#sure she helped save the world in sa2 but she sent a boy to his death

[luv-again]

ooohhh WAIT

if I do write said prologue and epilogue for this piece, I could highlight/acknowledge the theme/gimmick surrounding choice. bc shadow 05 is all abt choice. choosing to help, choosing to destroy or abandon or go your own way. shadow, reflective of the 05 story or not, is a character all abt agency

each stage, shadow has an option, a choice to be making. and in this piece in particular, he began with one, only to choose another and he has to navigate the emotional and moral consequences of that subsequent. especially in this directed path of shadow choosing to side with black doom and carry out his evil bidding in both the previous stages

he is going to be left wondering why. that the minute black doom leaves him alone, the minute he thinks he can search for an answer on his own- he chooses to assist a girl he may not remember in finding/saving her friends. why he felt compelled to selflessness over selfishness

and little does he know it, amy has the exact same effect as she did before. subconsciously coercing him back into the light. to once again see the brighter side - the payoff that can come from being gentle and kind