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luv-again · 6 days ago

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ooohhh WAIT

if I do write said prologue and epilogue for this piece, I could highlight/acknowledge the theme/gimmick surrounding choice. bc shadow 05 is all abt choice. choosing to help, choosing to destroy or abandon or go your own way. shadow, reflective of the 05 story or not, is a character all abt agency

each stage, shadow has an option, a choice to be making. and in this piece in particular, he began with one, only to choose another and he has to navigate the emotional and moral consequences of that subsequent. especially in this directed path of shadow choosing to side with black doom and carry out his evil bidding in both the previous stages

he is going to be left wondering why. that the minute black doom leaves him alone, the minute he thinks he can search for an answer on his own- he chooses to assist a girl he may not remember in finding/saving her friends. why he felt compelled to selflessness over selfishness

and little does he know it, amy has the exact same effect as she did before. subconsciously coercing him back into the light. to once again see the brighter side - the payoff that can come from being gentle and kind

#bee blabs #but ofc amy isn't gonna know that #and she's probably gonna have a time grappling with the fact he's still alive #now that she can process his presence where she was unable to do in heroes #she might be dealing with more darkness than him tbh #bc I can only imagine how guilty she must have felt #sure she helped save the world in sa2 but she sent a boy to his death #and everyone refused to let her in on that information ??#I mean they didn't know it was her that convinced shadow but sonic one of the most grim there didn't tell her the truth #and she probably had to work it out on her own and then live with the fact that she signed his death warrant #but the world vs one kid ?? it'd still wreck her either way #bc ofc she'd want a possibility where no one but evil is harmed #and she didn't and never saw shadow as evil and deserving of death #he is lowkey one of her heroes #in the admiration sense as opposed to worship #man I can talk <//3 #I just have too many thoughts whizzing abt in my head rn

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