Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29428918-20161008100136/@comment-24658561-20161019201309

RougetheBat4 wrote: 81cheney wrote: With Amy being my favourite character, I can say that she has always had double personalities. She has one when she's doing anything Sonic related and one in the rare moments, when she actually isn't looking for Sonic, near Sonic, or on an adventure with Sonic. I personally think the whole fan girl thing is getting annoying. Although, she has her moments and she has proven herself as one of Sonic's friends.

I really hope that she gets the bulk of character development in Project 2017. I actually read an article about her awhile back, saying how many people dislike her because she's stubborn, but no one cares that Knuckles is stubborn. The article said that Sonic is a male dominated franchise, so that's why they don't like a female having such a strong will. I don't think that's the reason at all.

Wouldn't Sonic get better reviews amongst female fans if they made Amy stronger? She's the only main, main female character (I count those as Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy). I wish she had more moments. The reason she is my favourite character in the first place is due to her energetic and positive personality, so I really hope that doesn't fade away, even if Sega decides to finally mature her. I dont think she is maturing in any sort of way, No one matures from a fun, enegetic girl to some posh person. To anyway, amy was already made strong with her hammer, now thats she is more posh and thinks that "girls dont fight" quoted in a Sonic Boom episode i dont think there is much hope for her now that Lisa Ortiz stopped voice acting her. Agreed.

First off, Sonic Boom is supposed to be an alternate universe. It does a horrible job at it, but if people feel that this is excuse enough for the creators to derail/flanderize every character they touch, it should be explanation enough on why Sonic Boom isn't Amy evolving in any way.

Second, Sonic Boom Amy has no consistent personality either. The only thing that consistently defined her personality, the extroverted, almost fangirlish affection for Sonic, was removed. She is the girl of the group, but since the "Girl" stereotype isn't as defined as let's say the "Boy Genius" or "Dumb Muscle" stereotype, she just keeps jumping from stereotype to stereotype. In one episode, she acts all crazy, in the next she's the only reasonable person in the entire cast, then she acts like a mommy character, after that she takes on the role of a leading force, then she's an activist, then she's a fighter, then she's a posh lady, then she's nagging and yells at people for no good reason, the list goes on.

Amy could be a good, maybe even a great character. But not with the current writers and certainly not in Sonic Boom. If there was a new Sonic TV show that actually cared about the source material, I'd see a great opportunity for character development, even if it's just for this one show. Maybe have her as Sonic's childhood friend and a damsel in distress at first, but have her become more experienced and actually work to become stronger later on. And as we all know, TV shows have the tendency to affect the franchise, even though they're not canon. AoStH introduced the Chilly Dogs, SatAM introduced the concept of robotization and Sonic X affected the personalities of the characters in the later games in a big way, such as giving Amy and Knuckles a short temper. And I'm here, hoping that Sonic Boom won't affect the main series too much as it's "just a spin-off".