#reverse sonamy

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my wishlist for Sonic 4 Is as follows:

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Your honor, they are MARRIED AND U CAN'T TELL ME OTHERWISE!!!

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REVERSE SONAMY

I feel that there is a bit of confusion in regards to the ever-popular "Reverse Sonamy" trope fans are hoping to see in Sonic Movie 4. Every time I bring it up, I get this:

"Well, I want Sonic to like Amy, but I don't want her to be completely disinterested in Sonic!"

Actually, this isn't a misunderstanding of Reverse Sonamy. This is a misunderstanding of actual Sonamy. This is for one reason:

SONIC LIKES AMY. It is confirmed. It is teased, and the whole "dating" thing probably won't become canon until I'm 100, but Sonic being romantically interested in Amy IS a thing.

Reverse Sonamy is the same thing, but flipped. Sonic is more open about trying to gain the affections of Amy, who is interested, but is too shy/has more important things on her mind.

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take it or leave it

(Pls take it and enjoy it)

[shadamypositivity]

Here are my thoughts on this (warning for long post and my opinions)

Amy was made to be Sonic's female protagonist in the way that Mickey has Minnie, Mario has Peach- but Sonic subverts this expectation because of the nature of his character. Too cool, too fast, too wild to be "tied down" by romance, a hero on a breakneck paced hero's journey- this was also reflective of the culture at the time, so not just some throwaway decision. Reversing this dynamic doesn't actually mean Amy's character will change much, because Amy's definitive character has not been "Sonic's girlfriend" for a long, long time. She's a fangirl, she's obsessive, she's temperamental, she's kind, she's compassionate, she's honest, she's tough, she's optimistic, none of that would or SHOULD change in the case of "Reverse Sonamy". If Sonic is the one swooning and chasing Amy Rose then it's him who has to give up some of his definitive characteristics.

I'm not adverse to reverse sonamy because I don't think Sonic likes Amy -- if I can digress, I actually do think Sonic does have feelings for Amy, but I think Sonic has feelings for a lot of characters, but would never pursue romance for all the reasons I stated with Amy -- I'm adverse because I'm scared for what that means for Amy's character in the movie.

I don't want them to 'tame' Amy or Corporate Girlbossify her. I don't want her rolling her eyes at Sonic's attention or being the Only Smart One, or the straight man in a group of boys. I want Amy to be silly and tough and temperamental and sweet. Like the video's op stated, when people say they want reverse Sonamy I fear what they actually mean is that they want Amy to be toned down.

I saw a tweet not too long ago that slightly relates to this - that hypersexual women are one of the most oppressed people - I'm not classifying Amy has hypersexual BUT she is hyperromantic haha and I feel like relates to the gist of that theory. Is it really a crime that Amy does prioritize romance and love over heroism and adventure at times? Is it actually so terrible that she does have a crush on Sonic and follows him because of how much she admires him? As a girl, I related so much to Amy, not because I specifically crushed on Sonic (I was always a Shadow girl haha) but because I felt a lot how she acted. I was repressed myself, but admired Amy for how open and honest she was about her feelings and how confident she was when it came to Sonic returning her feelings. But she was also super tough and caring, but wore pink and loved girly things, but she also got angry and carried a huge weapon, but she also cooked and baked -- as a little girl who loved video games and action figures and super heros (mind you, this was well in the early 2000s when binary toys and interests were still very much a thing, I was ridiculed and denied in a lot of spaces) but also loved fairies and makeup and pink, Amy was the first girl character that wasn't either just cute and sweet (i.e Peach (who i adore DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND)) or tough and no nonsense but felt like how I felt. Amy had so many different layers to her character, I loved that she was girly and silly and in love but also super tough and strong and didn't seem to have to sacrifice one side for the other.

I ended up waxing poetic about Amy Rose for more than I meant haha, but I wanted to put my feelings out there. Irregardless of what reverse Sonamy means to people, or what anyone ships, I just want them to be true to Amy's character. I don't want them compromising who she's always been just because people find her annoying. JUSTICE FOR ANNOYING GIRLS!!!

[crazygirlmanx]

I do not want to see reverse sonamy at all.

as much as I understand that movie sonic is a different version with different characterization. The sonic franchise has never, ever, been about romance. Sonic as a character, does not express a lot of desire to it either. There are a few scenes and implications he's in love with amy, but generally, it has never been a main thing. And in the franchise it's one of the most background things ever, the most "implied" ship is whispangle. Sonic is a genuinely just a guy who loves adventure and stands against oppression, romance is very rarely shown to be desired. And settling down is extremely out of character for sonic. Sure, I won't deny he can't have any romantic feelings, but till date he never outwardly expresses any desire for it, aside from implications and VERY recent (IDW and frontiers) media. (obv the media being recent or old wouldn't change much, but it shows it's a relatively more new thing, easing into it.) Movie sonic is already a VERY different guy from game sonic, game sonic isn't a pop culture referencing hyperactive kid who wants a family. And I genuinely love movie Sonic, but making him down bad and a mushy gushy romantic would only further alienate him from game sonic. this isn't to say he cant have a crush on amy at ALL (though i really would prefer ships to stay in the fandom..) but to make him a total simp is quite odd.

[itsander]

reverse sonamy concept

not tagging this with a lot, kinda shy to even post this

[sleepy-juice]

On the outside, I'm all like; Yeah! Reverse Sonamy would be so cute for the 4th movie.

But if you peel back the layers of an onion...

On the inside, I'm screaming. STOBOTNIK, PLEASE SEGA/Paramount. All I want is this gay supervillan power couple to be put in all Sonic media forever.