Princess Sally Acorn: The Sonic Character Sega Wants You to Forget (and Why You Never Will) 

For those asking about the music, everything is from the Sonic games. The Saturn version of Rustic Ruins is what I used during the relationship portion of the chat, I assume that's the piece most of you are looking for. If you have any other spots you need help with, let me know.

"...but if you want Sonic to fall for this gal you gotta get the fans to fall for her first." *I think they fell a little too hard.*

The thing that always stood out to me about Sonic and Sally's relationship was that it was built on respect. Sonic followed orders because he respected Sally's ability to make a solid plan. Sally let Sonic break those orders because she respected his instincts and knew that even if things went bad, he would be able to get himself out of trouble without endangering anyone else.

You know I hate how some people make this a Amy vs Sally thing. I think both characters deserve better.

If Sally were to show up in a Sonic game . Sega would pull a Mario Odyssey and include her randomly like how they did Pauline .

I know it’s not the main subject of the video but I _completely_ agree when you say that Amy Rose deserves a better treatment... Just like Sally, she can be such a great character when used by competent writers!

"It's amazing Disney doesn't own you yet" Don't say that out loud!

“Almost every form of media is afraid of a stable relationship” So true. Peter Parker is currently reeling from constant relationship bullshit thanks to Marvel. Dude has died five times. Poor kid can’t get a break. Edit: Came back a year later to report that Spider-Man’s love life is still being screwed over. I fucking hate Paul.

Okay but my headcannon is that Sally taught Amy how to be a good leader and acted like a mentor for her so that’s why Amy takes over the leader role in the IDW comics

One thing: Sally + Sonic = sanic

I want Sally and Bunnie to make a comeback. I think they were the strongest overall of the characters.

Give Sally the Pauline treatment she comes back popular than ever living a good life knows sonic as a past lover and keeps touch with the friends Pauline even appears in spin offs

Sally is so well-written, she has her own comic series, it was a short one, but one that showed how developed sally is, even without sonic. Honestly, if Big the cat, the MOST HATED character besides charmie, can be in MULTIPLE games, and media, then so can sally because there’s actually fans of her, and she may even be able to save the Sonic series, just get a talented, devoted team that has knowledge of the series, then BOOM. Problem solved.

This just makes me sad because I’m reminded of how many lovable characters are reduced to nothing these days... Vector... ...Cream... Blaze.

I miss Sally honestly. She was a well written sting female character and I do think that influenced my own interest growing up in strong women who could bring something substantial to the table, and not always need to be the damsel.

I personally loved the SatAM series. Sonic didn’t feel out of place. It was like putting The Flash in a post-apocalyptic universe. Once you explore his presence there, he’s larger than life. Sonic might not be the leader that Sally is, but she’s basically the Lois Lane to Sonic’s Superman. He can do things nobody else can when they need him. She keeps him grounded when he needs it. And they definitely work well as a couple; they have chemistry.

I’ll admit, I’m more of a Sonamy shipper, but I still respect Sonally. I remember when I was little I would rent the SATAM dvds and was obsessed with Sonic and Sally’s chemistry. The way Sally’s character was used showed me how a main heroine should be written. I really wish Nintendo took notes and did this with their characters such as Peach. I miss Sally so much and wish she was relevant again.

Sega's constantly trying to force sonics world into a Mario style formula when there's so much untapped potential to create an incredible world and story

"I think she is a great character, at least when used by great story tellers" Soooo... the entire sonic franchise in a nutshell?

You gave Sally the greatest justice I've ever seen. Really inspiring stuff.

While I like her updated outfit, I liked that Sally was a female character that didn’t wear clothes, not necessarily for a pervy reason (I swear), but because it didn’t go with the “men can go naked, women cannot” trope that you’d see in other Sonic media, The Regular Show, and so on.

17:34 i like how sonic is naked at his wedding while sally is all dressed up

"there's not a single sonic character that could escape the perversion" *flashbacks of Robotnik being sexualized in many images* _Th-That checks out_

Sally acorn is a legendary character and doesn't deserve the hate that everyone gives her.

I'm pretty neutral on the whole Sonic/Amy Rose/Sally love triangle, I like both. You show me a picture of Sonamy, I'll think it's cute. You show me a picture of Sonally, I'll think it's cute. Really, I like both characters honestly (I'd even dare say more than Sonic XD). I want Sally to make a comeback. I hope that she can appear once more, it'd be so cool. It's pretty upsetting the Archie comics were cancelled.

