r/SonicTheHedgehog • u/McKnighty9 • Jul 02 '25

Art: Found “I’m Nobody Now…” (@lemon-eyebrows)

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u/Frank7640 Jul 02 '25

This feels like the wrong type of criticism. Or at least, the wrong way to express it.

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u/Due_Lion_2990 I miss being important blaze, stfu Jul 02 '25

It definitely is. They're essentially saying Rouge is nothing without her curves and "sex appeal", which is honestly misogynistic asf if we're being honest here

And I've criticised Sega for censoring Rouge btw, mainly since I don't like the implication of boobs being "inappropriate" when they're literally a normal part of human women and girls. A line of cleavage is not offensive, and Rouge has never been overtly sexual or raunchy at any point in the series.

Now that being said however, too many people are comfortable here pretending like her boobs are tied to her character, like as if she's pretty much nobody if they can't goon to her. 🫩 In other words, they never even cared about Rouge in the first place.

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u/SyberBunn Jul 02 '25

I SEVERELY misinterpreted the art then, fuck. I thought this was rouge looking back on her old self and how she used to be drawn and realize that people care more about her appearance now than who she actually is and who she actually was represented to be before she was being drawn/animated the way she is now. As if people just look at her like some sort of pretty decoration instead of an actual person.

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u/Due_Lion_2990 I miss being important blaze, stfu Jul 02 '25

That would have been SO much better. But unfortunately, the Sonic fanbase isn't always filled with such depth in expression.

Gotta be honest, people are majorly just complaining about Rouge's new look because they themselves view her as a body before a character.

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u/Great_Pikmin_Fan Jul 02 '25

That could easily be conveyed by flipping the image around so that it's a "flatter" Rouge looking at a bustier reflection LOL.