The only thing I would like to note on the Shadow thing is that Shadow’s sole purpose of being created was to be immune to any diseases possible and posses cures for all known diseases. In the Japanese version of Sonic Adventure 2 Battle it’s explained that he was created to save Maria who had a very contagious very deadly disease, and that’s why her and Shadow were so close, he was the only one immune to her disease. It’s not out of the realm of believability that Shadow just figured the metal virus is something he would be completely immune to it. Just my thoughts

Remember: if someone touches you in a way that makes you unconfortable and turn into a mindless robot-zombie hybrid and losing all memories of friends and loved ones


Thats no good

I think that Cream being practically lifeless after loosing Vanilla really shows how even the most chin-up, "we'll get through this!" mentality-having people can be broken if things get bad enough.



Also Whisper's breakdown genuinely put a shiver down my spine. Absolutely goated writers.

God damn Silver really was the hero in this arc. It was confirmed that if he didn't time travel back to double check if the threat was neutralized, the whole world would've been covered in the virus with no life, water, and metallic plant life.

He saved everyone

No matter how long it has been since these issues have been released, "Hey, Espio, you're lead detective now." still pulls at my strings. I was hit so hard by that.

The fact that this saga came before the pandemic and finished in the pandemic made it 10 times scarier. Strange coincidence

"Destroy for Daddy" Is not a line I would ever have imagined Eggman saying but god damn. Do I love the writers for going through with that. Also the reject villains state they can only control a dozen or so without the emeralds. So them being overwhelmed is practically assured. It's just the writers/artists speeding it up for plot/saving space.

Tails questioning Sonic's decision-making (but not opposing him) made me realise that I would love a story where Tails outright refuses to help Sonic make another mistake and the two best friends end up taking opposite approaches to the same problem, leading to some very interesting altercations.

This arc really stresses me out. Things just kept getting worse and worse and more people kept getting infected. I was holding my breath so many times during this arc.

3:21:51 - One of the problems with the whole, "Let's kill the bad guy" reasoning is we're coming at it from the view of comic readers. We know that Robotnik is going to return to being evil because, of course he does, we have to return the status quo. But in Sonic's case there's no reason to think Mr. Tinker would not have stayed the same. That's actually why I think they do that double fakeout at the end of the issue with Mr. Tinker so they can tease one of the few ways in a comic Mr. Tinker could have stayed that way. I mean, obviously you could have had some other solutions that are less extreme than killing them but none of them really gel with Sonic's persona or system of morals.

Something about shadow and how he turned: one thing people kinda just overlook is that at that very moment, shadow was still very pissed at Sonic about the whole tinker situation. So (while probably not intentional) shadow probably just didn’t want to listen to sonic’s advice on how to manage it after he just got done trashing him about the last time he listened to Sonic.

For those curious about why Shadow would do an idiotic thing like grab a Zombot: Him boasting that the Metal Virus cant touch him isnt just a cocky attitude, its backed up by his genetics. He was created to be immune to any disease, so he naturally would assume he'd be immune to this new virus as well, which also explains why hes so shocked that its affecting him.

There some serious powerful moments, vanilla getting infected while cream screams and cries, victor sacrificing himself for espio, cream getting infected, whisper crying for tangle, some seriously amazing writing, just makes me think this is what the sonic adventure plots should have been, this is how darker more mature sonic plots should be written honestly

“Eggman pulls out a Glock and tries to ice Tails” is a sentence I never thought I would ever hear. But here we are.
3:17:05

I love storylines where the protagonists barely get a chance to breathe, it makes the end so much more meaningful and opens up a lot of moments of characters getting pissed off

I love how Omega just acts like a dreadnought from 40k especially the line "VICTORY OR DEATH!" It just made me laugh lot.

This man is talking for three and a half HOURS about an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog that can run at the speed of sound. this takes INSANE dedication. Not to mention, this is a compilation of multiple videos that had days spent on them individually. I mean, WOW this takes a special kind of dedication. I can't thank you enough for speed reading my favorite part of the Sonic the Hedgehog frachise.

2:05:58 Just noticed that Zavok's conversation with Starline in Bad Guys #2 about machines vs warriors kinda explains why he didn't take control of Cubot and Orbot, he prefers having servants with free will rather than just mindless tools
Neat!

I love that silver was an mvp this arc, he has always been my favorite and I'm glad that he's finally getting the attention he deserves. It just sucks that he's always so inconsistent outside of this comic

3:17:03 Eggman isn’t defenseless as he just PULLS OUT A GLOCK AND TRIES TO ICE TAILS