>>529951003
>And thus, you should already know that the answer to this would be the same.
Not this time, bitch!
This time, there is no fate to defy, it's all the conscious actions of a sapient being, not the universe or anything like that.
There is no way Sonic can stop this man without infringing on his freedom. Stop him physically? Nope. Brainwashing? Nuh uh. Threats? Nah. Even persuasion/manipulation can be considered forceful to some degree, although I wouldn't really make that argument since it's arbitrary to define the threshold of when someone who's being manipulated can't actually consent, but I also think you wouldn't say that Sonic is SOOO fucking persuasive that he could give this man a professional-level therapy session out of the blue. But JUST IN CASE, let's bake it in that the man is emotionally unstable and won't listen to Sonic, or better yet, he's already in the process of falling from a building or pulling the trigger, and only Sonic can stop him since he's super fast, but can't converse with him.
Tell me, biatch. What would Sonic do?
>>529951426
>well, it's a very meta reason
That's precisely why it's a bad reason. Even if he never encounters this situation, simply answering a question meant to test the depth of his character with "It's not gonna happen" proves that Sonic is shallow (Or at least your headcanon of him).