Shadow: The Downfall of an Amazing Character

I will be analyzing Shadow's peak characterization in the Adventure/Dark Era and the steady decline in the Meta Era.

During this analysis, I will explain how Shadow went from being a likeable, well written and relatable character in the 2000's, to a truly detestable character in the 2010's.

I will focus mainly on Shadow's characterization in the games, since I haven't watched the cartoons in a long time (I will make it a point to rewatch them all eventually though), and my knowledge of the comics is limited at best, but from what I've read of the comics, Pre-Reboot Archie Shadow's characterization is really good, Reboot Archie Shadow is just as much of a piece of shit as the Boom/Pontaff version of the character is, and IDW Shadow, while he's not exactly as bad as he is in Reboot-Archie/Meta Era/Boom, I still hate how stupid he can be sometimes, and that really showed in the Zombot arc.

I haven't watched Sonic X in a long time, but from what I remember, Shadow's portrayal in the show was similar to that of his game counterpart. As for Boom Shadow... I'll explain my stance on him later.

Shadow's Four Game Arc

Shadow is the only character in the Sonic series I know of whose character arc happened over the course of four games, starting with SA2 and ending in 06.

In SA2, Shadow believes he is destined to exact revenge on humanity for killing his best friend, Maria, but then the memory of Maria's true wish (to protect humanity) made him realize the error of his ways, so he sacrifices himself to save humanity from the ARK falling towards Earth.

He wasn't the villain of this story, he was the misunderstood hero. He wasn't edgy, he was just traumatized, depressed, and didn't really know how to make friends. Shadow has been through A LOT of trauma, such as losing his best friend Maria, and nearly dying when he fell from the Space Colony ARK. His backstory and redemption arc in SA2 remain one of the powerful, well-written and emotional narratives in the entire Sonic franchise in my opinion.

Due to fan demand, SEGA brought Shadow back in Sonic Heroes, albeit with amnesia. He teams up with Rouge and Omega in hopes of learning the truth about his past. This isn't really an arc, but the setup for an arc in the next game. His close friendship with Rouge and Omega is definitely a highlight though.

Shadow's characterization in his solo game is overhated and greatly misunderstood in my opinion. Sure, he did act out of character at times, but in this case, it was understandable, since he had amnesia and his mental health worsened after he left Team Dark at the end of Heroes. In the canon ending of the game, Shadow regains his memories and saves the planet from the Black Arms, then he comes to terms with his past and decides to start a new future.

Contrary to popular belief, The Meta Era Shadow isn't based off of this game, but rather a flanderized version on the Internet that came from this game. In the actual game however, Shadow is nothing like his Meta Era counterpart. His characterization in ShTH is so greatly misunderstood, that it spawned the worst version of the character we could have possibly gotten. I wish more people could understand Shadow's characterization in his solo game as well as I do.

Shadow's characterization in 06 is widely regarded as one of his best portrayals in the entire series, and it's not hard to see why. They absolutely perfected him in this game. At one point, Mephiles taunts Shadow with his future, telling him that humanity will one day turn on him, but Shadow doesn't care because he had already reconciled with his past in the previous game, and he has since chosen to move forward and stay focused on the present, thus reinforcing the theme of 06's narrative. And the ending is just perfect, showing us how much Shadow has grown and changed and it shows us the one thing that will never change about him is his will to fight.

In conclusion, I absolutely love Shadow's characterization in 06 because of how much it's really helped to develop Shadow's character more, and it truly ended his amazing four game arc on a high note.

Shadow's Characterization In Other Adventure/Dark Era Games

Before we discuss the downfall of Shadow's character in the 2010's, here are a few honorable mentions:

I don't remember Sonic Battle's story all that well to be honest, but from I do remember, Shadow was written similar to how he was in SA2.

His characterization in the Sonic Rivals duology was fairly decent for the most part, and I liked his relationship with Metal Sonic in Rivals 2.

