User:Slug-Drones/Sonaze

Sonic and Blaze being a couple is unofficial.

This article is in support of the couple.

The list is factual with no opinions in them. I just list down their moments, whether platonic or not - it is up to the reader.

The section "Extra" onwards are some of the scenes in detail, as they are things people are likely to miss, these can be considered opinions.

Blaze


Although being asked my many people to seek Sonic's help, Blaze refuses and even gets annoyed to hear his name. Blaze previously had no interest in Sonic but a friendship between the two was developed later on.


 * After Blaze meets Sonic, she appeared uninterested in meeting him and abruptly leaves. When Sonic and Tails were out of sight, she stops and says, "Sonic... what kind of a person is he?" when Cream replies he's 'like the wind' Blaze smiles and says, "What is that supposed to mean?".


 * After the final battle, Blaze quickly plans to return to her own world. However, after being stopped by Sonic for a moment, instead of leaving she slowly gazes and him and floats towards him slowly.


 * She pauses for a moment and shyly reaches out her hand, offering him a handshake.


 * After the handshake they are seen holding hands in the air. When they are separated, Blaze is seen reaching out her arm towards Sonic.


 * When Blaze is flying towards her dimension, the only person she thinks about is Sonic. Despite her saying that she won't talk as it is "better this way", she imagines Sonic talking to her when he's gone in this scene. In the end of conversation she smiles at the image of Sonic in her head and says "I'll see you again.". (for elaboration, read "Blaze's feelings?")

Sonic
In the beginning of Sonic Rush, Sonic first sees Blaze snatching a Sol Emerald from his reach after a battle with Eggman, she thanks him and leaves. Sonic out of curiousity and suspicion searches for her. But realizes that she's the good guy.


 * Sonic offers help when the two confront Eggman and Eggman Nega. Blaze stubbornly refuses and berates him in the process, causing them to fight. Sonic however says he doesn't want to fight her.


 * When Blaze shouts out her feelings of being burdened with her flames and living alone, Sonic feels for her and helps her stand up after the battle.


 * Sonic allows Blaze to save Cream when she insisted that she should go alone. Tails asks him why he made this decision, Sonic responds "Being able to trust someone... is also a part of friendship, right?".


 * After Sonic's battle against Eggman Nega, Sonic is seen distracted, smiling at Blaze who is hugging Cream. Tails, not knowing where he's distracted asks if there is something wrong, Sonic responds, "Oh... nothing.".


 * After the battle, Sonic tries to draw Blaze to a conversation by asking her, "No words from you?" before she leaves. Implies that he wants her to stay longer.


 * There is some tension in this part - Sonic says, "I guess it's time to say... good bye." and Blaze responds "...I have no choice...".


 * When Blaze starts leaving, Sonic asks her to wait. He pauses speechless for a while and says "This is from me... I'll see you again!"


 * Sonic and Blaze, in their transformations are seen gazing and floating towards each other after the final battle.


 * When Sonic and Blaze are holding hands in the air, Sonic places his other hand over her hand even though it was time for her to leave.

Blaze

 * Blaze is seen relying on Sonic in the earthquake scenes by standing behind him.


 * Blaze implies to Sonic that she finds the Ghost Ship "scary" in a rather shy manner.


 * Blaze is seen sitting at the back of Sonic's Wave Typhoon resting her eyes. She then turns at him and the two are staring at each other for a moment.


 * When Blaze is intimidated by a huge height she sees, she shouts out Sonic's name even though Tails and Marine were there as well, "Sonic? L-let's move away from this edge of the cliff, yeah?"


 * After the final battle, the two are seen standing together in the sunset.


 * Blaze reaches out her hand towards Sonic right before he leaves.


 * Before Sonic leaves to his world, Blaze asks him if he was brought to her world for 'a reason'. While what she said wasn't quite romantic, the way Sonic responds to it looks like she was implying something. See the 'subtexty' image.


 * There are huge Sonic monuments unlocked in Blaze's world when the game is beaten. Such respect I must say.

Sonic

 * Sonic is seen giving Blaze a ride on his Wave Cyclone and looks back at her for a long moment until Tails and Marine come.


 * He is seen protecting her by standing infront of her in one of the earthquake scenes.


 * When he and Tails had to return to their world, Tails goes in the Wave Typhoon first, ready to leave, while Sonic is still on the ramp talking to Blaze.


