User blog comment:The Pop Cult Gamer/More False Information on Sonic due to Archie fans/@comment-2058197-20130806201306/@comment-1986314-20130806204009

Archie is affiliated with SEGA. SEGA may sometimes take direction of the official character's personality at times, such as Metal Sonic's blank nature in Sonic Universe #50, and Sonic not being permitted to cry anymore.