So if fake fans hate Sonadow so much, how they feel about lesbian ships?
If they are "extremely religious" or come from a certain "culture" or "country," they don't like those either. We had a "fan" come and implied to us that Arabic fans didn't like both male x male and female x female, so this is how we got some example of these groups of people. Also, some "fans" make their religon known and put it into their fanart for religous propaganda (from my personal experience, they mostly tend to be Amy fans).
Next, there are a few male "fans" who don't like it due to their own reasons, such as liking one of the female characters for themselves. This is why some "male fans" don't like Tangle x Whisper. If I recall, there was drama about a man who liked Whisper and was mean to those who shipped her with Tangle. Some men just want all the ladies to themselves or to at least belong to another man. (It's about CONTROL.)
Bias employees at SEGA HARDlight, "an official branch of the company," were also prejudice to this ship around a past Valentine's where they labeled them "concretely" (though they don't have a say) as "just friends" in celebration of Galentine's day, something that upset many fans at the time. Galentine's day is the day before Valentine's day where female friends have fun and appreciate each other. For some, this friend celebration comes before they celebrate Valentine's day with their "man." So, these bias employees basically implied: "Tangle and Whisper aren't romantically together and should be going with a man tomorrow."
Some time ago, they also deleted their post on X (but not on other SNS like Facebook) that claimed they supported LGBTQ+.
Not only is SEGA HARDlight bias for Amy/Sonamy, they are also prejudice towards anything that isn't male x female. This is also obviously shown in Sonic Dream Team, another game they created, where Dan Rossati, a man and employee of the branch, claimed that the female characters "pair up nicely" with the male characters. Sonic "pairs up nicely" with Shadow as someone who is EQUAL TO HIM, but instead of Shadow, they had Amy pair up with Sonic. (For example, Shadow is equal in speed to Sonic, not Amy, but just because she is a female, she is paired with Sonic due to this bias outlook.) (Amy is also biasly in the middle of the title image as well as when you pick a character in the game, as if she is the main/important character. Only later was Shadow added and was next to Sonic in the icon when he was included. When Shadow was added, he also was made to reach out towards Amy in a cutscene, giving her more focus. Amy is also in between Sonic and Shadow, separating them when selecting a character.)
The writer of the article also claims that SEGA HARDlight is home to a lot of Cream fans...if that's true, this just makes things more "creepy."
So, even if they showed some "Sonadow" content, don't be fooled. Not everyone in this branch agrees and from what I've seen, has some of the most bias and prejudice employees.
Back to the "fans," there are the male fans who do want female x female ships. But this time, they want ONLY WOMEN EVERYWHERE! No man in sight, only women. They want to erase every male character in this series and replace them with only women. ("HOT CHICK HEAVEN")
Last, there are those men who rather have female x female ships over male x male. They RATHER have that and TOLERATE it, but they ABSOLUTELY HATE male x male relationships. They want no business with male x male. They push females to go with men, both real and fictional. (CONTROL)
Usually, men who do like female x female are ones with anime backgrounds. But overall, these "bias" online men hate seeing men the most, their own kind, and often express how they "don't understand the appeal" of handsome men or male x male relationships when it's more like they don't want to understand because they are dead set on how they see their lustful preferences (they think EVERYONE only cares about looks like they do, not emotions, personality or anything of the like).
Thank you for the question!