She should really be in the games. I can see her getting along well with Blaze actually.

Heroes like Sonic are remembered. But legends like Sally will never die.

Fun fact: Sally does actually appear in a comic related to Sonic Forces... Sorta. She appears as a photo on a map, not in great detail but you tell its her due to her recognisable colours and the vague shape of her hair, and it has been confirmed by the artist that it is sally

I love Sally. It was such a missed opportunity when SEGA didn’t bring in the freedom fighters for Forces. Or at least mention them in something like in the IDW comics.

It hurts me that they'd throw away one of their most developed, likeable lead characters, for seemingly no reason. She was grounded, she knew how important responsibilities were, and she wasn't just a damsel in distress. I would really love to see her return!

It's weird that King Sonic looks almost exactly like his teenage version yet he's 40 years old.

Okay, so I looked it up, and I'm happy to have found out that she is indeed owned by Sega. Why they refuse to use her is beyond me, but thank heavens Penders doesn't own her. You know he's writing fanfiction between Sally and his Skunk oc. :p

I feel like the story is more interesting with the American flavoring versus the simpler Japanese version. I would like to see the return of Sally and the Freedom Fighters. I know Mighty and Ray aren’t allowed in IDW, but I feel like it’s overall reductive to take pieces of a whole story and telling writers, “No! You can’t play with these!”

Don't be sorry for Antione, he gets his own girl in the end ^^

This was simply phenomenal. So many memories and emotions for me. Seeing the sega world statue i stood at at 6 years old in the dirt.. seeing your narrations on sally's roboticization.. this was a rush and a pleasure to watch. Thank you for the effort you put into your content Nick and for being you. If i cover worst/best sonic games, it would be a privelege to have you guest star.

Americans creating a sonic comic in the 90s: Archie or sega America: we gotta sexualize the chipmunk. Japan in the late 90s creating a sonic game in 3D: Yuji Naka: We gotta sexualize a bat and give her boobs, my intentions are beyond everyone's understanding!

I ship Sonic and good games, true OTP

"It feels like they didn't even play the games, let alone consult the people who made the games!" That's because they didn't. According to what I've read (mostly in the Thanks, Ken Penders blog) SEGA provided the comic writers with little to no help on the game plots; for example, for the Sonic Adventure adaptation, the staff had to use a non-localized copy of the game and figure out the plot from there; furthermore, Ken Penders, the main writer on the 'classic' era of the comics has in several ocasions admitted that he never played the games, and not only that, he ignored the plots and developments that any other writer did; again, in the Sonic Adventure adaptation, made in four parts, the previous writer established that, like in the games, Chaos cannot be submissed through violence, and Sonic needs to use positive energy to remind Chaos about its purpose; come Ken Penders on the final part, literally the first line Super Sonic says is about how he's going to trash Chaos, ignoring all of the buildup, theme and purpose of the battle. And then Knuckles saves the day. With a Spider-Man reference.

18:02 “The ninja turtle action figure rendition of Pepe le pew”. Oh my gosh I’m laughing so hard! That is SO accurate! That skunk was the most annoying character in the comics.

Holy shit, I did NOT expect a video about Sally to make me cry... But goddamn, the narration of both the future "King Sonic" timeline and Sally's roboticization hit me in the feels harder than I could ever imagine... This was a fantastic video, and you should absolutely be proud of all the hard work and passion that you put into this. Great job, man!

Bunnie and Antoine also deserve to come back

Any new sonic female character gets shown. Fans: *I can ship that* Oh the struggles of a sonic fan.

As a sonamy Fan I don't hate sally in any way, yet I do respect this character and respect the son ally shipers out there....also great video :)

Don't know if this is an unpopular opinion but one of my problems with the Sally redesign was the fact that they added clothes. Like, you don't see them adding shorts to male characters. They don't have anything to hide and it's odd to make all female characters wear clothes and all male characters to not. Some male characters should have clothes and some female characters shouldn't.

The SIMPmunk joke made me laugh. Every. _Single._ Time.

There are *no* characters from any *fandom* that can excape pervertion..

I like Amy, I admire Sally. Amy is good natured and always jumps to save those who rely on her. Sally (from SatAM at least) is an intelligent pragmatic leader, almost too good for Sonic! Similar but different characters. Personally I believe neither of them need our favourite blue hedgehog. If they both had their own storylines for new productions that would be awesome.