Sir Lancelot in Black Knight is a well written character, and he certainly acted more like Shadow than any of the recent portrayals did, but I count him as an AU counterpart of Shadow, not Shadow himself.

Shadow's Character Assassination

Shadow's character derailment began in Sonic Free Riders when Kirk Thornton started voicing him, and it only got worse when Pontaff started writing him in every game from Colors onwards. At this point, Shadow became EXACTLY what the Internet thought he was: an edgy, arrogant prick who likes to call Sonic "faker", thinks he's better than everyone else, and hates friendship.

He didn't really do much in Colors DS and Generations, so I don't have much to say about his characterization in those games. However, his line in Generations really makes me cringe, because it just demonstrates how much Kirk Thornton sucked as Shadow:

The Sonic Boom games, as well as the cartoon of the same name, basically took all of Meta Era Shadow's worst traits and cranked them up to eleven, to the point of making him an outright villain. Boom Shadow is a one dimensional high school bully who straight-up INSULTS Sonic and his loyalty to his friends, even though the Shadow I know values friendship and is a hero with a dark, tragic past.

This bastardized version of Shadow is the ANTITHESIS of Shadow's character, and one of the many reasons why I hate the Sonic Boom universe as a whole. My anger at how badly they fucked up his character still persists to this day. I know Sonic Boom is meant to be an alternate universe separate from the main series, but that's not a valid excuse to turn Shadow into an one dimensional edgelord for literally NO reason. If you're going to drastically alter a character's personality for a different universe, at least give them a good reason to be that way. Can Shadow be an evil asshole in an alternate universe? Yes, but only if he is given a good reason to be, but Boom Shadow is just a high school bully without a reason to be that way.

Out of all of Shadow's portrayals in the mainline games, Sonic Forces is the easily the worst. He basically murdered Infinite's entire squad, and then he proceeds to beat up Infinite and make fun of him, calling him "worthless", which Infinite somehow interprets as Shadow calling him "weak".

This is VERY out of character for Shadow. You would think that Shadow of all people would know that killing the only people you have a close relationship with will not end well. And because of what happened to Maria, I don't believe he would ever do such a thing. Overall, I see Shadow killing Infinite's squad and then making fun of Infinite as character assassination. Infinite suffering trauma from that makes sense, but Shadow being the cause... No.

Shadow's portrayal in Team Sonic Racing wasn't any better, as he only cared about winning against Sonic in a race to prove he's better than him.

Also, there's this petty argument between Sonic and Shadow that drags on for far too long (ten levels to be precise!). Basically, the argument was: Sonic suspects Shadow is working for Eggman (even though he hasn't done that since SA2, but ok), Shadow says he's just here to race (fair), Sonic taunts him, then they race (seems somewhat normal so far), but then they just argue over it afterwards? WTF?

In another cutscene, Silver was like, "Oh no, Eggman's working with Dodon Pa" and Tails goes, "Oh no! Can't do anything right now though, Sonic and Shadow are having a petty argument. Maybe later". Like, what?

They even yell at Rouge at one point too for interrupting them, that's how petty it is. I mean, what the hell? Aren't Shadow and Rouge supposed to be friends? What happened to their close relationship in the Adventure/Dark Era titles?

Well, according to SEGA, Shadow, Rouge and Omega are no longer friends; now they're just co-workers who, as a team, are semi functional at best. What the hell, SEGA?

A big part of what made Team Dark great in the first place was their close friendship with one another, and how much they love and care for each other despite their hard pasts. Team Dark without their close-knit friendship and introvert bonding doesn't feel right to me, and it really sucks that Ian Flynn won't allow Shadow to have friends because of SEGA's BS mandates.

