#1x

sticking my rambling under the cut heh. ANYWAY! i was thinking a bit and realised that the dynamic between light and dark gaia suits 1x and 2x2 SO well. theyre in a cycle. one that has been around since the dawn of time. dark gaia seeks to destroy the world and light gaia is the one to stop it time and time again. IT SUITS 1X AND 2X2 SO WELLLLLL. TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN..........

plus, dark gaia literally gets stronger off of negative energy. and 1x is a being of Pure Hatred. it works so well oughhhhh

also! you may be wondering. Avery, why does 1x look like the dark gaia enemies instead of dark gaia itself? well i just thought it would look cooler honestly. i wanted to have fun with bright colours, since i felt it would be more fitting for 1x. PLUS, i always like to imagine the 1x as we know him being in a weaker, comprehendable form. so this could just be a larger fragment of the real thing, hence the different look. maybe the full dark gaia 1x looks more like the dark gaia we see in sonic unleashed. however! im not designing that rn

also, i was also considering making the design based on iblis instead, but decided it wouldnt be nearly as fitting. dark and light gaia are just too perfect. if 1x was iblis who would 2x2 be, mephiles?? no.. and it doesnt really work the other way around either. might still go back to the idea at some point though!

here are some extra doodlesss yay. theres the two specific enemies i took inspo from for 1x and 2x2 as chip !