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Hyperfixation goes brrrr

Brb, sobbing uncontrollably over fictional hedgehogs with (C)PTSD

If the Shadow in SA2 was the original, it would explain why he was able to survive the fall back to earth at the end of the game. At the end of Shadow the Hedgehog (game) Eggman admitted to Shadow that he is the original as well. Which at the very least means he’s the original from all of the ones we see in Heroes and Shadow’s own game.

It’s not unheard of for other characters with similar strength to survive falling from space to a planet either, with Sonic doing it multiple times in Sonic X and it happening around the end of Sonic Colors. Probably some other games too that I’m forgetting rn

How long do you think Shadow was on earth when Maria sent him down in the escape pod before GUN captured him? There’s so much stuff abt Maria getting shot but I don’t see much discussion abt the immediate aftermath.. Being alone on an unfamiliar planet gotta be scary as fuck. Do we even know where the pod landed? Could’ve ended up in the ocean for all I know. If that were the case it’d make sense that he couldn’t hide from them

so the timeline and details between shadow getting launched from the ark and his reawakening on Prison Island are pretty vague and leave a lot up to interpretation.

timeline wise, it's unlikely that he was on earth for long before being found by GUN - my main reasoning for this is that pretty much every event regarding shadow's backstory is described as happening "50 years ago." the black comet's first arrival, shadow's creation, the GUN raid, and gerald's execution all seem to take place within the span of this same year. my personal interpretation is that shadow's escape pod was probably on earth for no more than a month before it was found by GUN.

it also seems unlikely that shadow was conscious after he crashed to earth - at least, it's not a period of time he ever mentions or seems to remember (which doesn't necessarily mean he wasn't awake, but personally i always thought he would've been unconscious during this period of time. that, or there's something larger going on here).

this period of time in shadow's backstory is incredibly vague, but its ambiguity is something i would argue is deliberate. one of the biggest questions raised in sonic adventure 2 is whether or not shadow is the "original" shadow or even the true ultimate lifeform. this question is brought up by rouge, who identifies the biolizard as the original ultimate lifeform (though she's technically incorrect because the biolizard was just a prototype to the ultimate lifeform). even though rouge is wrong, this question is incredibly important to shadow's character and comes up a few more times over the course of SA2.

so there's a very, very real possibility that the shadow in SA2 is not the original shadow/ultimate lifeform created on the ark 50 years ago. it's possible that the original shadow died after being launched from the ark, and that SA2 shadow is a clone of the original. it's also possible that the original ultimate lifeform wasn't "shadow" at all, and literally every single one of shadow's memories about this time were entirely fabricated by gerald. there's also extremely compelling evidence that this original ultimate lifeform was actually sonic. the hedgehog. just a lil game theory for you to chew on there (gets shot)

anyway so. my answer is that shadow was either just taking a month long nap after he was launched from the ark or that he was fucking dead

There’s a certain thrill I get from playing Sonic games that, whenever I find it in other games, I immediately latch onto it. The more I think about it, the more I find it in my other hobbies and interests. I’m guessing it has to do with quick reaction times and rewards. Either way, here’s some things that make my ADHD brain go brrrrr in no particular order:

Speedy Sonic levels

Web swinging in Spider-Man games

Rhythm games

Fast paced music

Skateboarding (or what I imagine it would feel like when you’re actually good at it)

(Mountain)biking

Driving on the highway (still a lil scary tho)

Imagining the running parkour man outside of the car following you

Free running / parkour

Running on a trampoline

Tree climbing

Might add more later if I come up with more stuff

the fetishization of limb loss in media

why. literally why. like everyone has at least one oc with like a fake arm or leg. their disability is not seen as a disability because people think prosthetics like fix you or something. you never see someone with rotationoplasty or any limb difference that isn't at least half amputated. maybe someone lost a finger or toe and they wear a prosthetic??? why??? people don't do that. also. prosthetics don't move or work like natural limbs. god please stop. as someone with an upper limb difference, I can confidently say that people who use arm/ hand prosthetics are a minority. we have been using our arms our entire lives and where someone sees no hand, or a misshapen hand, we just see ourselves. we have adapted to life, we hold things strangely but we hold things. we don't need hunks of metal so people feel more comfortable with the way we hold shit like really?? maybe your oc with a bionic leg, doesn't have a bionic leg that looks identical to his other leg. maybe he uses a weelchair, or crutches. maybe your oc with a bionic arm, doesn't have a bionic arm and instead of pretending to have representation, actually do some research. maybe they have a club foot, maybe symbrachydactyly, maybe they are missing a finger and they don't wear a prosthetic pinkie?????????? food for thought xo

i think when people say AI art is ''missing a soul'' it's just a simplified way to say it lacks what we basically consider human effort behind it, all the subconscious and conscious processes that lead someone to create are gone, the only purpose of the image is to be consumed and discarded because there isn't any emotional context behind it, no past, no process, nothing further to gain from it other than what the computer thinks majority of people find generically pleasing. i genuinely see no cultural purpose in such ''art'', there is absolutely nothing to be gained from it other than ''computer can also make pretty image now''

HMMMM thinking this idea through with a more awake brain. Maybe if I take a small part, from 1:53 to 2:50 ish, I can split that up in 7 drawings. With some small added changes here and there to get like an animatic/PMV kinda idea... Which is a whole lot less overwhelming than the entire song but still gets the feel across AND I get in some practice working with animation and video editing... That's quite tempting. It's also a combination of my current hyperfixations, so that deffo gives a good motivation boost Honestly I just might try it...

Been listening a lot to Sleep Token lately and I'm just imagining how cool this song for a Shadow AMV would be.

The temptation to turn this into another art project I won’t finish- 🥲

it's good to have a comfort zone artwise, something that feels most true and resonating for you, an easy-to-access source of inspiration. i always thought that expanding skills further should basically mean finding comfort and resonance in a broader sense. doing studies should feel good because you're learning to understand something, and it leaves some part of itself in you; you will eventually resonate with everything you grow to understand. and that's why skill growth should feel rewarding

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Shout out to all those sonic fans that love one specific minor sonic character that has minimal face time. You’re all real for that. I’m sorry they aren’t used more often. Keep up the good work we love you.