What If Silver Had An Evil Counterpart?

What if Silver had an evil counterpart?

Something I thought about for awhile was what it could be. Sonic and Shadow have theirs, but nothing really for Silver. A cool post I found awhile ago explained how Iblis was a perfect representation of Silver's character, always having to travel back in time to save the future. But Iblis is dead now, and I wanted something smaller. An adversary to fight one on one. So I started wracking my brain on this. I ended up kind of blowing my mind with the results!

The first thing I thought of was keeping the theme of reincarnation, reflecting how Silver keeps traveling back in time. Naturally, I first thought of a phoenix. But then I realized Blaze has fire abilities as well. I wanted to change things up, since Silver has already dealt with a lot of fire beings. After some research, I found out serpents were commonly associated with death and rebirth in many mythologies and religions. I had thought of Silver vs Lyric if he was in Sonic Boom awhile back. It seemed to work, Silver's from the future and Lyric's from the past. Silver loves nature and Lyric wants to eradicate it with machines.

But this still didn't feel right. I took a step back and looked at those that inspired this idea. Metal Sonic and Eclipse the Darkling. Both not only had similar powers to Sonic and Shadow, but they looked like them.

Metal Sonic was built to be the opposite of Sonic, but matched for all his abilities. Cold, dark, aggressive, and almost emotionless. Eclipse the Darkling is from the Sonic Universe comics. He was created by the remaining Black Arms to counter and destroy Shadow. They're both basically embodiments of what Sonic and Shadow fear or hate. If Sonic lost his freedom, and the part of Shadow he hates about himself.

Then it hit me! Both Metal and Eclipse could also represent the biggest worldwide paranoid fears! Robot apocalypse and alien invasion. So what else is up there? ZOMBIES! It surprised me how well that actually worked! Zombies are beings who've lost their lives, shells of their former selves. Devoid of hope and mind. Basically, being from the past. With Silver from the future, that kind of makes sense. I mean, Silver was the key in stopping the Zombot Apocalypse in the IDW comics. So that's also a neat connection. And still kind of keeps the original theme I had with reincarnation, coming back to life.

I do want to give some credit to Okida on DevianArt. He has been writing a continuation of the Fleetway Sonic comics. I was re-reading it, and in the early chapters was a character named Forsaken, who had a skeleton face. Even though Silver hasn't appeared in it, Forsaken mentioned a white hedgehog whom he not only wanted revenge on, but he also had psychokinetic powers. Forsaken wasn't a zombie, but he did look undead. (You guys should read it! It's really good!)

Now for my idea on how this could happen. Maybe Eggman Nega could try to revive another hedgehog, who also had the same abilities as Silver, or maybe transferred Silver's DNA and powers into. Unlike most zombies, who want brains and flesh, or spread the virus, he just focuses on taking down Silver. And going back to how Metal and Eclipse could be based on what Sonic and Shadow could be, this guy could be Silver's own ancestor. It would also increase the grudge they bare against him. Trying to protect the present and future, instead of trying to use his powers for control.

In conclusion, if there was an evil version of Silver, it would be a zombie.