Sonic and Blaze are such interesting foils.
Blaze starts off as someone who doesnβt have to do it alone but chooses to do so, pushing everyone away to take a lonesome path. She takes it clawing and biting and forcefully.
Sonic is someone who started things alone because he had to do it alone at first β he didnβt know anyone. Then as soon as people want to get to know him and join him, he lets them! He goes from a one man band to part of a group bc he lets people in with open arms.
Blaze was born with responsibility. Not the trait, but the task. Sheβs responsible for an entire kingdomβs wellbeing. She didnβt choose this path, but she wholeheartedly embraces it. (And when she learns of more dimensions, she takes up the responsibility to help them too.)
Sonic was born with no responsibility. He was an ordinary guy. But when he saw wrongdoing, he decided someoneβs gotta step up and hey heβs here so it might as well be him! Whether itβs for a flicky, or an island, or the whole world β Sonic just continuously picks up the responsibility to protect and helps others. He wasnβt born with it. He chose it, and heβll keep choosing it.
Blaze is royalty, the crown princess of a kingdom. She is one of their most important figures.
Sonic is quite literally just a dude. Heβs an ordinary citizen, with no status or wealth.
Blaze is afraid of heights, and Sonic free falls off of planes with whoops and laughter.
It doesnβt matter if you view Blaze and Sonic platonically, romantically, antagonistically, or some other thing. Theyβre so interesting when you put them side by side.