As much as I love Sally, I'm ambivalent about her returning to current media. She worked as well as she did in the cartoons and comics because she was a member of the core cast and had room to grow. Current Sonic media is so stringently regulated by people totally out of touch with basic principles of storytelling that anything they do with her moving forward will be drastically different from what she was before. Best case scenario, they introduce her in the IDW comics and we can "fall for her" again as a new character, but at that point, why not just make a new character that's a spiritual successor rather than digging up the original's grave? A competent writer could change my mind, but at this point, I'm in favor of a clean break

When you find out that Sally's VA also voiced Lola Bunny: EVERY BODY GET UP, ITS TIME TO SIMP NOW WE GOT A REAL JAM GOING DOWN, WELCOME TO THE SIMP SLAM, SIMP SLAM HERE'S YOUR CHANCE, DROP YA PANTS, ITS THE SIMP SLAM! ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT!

I had the biggest crush on her as a kid cause of Kath Soucie voicing her in the cartoon xD

I’m a fan of Sonic and Blaze being a thing, but at the same time I love Sally as a character and hey, multiple continuities can have multiple love interests

Fun fact: Classic Sonic's timeline has been established as an alternate timeline from Modern Sonic's, so Sega now has every excuse to bring Sally into the games in Classic Sonic's timeline.

Excellent video. You illustrated why Sally’s character works so well in any context, and I especially enjoyed your comments on the Mecha Sally arc. A lot of fans don’t give it enough credit because it didn’t receive a proper ending and only gave Sally a few opportunities to be a genuine threat to the heroes. But I think her introduction and impact on the Freedom Fighters deserves the recognition you gave it. I think bringing Sally into IDW or the games would need to reinvent the context of her character as a princess or even remove her from the rest of the freedom fighters. But I agree that she deserves another shot, at the very least in a new stand alone animated series.

'Ninja turtle action figure of Pepe Le Pew'. That made me burst out laughing. It is the perfect description of Geoffery St John.

Amy isn't a fan girl and that's not how her character started off either, she admires sonic and loves him, she not just some fan girl she's his friend and she's worked hard on improving herself as a person and becoming stronger so that she can help out sonic because she loves adventuring with him.

As controversial as Sally was in the Sonic franchise, I really do miss her and the Freedom Fighters and wish they got at least cameos in some way in the Sonic games, or at least have a proper official Sonic SatAM graphic novel series to finish off the series at least.

I have 0 knowledge or interest on the Sonic franchise, and yet I was completely invested throughout this whole video. It’s clear you’ve done your research & now I know way more about this franchise than I did before!

Sally acorn sounding like an actual chipmunk is so funny to me for some god forsaken reason

One more thing.....child me will NEVER FROGIVE how Sonic SatAM ended. I was mentally and emotionally tormented for countless years by never seeing what came next. I mean, nightmares, crying fits, daydreams galore, writing in to the comic editors. I was denied something epic and beautiful. I am owed blood.

The reason why Sega hated Sally and SatAM/Archie was simply they made their own canon. That becomes a problem when Sega is building up their game canon, with characters like Amy, Knuckles and Shadow being created. Archie never prioritised the games. They cared more for SatAM. Sega also was not comfortable with the plots, especially romance and how they treated game characters compared to SatAM’s characters. Penders also contributed in his own way, but I’m saying that Archie was living on borrowed time as soon as Sonic made the jump to the Dreamcast. Look at how Sonic was shown in Japan. He’s determined, a free spirit, and a bit of attitude. In the US, he was just attitude. It seems every other Sonic follows the Japanese version. Modern Sonic (Drummond, Griffith and Roger), Boom Sonic, Classic Sonic (Gens/Mania/Forces), IDW Sonic, Sonic X Sonic. Sega did not want the Freedom Fighters because they contradict Sonic.

When it comes to Sonic the characters either love him or hate him. Sally knows Sonic. Sally calls him out on his bullshit but still sees and loves the real him below the bluster that's brave, free, and true.

"I guess you could call me a SIMPmunk" and just for that you get a subscriber and a like. obviously the editing and the way you explain your points and all that jazz is cool too...

I really miss her as Sonic’s love interest. They were an amazing pair

Honestly, Sally's redesign from the most recent rebooted Archie comics had to be her BEST DESIGN YET!! It was just perfect!

