>>1054347
They've been doing it for a long time now. And it's not that Amy is a damsel in distress, as that has only been the case in a few of her appearances. But it is that she should have intense romantic interest in Sonic, and she should not be "tough," she is rather formidable because she has funny angry anime girl powers. She should be Chi Chi from Dragon Ball (specifically before Gohan was born), but Flynn and others have been writing her as "tough girl." Just look at her tagline in the comics. They call her "hammer swinging heroine." That's pretty far from the qualities that are important about her.
>>1054351
>shipfags caring about SJW-era Amy
If you mean "care about" as in "dislike," then sure, but the problem is that she has barely shown any romantic interest in Sonic in like 13 years, and they went so far as to edit it out of Generations' remake. It was a key aspect of her character, it was the defining aspect of her character, and we all know why it was removed.
>>1054358
Yeah but her story arc in Sonic Adventure is about showing that she can be a more complex character that has heroic traits of her own, that other characters don't have (nobody else would have saved Gamma's soul), all without removing or denigrating the character traits she already had. And it's the latter part that current writers have a problem with. They don't want Amy or any other female character to be an interesting, fleshed out character. What they want is for all female characters to represent their worldview, and a girl that obsesses over a boy offends them because it implies girls can like boys. Of course we must all hate boys. Girls must hate boys, and boys must hate themselves. This is also why Sonic Prime was about Sonic learning that his independent and decisive nature (his core character traits, which happen to be masculine traits) is bad, and he has to be all touchy-feely for his friends. And note that as early as Sonic 1's manual, it was always noted that Sonic is great at making friends. But as we've seen, he's not a touchy-feely faggot about it. He is cool and charismatic and a good guy, but doesn't act like a girl. And in Sonic Prime, we learn that that is bad.
>slut
Rouge isn't even slutty anymore. They cover up her cleavage now. It really bugged me how in Sonic Prime she is treated like Sonic's friend. Acquaintance, sure, but they've never been friends. But they changed her because they want another primary female character, so what she is now is "female character #2." This is important because she isn't "a character." A character has traits. Personality. Role. A "female character" is a symbol, and that symbol must push their worldview, or it will not be allowed to exist.
>>1054366
>I guess it pissed them off that Sonic wouldn't reciprocate Amy's feelings and kept running away from her.
If I were to get to write the series, I would try to retroactively fix Amy's characterization in the last decade+ by saying that actually Sonic finally gave in and they've been officially dating since Sonic Chronicles. In that game, if you are mean to Amy through all the dialogue choices (and you can choose to be absurdly mean to her), at the end she will give up and say that she knows you don't like her, but she hopes you can just be civil so they can save the day together. But if you're nice, then instead Sonic will say that he likes her back. Then in Sonic and the Black Knight, which came out a year later, they make a joke that that adventure caused Sonic to miss a date with Amy. There are very few references to Amy being obsessed with Sonic after this (Generations is one exception), but you could justify it by saying that she calmed down because she actually got him. And Sonic is a cool guy anyway and wouldn't make a big deal about it or anything. Even that one joke in Generations that got censored would not actually contradict this explanation. Sonic's just kind of a dick, but he's a good guy really, and Amy gets that. Also he's the coolest guy in the world, so she'll put up with some shit. (That last bit is another reason feminists like Flynn hate it. Can't have women putting up with shit like Sonic pushing her away in Generations. Gotta censor it.)
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