@notreallyafan15 check this out:
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Shadow the Hedgehog – “Pointless Hope” Speech
(Dark aura flaring, standing over a shattered battlefield, breathing heavily, facing Sonic or his allies)
“All this time… I played along. Pretended your words meant something. Pretended I could forget what I am. I fought beside you, I saved people—thinking maybe, maybe I could be more than what Gerald made me. More than a weapon.
But it was all a lie. A pretty little dream wrapped in smiles and false hope.
You call it justice, you call it peace—but what is it, really? Just weakness wrapped in restraint. You held me back, Sonic. All of you did. You praised my strength… but feared what I’d become if I truly used it.
And now? Now I’ve remembered. Power isn’t evil. Hesitation is.
I’ve shed your chains—your morals, your lectures, your pathetic ideals. I’ve taken back control. No more doubts. No more pretending I belong among you. I wasn’t born to play hero. I was forged to destroy. And that…
That’s the only time I ever felt alive.
So go ahead. Call me a monster. Call me a traitor. Your words mean nothing. Your compassion? Pointless.
If kindness is what kept me from my full strength… then let it die. Along with everything else.”
