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Okay this is another part to my defense of Amy Rose, perhaps I'm giving you bits and pieces of my entire subject, but eh I feel this is another section I wanted to talk about individually that also annoyed me. As the title and image suggests this will be about a majority fandom using Boom Amy as an excuse to further their narrative into hating the normal Amy. Pretty much what I've stated in regards to the previous analysis on Amy apply here. This is basically another instance where normal Amy is unfairly compared and bashed simply out of the same reused statements and I'm here to basically rectify those problems. Before I start I want to say if you prefer Boom Amy that's completely fine be indicative to your own opinion. I don't think Boom Amy is terrible, I just don't like the fandom's interpretation of her or how she's just used to bash Normal Amy.

But yeah I've made it no secret on my Sonic controversy list that I don't like Amy's Boom incarnation, I find Boom Amy to be one of the most overrated characters next to Shadow the Hedgehog. And normally I don't like throwing around such statements because I find it better to explain why someone is overrated or what makes it that way as opposed to just being a term used to facade the term for disgust which is not how one should apply this term. One of the most confusing things regarding this entire comparison is how ironically contradicting and narrative shifting the fandom's claims on Boom Amy's apparent superiority is compared to Normal Amy, when in reality it's the complete opposite of their visioned narrative they have on full display.

Literally how many times will you hear Sonictubers, Sonic Let's Players, commentors or reviewers talk about how much they prefer Boom Amy and how much more "confident, strong, mature, independent she is" or how "the chemistry with her and Sonic are superior"? Pretty much a common thing, like with them completely taking Amy's mistakes out of context and skewing their view on them to ridiculous levels these claims are spouted with the exact same amount of formatting and narrative shifting. Aside from Boom Amy's dress attire I find her worse than normal Amy in almost every way, nothing about her character does anything special that would indicate shes stronger or more versatile than normal Amy, where does this even come from? This is basically a surface level observation placed on Boom Amy simply because she fits these people's narrative of how much better they in particular think she is. I mean when you think about it what can Boom Amy do Normal Amy can't? Acrobatics, Leadership Skills, Cooking, Hammer Abilities, all of these are attributes Normal Amy already has carried and to a much more formidable degree (as far as acrobatics and hammer abilities go). So already she doesn't do anything better on basic attributes alone..

What further drives this point home is Boom Amy hasn't caused any feats above what Normal Amy couldn't already accomplish or hasn't done. In the TV show she just defeats base level Eggman Mooks or engages with 5 way curbstomp battles with Team Sonic on Eggman himself. In the games while the enemies vary (namely Fire and Ice where she faces more than the typical base level mook), Normal Amy's feats in the comics and games alone far surpasses anything Boom Amy can throw at her, especially since she doesn't posses any unique attributes on a basic level. Boom Amy aside from a few acrobatic seems to be so attached to her hammer that it shows a form of weakness.

Speaking more of combat Boom Amy is constantly presented as a Faux Action Girl more often than not (not counting Fire & Ice which is the only time she felt competent and in line with her character/fan descriptions). For the fans who preach about her "superior independence and skill" she can't do anything on her own without the need of Team Sonic. In the TV show they always have to fight as a collective and are shown as less skilled one vs one in a few scenarios, case and point their fight against Shadow in the finale of Season 2. How does Boom Amy fair against a far superior opponent? Well exhibit A will explain www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKB2z2… she gets completely curb stomped by Shadow with a single move and her first response is to lay on the ground helplessly and call Sonic for help. How does Normal Amy fair in this same situation? i.pinimg.com/originals/73/2b/7… she stands firm and was willing to still fight Shadow despite his superior advantage in the situation. She even gets a good hit in on Shadow as shown here in another panel i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/or…

Now where am I getting at here? Yes this is Shadow we're talking about here probably not the best comparison, however my main point is how both Amy's dealt with fighting him. Boom Amy just gives and and goes "Sonic Help me" while Normal Amy despite her disadvantage stood up to Shadow and was willing to fight him (Normal Amy has did this once before in Sonic X after being overpowered by Emerl, but it's worse with Boom Amy because she's described as a independent and strong character) showcasing far more independence on regular Amy's part. For someone who's description is "Independent" Boom Amy's character has a hard time following what her description and the fandom applies her as, further making her Faux Action Girl status more apparent. She's suppose to be a "strong independent character" and calls for help when overpowered or gets kidnapped various times (Shattered Crystal, few episodes in the Boom TV show etc), she's even shown not really handing situations on her own without being a collective. Even her status as an explorer is very bare bones in presentation as it's either slightly referenced, shown in brief hints or just told to us. The same thing happens in the episode "Translate This" when Amy is about to be crushed and saved by Sonic.

