#maria runs

[maria-the-ghoul]

And again, Tumblr isn't letting me upload photos...

Guided run on Nike Run for a 5k.

5ish minutes running

2 mins walking

Lots of pausing due to issues

Hit the lap button early twice 🙃

Stomach issues (getting hit by a semi has fucked up my abdomen 🙃)

[niyana-the-ambiguous-mobian]

They are gonna need to stop with these two, I swear. It's going to end up hurting me more than than awe due to it at this point.

Also, is that a FRIENDSHIP BRACLET?!? DUDE IF SHADOW HAD ONE BECAUSE MARIA MADE HIM ONE-....

[chialattea]

It’s them….. the girls…

[tiniest-hands-in-all-the-land]

Played the Silent Hill 2 remake. Got the bad ending. Loved it (the game not the ending 😭😭😭)

[blahlahblash]

Day: 25 "Phobia"

Claustrophobia!

[couch-house]

the way maria talks to shadow in the flashback levels is sooo cute. she's so worried about her weird little brother. don't get hurt, shadow! be careful! this is dangerous!!

(maria.. you should let me attack the gun soldiers. you don't know what they're going to do to you... but i do. because this is a flashback level)

moar. sillies.

and the full canvas just bc. i love how my big canvases look sm. smile :)

[lavyoku]

[A mother's cradle.]

Alt below the cut :3

The children were nothing more than mere tools.

Lawd this has quite the spoiler for the AU, but considering my pace, it should be fine

Side note, this is BEFORE the Virtues even received their Soul Jams. I'm not really satisfied with their looks but I don't hate it so we're good.

[sonknuxadow]

one of my favorite things about shth is the whole system of getting to team up with other characters who follow you around and talk to you and stuff and how most of the main and supporting characters that existed at the time get in on it. its so fun getting to see how all of them interact with shadow its so cute how excited sonic is to team up with shadow and how charmy thinks shadow is the coolest guy ever and how sonic tails knuckles rouge and amy are all there to cheer shadow on in the final battle. people will tell you shadow doesnt have friends but this game tells me that he does actually

[sparkles-rule-4eva]

Maria wore little bracelets... just like any other little girl... 🥺 I love how much extra character she's been given this year

Help me, the ARK siblings content is both nourishing and destroying my soul

[underestimated-shadow]

Pop off, King!!!

[blueskywater-happiness]

I am confuse and a bit weary.

Sega of America Channel had posted an artwork describing the two as long lost siblings and in Shadow the Hedgehog Manual 2005 Maria sees Shadow as her brother.

Sega of Japan on the other hand embrace Shadaria, they even describe them as akin to Beauty and the Beast, save the katakana hashtag, and the official manga has Maria using daisuki to Shadow, common I love you trope for confessions in Manga and Anime.

Is there like a divide of lore between East and West fandom? I mean why are the two interpretations being split between Jp and America?

[hall0wedwyrm]

Something I've been thinking about since finishing Shadow Gens is how Black Doom and Gerald both speak about/to Shadow really differently... They're both Shadow's father in some way, but the differences between them is so much more clear now. Black Doom might be biologically related to Shadow, but Gerald is his real father.

Black Doom never saw Shadow as is son or child, but as a weapon and a vessel. BD sees the Greater in Shadow that he wants to see; The Perfect Black Arms soldier who would destroy the world with him. Even after being defeated and Shadow swearing to never follow him, BD tries to convince him using more force and either making Shadow join him, or 'be revived in him' (which... probably means taking over him and becoming Shadow...).

"You are truly my finest instrument! A testament to my bloodline! See yourself for who you really are!" <- this line from the final battle.

Gerald speaks to Shadow with so much more respect for his individuality. Its evident in how he regrets getting BD to help him at all, but also in the other dialogue (When Gerald asks Shadow not to share anything that could effect the timeline as it stands... my heart......). Gerald sees the potential of Shadow as a person, not just a project to save his granddaughter or to give to the Government. Shadow is his son, and he grew to care deeply about him.

"I am sorry that I put you on this path, Shadow. But I am proud of how you have walked it." <- this line from the scene before the battle w BD.

[clovreat3r]

TWO DAYS UNTIL DECEMBER WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[browniesnivy]

Harvest Moon 64 Memes

Been playing a lot of Harvest Moon 64 lately.

[marias-new-blog-ig]

Love it when I see fanart of stardew valley characters with nose or helix or facial piercings because like where are they getting those done. is there a secret piercing parlour in pelican town that we don't know bout. Is Harvey doing them

[lavyoku]

The Saintly Daughter's prayers for and to the Mother of Creation.

"Though the Eldest Daughter took the Holy Mother's teachings to heart, she had her doubts. But it was thanks to those very doubts that she was never once blindsided by codependency and conditional affection and attention, nor had the fabricated rose tinted view of the world and people, and thus spread those doubts to her fellow Virtues-to-be, people she would soon call her family."