#Space Colony Ark

[theknucklehead]

The first episode of the Shadow Generations prequel is out, and all I can say

me seeing Shadow and Maria together, her so sweet and innocent, knowing full well what is inevitably going to happen to her, this is pretty much all I can do:

[calista-222]

Bringing some happy memories home ✨

[lamemummy59]

I want this baby publicly executed

rbs very appreciated!!!

[ratrrriot]

A song you forgot.

small comic of the Ark siblings and a sequel to that drawing i made of them listening to music.

It says it in the first page but still: song is Sweet happy life,specifically Peggy Lee's version from 1966. It has absolutely nothing to do with SA2 but i feel like its the kind of song that Maria would have liked at the time: https://open.spotify.com/track/4QJ1F5dFjDTnoHgew9cdRr?si=fwqd_aYGQtqoVvGtECtFGw

[mogosketchpad]

someone cheer this boy up!!

[astradella]

The phrase “big brother shadow au” won’t leave my head

[etaleah]

Seems like there are some headcanons about Shadow being tortured or otherwise mistreated/abused by Gerald and the other scientists, so naturally there’s folks saying, “There’s no evidence for it! That never happened!”

But here’s the thing: there’s more than one kind of torture. And I would argue there’s more evidence than you’d think.

When we think about torture, our brains tend to default to the most extreme examples, like water boarding and cracking a whip, but those aren’t the only ways to torture somebody. It’s worth remembering that Gerald literally implanted false memories into Shadow’s brain. He made it so that Shadow could not trust his own memory. His own head was lying to him. He thought an altered memory of Maria was real. How is screwing with someone’s memory and mind like that not a form of torture?

It’s also worth remembering that Gerald Robotnik and presumably his research team were VERY willing to cross or at least bend ethical lines to get what they wanted. They were willing to make a literal deal with the devil, potentially sacrificing all of humanity in the process. They did the same thing that the parents in My Sister’s Keeper did, create a living being with the intention of saving another living being, without any thought to how the created living being would feel about that. Gerald refers to Shadow as “It” in his diary in SA2, revealing that he did not see him as a person. And this is without even getting into the fact that Gerald was crazy enough to blow up the whole world because of what a few military folks did. A plan that would have gotten Shadow killed too and almost did, not that he cared.

You’re telling me that guy wouldn’t have been willing to medically abuse Shadow and insist it was justified because Maria?

To me, the most interesting what-ifs about Shadow being mistreated on the Ark are situations where he doesn’t know he’s being mistreated, because he trusts the people around him to have his best interests at heart, since at this point he has very limited life experience and doesn’t think he has any reason not to.

Do I think Gerald or the scientists ever took off their belts and beat him? No. There wouldn’t have been any reason for that and Shadow wouldn’t have allowed it. But do I think they could have crossed a few more ethical lines during their tests and research on Shadow? Absolutely.

I could see them getting Shadow’s consent to do a blood test and then taking a little more blood than they actually needed to see what else they could do with it, not caring that it would weaken him or make him dizzy. I could see them telling Shadow that a procedure is for Maria’s cure when it’s actually for weapons development, or telling him something won’t hurt when it will, and then acting like they didn’t know. I could see them knowingly pushing Shadow past his limits during the testing/training and then insisting he just wasn’t trying hard enough. I could see them not offering him pain relievers even though he’s in pain because how else will they get an accurate measurement of the ultimate life form’s endurance and healing capabilities? And hey, what he doesn’t know won’t hurt him, right? They don’t have to tell him that pain relievers are an option.

You’d be surprised at how well abusive family members can hide their abuse. Sometimes they hide it so well that not even the victim knows they’re doing it.

And honestly? I think there’s a reason that, out of all the people who would have been on the Ark, Maria is the only person Shadow misses. I think there is definitely a reason he never mentions missing anyone else.

[superemeralds]

here it is, finally, my secret interior page for @sonicworldadventurezine

[therummesoccupied]

New headcanon: The reason Shadow hacks computers by just hitting em real hard is because he remembers Gerald sometimes smacking machines on the ARK when they weren't working right and thought that's just how technology worked

[sirpyes]

Goobers 😝😝😝

[fleabag-15]

resraw of that one sa2 scene snzzzz

[greyswarm]

I’m sure Shadow was kept a secret from most people on the ARK, but I still love the idea of everyone saying “there goes Maria and her weird dog again”

[lamemummy59]

Maria yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

rbs very appreciated ^_^

[alterchaos]

The story of how Shadow became adopted into the Robotnik family...

[jj-exe]

Sonic X Shadow Generations Mini Comic - Won't Let You Fall Twice

[risziarts]

Lavender candle