Again another instance where Boom Amy has to be rescued despite being more "independent" www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoCBXm… is presented here where she's tricked and captured by Eggman, yet again the fandom still insists Normal Amy is the damsel in distress and Boom Amy is the "competent one who never gets kidnapped".. Because Boom Amy fits their self narrative these flaws with her are never taken into account because she fits their image of what they think a "Good female" is like. Sure I won't bat an eye and say Normal Amy doesn't get kidnapped, she does have her Damsel in Distress moments (Sonic Rivals, Sonic CD, Unleashed, Adventure 2 and Generations come to mind) but my defense is Boom Amy has this set narrative by her description and fandom that she's superior because she's "independent and doesn't get kidnapped" yet she's shown the opposite quite a few times.

In terms of personality Boom Amy isn't much better considering her personality changes in every single episode. Literally in many Boom episodes Boom Amy can never have a consistent personality and always has to change, meaning there's no consistency with her character and whatever is established is contradicted by other personality traits. For Normal Amy being short tempered and Bratty, Boom Amy is often condescending and rude or just acts like a typical girl. In fact when Boom Amy isn't consistent she's either a bland action girl in the Boom games or just a typical girl in TV show.. Just being "More mature and independent" doesn't make for a better character. Blaze the Cat for instance does have those traits, but she's not a good female just for those reasons alone. Blaze has other reasons for being a great character beyond basic level claims.

Besides IDW comics have done a far superior job of letting regular Amy be more mature with her interactions with Sonic, showcasing her maturity in her childlike behavior. i.pinimg.com/originals/5a/2e/3… A natural step in progression that makes Normal Amy being more mature far more interesting. Taking place after Forces helps as well, as recent games such as Lost World and Forces have shown a much more mature side of Amy, which again a majority of Amy haters never take into account, they only focus on what she does wrong or go on repeat.

One of the last excuses people use to their descriptive statement of Boom Amy's superiority is that "Her Sonamy moments or interactions with Sonic are more relatable and mature" sure on the mature end they do interact more as friends, that much I will say Boom Amy does have. (minus recent Sonic titles for Normal Amy as well as Adventure titles) but in terms of Sonamy? It's actually worse! Their moments as a "true couple" only amount to just subtle references or moments when an episode just reminds the audience they're a thing. Otherwise Boom Amy has no qualms falling for any one off guy. Despite being in love with Sonic she can fall for other dudes such as Tommy Thunder, Swifty the Shrew and Justin Beaver with no problem, indicative of a very shallow complex Boom Amy has regarding men.. Yet it's never brought up by a lot of people. And no I'm not a shipper by any chance, I'll mildly like a shipping but it's not a subject I care for, so no I don't like either Sonamy, but what I'm saying is Sonamy isn't "perfect" in Boom because Amy's nature to literally just fall for any cute one off guy makes her come off as shallow and makes their only true moments amount to subtle references.

I really hope this clears my overall statements.. Again I love Sonic Boom TV show and Boom Amy does have funny moments/lines. But I'm tired of the fandom treating her as if she's perfect or being used as a catalyst to bash normal Amy to have further distain toward her. I just wanted to bring about Boom Amy's fair share of criticisms and flaws. If you still think Boom Amy is better that's fine too I'm not here to change one's prerogative. She does have some funny lines and does have some amount of charm in her dialogue due to the comedy nature of the show itself. My main point was addressing that she's not better than Amy simply out of people's own self narrative. Again I want to paraphrase that it's not actually the entire fandom, but rather the vocal majority comes off as a stronger force in this scenario. Generalizing a fandom is one of my biggest pet peeves. Hope this clears up more things. Criticisms are welcomed.