Sally was always one of my favorite characters. She's such a strong female character, and an awesome opposition to the typical princess trope

On Monday, August 31, 2020 in his Bumblekast Q&A, Ian Flynn once again addressed the matter regarding Sally and the Freedom Fighters. He explained that he and his staff still weren't allowed by SEGA (Sonic Team) to use those characters in IDW Sonic. He also explained in clear details that even if he and his staff and the creative editor were given the authorization to use them in IDW Sonic that absolutely NO reference can be made to Archie Sonic or Sonic SatAM as they're 100% off the table and he stated that Archie Sonic is gone. He made it clear that if they're ever permitted to use them in IDW Sonic that he and his staff wouldn't have full creative freedom to do whatever they want with the Freedom Fighters as guidelines would have to be followed (there were no mentions of those mandates as they only pertained to Archie Sonic, not IDW Sonic). Ian further stated that he, Evan Stanley, his staff and the creative editor would have to figure out how the Freedom Fighters would even fit into IDW Sonic, what purpose they would serve, and if their purpose is needed in the comics depending on the events in the story since unlike Archie Sonic, IDW Sonic takes place in an already established canon modern Sonic universe from the video games with a largely extensive cast of characters who fill in most of the required roles given to them. He added that new characters like Tangle, Whisper, Jewels, Dr. Starline, Rough and Tumble fill in the other roles that were left vacant at the time. Ian explained that with Sonic SatAM, everything was new; Tails was so new that he was added into the show at the last second, which was why he wasn't in many of the adventures Sonic went on and why Rotor substituted as Sonic's best friend and genius mechanic. He added that classic Amy Rose was exclusive to Sonic CD and didn't exist in the other Sonic game mediums at the time or in the other Sonic cartoon shows at the time either, and Knuckles wasn't invented yet. He said that even though Archie Sonic comics built up from that however, none of it counts at all as what can be used in IDW Sonic. In other words, everything from Archie Sonic is completely irrelevant and off the table. He went on to explain that Sally and the Freedom Fighters can't just be in IDW Sonic comics as fan service alone just to say they exist in the comics just to please a certain group of audience that want those characters. Ian elaborated in explaining that the Freedom Fighters need to have a reason and a needed purpose to exist in IDW Sonic and he repeated in saying that all events that happened in Archie Sonic doesn't count. He explained how the philosophy of Sally and the Freedom Fighters being brought into IDW Sonic would have to be carefully planned. He said that Sally's character type is rare in the IDW Sonic comics as most of the characters are free agents acting on their own and Nicole would be closely tied to Sally and Bunny would be unique in her own way. He stated that the major problems would be figuring out how to fit Rotor and Antoine into the comics since Tails is canonically established as Sonic's best friend and technician genius thus Rotor would be too synonymous to Tails. He further added that Antoine would have to be completely reconstructed since he was originally a mildly offensive stereotype of a cowardly Frenchmen and his tired trope was overused in both Archie Sonic and Sonic SatAM. Ian also stated that fans trying to pressure him to add Sally and the Freedom Fighters into IDW Sonic won't work. He stated that if the Freedom Fighters are ever allowed into IDW Sonic, it will be because of polite fan response and because of a lot of people from a lot of different levels working towards that goal. Beyond that, it's completely out of his hands. And Ian Flynn isn’t leaving Sonic either. Evan Stanley has to collaborate with Ian Flynn with the new comic issues for the new story arc. He’ll be returning as head writer after Evan’s time as head writer is over. He stated this in another video. Evan Stanley will be focusing more on world-building as she feels that the game characters need a break after that whole world ending Metal Virus story arc. And no, she doesn’t have the authorization to use the Freedom Fighters either in the upcoming issues. Fans need to understand that blaming Ian Flynn, Evan Stanley and IDW Publishing won’t bring Sally and the Freedom Fighters back. Sonic is the legal property of Sonic Team and SEGA of Japan. They would have to go through Sonic Team and SEGA of Japan now as IDW Sonic is canon to their modern Sonic video games. I know a lot of western fans love Sally Acorn and want to see her and the Freedom Fighters brought into IDW Sonic. But the truth of the matter is that if Sally and Freedom Fighters were brought into IDW Sonic, they won’t be anything like their Archie Sonic/Sonic SatAM counterparts and the fans of those characters will no doubt be heavily upset and disappointed to see that nothing about Sally and the Freedom Fighters from Archie Sonic or Sonic SatAM was carried over.

