Why I Love Silver the Hedgehog | Characters In-Depth

"i wanna be in the friendzone i want friends"

Silver is a good kid, he didn’t do anything wrong. He deserves respect.

God dammit, I'm really starting to feel the urge to go defense-mode when it comes to 06 and its story. Even considering its flaws, it's a god damn breath of fresh air to watch its cutscenes after all the shlock we've got today.

I love Silver, I never understood the hate for him. Edit. Thanks for the 14k likes

Silver is like 14 or 15 being on the younger side of most characters. So he’s definitely a kid and he can be a bit of a doofus in an endearing way. The comics are great moments of character for him.

I always liked Silver but I never really thought it made sense for him to be a reoccurring character after 06. If he comes from the future and is constantly coming back in time to change it, then he should be a different person every time he comes back. At the very least, the writers should have tried to explain it. Also, thanks for bringing up how Amy was the one to bring up Silver’s moral dilemma. Everyone tries to paint her as selfish for saying what she did but the morality between protecting an individual’s rights (Sonic’s in this case) and protecting the larger society is actually a complex question and not as clear cut as people try to make it out to be.

I've always liked Silver. his design is sick, for one. literally a top 3 Sonic character design imo. but I've been looking into Sonic 06 a lot lately, and despite all the notorious flaws with the gameplay and story, I'm actually starting to appreciate the game more. yeah I'm still gonna laugh when something outrageous happens (because it always does) but I'm starting to think maybe it's not as bad as history painted it. I've never really been one to care for story elements in Sonic games, but Silver's story in '06 is tragic, bittersweet, and told pretty well. i commend you, Silver, you're a really awesome character.

I agree with everything said in this video but I would like to elaborate on one thing that wasn’t talked about that much. That being Silver’s friendship with Blaze. As you said, Silver is very naive, trusting and optimistic. Blaze, however, is stoic, level-headed and rational, and I think they really compliment each other. Silver, being so genuine and good-hearted is an easy person for Blaze to trust and open up to, and to remind her of the goodness in the world and her own life. Blaze is able to bring Silver down to earth when he feels lost or confused and, since Blaze is a princess who has to be experienced with other people and the world itself, she’s a good source of wisdom for Silver, someone who never had many opportunities to socialize or learn about the world around him growing up. Not to sound like shipping, but the two really bring out the best in each other, and I think they have one of the most wholesome and healthy friendships in the franchise.

I hate when people say that he's "Just Trunks". He's INSPIRED by Trunks but aside from being from the future to save the past, he's an entirely different character (and to note, Trunks himself was inspired by Kyle Reece from Terminator). Trunks is connected to the Z-fighters, Silver isn't connected (as far as we know) to any of the heroes. Trunks uses the same abilities everyone else uses, Silver have his own unique powers. Trunks goes back to help the heroes fight their enemy, Silver goes back to KILL one of the heroes. On top of that, Silver has moments where he contemplates the morality of killing somebody who has yet to do any wrong, and takes in the beauty of nature that's lacking in his time, moments Trunks lacks in favour of him lamenting over his father not living up to expectations and history not playing out like it should. Trunks is naíve in a combat-sense (using SS2 form not realising it's too slow to defeat Cell) where Silver is more socially naíve.

We forget that he's still a young kid trying to figure out himself and being misguided. When you think about it these characters are much more in-depth then we give credit for and those who thought they were one noted were looking at the wrong Sonic games. I don't understand why can't we have mature stories in these games is it because it was such a tone shift from 2D to 3D or some people just afraid of change and refuse to move on maybe? Even if we don't get an in-depth story whenever the new game comes out at least we have creative people that can make there own stories of the characters and how they would want things to go, because imagination are endless and have no limits in what you wanna write, draw or make.

You forgot to mention that Silver has an amazing theme, “Dreams of an Absolution,” which is in my top 10 best Sonic songs

Everything. Literally everything that you said about him...is how I have my perspective of him. This is definitely going on the Silver Amino If you don't mind I mean 😅

I can see why knuckles, blaze, and silver are close friends. Because they made so many mistakes in the past they can make it up.

3:04 I'm going to be honest here, a story being 'too serious' IS NOT that great of a point to call a story bad

thank you for defending silver. The famous scene with little elise Always bring me tears. Althought yes the game isn't perfect, I Always love Following Silver's story ^^ He is one of my favorite characters in sonic and I love his interactions with everyone.(Blaze, Shadow, Amy, and Sonic) he is adorable/precious/sweet/innocent and needs more love. <33333

I just realized that Mephiles wasn't WRONG when he said Sonic was the Iblis Trigger- He just withheld WHY he was the Trigger-- sorry unrelated topic, great video, liked and subscribed-

Words can't really describe my thoughts towards this guy, but man. All I can say is, he's my favorite character in all of fiction. A slave to a constant disaster that he can't truly get away from, but will continue to always stay optimistic and hopeful? It really hits to right there. He's a character with infinite potential if he had more time to develop in some games. In just one game, he goes from bashful and reckless, to inspiring and determined. And that's really why I love this character so much. He's naïve, but relatable, and always tries to do the right thing, whether it be in games or comics. He certainly deserves better. The same could be said for other characters who have been thrusted to the side like Blaze and the Chaotix.

Silvers Theme is enough reason to love him ;)

Silver is an amazing character in Sonic the hedghog. He is naive, but very sweet. The scene with Silver and little Elise just shows how sweet he is. He is so innocent! I never understood the hate against Silver. Sure, he wasent so good in the beginning, but he came a long way. The fact that he was willing to sacrifice and willing to live with iblis to save his home just shows who he is. I just wish he was in more scenes and Sonic games.

honestly the idea of silver hanging out with team dark kind of seems cool to me.