Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27134893-20160207013105/@comment-679780-20160207185907

For the sake of conversation, while I believe Sonic games take place on an alternate Earth and the humanoid animals are never addressed as a race, I call them "mobian" to differate them from traditional anthropomorphic animals in various art and media. I call them "mobians" even if I am on about the official Sega Sonic games. It's just simpler than calling them 2Sonic Characters" or "anthropomorphic animals" all the time.

To my comment: Sonic is technically classified as a "furry" even though he's way more cartoony than usual anthro art. Regardless Sonic is still an animal and even goes as far to address himself as a hedgehog. So even though his mind and body is as advance as the average human, he is still regarded as an animal, even if "Mobians" have equal rights and treatment on Sonic's world in human societies.

In Sonic lore, we are never addressed exactly in depth human and mobian relations other than most humans easily tolerate the company of mobians. However most Dreamcast and modern Sonic games take place in human dominant locations such as Station Square, Central City and the places in Sonic Unleashed. It is unknown why Sonic and his assosiates are the only known mobians throughout the series but it is easily pressumed there are more of them, I think mobians prefer to live on islands than mainlands or something. However a fair few games do show Tails or Rouge living in Central City but the canon is questionable in these games.

You bring up other examples of human-anthro relationships like WFRR and TMNT. Well while WFRR is a crime drama starring cartoon characters, it's important to know that toons are never taken seriously. Plus Jesica Rabbit herself was a "toon" along with her husband, but all in all the nature was never really questioned that much. As for April O'Neil and Leoardo, I found out about that shipping rather recently and always found it wierd. Nah I'd settle on AprilJones or whatever that ship is called. And I don't really bother with whats going on with Marios love life. Far as I recall, Goombella flirted with him platonically or something, I dunno.

I don't like SonElise because it just doesn't sit with me. Honestly, I think Princess Elise is pretty, I like pale girls. I just think the story writers of the game just force-ship them and I don't like that at all, it's why Idon't like Tailsomo because Cosmo is some Sonic OC made up to ship with Tails.

True I find it a bit odd for a human to fall in love with a Mobian because that has never happened in the games, but with all that internet fan-smut of Rouge the Bat, Amy Rose as well as Sonic and the guys and the rest, well Elise's interest is no different from most of Sonic's fans who like certain characters that much. I guess people just didn't want to see anything like that in the games.

The way I see it, Elise does have romantic feelings for Sonic, but I think throughout there adventure, Sonic's feelings for Elise were platonic. Yeah he did care for her a lot but in a "good knightly" sort of way.

All in all, I ship Sonic and Amy even though it's very unlikely Sonic will settle down qith Amy anytime soon, but us SonAmy fans will hope.