#i’m so sick of this angsty past-obsessed rival character they’ve reduced shadow to

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i need a frontiers extra story dlc where shadow is trapped in cyberspace and it just so happens that he’s stuck in ark and ends up completely losing it after a while. stuck there indefinitely with fragmented, painful memories, unsure if anything he’s ever done is right (again), no way out. and then after he breaks free (with the help of sonic, of course) he’s finally able to fully let go, and he and sonic have a heart to heart about everything. he wants to start moving forward rather than looking back, he wants to define himself by his future, not by his past. he wants to live freely in honor of maria. the black arms don’t matter, the amnesia doesn’t matter, the times he’s been tricked by eggman don’t matter. he just wants to be shadow. not a weapon, not a pawn, not the ultimate lifeform. just… shadow. and he hopes sonic can help him learn how to do that.

sega let my boy move on please i’m begging you.

#sonic #shadow the hedgehog #sonic the hedgehog #sonadow #ish?? these hedgehogs gay good for them #ell shut up #NO SPOILERS PLEASE I JUST FINISHED KRONOS #i will WRITE IT MYSELF IF I FUCKING HAVE TO #i’m so sick of this angsty past-obsessed rival character they’ve reduced shadow to #how are we supposed to see him as any kind of protagonist when his entire character is in opposition of the driving theme???? #like. live freely. help others. be your truest self #those are. the fucking themes of the franchise. #like. like that’s what sonic represents #and then there’s shadow who is an antihero yet he’s obsessed with the past and revenge and selfish goals #and he hasn’t been allowed to grow for SIXTEEN FUCKING YEARS #im gonna scream #i’ve been playing frontiers all day cuz i got it yesterday and i WANT MY BOY WHERE THE FUCK IS MY HEDGEHOG