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Please Sonic Movie, give Amy Rose the love she deserves

My biggest fear if Amy shows up in the movie universe is that the writers will try to overcorrect her character, and in that, make her generic.

I like the posts about Amy surprising everyone with how strong she is and not feeling bone crushing pain with Knuckles handshake. They are funny posts, but she being strong out of the bat undermines the potential for her physical growth intertwined with the emotional one.

We first meet Amy as a helpless civilian who Sonic has to rescue, and although people may say she was just a damsel in distress, I think is appealing to her character growth. Amy is not super fast, super smart or super strong. She has no physical or mental advantage amongst her peers, which means she has to work much harder to stand besides them, and she does so! She went for helpless civilian to someone that can be side by side with her hero, and that's damn inspiring! You get it? Amy is the underdog of the group! She being tough at the start means we won't see her grow into her toughness. Her reason for sticking around could be her love for sonic, yes, but could also be she being inspired by him and wanting to protect others the way he protected her.

Speaking of Sonic, I'm a bit conflicted when it comes to Amy's fangirliness. On one side it's the old and unfunny stick of 'girl being forceful around the boy she likes' and I'm sick of it. But on the other hand, it would be great for her character to start as a fangirl who see Sonic as this perfect hero to growing out of it as she sees him as a person, but still loves him. And it would be really sweet to see Sonic warming up to her as she starts to treat him normally.

Also, I hope we are at a place in the movie industry that adventure/action writers can write a female character who likes stereotypical girly things without fear she will be seen as weak. The latest games don't tap much into it, but Amy likes tarot, she likes cooking and baking. She is gentle, passionate and compassionate. She also wrecks robots with a hammer. She can do both! Show that Amy's biggest strength is her ability to be compassionate to others, to bring out the best in people and to stand up to protect who she cares about. Show that she is the heart of the team.

The writers earned all my trust with Sonic 2, but I'm afraid the see the fans saying they like Boom Amy better and ignore the wonderful things that made mainline Amy herself.

I may be asking too much, if she is introduced in the next movie, there's still mc'freaking Shadow to develop, and a movie can only be so long.

But please, PLEASE, let Amy Rose be Amy Rose, with the good, the bad and the ugly and all the things that make her herself.