Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27134893-20160205134946/@comment-679780-20160207023003

The way I see it, elise genuinely loves Sonic, while Sonic only see's her as a friend. Sonic's feelings for Elise are purely platonic while Elise are more romantic driven.

So yeah she's pretty messed up but I can't really blame her given she lost her dad in a science accident after trying to ressurect mum and told to don't cry over the loss of her family. Plus she had to take the throne not long after so had politics to deal with.

Though it's not confirmed or shown how human-mobian relations are tolerated in Sonic's world. But I think the reason why it wasn't so popular was because it's too much like something Super Mario games would pull off.