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Okay this is another part to my defense of Amy Rose, perhaps I'm giving you bits and pieces of my entire subject, but eh I feel this is another section I wanted to talk about individually that also annoyed me. As the title and image suggests this will be about a majority fandom using Boom Amy as an excuse to further their narrative into hating the normal Amy. Pretty much what I've stated in regards to the previous analysis on Amy apply here. This is basically another instance where normal Amy is unfairly compared and bashed simply out of the same reused statements and I'm here to basically rectify those problems. Before I start I want to say if you prefer Boom Amy that's completely fine be indicative to your own opinion. I don't think Boom Amy is terrible, I just don't like the fandom's interpretation of her or how she's just used to bash Normal Amy.

But yeah I've made it no secret on my Sonic controversy list that I don't like Amy's Boom incarnation, I find Boom Amy to be one of the most overrated characters next to Shadow the Hedgehog. And normally I don't like throwing around such statements because I find it better to explain why someone is overrated or what makes it that way as opposed to just being a term used to facade the term for disgust which is not how one should apply this term. One of the most confusing things regarding this entire comparison is how ironically contradicting and narrative shifting the fandom's claims on Boom Amy's apparent superiority is compared to Normal Amy, when in reality it's the complete opposite of their visioned narrative they have on full display.

Literally how many times will you hear Sonictubers, Sonic Let's Players, commentors or reviewers talk about how much they prefer Boom Amy and how much more "confident, strong, mature, independent she is" or how "the chemistry with her and Sonic are superior"? Pretty much a common thing, like with them completely taking Amy's mistakes out of context and skewing their view on them to ridiculous levels these claims are spouted with the exact same amount of formatting and narrative shifting. Aside from Boom Amy's dress attire I find her worse than normal Amy in almost every way, nothing about her character does anything special that would indicate shes stronger or more versatile than normal Amy, where does this even come from? This is basically a surface level observation placed on Boom Amy simply because she fits these people's narrative of how much better they in particular think she is. I mean when you think about it what can Boom Amy do Normal Amy can't? Acrobatics, Leadership Skills, Cooking, Hammer Abilities, all of these are attributes Normal Amy already has carried and to a much more formidable degree (as far as acrobatics and hammer abilities go). So already she doesn't do anything better on basic attributes alone..

What further drives this point home is Boom Amy hasn't caused any feats above what Normal Amy couldn't already accomplish or hasn't done. In the TV show she just defeats base level Eggman Mooks or engages with 5 way curbstomp battles with Team Sonic on Eggman himself. In the games while the enemies vary (namely Fire and Ice where she faces more than the typical base level mook), Normal Amy's feats in the comics and games alone far surpasses anything Boom Amy can throw at her, especially since she doesn't posses any unique attributes on a basic level. Boom Amy aside from a few acrobatic seems to be so attached to her hammer that it shows a form of weakness.

Speaking more of combat Boom Amy is constantly presented as a Faux Action Girl more often than not (not counting Fire & Ice which is the only time she felt competent and in line with her character/fan descriptions). For the fans who preach about her "superior independence and skill" she can't do anything on her own without the need of Team Sonic. In the TV show they always have to fight as a collective and are shown as less skilled one vs one in a few scenarios, case and point their fight against Shadow in the finale of Season 2. How does Boom Amy fair against a far superior opponent? Well exhibit A will explain www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKB2z2… she gets completely curb stomped by Shadow with a single move and her first response is to lay on the ground helplessly and call Sonic for help. How does Normal Amy fair in this same situation? i.pinimg.com/originals/73/2b/7… she stands firm and was willing to still fight Shadow despite his superior advantage in the situation. She even gets a good hit in on Shadow as shown here in another panel i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/or…

Now where am I getting at here? Yes this is Shadow we're talking about here probably not the best comparison, however my main point is how both Amy's dealt with fighting him. Boom Amy just gives and and goes "Sonic Help me" while Normal Amy despite her disadvantage stood up to Shadow and was willing to fight him (Normal Amy has did this once before in Sonic X after being overpowered by Emerl, but it's worse with Boom Amy because she's described as a independent and strong character) showcasing far more independence on regular Amy's part. For someone who's description is "Independent" Boom Amy's character has a hard time following what her description and the fandom applies her as, further making her Faux Action Girl status more apparent. She's suppose to be a "strong independent character" and calls for help when overpowered or gets kidnapped various times (Shattered Crystal, few episodes in the Boom TV show etc), she's even shown not really handing situations on her own without being a collective. Even her status as an explorer is very bare bones in presentation as it's either slightly referenced, shown in brief hints or just told to us. The same thing happens in the episode "Translate This" when Amy is about to be crushed and saved by Sonic.

