#in fact you probably wouldn't know she had those feelings if sonic prime was your first exposure to sonic

[nesonkin]

I think Modern Amy should be allowed to be open about her love for Sonic. I don't know why some people think that toning her down to the point where she's suppressing her feelings is a sign of maturity.

[sage-nebula]

I have a couple of questions

1. Do you think that the reason the IDW writers separated Tangle and Whisper was because they couldn't find a convincing way for Whisper not to need to be internalized if on top of losing her wisps she saw her girlfriend being beaten into a pulp?

2. Do you think Tails' recent treatment ( aside from this issue, it appears that he's going to save the day in Scrapnik Island) on the comics is a sort of "apology" to the fans who didn't like his portrayal in "Forces"?

I don't know what you mean exactly by "not to need to be internalized", so I can't really answer that. I can say that . . . probably not? I'll admit that I was one of the people salty that Whisper didn't get to go on the girls' trip in "Trial by Fire", especially since she's so close to both Tangle and Jewel (like, girlfriend launched herself off the Babylon Rogues' airship to save Jewel, she cares), but the fact that the arc ended with Tangle deciding to take a leave of absence from the resistance to go find her mollified me a bit. I will also say that it is in-character for Whisper to want to leave to go track down Mimic again to put his ass back in jail, although I maintain that it was out of character for Tangle to agree to stay behind, considering how hard she fought to be Whisper's backup in their miniseries. It's why in my most recent fic I sort of rationalized it by having Tangle think that Whisper lost confidence in her after she was infected during the Metal Virus pandemic, and that her own insecurities made her feel like she couldn't argue back against that.

For your second question . . . mm, no? I don't think it's an apology of any kind. Remember that literally everything that goes into these comics has to be approved by Sonic Team. If Ian or Evan said, "we want to write this games character like [x]," Sonic Team could easily say "no, you're not allowed," and then they wouldn't do it. To this end, this is why Shadow's infection in #19 (pretty sure it was #19) was so awful; Ian did what he could with it, but Sonic Team has it in their heads right now that Shadow has to be Vegatadow, and therefore has to be super cocky to the point of being stupid with his behavior. Similarly, in "Chao Races & Badnik Bases," Evan had to write him saying he didn't care about Omega and didn't want to help anyone out, even though that's also (imo) out of character for who he used to be. But it's not who Sonic Team wants him to be right now, so here we are.

All of that said, the same goes for Tails. Sonic Team wrote Forces, which treated him terribly. It was bad, I don't know anyone who liked that. But if Sonic Team wanted him to be a coward who couldn't save the day without some version of Sonic holding his hand, then there's nothing that Ian or Evan could do to change that. And you might say, well, maybe Sonic Team adjusted their approach based on feedback. And maybe they did . . . but it's not as if those of us who don't like how Shadow has been handled have been exactly quiet about it. And yet this characterization has been sticking around for some time now, from the comics, to the games (I forgot to mention it in the other post but I also played Team Sonic Racing and liked it despite Shadow once again being Like That), and probably in Prime as well. The only hope I have for early!Shadow right now is the third movie, because that's going to cover SA2's story (presumably). But otherwise, Sonic Team does what Sonic Team wants to do, feedback be damned. And as much as it frustrates me concerning characters like Shadow, as someone who holds fast and true to Aroace Sonic Supremacy, I have to say I'm glad that Sonic Team is sticking to their guns on the "no reciprocated romance for Sonic" rule. Like, please keep sticking to that one, Sonic Team. I know the shippers will give you money, but like. Please. Do it for her. And by "her," I mean me.

Anyway, TL;DR: I think that Ian and Evan have written Tails the way they want to write him, while also being permitted to do so by Sonic Team. Sonic Team done goofed in Forces, but there are also other modern Sonic games where Tails did get to at least help in saving the day, so it's not as if they're against that idea, either. Honestly, I think Tails' treatment in Forces was a lot less about him and a lot more about needing to create space for the Player Avatar. They wanted the Player Avatar to be Sonic's wingman, and that meant shoving his actual wingman into a closet. It sucks, but it is what it is.

So no, I don't think it's an apology. I think it's just Ian and Evan and the other writers doing what they want with Tails, and Sonic Team being like, "Sure, that works."