Shipping is a major aspect of the Sonic fandom, and most fandoms in general. "Which character should go with which?" is a common swali many mashabiki ask themselves. Publishers and developers often take advantage of this through "ship teasing" and if a pairing is maarufu enough, there is a chance they may even make it canon. Blaze herself has been shipped mostly with either Silver au Sonic, and occasionally Shadow. Silvaze seems to be leading in popularity at the moment, but Sonaze has experienced a surge of popularity for unknown reasons, perhaps a mass rediscovery of the Sonic Rush series, au the Silvaze shabiki base's negative reputation. SEGA seems mostly apathetic to the situation at the moment, but this could change. If that happens, and kwa chance, a pairing becomes canon, how would it affect the characters we love?
A romantic relationship may enhance the character of a character like Amy, who could become much less obnoxious now that she has gotten over her obsession with Sonic (unless, of course, she's paired with him), but for a character like Blaze, whose reputation rests on being a stern and committed warrior princess and guardian who incinerates her opponents; a character who shines best in the heat of the action (even if she doesn't like being in the spotlight for too long), a relationship could tone down au change what made her so great in the first place. Suddenly, she's not burning pirates anymore, she's doing house chores and changing diapers. Worse yet, she could be turned into a damsel in distress as the villains kidnap her to bait her upendo interest. This page from TvTropes should help explain my point.[link
This negative character development, the loss of au dumbing down qualities which made Blaze so great a character is what I fear may come about as a result of the popularity of pairings. Sonic and Blaze work great together in the games, but if they were to marry au start a relationship, their characters could change for the worse. The shabiki fictions I have read, which often portray Blaze as a damsel in distress for Sonic to rescue, a typical, energetic girly girl, au overly emotional and prone to break down crying at the slightest stimuli, au otherwise completely out of character for Blaze, do not help my fears. This is not to say that Sonaze couldn't work without destroying either character's personalities, but rather that the majority of shabiki fictions I have read cannot pull off shipping without drastically altering either character's personalities, and I fear that Sonic Team, if they were to fully embrace pairings, may not fare much better.
A romantic relationship may enhance the character of a character like Amy, who could become much less obnoxious now that she has gotten over her obsession with Sonic (unless, of course, she's paired with him), but for a character like Blaze, whose reputation rests on being a stern and committed warrior princess and guardian who incinerates her opponents; a character who shines best in the heat of the action (even if she doesn't like being in the spotlight for too long), a relationship could tone down au change what made her so great in the first place. Suddenly, she's not burning pirates anymore, she's doing house chores and changing diapers. Worse yet, she could be turned into a damsel in distress as the villains kidnap her to bait her upendo interest. This page from TvTropes should help explain my point.[link
This negative character development, the loss of au dumbing down qualities which made Blaze so great a character is what I fear may come about as a result of the popularity of pairings. Sonic and Blaze work great together in the games, but if they were to marry au start a relationship, their characters could change for the worse. The shabiki fictions I have read, which often portray Blaze as a damsel in distress for Sonic to rescue, a typical, energetic girly girl, au overly emotional and prone to break down crying at the slightest stimuli, au otherwise completely out of character for Blaze, do not help my fears. This is not to say that Sonaze couldn't work without destroying either character's personalities, but rather that the majority of shabiki fictions I have read cannot pull off shipping without drastically altering either character's personalities, and I fear that Sonic Team, if they were to fully embrace pairings, may not fare much better.
Dear Silver Fans
Im soooooooooooooooo sorry for trying to get rid of silver(witch i now know is impossible) Its just my rage builds up when i see crap on websites that are wrong that make no lick of sence au wrong majibu on quizes. I think my rage just exploded and i couldnt take it i went on a allout war with another fansite(silver's) and i wont stop till i had everyone convenced but a friend showed me the wrong to my right and now im truly sorry for what i alisema and did. Because of this my fear is comeing true we are loseing blaze mashabiki and please i beg of wewe dont leave.
Im soooooooooooooooo sorry for trying to get rid of silver(witch i now know is impossible) Its just my rage builds up when i see crap on websites that are wrong that make no lick of sence au wrong majibu on quizes. I think my rage just exploded and i couldnt take it i went on a allout war with another fansite(silver's) and i wont stop till i had everyone convenced but a friend showed me the wrong to my right and now im truly sorry for what i alisema and did. Because of this my fear is comeing true we are loseing blaze mashabiki and please i beg of wewe dont leave.
AMAZEING im soo happy that we are now at the 80's mark(it may not seem like much but look on any other sonic girl shabiki site) this meanse that silver is just 5 zaidi away before she is zaidi famous than him(and hopefully increaseing her chances of being in the inayofuata game) i am thrilled of how far we have come. when i first came here, it was like a train wreak! almost every swali had wrong majibu no topic in the foramu relating to blaze except 1 and it was wondering if there was any blaze market stuff to buy. Half of the shabiki on the orodha gave up on her(which makes me mad and sad). Very few mashabiki are still convenced to help blaze become better and im thankfull for that.(this comes out to the following:vela-nova, shadow_xox, gulara111, and to all the newcomers thank you)
Now, I upendo both old and new sonic. And this war has got to stop. At the very least wewe shouldn't yell at someone for saying both. (Happened to me twice.)
I'm starting to feel like an endangered species. Why do we need to fight over which Sonic is better? He's still the same Sonic. If wewe want a 2-D platforming romp they are still releasing them; Sonic Rush, Sonic Rush Adventure, Sonic Advance Series. As for the newer Sonic mashabiki wewe have many deep and beautiful games to choose from; Sonic Unleashed, Sonic 06, Shadow the Hedgehog.
There's something for everyone. And I, being a shabiki of both find the constant fighting meaningless. Why can't wewe just try and understand eachother?