#so needless to say that i am SO. FUCKING. GLAD. that Sega got their heads out of their asses & didn't go that route w/ Amy
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I'm really glad that Sega has allowed Amy to move out of her harassment phase re: her crush on Sonic, because the way she was written back in the late 90s / 00s with regards to her crush on him is not only uncomfortable and not okay behavior (continuing to push yourself on someone after they've said "no" isn't okay even when you're a girl pushing yourself on a boy), but was also really detrimental to her character. Not only did it give people a negative impression of her (her obsessing over Sonic being her boyfriend / marrying her is remembered more often by casual fans than her actual stories in those games), but it also runs contrary to the fact that Amy has always been a kindhearted, compassionate, empathetic person. We see her compassion and empathy with other characters in those same games (wanting to save Birdie from Gamma, reminding Shadow of his actual promise to Maria, helping Cream and Big find Chocola and Froggy), so to then have her turn right around and completely ignore Sonic's feelings / boundaries because of her crush is just . . . bad. It's a bad look, and bad writing. And I don't hold it against her, any more than I hold instances of Tails having bad writing against him. These are fictional characters, they're beholden to their writers. But it's still not great and I'm really glad that Sega has realized that having Amy harass Sonic isn't funny or cute, and has instead allowed her to treat him like she does the rest of her friends: with the kindness, compassion, and empathy she's known for.
#not rebloggable bc i know how this fandom is & i don't care for the discourse#but i was just rewatching some Heroes cutscenes and y i k e s#Amy being like ''just give up! you're not getting out of marrying me now!'' before Team Rose attacks Team Sonic is like . . . jeez#it's not a great look!#a lot of this was a product of its time; anime from that time period did a lot with ''girl pursues guy no matter how much he tells her no#and this is seen as OK bc teehee women are weaker than men and therefore ineffectual threats''#see also: Sakura pursuing Sasuke - although decades later she never grew out of that & in her post-canon novel has the ''epiphany''#that she will continue to push herself on him until his ''no'' turns into a ''yes''#so needless to say that i am SO. FUCKING. GLAD. that Sega got their heads out of their asses & didn't go that route w/ Amy#i would still prefer Sonic to always remain single bc I'm an aroace Sonic truther - but at least we won't be in a timeline where#Amy just ''wore him down'' - bc she hasn't harassed him like that for years now. she calmed down & they have a friendship#so if they DO make the ship overt it'll be bc she calmed down so Sonic was able to develop feelings naturally#versus she wore him down with the harassment. & her behavior in the 90s / aughts games WAS harassment#but back then it was considered cute & funny in anime (bc again - girls aren't threatening teehee /gag) so. it was what it was#i'm just glad things are different now
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