 * In Sonic Rush Sonic confidently takes her hand without pausing for one moment. However in this game, he pauses, tilts his head and looks at her for a long moment and then takes her hand.


 * Sonic and Blaze take a long time talking until Tails shouts out to Sonic that they have to leave.


 * Sonic is seen waving bye at Blaze while she just turns her head away.


 * See the rather subtexty image above.

Sonic and the Black Knight
Instead of Blaze, this game shows her storybook counterpart named Percival, she however, like the other Knights of the Round Table looks and has the exact personality as Blaze.

Blaze

 * She loses her battle against Sonic and falls from a volcano, Sonic saves her, leaving her speechless as she was expecting him to let her die after her defeat.


 * She is seen staring at Sonic with her eyes wide open until Caliburn says, "Save the hugs and kisses for later" causing her to blush and looks down in embarrassment. Sonaze_picture.png


 * She is more loyal and more willing to help Sonic than the other knights who too have witnessed Sonic's kindness.


 * When Gawain (Knuckles), even though he too was saved by Sonic, finds Sonic suspicious and begins to ask him questions, Percival (Blaze) places her hand infront of him and tells him to 'wait'. Once again acting desperate and protective of Sonic.


 * She is the first person in the story to follow his orders and one can see her passion and eagerness to listen to him, being the only person in the game to act like this.


 * She eagerly convinces Lancelot (Shadow) and Gawain (Knuckles) to listen to Sonic's orders for the benefit of the kingdom. She is the first to stand for him, even when Sonic is the one who 'helped' Merlina cause the destruction (he didn't know as Merlina was deceiving him all along).


 * She is the first to shout out his name and desperately says, "Sir Sonic! You have done enough!" when she sees him brutally injured by Dark Queen.

Overall, after being rescued by Sonic. She was extremely devoted and loyal to him, similar to how an infatuated heroine would behave to her love interest.

The connection between Blaze and Percival:

The battle between Sonic and Percival is based on the battle between Sonic and Blaze in Sonic Rush. The difference is that Percival seemed infatuated with Sonic after the battle. However, considering their personality and looks are exact could mean that Blaze possibly developed the same feelings. In Sonic Rush Adventure she does seem to rely on him and listens to what he says eagerly similar to how Percival listens to his orders.

Sonic VS. Percival : Percival fights Sonic because she is mis-guided/had a misunderstanding. Sonic is forced to fight her. She loses the battle and attempts to fall off (or it could be a mistake). Sonic saves her. She is impressed by his kindness and considers him an ally.

Sonic VS. Blaze: Blaze's selfishness causes the two to fight. Mostly Sonic trying to calm to her down. She loses the battle and accepts Sonic's kindness, considering him an ally.

They have the same personality, and encounter Sonic in the same way. So, I suppose the end results would be similar?

Sonic

 * Sonic and Percival (Blaze) are seen staring at each other for a long moment when he saves her from the volcano. He is also grabbing her hand so that she doesn't fall.


 * After Caliburn says "Save the hugs and kisses for later." to Percival (Blaze) and Sonic, Sonic looks at him says, "Why? You jealous or something?".

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games

 * In the CG opening, Sonic, participating in one of the events, misses a pole. He instead grabs Blaze's feet and swings her around, much to her shock and gets himself ahead of the race.


 * In the DS version of the game, Blaze, Peach, Daisy and Amy are sending invitations to the other players to a party. Amy wants to send hers to Sonic personally, Blaze however stops her and challenges her to a sport.


 * In the Story Mode, at one point Amy starts flirting with Sonic by calling him "darling" on a message system. Blaze responds to this by putting a hand on her face and says to herself, "Oh brother!".


 * In one of the gameplay trailers, Mario and Peach are synchronize swimming with Sonic and Blaze. In most of the trailers, the characters are meant to mirror each other. Peach being Mario's love-interest could reflect Blaze for Sonic. Either that or the two are princesses.

Sonic Generations

 * Blaze appears to be looking a little stressed (or is thinking deeply) in Sonic's surprise birthday. She does this after Amy tries hugging Sonic. Though, it could be a coincidence.