My Final Thoughts

Overall, I believe Shadow is one of the most misunderstood Sonic characters ever. He was a hero at best in Heroes and 06, and an anti-hero in misguided situations like his solo game and SA2. He was never a full on villain until Kirk Thornton started voicing him and Pontaff started writing him. It's as if SEGA just looked at the memes made by people who don't even like Shadow (or the Sonic franchise in general), took them at face value, and made that his entire character. Honestly, I feel sorry for newer fans who were only exposed to the Boom/Pontaff version of Shadow and never got to see the real Shadow. He was once a great, deep character with a beautiful four game arc (SA2, Heroes, ShTH and 06) and an amazing personality and motive, now he's just a brooding, friendless edgelord with little to no personality beyond "fuck all of you, I wanna win, friendship is stupid". I wish newer fans could have access to the older games, so they can experience all these great, powerful and emotional storylines and to see Shadow for what he really is: a selfless hero who protects humanity and cares about his friends and people who side with him. He stands thoroughly by his own beliefs and goals, he does what’s right, and he’s arguably one of the most sympathetic characters in the franchise if you really think about it.

SEGA really needs to get Shadow's character right in the next game. Otherwise, pop culture will continue to believe those memes, which will result in more people failing to understand Shadow as a character. Shadow is a good person deep down, which is why it always annoys me to see him portrayed as that stereotypical edgy persona that some people see him as. The Shadow I know speaks and acts with reason and defends what he holds dear. I really hope that Shadow will go back to the way he was in the 2000's, even if the possibility of that happening is pretty much slim to none. Is there hope that Shadow will ever go back to how he used to be before Pontaff ruined him? Maybe. Only time will tell.

Way to conveniently leave out a wealth of Shadow's scenes from the same games you yourself listed because acknowledging them would go against your narrative.

• Shadow was basically a cocky bastard in both the Rivals games and towards the end of his own episode in Sonic Battle. Plus, if his lines in the Riders games are any indication, he's still just as arrogant as ever.

• Heroes has Shadow literally talking down to Team Sonic, and (in true Sonic Heroes fashion) starts a fight with them when they're both after what they believe is Eggman.

• Shadow's self-titled game has a number of moments where it really seems the dude's lost his sense of self-preservation along with his memory. Need I mention...

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• Any good scenes in 06 are massively undercut by Sonic 06... being Sonic 06. A few "good" scenes doesn't absolve that game's plot from being terrible (especially when every character is an idiot).

• The Rivals games had pretty much everyone (Shadow included) being as competitive with each other as possible, just like in Heroes. Rivals 2 has Shadow barking orders at Metal just to stop N'Eggman from waking up Totally-Not-Iblis. Also, there's the scene where where all Sonic does is ask Shadow for more information about what's going on. Shadow's response? To beat the shit out of him, of course.

Even when the stakes are rising, Shadow and Sonic are still butting heads; trying to outdo the other.

• Literally, the only Sonic game Pontaff actually wrote themselves was Lost World... a game where Shadow is literally nowhere to be seen. Stop capping.

• Free Riders, much like a lot of Sonic racing games, is a very lighthearted low-stakes affair. Shadow's not a villain in that game either. Again, stop capping.

• Kirk's voice has absolutely nothing to do with Shadow's characterization. At all. Your obvious hard-on for the previous voice actors is obvious.

• SEGA themselves have been portraying Shadow as an arrogant dickhead ever since his inception, really. Hell, even Ian Flynn intended to have Shadow be characterized as such from the very beginning (contrary to what Sonic News Network would have you believe).

• Shadow, contrary to what the hive-mind has deluded itself into believing, is an introvert for all intents and purposes. He doesn't show his emotions in a conventional manner, nor is he a chatterbox (see also Colors DS and Sonic Forces).

• Like I've said numerous times, TSR is no different from a LOT of racing games in the franchise. Hell, in Rivals 2, Shadow tells Rouge that N'Eggman is after the Chaos Emeralds, but then Rouge goes back on Sjadow trusting her with said information and refuses to disclose who exactly hired Rouge to collect the things to begin with. Your obvious tunnel-vision is obvious.

• For the last time...

In conclusion, you're full of shit, just like everyone else who unironically misuses the "Meta Era" terminology.

