I think the reason I like shadow so much is not just because he was the quirked up goth boy of my childhood dreams, but that he’s so unhinged you have no idea what his motivation for anything is. He’s just along for the ride and going to be absolutely batshit insane the whole time. The only time you really get a hint of him actually caring about people around him is when he chooses to die with mylene and calls her his friend but even then you’re not quite sure if he actually cares about her, if he just lives to pester the shit out of her, or if it’s just a platonic attachment type of thing. You’ll never know and I think that’s how god intended it. It drives you crazy but then you remember he IS crazy. It’s his essence. He’s like a morally gray Kefka