Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29428918-20161008100136/@comment-24658561-20161103164141

81cheney wrote: Her Archie personality is the best one in my opinion. She's upbeat, positive, and is a true inspiration. She does have a crush on Sonic, but she doesn't chase after him too too much. She also mentions her major crush a few times. The official games probably treat her the worst.

The official games are pretty bad, but her worst portrayal is still the Sonic Boom Archie Comics version where she "criticizes"(and I'm putting big quotation marks around the comic's wording) Knuckles for not being as totally hyperly smart as she is to the point where it genuinely depresses him, she never feels actually sorry about it and in the end Knuckles is the one who is supposed to learn a lesson here because he attempted to not feed her superiority complex any longer. This is one of the very few times I actually found myself flat-out hating a Sonic character. Sure, Chris doesn't work and was in the spotlight way too often, Marine acted overconfident and was annoying at times and Orbot and Cubot embody everything that's wrong with Sonic right now, but they never did anything especially hateable. "Criticizing" somebody for something they can't change is not only something I'd call hateable, it's downright despicable. It's something that bullies(in fictional media, they're classified as "antagonists" or "villains") do when they want somebody to feel horrible to discourage them or simply just to get a kick out of it. It's like walking up to a black person and being like "Geez, can't you just not be black for once?"

Amy is not like that and should never be portrayed like that ever again. She should be upbeat, fun-loving and a little childish at times with a crush on Sonic, but that last part should be handled like it was in Chronicles where she just went as far as making up a fake boyfriend in order to make Sonic jealous instead of chasing him with her hammer. Furthermore, she should be actually helpful and able to stand on her own like she did when fighting the Iron King in the Archie Comics. The childish part of her personality should not get in the way too much and she should know when to get serious. She is supposed to be the heart of the team, so have her be useful when force isn't doing anything. She was the one who got Shadow and Silver to rethink their plans after all.