>>536699172
Amy Rose was co-created by Naoto Ohshima, Sonic's own creator. To be Sonic's "love interest", his "Minnie Mouse". The chase dynamic they share was conceptualized on the premise that it's what suits Sonic's own character. Sonic chases adventure, Amy chases Sonic. It's meant to be a fun and playful, and "interesting", dynamic rather than the straight-forward relationship of Mickey and Minnie.

Your perception that Amy is antithetical to Sonic's existence is blatantly false. Even Sally, as she was originally described by Ben Hurst at first, fits in just fine as her dynamic with Sonic (on paper) works with who Sonic himself is meant to be. But Sally's dynamic with Sonic, and Amy's dynamic with Sonic, are two completely different thing. Sally is an opposite-equal force that opposes Sonic's way of doing things but has to work with him as an ally, and this conflict is the focal point of their dynamic. Amy is someone who highly values what Sonic values, but she's a hyper-energetic and passionate girl whose head-over-heels in love while Sonic is cool and aloof, and not up for any of that romantic junk. So Sonic & Amy are extremely similar to one another from the perspective of anyone else, chaotic forces of nature that are basically wacky cartoon characters that crave adventure and excitement in their lives. But between each other, they are separated by Amy's passion vs Sonic's coolness.

But what's even more important is that Sonic doesn't dislike Amy, and never did. Sonic does like Amy in some way deep down, even if he doesn't look like it, and there is a genuine friendship and mutual feelings between the two. Their dynamic of Amy chasing after Sonic is meant to be playful and fun, not something Sonic would seriously have anything against.

And again, Amy also has no desire to anchor the wind. Amy wants to be part of Sonic's adventures, which is why she chases him. She's not trying to stop him, she's trying to keep up with him so they can run together.

>>535655979
Because they are neurotic wrecks

>>535112525
>No one likes Amy between 2001-2008 sorry
False, because not only I, but a ton of other people all like that version of Amy, because that is who Amy Rose IS.

>>535112582
>>No argument
The only one without an "argument" is you, trying to act like the games' stories don't exist and outright denying what they directly show on screen.

Amy Rose is the same character between Adventure and Heroes, she is portrayed 100% consistently, her character-development is carried through and she's grown significantly. Her femininity and "girly traits" are never lost once, Cream is a completely different personality from her, and she's not at all the "Girlboss" modern media tries turning women into either. Heroes Amy is a strong and powerful leader through being the exact same person she was in Sonic Adventure, driven by love and compassion that she wears on her sleeve motivated by how much she loves Sonic the Hedgehog.

Sonic Heroes is Amy Rose in her purest form as the next chapter of her story from Sonic Adventure 1. Sonic Adventure 2 is a good mid-point as well because she spends the whole game trying to assert herself as a capable heroine even when everyone else ignores and denies her. She's doing her best and refuses to be left behind even when that's exactly what they keep doing time and again, and Heroes is where she's finally achieving that goal.

>>535113007
06 gives her limited playability and Unleashed is a Solo Sonic experience, so there's only so much the story allows her to do. Regardless, narratively, she is an active player as much as she can be, until external forces stop her doing much else.

Gameplay-wise, 06 is larger whatever, I wouldn't say her gameplay is a sign of regression any more than it would be for Tails or whomever else. Either way, she's doing better than Tails in Unleashed and stuff because her own fighting spirit is never lost once, and I wish I could say the same for Tails.

>>534861490
>her own team
Where her driving motivation is to catch up to Sonic and be part of HIS adventures. Amy is inherently a core character built around Sonic, and so that is where she belongs. Even when given her own team or story or world, she will revolve around Sonic just as Tails & Knuckles both do.

Forcing her to be separate from Sonic is antithetical to the character.

>>534861882
False, that has not changed at all.

>>534233190
>>534233190
Heroes, yes.
X, NO.

Heroes!Amy = Black Knight!Sonic
The perfect portrayal of the character.

X!Amy is flanderization making her angry and aggressive and tsundere-esque for no good reason.

The fact that X and Heroes are constantly confused as the same thing bugs me to no end, they are NOT the same.

Amy is "Sonic's Girlfriend: The Character".

One of Sonic' own character traits is a refusal to be in a committed relationship. AKA, "I would never have a girlfriend".

The contradiction between having a character who IS "Sonic's Girlfriend" by design, as in his ideal dream waifu incarnate, and Sonic's own refusal to actually commit to a relationship with anyone in the first place, is the central focus of the Sonamy chase dynamic.

But it flies over everyone's heads. Largely because Sonic Team have never actually dedicated a proper game story to actually showing and explaining the dynamic.

The very important yet downplayed, subtle fact is that Sonic DOES like Amy. He shares feelings for her. But whether or not he does or doesn't was NEVER the point. The actual point of conflict is that Sonic doesn't like "committed relationships".

Meaning: You can swap out Amy for ANYONE you'd prefer Sonic be with. The simple fact of the matter is, Sonic is never going to be in a committed relationship. He will never accept that. Ever. It doesn't matter if Sonic is madly in love with this person deep down, he does not want to be in a committed relationship, PERIOD.

Sonic likes Amy just as Amy likes Sonic, but "relationships" are not Sonic's thing. Sonic values his own personal freedom way too much, and so he keeps running towards the future. Amy, meanwhile, is always happy to chase after him. Not to slow him down or force him into marriage or anything like that, but to simply be by his side at all times and experience the thrill of adventure that Sonic always brings to her life.

Even in Sonic X, the same show where some of you wanna use that one episode and try to claim it's Amy trying to date rape Sonic or whatever, has Sonic actually directly "confess" to Amy in the season (series 1) finale before that episode ever existed. Sonic X's original planned run ended with Sonic making his feelings clear to her, personally.

Sonic likes Amy. Just not relationships.

>>532679080
That itself sounds cruel, claiming that Amy should just give up or move on. That's never gonna happen. And it shouldn't.

Amy LOVES Sonic and she is romantic by her very nature. That is her "wind", so to speak. And her being this, while Sonic is that, is what keeps the two locked in an endless chase around and around. And whose to say this itself isn't actually what they enjoy most of all?

>>531167797
>Amy is one of the slowest characters in the series
Amy has been a Speed-type since Sonic Heroes and regularly chases after Sonic.

"Chases after Sonic" can't be her core character trait if she's not fast enough to actually do that on a regular basis.

>>530163053
>>Sexiest woman in the Sonic franchise
>>Can't bag who she actually wants
Average Amy Rose experience.

>>529777471
>It'd only work if the girl wants to take on his lifestyle and adventure together.