#forever anytime i see tangle being characterized as a sonic fangirl im like ‘she wouldnt do that.’ | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

lemurballing · 1 month ago

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tangle is so fun because she is a juxtaposition of something collected and contained with something loose and free and in motion

she’s a rough brawler but she has a stance and a style. she’s impulsive and thrillseeking, but she wraps her arms in sports tape to protect them, a precaution. she longs for adventure and action but she will always need to come to rest at home with friends. she’s bouncy and restless, but she’s an intent listener and considerate. she’s got months of off-and-on experience fighting badniks, but is still so new to real Adventure.

and while there’s plenty of traits sonic and tangle share, you can’t reduce her to ‘girl sonic�� without neglecting something of her own characterization. she fundamentally wants something different out of life than sonic does, because she doesn’t need to be anchorless; she isn’t a backpacker, sleeping somewhere new every night. she’s more like a goose, or a frigate bird; flying free for ages and ages, knowing she wants to go somewhere, until time comes to call her back to her origin.

#random rambling at midnight oclock #i love love love contrasting characters who are very similar but have important subtle distinctions #like sonic is very self-determined. he knows what he wants #tangle is not yet. shes chasing adventure because she knows thats how she’ll *find* what she wants #she chases whisper because she knows whisper is better with a friend around. but also because whisper is a gateway to adventure #she’ll even bind herself with structure and expectations if it means coming back to whisper #^ sonic didnt want to join the restoration even for amy. tangle stayed because jewel needed her even if she hated it #or even just because itd help jewel. jewel didnt necessarily need tangle - especially if tangle had the free time to cause Incidents #shes like. selfless for partially selfish reasons. she wants adventure so bad & helping ppl is an adventure #she obviously still cares about people and wants to help too. but still #shes also this mix of. very competent and frightening in ability & strength. but also never really put on a level with most of the main cas #extremely durable tail that can punch metal out + lengthen to any size or reach (at high speed too!!) + hulk loki toss people #plus above average ability/acrobatics + some durability cause she fell a ways in the portal tower arc finding sonic/amy/tails #but also. still not applied as much as she could be + often disadvantaged against characters like surge/mimic/guns #but like. she also was fighting off zombots for some period of time while getting 0% more infected; creatively using chairs & stools #i feel like being true to *that* tangle necessitates her having some sort of plan against surge if/when they clash again.#she DOES strategize even if it’s on the fly. and she does have a pretty good sense of where her own body is/isn’t Marinette clumsy #anyways. au where i rewrite tangle’s recent appearances in line with her characterization for the first ~30 issues #forever anytime i see tangle being characterized as a sonic fangirl im like ‘she wouldnt do that.’#she would ADMIRE sonic absolutely!! she would not Fangirl. they are different. issue 4 she was so chill abt meeting sonic #ive been awake too long….. goodnight

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