I’ve recently been throwing around the idea of me trying take all of the franchise and turning it into a coherent story, and this video made me realize that I really need to read the Archie comics if I want to do that.

The only character I love more than Sonic himself. God I miss her in an actual cartoon, she's so badass ❤

Game Apologist talking about relationships was all that I needed to smile for the rest of the week. Love your content man, keep it up.

20:40 - I mean to be fair, Sonic IS a monarch now according to Black Knight YEAH, I WENT THERE

"An an American!, There is an American among us!" Also Mecha Sally looks so badass. I thought it was lame how they got rid of her by rebooting the series/time line, then only having Nicole glitch out and transfer her memories to the new timeline's Sally. I would have loved to see Sonic some how get Mecha Sally her consciousness back, most likely at a terrible cost. Then have her live with the aftermath for a bit as living weapon. There is so much potential ranging from seeing her fighting against Robotnik with the weapons he built into her, to having to cope with no longer being flesh and blood.

31:16 Random note about Sega World Sydney. It was actually in fact Sega of Japan, yes, from Japan, that spent the $60 million USD to build that park that featured Sally prominently, including costume mascots and merch. Sega of Japan actually had no issues with the character in the 90s. I think what really hurt Sally the most is that in the early 2000s, the comics really go off of the rails and in directions that Sega didn't actually like, especially with the infamous #150 that had that horrible scene with Evil Sonic and Bunnie Rabbot that implied rape... That is the issue that would force Sega to make some changes on what writers could or couldn't do in the comic. Penders would quit the comic after #159 and has stated that he quit because starting with #157 he no longer was allowed the same amount of creative freedom that he once had. I wonder why? Issue #150 and a good portion of the comics of that era, were just awful. Sally being associated with the awfulness that was this era is what really damaged her brand as a character. Penders later causing the book legal issues certainly did Sally no favors. In 2013 they reboot the comic, and it's actually really good, and it's honestly really underappreciated. Being free of the 100 Echidna ocs and all of the other clutter and garbage that got put into the book by Penders was honestly really good for the comic. The book was able to be a lot more focused on the main cast of the freedom fighters, with Sally, Bunnie, Nicole, and Amy all getting some really good story arcs highlighting them and developing their characters. I also really loved a lot of the antagonists in this era of the comic like the Eggman's Dozen and Breezy the Hedgehog, I personally think this is when the comic was at its best. Honestly I wished they had simply rebooted the comic in 2006 at the beginning of Flynn's run and purged all of the toxic elements then and there which would have allowed Sally and the other freedom fighters the the ability to shake off the stigma of the Penders era. As a bonus they would also been able to avoid all of the legal troubles that came later if they had, and the book would probably still be going. What could have been.

If Sonic's 30th year anniversary game is revealed to be called "Sonic: Mobius", I would lose my shit

0:44 the answer is polyamory. polyamory is the answer to every shipping war.

Sally definitely has to return. We need her in a game.

Personally, I always loved Sally (Edit: “Maybe that makes me a simp-munk…” XD). She was a strong, smart, and capable character that had a nice balance of strict bossiness and tender-hearted compassion for others. She also had solid backstory and some good character developments that made me appreciate her even more. That being said, she’s definitely one of my favorite Sonic characters (though, admittedly, I found her romantic pairing with Sonic himself to be kinda odd for some of the reasons mentioned in the video). HOWEVER, as much as I wish she could’ve stuck around, with her timeline having been implemented with the main canon, I’m not sure it would be for the better. As we saw with Archie comics, they took the solid story set up by the show and, after a while, went off the deep end with it (for instance, I did not like the Mecha Sally bit of some of the other nutty storylines they decided go with). I honestly don’t have enough confidence to say that the same wouldn’t happen in the main canon as well. So maybe it’s better that she stays where she already works best (even if that means we get stuck with characters like Amy). It’s hard to say.

Honestly got really big Lady and the Tramp vibes from Sonic and Sally, a fun loving, thrill seeking scoundrel paired with a more down to earth girl who’s still ready to let her hair down once in a while but honestly I think that’s the reason I can see the whole king Sonic thing panning out, the Tramp managed to settle down with Lady, she managed to ground him and he loved her enough to change and even still, the Tramp kept his wild side and I think we could see the same thing with Sonic.

1: No wonder Sonic isn't into Amy. 2: Sally should be seen more in the games not just as a love interest to Sonic, but as a playable character.

