Thread:Maddog98/@comment-4842541-20150606031801/@comment-4842541-20150609172248

Shadow does give Jack access to Jack's usual scythe and costume. But that's about it.

Because supposedly in the altered reality, since Mark didn't become the Guardian and Jack didn't actually get trained by Shadow, Shadow never had reason to go all out in his assaults. Before he had only given Ron Fei and Roy just a little trouble here and there, which gave Shadow quite a reputation to the two.

So in this altered reality, despite having his memories, Shadow is still a non-action bad guy, which in turn meant that Kya who he was raising was taken by Golem Master and brainwashed into being fully evil under Golem Master's control.

And as you know, Shadow is bound under Golem Master's control, the only reason Golem Master ever lets Shadow do anything is because Shadow is too powerful and that what Shadow does satisfies Golem Master. In the altered reality, since Shadow hasn't actually done anything, that basically meant he sacrificed his own daughter to Golem Master.

So even if Shadow isn't affected by the altered reality, his life was still affected. So all he can do is be an onlooker.

At least till the real Mark breaks the reality, because as Shadow says to the rogue, "only a fool would think that powers such as yours can truly change the world."