#its just so sad

[wojtekaneko]

That's how it went

[punkinspice]

Ok I feel like we don't often address the real tragedy of the ARK enough. This was a decades long government funded project where families lived. Where scientists were told that this was a safe place to come and figure out how to better humanity. Shadow himself was ultimately created to be a cure for disease and possibly immortality. To help bring hope to Earth!

There's also a high chance that GUN had secretly assigned certain scientists, Gerald included, to make the Ultimate Lifeform or rather the Ultimate Weapon because yeah sure, fear of the Black Arms for when they invade, but also probably more to control humanity if needed.

The invasion of the ARK is horrible in that everyone on that spaceship was executed, minus the small handful of survivors, but honestly to me, watching Maria die in front of him isn't the most tragic part about Shadow's experience. Who knows how long it was before he was captured by GUN after Maria sent him down to Earth. Maybe a few hours? maybe a day or two tops?

Shadow was captured by those who wanted him made, experimented on him against his will, Gerald snapped and messed with his brain and altered his memories to the point of becoming that Ultimate Weapon and exacting someone else's revenge on humanity. and then GUN called it all off, executed Gerald, and now without having a way to dispose of Shadow, locked him away in cryo-sleep for 50 years. (but they also kept him as a fail safe to be the Ultimate Weapon when needed)

When Shadow is awakened by Eggman, these things are still very fresh on his mind. To him this has all happened to him like it was yesterday. He didn't have the time or space to process all that had actually happened to him and it more than explains the actions he was doing the whole of SA2. And considering everything that he was going through, the fact that he was able to forgive at the end and undo and overcome the wrong he began to instigate in the first place? It really speaks to the true character of Shadow.

And honestly I could go on on how the rest of the series and Shadow's character arcs have been on his grieving process and that yeah, you do have a lot of set backs and there's probably still so much of that old programming and memories that Gerald messed with that I think he's still trying to sort out how much of it was true or not.

There's just.... so much there...

[slinkiis]

thinking about how mono canonically had a crush on six in LN2 which means he, not only, got stuck in a time loop forever when six dropped him, but had to live in that time loop forever knowing that the person he trusted and cared for the most ends up betraying him

[raddestrose]

The bros, I can’t. It’s just so sad

[takethebodymarc]

stupid men and their stupid choices im punching you real hard

[motryaa]

I really need advice from someone older but like???? I can't ask my parents, I don't have any older siblings, and all my friends are relatively my age and???? It's just so????? Bad????? I feel sort of hopeless yk but mostly stupid

[minhosimthings]

What's worse than dying you ask?

Dying in your lover's arms as they hold you so tight and you can't wipe their tears, hold their hands, bury their head in the crook of your neck or comfort them when they need it the most

[blinder-secrets]

was sitting eating lunch and suddenly got a thats so raven style flashback of ruby dying . like what the fuck... my heart just fell out my chest

[residentsocialfailure]

So that last episode of Good Omens killed me. I need to go cry for a little while excuse me.

[masadd]

every friday i gotta cry to time machine reprise at least once

[vanishingcherry]

everyone needs to go listen to charles's single right now cause i swear im gonna cry (hes not singing its just music but the music will kill me)

[thatdesistreet]

nothing pains you more than not being able to say yes when your bestfriend confesses his feelings for you

[purposefully-lost]

I think for slightly too long about Rabbit and Alex playing together in the woods as kids and I just start crying

[soldierboys]

giffing every dean and emma scene btw

[518062]

you already know what i’m gonna say. Jos Verstappen’s A+ Parenting gang

one thing i adore about fandom is the “[bad parent]’s A+ parenting” tag on ao3. it’s so universal and so sarcastic and it makes me giggle every time i see it

[anotherpapercut]

I don't really think it's fair to dismiss the idea that that guy might have been framed for killing the CEO as like an unfounded conspiracy theory when NYPD has a proven history of planting/fabricating evidence on people. in 2011 there was a massive investigation of the NYPD and hundreds of cases against people were dismissed after a former police officer testified that they literally have a name for planting evidence on people: flaking. you cannot be out here acting like considering the possibility that cops who do this shit under normal circumstances might possibly also do it when they're under intense global pressure and scrutiny is the same as republicans thinking democrats run a secret pedophile ring in the basement of a pizza restaurant