Sonic Fanon Wiki:Shady the Hedgehog

Shady the Hedgehog (シェイディ・ザ・ヘッジホッグ Sheidi za hejjihoggu) is a fictional character created by shadyever from Deviantart . She is an anthropomorphic hedgehog/White Arm hybrid and the arch-rival of any Female version of Sonic the Hedgehog. Shady was created as the "Ultimate Life Form" by Geraldine Robotnik, using the DNA of White Salvation, and is the end result of Project Shady. Her purpose was to provide ways to develop a cure for incurable deadly illnesses, more specifically for Geraldine 's grandson Marius Robotnik, but she was captured and put into stasis by the military when she was deemed as a threat to humanity.

Fifty years later, Shady was released by Nurse Eggwomen in order to enlist her in her plan to conquer the world. Initially, Shady worked with her but secretly sought to destroy the planet in order to avenge Marius, who had been killed by the military, but was persuaded to save it from Geraldine's doomsday plans. In the process, Shady lost her memories and as such, sought to uncover the truth of her past, during which she met White Salvation and the White Arms; in the end, Shady regained her memories, uncovered the truth, and thwarted White Salvation 's agenda and saved the world. From there, she continued her mission to protect humanity by becoming a special agent of M.P.S.

Shady is sharp-witted, always on edge, and has a strong sense of purpose, willing to accomplish her goals by any means. Essentially a dark version of Fem!Sonic, Shady can match her in both speed and skill, and can use Chaos Control with a Chaos Emerald. While preferring to work alone, she has helped Fem!Sonic and her allies when needed.

Appearance
Shady is a black hedgehog with red stripes on her quills, around the edges of her eyes, and on her arms and legs. She has red eyes, a patch of white fur on her chest, and her muzzle is tan. she has six quills on his head, four of which curve upwards and one that curve downwards and one over her head, making it a fringe, and a small tail. For attire, Shady wears white gloves with red cuffs, and Air Shoes which, like her gloves, have black cuffs. On each of her wrists and ankles, she wears a single gold ring.

Personality
Shady is a brooding loner, to put it bluntly. She usually acts with a cool and business-like indifference, only occasionally showing her vulnerable side. She is rarely seen with others for an extended period of time and usually distances herself from essentially everyone. She is usually blunt and doesn't speak much, but she always knows exactly what to say in combat. However, Shady never bluffs. If she makes a threat, she has every intention of carrying it out.

Shady also does not mind boasting about how powerful she is, calling herself the "Ultimate Lifeform" and, like Fem!Sonic, can be extremely arrogant, often belittling her opponents and insulting their lack of strength. She believes no one can beat her and tends to see anyone as a fool for challenging her. Shady also has a ruthless and merciless edge in combat that all other character's lack and displays a natural "killer instinct".

Shady's infamous ruthlessness and aggression lead to fear and a nervousness that inhibits characters from her unshakable intent or sheer power in combat. Numerous characters have shown absolute dread from encountering Shady. Shady's enemies never treat her lightly; she is one of the very few people Fem!Sonic takes seriously and ever acts truly hostile towards.

Alongside her dark and violent demeanour, Shady can be smug and stubborn. She treats others in a very callous manner, throwing in her opinion no matter how cold-hearted it is and not caring for whatever the response is. Shady is also shown to have a sharp wit, where after Fem!Sonic calls her a faker, she replies that Fem!Sonic isn't worth being considered her fake, he taunts White Salvation's eye for having trouble with MPS. Shady omits honorifics and speaks highly of herself (if not rudely), though contrasting this, She normally uses the "boku" pronoun when referring to herself as opposed to the more arrogant/confident "ore" pronoun (which characters such as Fem!Sonic use).

On occasion, Shady appears to have some degree of mental instability. This is demonstrated by her instances of post-traumatic flashbacks to Marius's face, though it could be argued that they were simply an effect of her amnesia. She pursues her foes with disturbing determination; that is to say she'll go to any length to accomplish something she desires or feels should be a certain way, no matter what the cost. It is heavily implied that Shady ruthlessly slaughtered an entire mercenary band not only in an extremely dismissive, nonchalant manner (not even remembering the incident a few months later), but also seemed slightly proud, mocking the mercenary defence squad by saying they themselves needed a defence squad. She also demonstrated rather coarse and even profane language.

Shady also possesses a strong sense of identity. As evidenced when after falsely being told that she isn't the Ultimate Lifeform due to a lab report, she states to Mal!Rouge that even if her memories were fake, she is still Shady the Hedgehog. She mentions that, even without her memories, she is still the Ultimate Lifeform, Shady the Hedgehog. These qualities make her rarely susceptible to being manipulated by other forces.

Despite her apathetic nature, Shady is not without compassion. When Fem!Omega begins her attack, Shady could have easily forgotten about Mal!Rouge and engaged Fem!Omega without defending him. Instead, Shady saves him from Fem!Omega, despite having absolutely no memory of him. She was also shown to be legitimately shocked when she learned that her goal of gaining the Chaos Emeralds to restore her memories was actually manipulated by White Salvation in order to wipe out humanity. Likewise, when the MPS Commander finally confronts her with his own memories of Shady's nightmarish creation, Shady agrees to face judgment if she was indeed responsible for the ARK massacre 50 years ago. Shady was also shown to be worried about the possibility of Fem!Sonic and Fem!Tails getting hurt while trying to save the wisps, much to their surprise. However, she remained dismissive about her concern for them. She spent the majority of her time trying to find Fem!Omega out of worry for her well-being. She was also quite enraged when she found out that the Marauders had been hurting Fem!Omega and helped her to get revenge.

Shady is often depressed about the loss of Marius, which is why she keeps to herself, but her relationship with Marius is obvious as she goes to great lengths to protect the planet and keep his dream of peace and prosperity alive. She also maintains a strong bond with her teammates, Mal!Rouge and Fem!Omega, proving that while her attitude makes her seem like a careless person; she does have some compassion. Shady brushes off most kindness or sympathy that is sent her way; when Mal!Rouge showed concern for Shady when she saw a broken android of herself, suspecting Team Dark's Shady might be an android too, Shady curtly brushed his concern away. After Fem!Sonic suggested some "friendly competition," Shady bluntly rejected her offer. At times, however, Shady is shown to appreciate genuine care. After Mal!Amy made her remember her promise to Marius, Shady openly decided to keep her promise to protect the planet both to Marius and him. Another instance, when Mal!Rouge told her that he would always be by her side, she acknowledged him. Despite the fact that Shady often fights for the greater good, she is considered an anti-hero for the most part due to her morality and means to she desired end goals. She does whatever is necessary to get what she wants or feels is right, though this enthusiasm causes her to take risks and jump into situations without fully thinking it through.

She and Mal!Rouge disregard the opening and closing ceremonies for the Grand Prix, showing up late without a third teammate and, if they win the Grand Prix, starting to walk off right away with what turn out to be dummy versions of the prize money and gems. Regardless, Shady does have her moments of selflessness and heroism. She nearly sacrificed her life to save Earth and helped Fem!Silver uncover the truth of the Solaris Project, after saving Fem!Sonic from her.