#Shadow Gens Spoilers

[rainstarri]

wowie mephiles

[autisticshadowthehedgehog]

We don't want to be frozen in one place in time. Besides, your friends need your help.

[astrophysician]

don’t know which version i like better, just that i love shadow 🖤❤️

[molinaskies]

Shadow must be very conflicted about his feelings for Gerald Robotnik.

On the one hand, Shadow Gens made it abundantly clear that Shadow cares for him deeply. I feel like a lot of iterations of this story focus on Shadow’s love for Maria, but this time we get to see that for Gerald as well, which is nice. Gerald gave Shadow life and compassion. Shadow also evidently respects his knowledge, intellect, and authority.

On the other hand, Gerald (in a grief-induced rage) manipulated Shadow’s mind to carry out his revenge plan, corrupting his autonomy and (technically unknowingly) denying Maria her wish. Gerald also created the Biolizard, a being Shadow regards the existence of as very, very cruel, and kept it around long enough to use it for his final plan as a last resort failsafe. Not to mention the Black Arms, as a concept.

I think this is part of why Shadow was so attached to them in Shadow Gens. It wasn’t just Gerald, the man the world came to know as a monster. It was Gerald, the keen and benevolent, if somewhat misguided, scientist. It was a chance for Shadow to relive and reassess Gerald in a light untainted by his future mistakes.

And that was probably very therapeutic for him.

[raptorwozhere]

‼️MAJOR SHADOW GENERATIONS SPOILERS‼️

I need to talk about that final cutscene. I NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT FINAL CUTSCENE.

I think the most important part of Shadow and Maria’s conversation here is its ending.

When Maria tells Shadow that “if fate draws us apart, I know I will always be in your heart” his first instinct is to fight it, to tell her to “wait” so that he can think of a solution.

But he hesitates. He allows himself to process her words, after all like Rouge said Maria is the only one who could ever talk him down, and it makes him angry.

He’s angry because he’s listening to her.

He’s angry because he knows she’s right.

He’s angry because he doesn’t want her to be right.

And most importantly he’s angry at himself, that despite everything, despite knowing that this is the last time he will ever see her, he can’t bring himself to watch her go. Not again.

So he sprits off and doesn’t look back, immediately focusing himself on the task Maria has encouraged him to peruse. To help his friends. And the task he promised Maria he would undertake, to follow her wish for everyone to be happy.

I think deep down he knows that includes him too, and chasing after something he lost so long ago will only make that impossible.

He’s finally moving on and it hurts him. But he takes it head on like he always does.

Yet this time he lets himself cry. He lets himself hurt. He lets himself heal and let go.

He’s going to be ok now. Even if it hurts. He’s going to let himself move on now.

Because he knows now, without a doubt, that that’s what Maria wants for him.

[aggressivedaikons]

Screeching his wings are so cool ajdcuiherijncjinjinxqajmswximo

[phantomagn4]

'Cause now you're gone forever

I remember, how bright you shined on your own

[yakkety-yak-art]

I just realized shadow doesn’t have gloves on (and presumably might not have shoes on?) in this pic from Gerald’s journal when he leaves his pod for the first time and like. it makes sense that he wouldn’t be but also that never occurred to me lmao

[rainbow-beanie]

This is one of my favorite scenes, cause not only is it the first time we get to see such genuine emotion from shadow, which is definitely a plus, (stoic characters showing a wide variety of emotions than the norm my beloved)

But the genuine shock that filled his system once he saw Maria, and stays stock still even when she hugged him, not reciprocating it cause he either doesn’t know if she’s even real, or he’s still in a state of shock, could be both.

Man I love this game

[exar547]

HE'S SMILING HE'S SMILING HELLO??!???!!?

dude this game had me in a chokehold because like.. this is the most emotional and vulnerable we've ever seen Shadow in the main games and his reactions and dialogue in all these cutscenes are so interesting andRAAHHHHH

and don't even get me started about THIS scene.

[minilethe]

Shadow Generations destroyed me. how am i supposed to go about my life when this guy is spinning around in my brain and crying about his dead family.

Also still trying to find a style i like because i feel like im still in that weird in-between where i’m only halfway pleased with my doodles

(i have like 9 hours on my save file because im still trying to 100% the collection wish me luck)

[purple-eyesgreydragon]

I honor the end of the Year of Shadow and the coming end to the Year of the Dragon with this! Shadow the Hedgehog in the form of a mighty dragon!

Shadow Generations inspired me to make more forms for my other ultimate lifeform, Shred the Dragon.

Shadow and Shred were created together, but differently in hopes the alternate genetic routes would produce Maria's cure. The two of them thus became close and developed an unbreakable bond. Shadow was the first Shred used her wisp powers to give her powers too.

During Shadow Generations Shred gets forms based on her four different physical attributes. Strength, speed, swimming, and flying. But in these forms, her black arms side is amplified and her wisp side diminished. It's not impossible for her to use her hyper go ons though. However, Shred couldn't try giving her black arm form powers to anyone else without killing them. Given black arm dna is hazardous to other life forms.

Shadow being black arms as well, makes him the only one Shred can give her black arm powers too. When she does though, he doesn't get just one of her black forms' abilities. Shadow gets all her black arm powers at once. Their bond allows the two of them to go above and beyond what either could alone. Shadow could never become this powerful form without Shred, and she couldn't utilize all four of her black arm forms by herself.

Shadow may have lost his new black arm powers, but Shred didn't. It's harder for her to maintain them however. And to give all four with her diminished wisp side. The Black Dragon is very powerful, but cannot last forever. If they can't bring their enemy down fast enough, they'll both burn out. Unless they can go beyond and remove all their inhibitor rings, allowing the Shadow Dragon to remain a little while longer.

In this form Shadow gains another inhibitor rings to compensate for Shred's added chaos power.

[sarroora]

Please recommend me some high-quality Shadow and Maria-centric fanfics!

I’m in the mood to inhale some good stories for the ARK family, especially canon-compliant stuff and pre-GUN.

[raptorwozhere]

‼️MAJOR SHADOW GENERATIONS SPOILERS‼️

(For the final cutscene)

MY BOY FINALLY GOT CLOSURE!!!

“If fate draws us apart, I will always be in your heart”

[ghostie-gengar]

i finished shadow generations and i'm so normal. i'm so normal guys