#sth3

[punkishtoxtricity]

thank you agent stone

[would-you-punt-them]

The Barrel (Sonic the Hedgehog 3)

Punt it into the Sun?

PUNT!

Don't punt!

Voting ended onSep 21, 2025

[character-obsessed-fem]

i'm actually going to cry. is this going to be like like in dark beginnings where him and maria in a field is a dream is he going to have nightmares. is he going to have a panic attack.

[lore-of-mobius]

Why Do Character Question The Supernatural's Existence In Sonic?

So due to I think it was Tailstube or a Twitter Takeover, Shadow scoffed at the idea of ghosts existing which got me thinking. The Sonic World is filled with all kinds of ghosts and supernatural occurrences which makes me question why do characters in-universe doubt the existence of the supernatural.

The Boos, Boom Boos, and King Boom Boo from the Adventure, Rivals games are just one example. In Sonic The Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles you have the Hyudoros. And in Sonic Unleashed: Night of the Werehog some ghosts appear as well.

Meanwhile you have the gods known as Light and Dark Gaia.

You have whatever is going on with the storybook games.

Finally you have character likes Amy Rose displaying some level of magical abilities. Written by Eris

[msrosey]

No Such Thing as a Friendly Ghost

Rant on the differences between Movie-verse! Shadow and SA2! Shadow real quick because I am suffering! Suffering!

So Movie-verse! Shadow is so absolutely grief-stricken it was killing me to watch.

Like. SA2! Shadow was grieving, but he was driven towards revenge from pretty much the beginning (adjusted memories non-withstanding). He was the one who went to Eggman when he was freed, he was the one who set up the events of the game. He had agency.

Movie-verse!Shadow...doesn't. He gets woken up and immediately just wants to get away. No blowing up the base, no searching for answers from the guys still in the glass watching room, just defending himself against the armed guys trying to keep him in and then immediately bouncing. And when they chase them, he fights some more - he doesn't go looking for it. He even says it to Sonic - "Why can't you people leave me alone?"

And he goes straight back to the old G.U.N. facility. Like, it's so clear he had no clue what to do! He just sits in the wreckage of the only home he ever knew, with no clear next steps, just. There. Gerald is the one to tell him what to do. Gerald is the one who pushes him towards to revenge, who tells him its the only way. And Shadow just...follows?

In the game it was clear that Gerald had to mess with Shadow's memories to make him think that this is what he wanted, what Maria would have wanted. In the movie it's clear that Shadow is just looking for someone to tell him what to do. He even joins Agent Stone for guac, just cause Gerald said to stay with him! That's unthinkable for Game! Shadow or IDW! Shadow, both of which are big ignore-plan-jump-into-the-fight characters. Movie-verse! Shadow is strangely, like, innocent?

Like, Shadow is grieving, so badly, but its devastating because he also doesn't seem to realize. Like there's this underlying confusion when he's not actively fighting, and it's clear he has no frame of reference for anything he's feeling? It's like if Sonic had lost Longclaw and then never been exposed to the Wachowskis or Green Hills, just festered in his own guilt until coming across Knuckles or the echidna tribe.

AH and this is already so long but guys, can we talk about how the moment when Shadow starts to realize Maria would not want revenge and he no longer had someone telling him what to do, he like. Immediately tried to die. Several times.

He taunts Sonic to finish him off, despite him having the upper hand multiple times in the battle! He returned to the Eclipse Cannon alone to keep it from blowing up!

Like, yes the latter was the heroic things to do, but there's something so self-sacrificing about both, especially when he could have gotten Sonic's help with the ship? The rest of Team Sonic's help. This Shadow has (somehow) innate Chaos teleportation abilities, you're telling me he couldn't just teleport Sonic back to the ship and get things fixed with Knuckles and Tails' all together? But he doesn't even try, and it. feels like it's all tied back into this intense guilt and barely hidden desire to just not be there anymore.

Also I just can't get the image of him in the blown up base out of my head. He's just...standing there. Walking the halls. Haunting it.

And I know Knuckle's mention of Casper being scary is largely comic relief, but he has a point. Someone who doesn't care about their own life anymore, who stays replaying awful memories trapped in their own head, and who sees no future where they're in is terrifying.

They can't be friendly, or kind. Not even to themselves.

[skypevevo]

saw Sonic 3 yesterday it was GREAT

[charlidrawz]

Yes I preordered Sonic the Hedgehog 3 for my husband & I as soon as I could

No I don't have a problem

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