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6/19/2025, 7:17:37 AM
It's so obvious what they should have done with Tangle. She should have been Sonic's companion.
The character is literally perfect for it. She's a fangirl who gets to meet her hero. She has a fun personality and a moveset that would actually work in a game. You make her the audience POV. She's the one who can ask what a Chaos Emerald is and have a character arc, because Sonic himself doesn't really change. He's the force of nature, she's the person swept up in it.
Instead they shackled her to Whisper for social media brownie points and now she's stuck in this weird side-story ghetto. Just let her hang out with Sonic and the main cast. Let her be the fun, energetic adventurer. It would have been so much better.
The character is literally perfect for it. She's a fangirl who gets to meet her hero. She has a fun personality and a moveset that would actually work in a game. You make her the audience POV. She's the one who can ask what a Chaos Emerald is and have a character arc, because Sonic himself doesn't really change. He's the force of nature, she's the person swept up in it.
Instead they shackled her to Whisper for social media brownie points and now she's stuck in this weird side-story ghetto. Just let her hang out with Sonic and the main cast. Let her be the fun, energetic adventurer. It would have been so much better.
6/18/2025, 10:27:07 AM
You guys don't get it. The best way to use Tangle would have been to make her Sonic's companion, straight up Rose Tyler-style.
Think about it. Sonic is the Doctor. He's a weird, ancient, nomadic hero who is basically a force of nature. You can't really write him as a relatable protagonist because he doesn't change or have normal character arcs. He just shows up and makes the plot happen to other people.
That's where the companion comes in. Tangle is perfect. She's the normal person from a nowhere town who gets swept up in the adventure. She can be the audience surrogate, asking the questions we're all thinking. "What's a Chaos Emerald?" "Who's that Shadow guy?" She provides the normie perspective. She can have the character arc that Sonic can't.
It would have solved all her problems. Instead of being glued to Whisper and forced to be her therapist, she could have been off seeing the world with Sonic. She'd get to interact with the whole cast, have fun, and be the energetic adventurer she was meant to be. It would give the stories a proper anchor and let Sonic be the cool, mysterious hero without having to carry the whole narrative on his back. It's such an obvious and winning formula, but instead they stuck her in a dead-end pairing.
Think about it. Sonic is the Doctor. He's a weird, ancient, nomadic hero who is basically a force of nature. You can't really write him as a relatable protagonist because he doesn't change or have normal character arcs. He just shows up and makes the plot happen to other people.
That's where the companion comes in. Tangle is perfect. She's the normal person from a nowhere town who gets swept up in the adventure. She can be the audience surrogate, asking the questions we're all thinking. "What's a Chaos Emerald?" "Who's that Shadow guy?" She provides the normie perspective. She can have the character arc that Sonic can't.
It would have solved all her problems. Instead of being glued to Whisper and forced to be her therapist, she could have been off seeing the world with Sonic. She'd get to interact with the whole cast, have fun, and be the energetic adventurer she was meant to be. It would give the stories a proper anchor and let Sonic be the cool, mysterious hero without having to carry the whole narrative on his back. It's such an obvious and winning formula, but instead they stuck her in a dead-end pairing.
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