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I've always found "shipping" to be annoying no matter who's being shipped.  But the cross media shipping thing is more than a little stupid.  Now that I've gotten that off of my chest...

As far as Sonic's relationships with various characters.  I don't tend to pair him with anyone for any particular reason.  In SatAM he was with Sally, both assumed and referenced (by him at least) and that was simply the way it was.  I tend to think of the different versions of Sonic as different continuities.  Archie's universe could have entirely different outcomes than the SatAM series and I wouldn't shed a tear.  The two are different, and should stay that way.  In the games, I've always thought Sonic was in love with adventure more than anything else.  Stopping Robotnik and being the hero were just icing on the cake for him as long as he got to go to places he'd never been and do things he'd never done.  A girlfriend would only get in the way of this.  Now a casual fling on the other hand isn't out of the question, but a serious relationship isn't a good idea.  The reason Sonic and Sally worked so well is that Sonic's character is more grounded in SatAM than anywhere else.  He has clear motivations and goals to achieve, along with the conviction to see things through.  Sally would be the best choice for him in terms of relationships because she most closely shares his goals and desires. It doesn't hurt that she balances him out and curbs his wild nature, thusly keeping him focused and on track.  The pair have chemistry together because they compliment one another, and that's what makes for a lasting relationship.

Of course I could just be reading way too far into things...

We've already seen several versions of the future where Sonic and Sally wind up together.  And granted, that was pre Genesis Wave, but it still happened.  I guess what I'm saying is that while i'll always have a soft spot for the Sonic coupling of my youth, I'm open to the idea of Sonic being a loner with no girlfriend or what have you.  My biggest fear isn't that Sonic and Sally don't end up together.  It's that through some fuckery or another Sally and the FF cease to exist in the Sonic Universe at all.  That's why I've been more or less ok with all the character design changes and such.  At least my favorite characters are still around.  I'd be willing to witness a Sonic world where he and Sally aren't together, as long as Sally's still there.  Besides, we know she's the only one that can keep Sonic's attention for more than five seconds.  Maybe it's time to let something new play out for a while, you know?  See where the writers want to take that particular arc.

I do agree on the Amy thing, she's more Tails' age in the comics.  But then the Genesis Wave changed a lot, so maybe she's actually supposed to be 16 now.  Eh, I'd still hit it...

I would be lying if I said I didn't love this!  Great work, it looks awesome.

I think the idea was that they didn't know what they had done whilst being hypnotized.  Not too hard to believe considering the deus ex machine of magic is involved.  Most likely it was simpler for the writer to just say "Hey, they were hypnotized so they don't remember."  Think of it this way, if you're sleepwalking and someone wakes you, would you remember exactly how you got wherever you are?  No, I wouldn't think so.  This case is much the same.

His reaction in Season 2 to many of Robotnik's missteps says otherwise.  I always thought Snivley knew much more than he let on.  If anything, I think Robotnik's abuse tempered his will and made him all the more dangerous in my opinion.  A complex is definitely a possibility if Snivley's will is weaker than I initially believed, but there's little way to know.