 * A somewhat soft, sweet music called "You're My Hero" is played in the Blaze co-op mission despite the level being Crisis City, the roughest and scariest looking place in the game. This really doesn't mean anything, but it's the most unfitting music played of all co-op missions. This music is also played in the Knuckles co-op, Cream co-op and Rouge co-op however.

Blaze and Elise Theory
Conceptually, these characters are the same. And the dates of their debuts are also around the same time.

This theory says that Blaze and Elise are based on one concept, making them the same person. But then the development team divided it into two people, with one of them just being a one-time character (Elise). This mainly proves why Blaze was given a difference role in Sonic 06, actually, it isn't for Sonaze.

Further proof of them being the same person is in Sonic 06. Blaze was pushed into an entirely difference role in Sonic 06 with no explanations at all. Could it be because she was too similar to Elise?


 * Blaze isn't a princess in the game
 * No mention of fire curse
 * No interaction with Sonic
 * No mention of Sol Emeralds

They removed what made Blaze similar to Elise, just for one game only and it was because she was too similar. Why was she so similar? Because they are one concept, they were supposed to be one person.

If this theory makes enough sense then maybe Blaze was a concept to be a love-interest for Sonic as well.

Comparison
The way Blaze is towards Sonic is not something new. Her behaviour towards him is alot like other female characters of different franchises who too behave the same way she does to their love-interest.

An over-view of how Blaze developed her friendship with Sonic

Now, the list of other tough female characters who showed no respect to the hero, but ended up having a high amount of respect to the point where they actually developed a crush on the hero:


 * Tigress to Po in Kung Fu Panda
 * Colette to Linguini in Ratatouille
 * Misty to Ash in Pokemon
 * Astrid to Hiccup in How to Train Your Dragon
 * Hilary to Kai in Beyblade
 * Sgt Calhoun to Fix-it Felix in Wreck-It Ralph
 * Lucy to Desmond in Assassin's Creed
 * Rouge the Bat to Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic Adventure 2 [Sonic Central confirmed it (official Sonic site), but that site was dead years ago]
 * Videl to Gohan in DragonBall Z

Commentary - Blaze's feelings?
Blaze is a person who doesn't show her true feelings, we know that. Is she hiding from feelings from Sonic as well? Infact Blaze might like Sonic more than it appears. This can be interpreted in the Sonic Rush Ending:

Sonic: "No words from you?"

Blaze: "It's better this way. I first came here as a stranger out of nowhere. I think it's appropriate I leave the same way. Sonic... thank you for your help. Bye."

Now, she clearly tells him she has nothing to say and won't say anything. She's being all buisness-like here and even gives some form of an explanation why she won't just stop and talk to him. Infact, she doesn't even smile while he's smiling throughout.

But, when she leaves him and he's out of sight, she does opposite of what she told him.

Blaze: "I understand now... My inherent power over fire... As princess, it is my duty to protect the Sol Emeralds. But because of my duty, I shut people out, and keep to myself... But trying to make it solely my responsibility, I put my world in danger. But then..."

Sonic (Blaze remembering Sonic in her head): "You need to be true to yourself!"

Blaze: *looks up and smiles* "Sonic the Hedgehog..."

Sonic: (imagining Sonic talking to her) *says really long stuff here*

Blaze: *closes her eyes and smiles* "I'll see you again." *Blaze flies off*

Before she said she won't say anything and plans on leaving immediately. Now he's gone, she's imagining herself smiling and talking to him.

Subext
There seems to be some sort of 'tension' between the two character when they have to separate in both Sonic Rush and Sonic Rush Adventure. Subtext is implied - it is not exactly what the characters are saying, but it's the way they say it. Subtext can be misinterpreted though, but the ending of Sonic Rush and Sonic Rush Adventure is pretty obvious to say the writers were intending something, well, romantic.

Example -

Notice how the original sounds a little more emotional? The "..." shows the character pausing, or are talking slower. Some emotional tension is implied in this. It is alot, infact even awkward in Sonic Rush Adventure.

In this one, it's far more obvious. They hardly say anything different, but the way the characters a talking and their expressions imply something else.

Emerald and Hero Connection
Sonic Rush Adventure clearly says that not only are the Chaos and Sol Emeralds connected to their respective worlds, but Sonic and Blaze themselves.

Both games, Sonic Rush and its sequel say that the Emeralds work like magnets - they can attract and repel. And that both Emeralds can cause either chaos or a pathway between the two worlds. Here is the conversation;

Blaze: So, this craft uses the power of both sets of Emeralds?

