Bad future Yapping
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I made Starlight to be silver mom or a distant relative, depending on where I want her to be or the aus I have planned in that moment. So I made it into a 50/50 chance that Starlight will be Silver Mom. Sure, there are many factors. Like, who is she marrying with, the type of au, I am in the mood for deep angst or fluff, is there going to be a complicated story, or am I going to follow close to canon, is it going to be a one-shot or a full made au, etc. I go through many trials and errors in my head before going deep on a au. Sometimes my moots hear me yap about small ideas I have, or I ask them for feedback.
And so thinking about this. The idea for Starlight to be Silver Mom was never meant to be a thing, but looking over one of the very first drawings I did of Starlight, which was made on June 12 of 2025, I saw that there was writing. Like actual note I left there. To think I lost all the first drafts of Star. Never knew I kept them in a drawing. Me was smart lol.
As you can see from the pic, there is a lot of old info that I still use and other that I just don’t. You can see somewhat the alternative names I had for her, aus ideas before I changed it, as well adding more stuff to make Starlight be who she is today. One important thing I did was remove all the original plane and old au that was supposed to be linked to another oc. It still feels surreal about it. I’m happy that I made her quills thicc and a bit long than the og design. Anyway, side quest of me guessing about my girl and everything I love about her aside. Let’s go back to the silver quest.
So, as I was saying, the only au that would guarantee silver birth to be a direct link to starlight is on the bad future au. I know that silver is from the bad future, and I know that this doesn’t make sense. However, when Star has him, it’s always on a good future, and when a bad future silver visits the past, he won’t recognize Star because she’s his great-great-grandma in that timeline. By that time, two generations had skipped the telekinesis power, making Silver the only generation that didn’t skip the power. At the same time, no one knew about it, and he was forced to learn about these powers alone. Side note, don’t worry about that part of the lore, I am in the middle of writing it on a separate section of my Google Doc rn.
Things is starligh has to be in a bad future, so silver can be born no matter what. This is silver’s destiny, and it’s the only time where starlight would be forced out of her secret. Out of hiding her true powers and abilities. She will have silver in an exhausted state since she be overusing her telekinesis to protect them, and when he is around 3 years old and already showing his telekinesis ability, she will teach him how to use it.
Now the difference between these two bad futures has to do with Silver’s ability to use his telekinesis. Normally, he is more on the defensive side and knows only one offensive moveset, but with Starlight being the one in this bad future instead of one of her descendants. Silver will learn offensive moveset from the get-go and only defensive moveset from his mother.
Starlight’s way of using her telekinesis is more of a Shoot first and ask questions later type. This will not have any consequences if Silver visits the past and just hurts the living shit out of someone or Egg Man…Poor Sonic. Sarcasm aside. Silver would be much safer in this bad future. Sure, this is my headcanon and stuff, but I feel like the other bad future silver will rely a lot on his environment to fight, and when he has nowhere to hide or throw objects at the enemy, so he is forced to find an effective way to fight but doesn’t know how to use it well. Yes, he will be using his telekinesis to its full potential, and that way the marks on his hands stay permanent like a screen burn, but that doesn’t mean he is using his power efficiently.
While the other bad future silver knows how to use his telekinesis on a fight. Yes, he can still use his environment, but only when he is being cornered or necessary, but he doesn’t rely on it like the other silver. Yes, he uses his telekinesis to its full potential just like the other silver, leaving the marks screen burn on his hands.
Now, starlight won’t be around to see silver grow in this world. Hell Silver was six years old when she pushed her son away from danger. Yelling at him to run and never look back as she gets killed by one of eggman robots or any current enemy of that time. Yes, she could have protected herself, yes, she could have overpowered them and won, but she was over her limits. She has been overusing one of her most demanding telekinesis abilities the moment the bad future started. She had powernaps, little food to eat, so Silver could have a full meal. She was by default destined to die any day now.
Here, a side note. All of starlights movesets have their own energy usage as well side effects to them. I didn’t want to make her op or a Mary Sue, so I just gave out reasonable limits to everything, and also depending on her ability. The one she was using a lot is called Soulpiercer. This type of telekinesis can create a temporary weapon for the battle; however, it takes a lot of her energy to the point that after she done using it. Starlight will faint and be unconscious for a week or two. There is a small loophole where she can still use it, but that relies on her adrenaline.
Here, one more thing that can nail this bad future perfectly. You know that I said Silver was six years old when Starlight died saving him, right? Did you also know that at the age of 3 to 7 years old, a child will forget someone from their memories. Yeah, Silver has no memory of his mom other than the faint shape of her quill, however he had already forgotten that by the time he turned 16. So if he ever visits the past and meets his mom. He would not have any recognition of her, but he will have this odd sense of safety with her and won’t know why.