RIGHT??

I mean, there are things I don't like, in general, and in the Sonic fandom. It's my personal opinion, and I try not to crank about it in a way that makes it seem like this one thing is THE MOST HORRIBLE THING EVERRRR AND IF YOU LIKE IT YOU'RE ALSO HORRIBLE

Other people like The Thing. I don't. Other people liking The Thing doesn't affect me, and my liking of The Other Thing doesn't affect other people. We're allowed to like and dislike different things, even within the same fandom. You do you, to each their own.

There is plenty to nosh on at the Sonic Buffet, and I promise it doesn't make anyone better or worse depending on what they like or don't like.

Referring to the comment section of this ask.

I can't decide if they're actually trolling, but based on some things I've read about them, I want to say they aren't. Which is really sad if they do indeed believe that perfection is something to strive for and feel ashamed if it's not achieved. And that anyone who likes the games they don't is "embracing mediocrity".

Based on some of their responses in that comment thread, it seems like they have issues stemming from expectations when they were a child, which is terrible, especially since those issues have tainted their view of not only the world but of media meant to entertain.

Perfection is not possible. Ever. The idea that one can somehow become 'perfect' (and really, what does that even mean??) is a goal that will be forever out of anyone's grasp.

Life is not meant to make us perfect. The mistakes we make, the little stumbles, the missteps, they all teach us things. We should never stop learning. The goal isn't perfection, it's to become who we are meant to be, someone we are happy to be. And absolutely no one gets there by making all the right decisions, and doing all the right things. Challenges help us grow. Mistakes make us wiser.

I'm not sure what that person's idea of perfection is, and I don't know how it pertains to the Sonic franchise. A commercially produced product will never be perfect. Not even Mario or Zelda are perfect franchises, despite what they seem to think.

And honestly, having been in the Sonic fandom for a few years, I feel like a lot of the criticism and anger and hate for various Sonic media comes from the fandom itself. Case in point, Sonic 06, Forces, and the Knuckles series come to mind as bits that have gotten a lot of very loud hate.

I have no idea why so many people seem to focus so much on what they hate about a franchise instead of what they love. Or why some seem determined to force this hate on others who actually like that particular thing. What's the need? We're all here to fangirl over a cartoon hedgehog. (And echidna.)

Personally, I haven’t interacted with a lot of the Classic Sonic fandom but I’ve definitely seen some straight-up dumb comments like that -_-’I do think it’s really outlandish to assume that ‘no one likes the 3D games!!’ or ‘3D Sonic just doesn’t work!!’ like…are you kidding me? There’s an entire generation of fans who have grown up on the 3D games, and these games have got them HOOKED on Sonic forever. You don’t have to like those games, but you can’t deny that SO MANY people love them (including me!).

“I am resigning my position because I’ve had enough. None of you can be satisfied with anything we put out”, Iizuka said. “We’ve tried for years to please you, but you’re never happy. Classic fans, meanwhile, seem to know what they want. So we’re going to give you what they want”.

Whitehead was adamant that this is not necessarily pushing away Modern fans. “It’s not that SEGA doesn’t care about their fans. But when you’ve exhausted pretty much every idea in the book and people still aren’t happy, what else can you do? It doesn’t help that every time they would see that the fans want something, by the time they do it, suddenly fans don’t want it”.