Tails: Yeah. The energy acts to form a sort of tunnel between this world and our world.

Blaze: Hmm. So then the Chaos and Sol Emeralds are...

Sonic: ...Sort of like North and South on a magnet.

Blaze: If they have the power to repel each other, then they have the power to attract each other, too.

Sonic: And if misused they can potentially bring ruin to both our worlds.

Okay, so when they are stable, they can create a pathway between the two worlds, but if not, it can bring chaos and ruin. But how can they bring them to be stable? This conversation implies that Sonic and Blaze are keeping them stable, but are completely unaware, and they do not even know how. This conversation is continued -

Blaze: So, then, how do you prevent that from happening, Tails?

Tails: Well, I haven't done anything special in particular. They're both extremely stable. Because of that I was able to put this ship together in such a short time.

Blaze: What do you mean?

Tails: Well, I got to thinking... Doesn't it seem like the Emeralds are trying to help us?

Blaze: *shocked* The Chaos Emeralds...?

Sonic: *shocked* ...And Sol Emeralds?

Tails: Yeah, if not then they wouldn't be as stable as they are. It's almost as if they WANT to be used to do this.

Sonic: *thinking* Trying to help us... huh...

Blaze: *thinking* Hmph...

The shock and curiousity in Sonic and Blaze's responses are implying to the viewer that it's because of them. This is sort of a trope I've seen in cartoons like Pokemon, games like Zelda and movies like Tangled - there is some mysterious connection that the subject is unaware of, and that unawareness looks so obvious that it hints the audience that "it's actually them" who is part of the connection. This is also implied to what Blaze tells Sonic later on. Which is the subtext I was talking about.

The handshake
There is a noticeable difference in the way Sonic reacts to a handshake in Sonic Rush and Sonic Rush Adventure.

In Sonic Rush, he confidently takes her hand in a very friendly, casual tone without thinking for a second. In Sonic Rush Adventure, it's the opposite. He thinks for a pretty long while, looks at her for a while as well and didn't take his hand out as confidently as last time. There was a certain tension or confusion on Sonic's side in that scene. Ironically, Blaze is the opposite.

The Argument
This section gives out some common arguments given by fans.

Sonic kissed her after stopping Blaze in the end of Sonic Rush

Answer - This misconception is surprisingly common. Sonic and Blaze were standing at a far distance in the part. The characters come closer after this part. Besides, who does a handshake after a kiss?

It was a handshake, it isn't romantic.

Answer - It wasn't just a handshake. The handshake could have ended right after Sonic took her hand.


 * They were holding hands in the air in a pink background with soft, slow music playing.
 * They looked like they were looking at each others eyes in this scene, as they are staring and each other blankly.
 * Sonic places his hand over hers, trying to hold her tighter
 * They weren't letting go of each other, basically. Blaze is even reaching her hand towards them desperately when they separate.

Now if it were a formal handshake like they say it is, I don't think this oddly romantic scene would be there in the first place. This is probably the most romantic moment Sonic has ever been into and it's so clear.

Percival wasn't Blaze

Answer - Like the other Knights of the Round Table, the Black Smith, Ali Baba and Sinbad, Percival is barely any different from her counterpart, Blaze. Sure, Nimue wasn't a bit like Amy, but it was very clear and obvious, infact Amy isn't even likely to wear blue. But Percival? She spoke like Blaze, fought like Blaze, dressed like Blaze.

If Blaze were never considered a love-interest for Sonic, then why did the writers make her counterpart have all these romantic hints for Sonic? Percival started and ended up the same way as Blaze did to Sonic. The Blaze in Sonic Rush Adventure and Percival in Sonic and the Black Knight have no difference. I think, the reason why Percival's infatuation was obvious because the game had dialogue and so that, in a way, the writers can get away with it.

Percival blushing doesn't mean she developed feelings for Sonic

Answer - It's a common thing used in media. When someone gives a romantic comment to the 'couple', they blush/sweat about it, making the couple a little more obvious. So here, Percival's feelings are a little obvious. It's not only the blush scene, but the way Percival behaves later on. She seemed to like Sonic alot more than everyone else, then count that fact that she was blushing in that scene. I think her feelings are very obvious.