User blog comment:MarkvA/Sonic's Sidekicks: Who's The Best/@comment-50.72.2.119-20120411045149/@comment-1669199-20120413054441

While I may agree with you about her potential and current character traits, the point still stands that Blaze is no one's sidekick since she prefers being independent unless its absolutely necessary for her to team up with someone. Since she hasn't done much in the games' stories as of late anyway (Percival doesn't count since its not the same Blaze as the one we regularly see), I don't see how anyone can even think of labeling her as anyone's sidekick unless they didn't know what "sidekick" means. If anything, she should be considered an ally, an associate who provides cooperation or assistance whenever necessary. A sidekick is someone who, while indeed helping the hero, almost always accompanies them during some activity, and considering that just about all the times Blaze helped Sonic and co. she also required help with some objective of her own, along with her preference to work alone whenever possible, I, personally, find it very hard to believe that she could be classified as a "sidekick". I'm not saying this just because she's my favorite character, but rather because I seriously question the logic that some people present in regards as to what exactly a sidekick is.