#and then with Lanolin's unpleasant and bitchy attitude on top it makes for altogether one hell of a nasty 'dramatic irony' plot

[true-blue-sonic]

What I furthermore found irritating about this whole scene in issue 63 is that Lanolin gives the Diamond Cutters plus Silver a mission directive, and then proceeds to not follow it at all herself. Their mission is “coordinating moves and communicating in the field”... and then it becomes clear that Duo has not communicated. Silver says Duo ditched him, Duo protests he was getting help, Silver asks “Then why didn’t you say so?” And furthermore, Duo was not asking for help when he came up to the Diamond Cutters. He says that he couldn’t save Silver because the Chopper was too big... how is this asking for help?

Lanolin (and Tangle, Whisper is more unclear since she saw Duo kick Silver) does not notice these discrepancies. Instead, Lanolin has a clear example of a miscommunication on her hands, namely Duo running away and leaving Silver TO LITERALLY DIE without telling him what he is doing, aka the very opposite of the goal of their training... and she begins tearing into Silver. About how they ‘shouldn’t point fingers’ (what? Silver nearly died and Duo evidently did nothing, he himself says so!) and how she ‘expected better control’ from Silver and that he should ‘do better next time’ (what?! Woman, you 1. don’t know him personally at all, 2. know jack and shit about his powers, and 3. do know he is the saviour of the world on multiple instances, as indicated by Duo). OP is entirely correct: she is the greenest and newest member of them all (where furthermore her one mission in the field was a DISASTER where literally Sonic himself ended up getting captured by Eggman alongside Lanolin and Whisper), yet she talks and acts as if she’s got more experience than Sonic in hero-ing and Knuckles, Amy, and/or Jewel in leading organisations like the Resistance and Restoration. And since nobody calls her out for it, plus her One Moment Of Weakness about it never getting brought up again and in fact seems to be actively defied by her doing nothing to change her known vices for the better, it makes for an altogether unpleasant and unlikeable character to me.

Saw your thoughts on Lanolin and figured I should pipe in with why she tends to act that way, especially with the more recent issues she's starred in.

Lanolin, unlike all the rest of the cast, is a novice. She only seemed to have joined the Restoration during the Metal Virus, and the Eggperial City mission was her first time as leader. She even states herself that she's bossy and inexperienced in Issue 58.

The sheep's still got a lot to learn about leadership, so I think we can probably expect some more slip-ups on her part.

Hey, thanks for the ask! Sorry for the delay, but I had to catch up on the comics before I could answer this fairly.

I hear you completely, and you are correct. She IS new, and is a bit deserving of some lenience in that regard. However, I think that’s my central problem with her: she’s very new, and yet she speaks like the most experienced person in the room.

The way she critiqued Silver and chided him despite having ZERO experience with psychokinesis was incredibly irritating.

I understand she’s the “leader” of the Diamond Cutters, but she speaks with an authority that she truly hasn’t earned. If she’s so new, why is she the one taking so much charge and training people with the experience she doesn’t have? Seriously, out of all of the Diamond Cutters (core and “in training”), Lanolin has the least experience.

Also, I respect that Lanolin’s attitude and neuroticism is played for laughs, but it truly just reads as malicious to me—especially towards Tangle. It’s made clear in writing and through visual gags repetitively that not only does Lanolin has an objective problem with Tangle as a person, but she doesn’t seem to respect Tangle enough to communicate with her effectively.

It goes so far as to feel like Lanolin would prefer to outright replace Tangle if she had the choice in issue 62.

And it’s not even like it’s a silly joke for Tangle. She’s shown multiple times to actively dislike this bullying.

Again, she’s new. I get that. But if there’s a whole scene in issue 58 dedicated to the fact that she’s new and bossy and knows she should be better, why is no effort being made? It’s not cute to acknowledge your flaws only to amplify them later on.

I don’t know.

I don’t find this kind of character endearing. Lanolin comes off as an insecure girl who lacks empathy, which feels silly and mean to say about a fictional sheep, but she doesn’t even seem to be on some sort of character arc. This is just… who she is. And I find that incredibly disappointing.

[molinaskies]

Say it louder for the people in the back

Saw your thoughts on Lanolin and figured I should pipe in with why she tends to act that way, especially with the more recent issues she's starred in.

Lanolin, unlike all the rest of the cast, is a novice. She only seemed to have joined the Restoration during the Metal Virus, and the Eggperial City mission was her first time as leader. She even states herself that she's bossy and inexperienced in Issue 58.

The sheep's still got a lot to learn about leadership, so I think we can probably expect some more slip-ups on her part.

Hey, thanks for the ask! Sorry for the delay, but I had to catch up on the comics before I could answer this fairly.

I hear you completely, and you are correct. She IS new, and is a bit deserving of some lenience in that regard. However, I think that’s my central problem with her: she’s very new, and yet she speaks like the most experienced person in the room.

The way she critiqued Silver and chided him despite having ZERO experience with psychokinesis was incredibly irritating.

I understand she’s the “leader” of the Diamond Cutters, but she speaks with an authority that she truly hasn’t earned. If she’s so new, why is she the one taking so much charge and training people with the experience she doesn’t have? Seriously, out of all of the Diamond Cutters (core and “in training”), Lanolin has the least experience.

Also, I respect that Lanolin’s attitude and neuroticism is played for laughs, but it truly just reads as malicious to me—especially towards Tangle. It’s made clear in writing and through visual gags repetitively that not only does Lanolin has an objective problem with Tangle as a person, but she doesn’t seem to respect Tangle enough to communicate with her effectively.

It goes so far as to feel like Lanolin would prefer to outright replace Tangle if she had the choice in issue 62.

And it’s not even like it’s a silly joke for Tangle. She’s shown multiple times to actively dislike this bullying.

Again, she’s new. I get that. But if there’s a whole scene in issue 58 dedicated to the fact that she’s new and bossy and knows she should be better, why is no effort being made? It’s not cute to acknowledge your flaws only to amplify them later on.

I don’t know.

I don’t find this kind of character endearing. Lanolin comes off as an insecure girl who lacks empathy, which feels silly and mean to say about a fictional sheep, but she doesn’t even seem to be on some sort of character arc. This is just… who she is. And I find that incredibly disappointing.