#spud's inbox #sonic series #shadow the hedgehog

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south-sea · 10 months

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ask game stuff yahooo

1. Why do you like or dislike this character?

baby's first favorite character ever. i think. definitely the first one who properly stuck with me, anyway. thank you 4kids reruns of the SA2 arc of Sonic X burning certain parts of those episodes into my brain for the rest of eternity. it has been almost nineteen years and my attachment to him never really went away.

i don't know how to describe it other than i was just endlessly fascinated by him as a kid. these days it's about gradually discovering and exploring ways his backstory and company has an impact on him as a person, and how it might differ depending on those circumstances.

4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?

i would say he's fine right where he's at, but that's a trick answer considering in my AU that means "literally anywhere, since it's the multiverse". maybe that's just the answer; he's hard to imagine tied down to any one specific place.

maybe the closest equivalent then would be the game Starbound? but if i had to pick something still in-universe for him, i want a still-pixel remake of Sonic Battle with him included. like just keep all the other assets the same and add him onto the playable roster with a new story arc and such.

9. Could you be roommates with this character?

easiest thing in the world. he's a very well-mannered quiet little guy. usually. and i mean he's already been living rent free in my head for nearly nineteen years already so what's the difference,

13. What's an emoji, an emoticon and/or any symbol that reminds you of this character or you think the character would use a lot?

i don't know about emojis, but metal in the context of second chance au canonically sends the most bizarre memes and such only he really understands the intention behind.

like metal. buddy. what the hell does any of this mean

14. Assign a fashion aesthetic to this character.

you're going to have to wait 1-3 business days for the drawn response to a similar ask game prompt anon

21. If you're a fic writer and have written for this character, what's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? What's something you don't like?

love love love writing from metal's point of view and how his manner of processing information influences the narrative style/generally just how he sees the world. the sky is blue because that's the way light works, and it is not pretty, etc. everything's always just about the science and logic.

shadow's narrative style is not very unique by comparison. it's more about the implications and nuances in her actions rather than about internal thoughts. i guess it just comes down to the fact i don't have to think too hard about writing for him.

there's nothing i particularly dislike when it comes to writing for either of them.

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

way back when, i didn't have the full picture of SA2, only what those Sonic X episodes showed, so my understanding of shadow was that i didn't understand him at all. i couldn't wrap my head around what his motives were, didn't have a good grasp on his character traits, hardly even knew who maria was, and that fascinated me. he was the ultimate mystery.

in a way, that's still true when i look at canon shadow, but not in a particularly good way. i see inconsistencies and loopholes and frankly prefer to just turn away and look at the interpretations that make sense to me, like SA2, Battle, Rivals, and 06. hence "semi-modern" being what he is.

for metal, my first introduction to him was the OVA. and all i have to say about that is looking back, it's pretty clear where my appreciation for robotic characters came from, among certain other relevant trends. the amount of narrative nuance/angst/exploration that can fit into one little guy is impressive. now i just want him to be content if nothing else.

mephiles is probably the weirdest one on the list, seeing as my first time seeing him was in the 06 fandub. so i latched onto the parody interpretation first, even ending up with my own before anything else (that would be ros). i've done some dabbling in canon, and like all stories, i end up invested in my own little corner of what-ifs that got away from me completely. and now the character i view as "mephiles" vs their canon counterpart is still different, for completely different reasons now.

it's probably safe to say i never fully had a chance to appreciate canon mephiles for what he is, and instead kept rerouting into parodies and eventually AU elements so much i doubt my appreciation for canon mephiles as a concept even really counts. i'm more invested in everything but canon mephiles. which is not to say i dislike him in canon or anything, i just never had a chance to interact with him firsthand so to speak.

i don't think my versions are "better" or "should be considered canon" or whatever. using the foundation already there but exploring my own story routes/backstory elements/etc is just how my brain works when it comes to staying invested in a character.

#sea answers #i don't know if this is all the same anon but i figured this format would be better than lots of separate posts #kissing you on the mouth anon(s) mwah thank you

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