#but the arc where he’s like ‘tails. your dad tried to protest the current king can he pretty please not do that’ was jarrijg

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Tom is definitely emblematic of what I really dislike about the Sonic movies as an adaptation. Specifically who he is and how he relates to Sonic.

Like, no sugarcoating it, him being a cop fucking sucks. I know this. You know this. And that alone would be enough to hate the character, but there’s more to it for me.

Because its how that aspect of his character relates to Sonic. Because Sonic wants to be like him, he is Sonic’s mentor, he is one of the main “good guys.” As a cop.

Being cozy with cops is… antithetical to Sonic as a character to me. Not to say you can’t change parts of a character for an adaptation, but its one of the core things I enjoy about Sonic as a character. He is anti authority, he lives by his own rules and hates oppression. Having his role model be an enforcer or authority and oppression does away with that part of his character and makes him into a bit of a milquetoast superhero.

Do not get me wrong: Sonic is a hero. He’s a heroic person who helps people. But not in the way, not in the way they’re doing where they’re fitting him into a mold for an MCU esque character, y’know?

#manifesting them properly adapting sa2 and having tom leave or be fired from his job. make sonic confront how he views authority #this is also why I dislike archie sonic to an extent #dont get me wrong he’s much better there and has more of his ideals #but the arc where he’s like ‘tails. your dad tried to protest the current king can he pretty please not do that’ was jarrijg #but like i said. not the same. very much not the same.