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Thanks to chaoscheebs for the inspiration.
Title: The More Things Change
Rating: PG, for a disturbing premise
Characters: Surprise!
Spoilers: Shadow spoiled directly, SA2 spoiled implicitly
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
I have a feeling that five years from now, things will be exactly as they are now. A cocky, talented hero will be fighting a dangerous, angry megalomaniac, aided by his two closest friends. Others will come and go, pitching in where they are needed, but it will be a core of three fighters against a seemingly unstoppable enemy who somehow fails each time, foiled only by the bias of the universe against that which is angry.
Their leader will be a hero of distinction, just as now, with a will of steel and a surprisingly positive outlook. He will not be without his flaws, of course-a love of food, a love of the flashy and impressive, and arrogance his primary sins. A dark past will haunt him, and he will forever seek to make up for mistakes of the past… While I cannot verify it in the present, it is only speculation, I am certain that it will be so in the future.
The next will be a being more stubborn than the last, dedicated to a promise made long before he could understand what a promise is. His strength of character will be admirable, but his anger, terrible. And with his chosen icon he will be unstoppable, a force of nature as impregnable and vicious as a mountain’s summit. But overtop that rocky determination will be a love of life, of laughter, and a playful, brash pride.
And the least-and yet greatest-of these heroes will be a brilliant light in the darkness, one gifted with sight into things beyond the comprehension of man. Armed with technical knowhow and physical prowess, this third hero will be the link between the world of the titans and mortals, the chain that ties the other two to reality. Despite the darkness, the suffering of that scheming mind, it will hold the key to the safety of the future… masked by the obsessive dedication to an icon that only the young can possess.
And together, with their friends, their many wild friends, they will fight a villain like no other, a villain comparable only to the one that threatens the world in the present. He will be of unstoppable might, in mind and body, a skilled fighter in his chosen area of expertise with a quick wit and mouth. He will loathe what he does, as at the same time he loves it, seeking to laugh through the tears of guilt he cries at night. Because he was once a hero too, he once gave of himself toward the greater good… But he is the same man! That playfulness, that ego, lay unchanged, it is only his concept of morality that has deteriorated.
So shall the future be, just as is the present.
But the faces will change… Time will swap them in a mirror. The stresses placed upon the heroes become too great, and the sacrifice of the hero opens the heart of the villain.
When I look into the future, I no longer see the monster I am now. I see myself in his place, fighting against the forces of darkness with all my might, to make up for the terrible things that I’ve done. What terrifies me-what makes me sick to my stomach, what wakes me up screaming in the night and keeps me from sleeping with the tears-is what I see of him.
I see myself fighting him. I see myself, and Shadow, and Rouge, and the others, up against him, trying to stop him from making my mistakes.
But I can’t allow that to happen. I owe Sonic that much… and unlike my grandfather, I will repay my debt to those who help me.
Title: The More Things Change
Rating: PG, for a disturbing premise
Characters: Surprise!
Spoilers: Shadow spoiled directly, SA2 spoiled implicitly
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
I have a feeling that five years from now, things will be exactly as they are now. A cocky, talented hero will be fighting a dangerous, angry megalomaniac, aided by his two closest friends. Others will come and go, pitching in where they are needed, but it will be a core of three fighters against a seemingly unstoppable enemy who somehow fails each time, foiled only by the bias of the universe against that which is angry.
Their leader will be a hero of distinction, just as now, with a will of steel and a surprisingly positive outlook. He will not be without his flaws, of course-a love of food, a love of the flashy and impressive, and arrogance his primary sins. A dark past will haunt him, and he will forever seek to make up for mistakes of the past… While I cannot verify it in the present, it is only speculation, I am certain that it will be so in the future.
The next will be a being more stubborn than the last, dedicated to a promise made long before he could understand what a promise is. His strength of character will be admirable, but his anger, terrible. And with his chosen icon he will be unstoppable, a force of nature as impregnable and vicious as a mountain’s summit. But overtop that rocky determination will be a love of life, of laughter, and a playful, brash pride.
And the least-and yet greatest-of these heroes will be a brilliant light in the darkness, one gifted with sight into things beyond the comprehension of man. Armed with technical knowhow and physical prowess, this third hero will be the link between the world of the titans and mortals, the chain that ties the other two to reality. Despite the darkness, the suffering of that scheming mind, it will hold the key to the safety of the future… masked by the obsessive dedication to an icon that only the young can possess.
And together, with their friends, their many wild friends, they will fight a villain like no other, a villain comparable only to the one that threatens the world in the present. He will be of unstoppable might, in mind and body, a skilled fighter in his chosen area of expertise with a quick wit and mouth. He will loathe what he does, as at the same time he loves it, seeking to laugh through the tears of guilt he cries at night. Because he was once a hero too, he once gave of himself toward the greater good… But he is the same man! That playfulness, that ego, lay unchanged, it is only his concept of morality that has deteriorated.
So shall the future be, just as is the present.
But the faces will change… Time will swap them in a mirror. The stresses placed upon the heroes become too great, and the sacrifice of the hero opens the heart of the villain.
When I look into the future, I no longer see the monster I am now. I see myself in his place, fighting against the forces of darkness with all my might, to make up for the terrible things that I’ve done. What terrifies me-what makes me sick to my stomach, what wakes me up screaming in the night and keeps me from sleeping with the tears-is what I see of him.
I see myself fighting him. I see myself, and Shadow, and Rouge, and the others, up against him, trying to stop him from making my mistakes.
But I can’t allow that to happen. I owe Sonic that much… and unlike my grandfather, I will repay my debt to those who help me.