#but yea the most important thing to remember here is that spacetime is kinda just a way to explain 4th dimensional space

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Hi!!👋 I’m very excited to say that I believe this is not cloning but within the normal scope of his powers!!! Because of physics!!! Let me explain just a little (also im new to the fandom/ not an astrophysicist so do let me know if theres any grievous holes in my reasoning)

So, all of this is hinging off of the Sonic the Hedgehog: Official Game Guide (2006) which says on Silver’s tutorial page “"The Teleport Dash is a psychic jump that warps space”

Now there isn’t actually a ‘fabric of space’ to warp buuut im pretty sure they’re referring to the fabric of spacetime. Which works in our favor here! See, you cant separate the fabric of spacetime into space And time, they’re irrevocably connected.

(Oh and im just assuming that if this aspect of his power is done by warping spacetime, than it stands to reason other aspects do too)

Now, everything related to spacetime is quite convoluted, so I’m going to be glossing over things a LOT. But if anyone wants me to try and explain everything more, just ask and i can write smth up :)

So, what im thinking is possible (stretching the rules ofc, bc our current understanding of spacetime pretty much disallows any form of influencing it) is that Silver is warping spacetime to allow us to see these past ‘hims’ in the present (pretty close to time travel, which is why i included @detectiveluckys comment).

Its a similar concept to how the light of our stars is not from the present, but rather millions of years in the past (is that a well-known fact? Idk) I’m also drawing off the phenomenon where stars extremely close to the sun appear to be positioned somewhere they’re not- their light cones are being warped by the sun’s gravity (think of it like how a straw’s position in a cup of water appears different than it actually is, because the light is being warped.)(that metaphor doesn’t hold too much weight, but it can help you visualize whats going on with the stars)

Notice how Silver first goes to each spot before he appears to duplicate himself. He could be warping his light cones (himself) from a couple seconds ago so that it appears he’s in a different spot than he currently is. Repeat this another time and now you have three Silvers!

Does that make any sense? Again, i can go more in depth on all of the foundational concepts, it would just make this a much longer post lol

in Silver’s special move for the trampolines he does a bunch of flips and teleports in the air and then splits himself into three copies. Silver just has cloning powers i guess