Mod: Under the cut is an explanation of Red’s shadow abilities.
Red’s shadow manipulating abilities tend to vary from 3 methods.
There’s 2 that are a lot like water and fire bending from ATLA and LOK. And the last is not quite like the other two.
With one, if there are plenty of shadows around, she can move and control those as she pleases, like a water bender would do with water that’s nearby. This is her preferred method of using shadows to fight.
With another, if there’s little shadows, she’ll summon them on her own accord like a fire bender would, but that takes up more energy since those shadows are actually coming from her (her demonic side is made of darkness so she’s quite literally using herself for this).
With the third method, she asks the shadows to do what she wants such as take on forms to scare people, go gather information, guide other, and so forth. She doesn't like using the shadows all on her own accord like Shadow Demons normally would, Red always asks, even before a fight. They always say yes, but because she actually asks them to be used rather than straight up using them, it gives her the advantage and they become more willing to help. Sometimes they even protect her on their own if she’s too weak.
There’s also more sentient shadows, shadow creatures, like my Kione, Little One, and Mr. Shadow (don’t judge the name, Red named him when she was like 7). They can do as they please whenever they want and they choose to help Red; in a sense, she gives them freedom and they choose to help her if she really needs it as thanks. Kione is the only one of the three that acts as a guardian to her.
When it comes to teleportation, she doesn’t actually teleport, it’s more like traveling through shadows. It takes up a lot of energy because not only does she have to use herself, but she has to control the shadows around her to navigate. The further the distance, the more energy is used up. So whenever she does this, it’s only for short distances like from outside a house to go inside, not a couple miles or to another city. If she goes too far, she can faint when she reaches her destination from how much power was used. All her abilities come with limitations.
If you have any questions, I’ll do my best to answer and probably even add the info here for future reference.