Again another instance where Boom Amy has to be rescued despite being more "independent" www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoCBXm… is presented here where she's tricked and captured by Eggman, yet again the fandom still insists Normal Amy is the damsel in distress and Boom Amy is the "competent one who never gets kidnapped".. Because Boom Amy fits their self narrative these flaws with her are never taken into account because she fits their image of what they think a "Good female" is like. Sure I won't bat an eye and say Normal Amy doesn't get kidnapped, she does have her Damsel in Distress moments (Sonic Rivals, Sonic CD, Unleashed, Adventure 2 and Generations come to mind) but my defense is Boom Amy has this set narrative by her description and fandom that she's superior because she's "independent and doesn't get kidnapped" yet she's shown the opposite quite a few times.

In terms of personality Boom Amy isn't much better considering her personality changes in every single episode. Literally in many Boom episodes Boom Amy can never have a consistent personality and always has to change, meaning there's no consistency with her character and whatever is established is contradicted by other personality traits. For Normal Amy being short tempered and Bratty, Boom Amy is often condescending and rude or just acts like a typical girl. In fact when Boom Amy isn't consistent she's either a bland action girl in the Boom games or just a typical girl in TV show.. Just being "More mature and independent" doesn't make for a better character. Blaze the Cat for instance does have those traits, but she's not a good female just for those reasons alone. Blaze has other reasons for being a great character beyond basic level claims.

Besides IDW comics have done a far superior job of letting regular Amy be more mature with her interactions with Sonic, showcasing her maturity in her childlike behavior. i.pinimg.com/originals/5a/2e/3… A natural step in progression that makes Normal Amy being more mature far more interesting. Taking place after Forces helps as well, as recent games such as Lost World and Forces have shown a much more mature side of Amy, which again a majority of Amy haters never take into account, they only focus on what she does wrong or go on repeat.

One of the last excuses people use to their descriptive statement of Boom Amy's superiority is that "Her Sonamy moments or interactions with Sonic are more relatable and mature" sure on the mature end they do interact more as friends, that much I will say Boom Amy does have. (minus recent Sonic titles for Normal Amy as well as Adventure titles) but in terms of Sonamy? It's actually worse! Their moments as a "true couple" only amount to just subtle references or moments when an episode just reminds the audience they're a thing. Otherwise Boom Amy has no qualms falling for any one off guy. Despite being in love with Sonic she can fall for other dudes such as Tommy Thunder, Swifty the Shrew and Justin Beaver with no problem, indicative of a very shallow complex Boom Amy has regarding men.. Yet it's never brought up by a lot of people. And no I'm not a shipper by any chance, I'll mildly like a shipping but it's not a subject I care for, so no I don't like either Sonamy, but what I'm saying is Sonamy isn't "perfect" in Boom because Amy's nature to literally just fall for any cute one off guy makes her come off as shallow and makes their only true moments amount to subtle references.

I really hope this clears my overall statements.. Again I love Sonic Boom TV show and Boom Amy does have funny moments/lines. But I'm tired of the fandom treating her as if she's perfect or being used as a catalyst to bash normal Amy to have further distain toward her. I just wanted to bring about Boom Amy's fair share of criticisms and flaws. If you still think Boom Amy is better that's fine too I'm not here to change one's prerogative. She does have some funny lines and does have some amount of charm in her dialogue due to the comedy nature of the show itself. My main point was addressing that she's not better than Amy simply out of people's own self narrative. Again I want to paraphrase that it's not actually the entire fandom, but rather the vocal majority comes off as a stronger force in this scenario. Generalizing a fandom is one of my biggest pet peeves. Hope this clears up more things. Criticisms are welcomed.