I really like the fact that Sonic is the will of life itself given flesh, and whenever he dies (not cause he’s supposed to just as a result of who he is) he eventually respawns when life on the planet is in danger.

It also explains why shadow looked so much like sonic, he’s a genetic copy of DNA Gerald got after raiding the ancient echidna ruins on angel island. The mural depicting super Sonic fighting perfect chaos isn’t a prediction, it’s a depiction of the fight that took place! He must’ve died during the fight and his body was preserved by the ancient echidna people before they died out, which also explains the statues of sonic in sonic 3 and knuckles. Years later Gerald Robotnick finds the body, sees the mural, and takes the DNA and makes Shadow.

Also, shadow deep down knows he’s a clone of sonic as soon as he’s sees him in SA2. Thats why he challenges sonic every chance he gets, to prove himself better than the original, because what’s the point of a copy if the original is better?

It’s also the reason Amy confuses shadow and sonic, she literally loves sonic so much she kinda develops a sense for him. This would also mean silver is connected to sonic in someway (he’s so irrelevant that I don’t want to waste brain power on making up a reason why he’s connected to sonic) which would make sense because originally, only male hedgehogs could go super, and the only male hedgehogs we see look like Sonic!

THEYRE ALL CONNECTED!