ok so I'm just gonna share my Sonic X Season 3 adaptation idea based on my AU as idk if I'll actually get to it
that conquest Black Death was finishing up in the flashback? Green Gate
so the whole Metarex trying to wipe out all animal life thing? Black Arms' fault
Metarex are even basically copying their MO with the trees sapping the life out of animals
Eclipse's Monster Form is inspired by Mover Mode and even has the basic form like male Seedrians (the thicker body and tail)
Eclipse gets dragged along to fight the Metarex by Team Dark as Shadow wants him to take responsibility
Eclipse and Cosmo have beef and keep butting heads
whenever the Black Arms being on Green Gate and eating Seedrians is brought up, Eclipse's defense is "I was a larva at the time!"
lessons are learned and there's healing for both Eclipse and Cosmo, who are both in a similar situation; it just so happens that one's kind caused the situation for the other
