#( if this post doesnt make sense im sorry FHGF )

[somewhereinchaos]

thinking about sonic movie 3..

i think the most important thing is to make sure shadow won’t become the same character as knuckles ( misguided loner who at first works for eggman but in the end he realizes his mistakes and becomes a part of the wachowski family ) bc that would be boring + it would overshadow knuckles’ character and his dynamic with sonic. knuckles is noble warrior who has a strong sense of duty and who had to survive on his own without a family since he was a child. so while he’s perfectly capable of doing things by himself he clearly values friends and has a hidden heart of gold ( seeing how he was disgusted by how eggman treated stone ) knuckles thinks everyone deserves respect and yes, he’s sometimes gullible and easily tricked because most of his life he was all alone so he doesn’t quite know how to read others. but he’s a good person who only did bad things because he was manipulated and i think the ending of sonic movie 2 was perfect because, and i can’t stress this enough, knuckles deserves to have his own family again.

now shadow… while we know he was manipulated into trying to destroy the earth, not many would even think about attempting something so extreme. did shadow really think a 12-year old girl would want everyone on the planet to die? well, if you think about how his entire world collapsed the moment GUN infiltrated the ARK and how deeply traumatized and full of grief he was, i think the only thing that made sense to him when he finally woke up was his broken memories and the new purpose gerald gave him. he’s obsessed with getting revenge and just cannot accept the fact that he can’t do anything about what happened 50 years ago so it’s easy for him to blame the entire human race. shadow’s gone through a lot of shit and he’s seen the worst side of humanity so it makes sense for him to attempt to do something so cruel ( and while he was a victim he’s also not completely innocent )

i really hope movie 3 understands that shadow expresses himself very differently. he’s calculated and subtle about many things, but his grief makes him cruel and violent. he doesn’t value honor or bonds with other people the same way as knuckles does. i know they have to be kid-friendly and there’s a possibility some things need to be changed ( or at the very least not show maria’s & gerald’s deaths ) but i hope they won’t tone him down too much.. or like.. misunderstand his character and just make him ‘edgy’ and silly.

seiko do you want shadow to be the main villain? absolutely. because that’s who he was in sa2 ( i wouldn’t mind if biolizard wasn’t included in the plot of the movie. ) i want him to be the one who manages to trick eggman and i’m not against the idea of eggman having to team up with sonic to take shadow down.

also i don’t see him as someone who would want to become a part of sonic’s family. i don’t think he would suddenly start trusting humans again or become very close friends sonic, tails or knuckles. i think shadow would want to ‘explore’ the planet and just.. have a moment to think about what he wants to do and become a silent protector of earth.