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7/25/2025, 7:07:00 PM
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I call Tails "Kid Sonic", for example, to describe Tails' role in the series as simply as possible.
The terminology is just based on "Kid Flash", who is The Flash's sidekick. And the original Kid Flash, Wally West, was a big fan of The Flash when he was first introduced. He looked up to the Flash, and then when they met, the lightning bolt that struck Barry ended up striking twice and now Wally had the same abilities Barry had. And then when Barry Allen died in the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Wally had to take up the mantle of the Flash. At first, he felt like he could never measure up to Barry. But once he broke out of that mindset, he ended up proving himself to be even faster than The Flash, and now Wally West is known as the Fastest Flash across all fiction redefining "super speed" so heavily that people believe he could solo any universe.
In short, "Kid Flash" is introduced as a Tails-like character for The Flash, and goes through an arc of breaking out of the Flash's shadow, becoming his own man, and then fully surpasses the original Flash. So when I call Tails "Kid Sonic", I am referring to this basic archetype. The prime example of that archetype being Robin.
I'm not saying that Tails is literally just Sonic as a kid, or that his entire character is just a copy of Sonic but as a child or however else "Kid Sonic" could be misconstrued. I'm also not implying Tails is literally 1:1 with Wally West or any other example I may refer to. Tails is Tails, and he personally is my favorite character because of who Tails is on his own.
When I compare Cream to Tails, I am comparing Cream to this same overall archetype as well as analyzing the overlapping traits shared between Cream and Tails themselves. Because they are very similar. But most of that seems to be glossed over with Cream because a lot of people just view her as a helpless baby, which is just outright false. It feels the same as when someone says that about Tails. So, I defend her as well.
I call Tails "Kid Sonic", for example, to describe Tails' role in the series as simply as possible.
The terminology is just based on "Kid Flash", who is The Flash's sidekick. And the original Kid Flash, Wally West, was a big fan of The Flash when he was first introduced. He looked up to the Flash, and then when they met, the lightning bolt that struck Barry ended up striking twice and now Wally had the same abilities Barry had. And then when Barry Allen died in the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Wally had to take up the mantle of the Flash. At first, he felt like he could never measure up to Barry. But once he broke out of that mindset, he ended up proving himself to be even faster than The Flash, and now Wally West is known as the Fastest Flash across all fiction redefining "super speed" so heavily that people believe he could solo any universe.
In short, "Kid Flash" is introduced as a Tails-like character for The Flash, and goes through an arc of breaking out of the Flash's shadow, becoming his own man, and then fully surpasses the original Flash. So when I call Tails "Kid Sonic", I am referring to this basic archetype. The prime example of that archetype being Robin.
I'm not saying that Tails is literally just Sonic as a kid, or that his entire character is just a copy of Sonic but as a child or however else "Kid Sonic" could be misconstrued. I'm also not implying Tails is literally 1:1 with Wally West or any other example I may refer to. Tails is Tails, and he personally is my favorite character because of who Tails is on his own.
When I compare Cream to Tails, I am comparing Cream to this same overall archetype as well as analyzing the overlapping traits shared between Cream and Tails themselves. Because they are very similar. But most of that seems to be glossed over with Cream because a lot of people just view her as a helpless baby, which is just outright false. It feels the same as when someone says that about Tails. So, I defend her as well.
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