I'd love Sally to appear as a playable character in official games anytime. I know her since I was a child watching Sonic SatAM, and that would be a heavy nostalgic impact

I miss Sally so much. 😢 Your experience was my experience. I started off hateing but grew to love and respect her. Man she is such a well written character in the right hands

Cybershell returns, more Sonic coming and Nick makes a video on Sally all in a short span? You aren't fooling me 2020, what's the catch?

I think they wasted an opportunity to use sally and sonic relationship to flesh out amy and allow her to be more than just the character that swoons over sonic. In my younger days i wanted to badly for them to have her move on with someone who could actually be healthy for her, I wanted her to at least have a close friend to reality check her and tell her that she deserved more respect and to have more self respect. Sally was a healthy partner for sonic, I honestly feel like Amy deserved the same.

Holy shit, Sally went from being a character I barely even knew much nor cared about to one of my favorite Sonic characters after watching this video! I also didn’t know that she and Lola shared the same voice actress, which is pretty interesting. Good job dude!

Just having Sally back in any form, either as a playable character or a npc, would be good. I just miss her.

Alternatively Title: Adult Ben 10 Explains which Furry Animals He'd Like to See Procreate

You just wanted to talk about how much you want sonic as a husband

You should do one on the sonic villian that SEGA doesnt want you to forget about *cough cough* zavok *cough*

Gotta say, I known little to nothing about Sally, but damn you've sparked my interests.

This video made me cry... That isn't the the correct response, and probably throws my opinion out with the bathwater, but seriously. My emotional attachment to the original freedom fighters is immense, not just Sally, but the whole team. The Archie comics ran for long enough that we got to see the best and the worst of every character (Penders' madness included). I think it really speaks to the quality of the writers that after all that, so many of us still love those critters. Thank you for giving them a voice. Thank you for everything you've done. :D

SEGA of Japan has always had dislike for Sega of America. That is a fact.

Sonic characters: *exist* Rule 34 artists:"allow us to introduce ourselves"

You hit the nail on the fricking head about relationships at 26:24 man. Way To Go!!!!

I used to think the 80's Chipmunks were aliens that just referred to themselves as "chipmunks" Aside from a few characters, we never really see the Sonic crew along side with human characters. I always liked Sally over Sonic anyway. It was nice to see a female character who was a character and not just a token female.

22:44 thats like the sweetest thing ever. knowing sally has to deal with him going off to save the day like it were yesterday when he's a committed father and husband and he could get hurt, and she's upset about it, but she still kisses him after a quick spat. thats love

Well deserved tears in my eyes for Sally

I agree that this series has the potential to shine in a way Mario never could. But Sonic Team is headed by a stubborn old man that apparently wants nothing more than to work on mainline Mario games and if he can't have that he'll work with what he has to get as close as he can.

Acorn ad in a sally acorn vid. Well played youtube. Well played

34:57 _Thank you._ It's so good to hear that from someone else. Whether people like the comics or not, the fact is they had stories. They had depth. They _went_ places and gave us things to keep our interest, characters to get behind, and even lore to wonder about. They gave us a world. The games? Maybe we're on the same planet, maybe we're not. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter because fast. While Sonic's whole thing is speed, the games try to put in a story and...well, falling on your face at that speed hurts. Sally herself and the dynamic between her and Sonic were some of my favorite things from the Archie comics, and I followed those for quite a while. She was so fleshed out and given such a background that she practically rivaled Sonic in some form of Chosen One status. She's no Xena, but she was still a warrior princess, willing to take the front lines if it meant saving the day. People can say what they will about her design. Personally, I much preferred her boots'n'vest look to the cartoonish, fully dressed one, especially considering much of the cast was practically nude. But, I feel she was a good _character._ I would genuinely like to see the games do something with her and the rest of the Freedom Fighters. Silver keeps popping up and always feels out of place. The only time he didn't was in '06 and...well...

I kinda disagree about how IDW made Amy into the Sally figure, mainly because Amy’s characteristics were still at play and the fact that the comic makes a point to mention how Amy is in over her head when leading the Restoration, to the point that she gives the leader title to someone else. Plus, the beginning of IDW was based on Forces to technically blame Pontac and Graph for that plot poi t rather than Ian Flynn. Flynn deserves better goddammit!!!!

Hot damn! This was great! I thought I'd just be here to watch this video for some interesting points, but I think I'll stick around and watch some other stuff you've made