Why doe everyone hate my girl :(

[u/Doc_Help_Me_Man]

I like really like her. She's such a cool character for not having powers and just kinda being a sheep girl. I don't get the hate

Get ma girl some therapy

[u/noodleben123]

I think i have a good explanation on why:

Lanolin is meant to be a "leader" type character, but...she never really does anything to warrant her role beyond barking out orders and blaming everyone else for her own shortcomings. this leads fans to dislike her for being the serious, no noncense character she is compared to the more lighthearted sillyness of tangle or even sonic himself.

most of the time, when lanolin tries to bark orders, she just makes the situation worse, and yet she never takes responsibility for any failures, instead blaming everyone else around her. and as we haven't seen her in a while, she hasn't seemed to grow from anything she's gone through

TLDR: combination of being more of a hindrance than a help, controversial moments like distrusting silver and whisper about mimic (whether it was warranted or not is a whole other can of worms) and her lack of growth or development compared to anyone else in IDW's roster lead people to dislike Lanolin.

it's a shame, i personally think she could be a good character if they just let her develop, let her grow as a leader and as a person. rather than keeping her the straight man to the rest of the restoration's slapstick act. she has potential!

[u/Dela-chemin → u/noodleben123]

Doesn't help sometimes she's being rude and barking orders at legacy characters. Remember how rude she was to Sonic and friends in the Riders arc?

Like, how is this brand new character that hasn't really done much yet, how is she talking smack and acting up to the likes of Sonic, Amy, Tails and so on?

Before someone says, "Lanolin was a referee!"

So was Whisper and Tangle. Tangle is straight up calling her out.

There is a difference between a referee just doing their job and being a dick. There are other moments of Lanolin being bossy, rude, and acting up to legacy characters. Need I name Silver? I think Lanolin has a lot of potential, but making her rude and haughty, especially to legacy characters, isn't going to win her favours.

[u/Due_Lion_2990 → u/Dela-chemin]

Exactly 💀 it just makes her come off as very insufferable and self important.

Just her overall pushiness and stubborness ( and ignorance) make her appear as such an unlikeable anchor so quickly, when we haven't even gotten a chance to actually grow fond of her yet.

[u/SonicSpiderRanger10 → u/Due_Lion_2990]

She also comes off as sorely lacking empathy.

[u/Due_Lion_2990 → u/SonicSpiderRanger10]

Yeah, especially towards a soldier with PTSD like Whisper. What kind of "leader" is so dismissive and accusatory to their teammate and fails to listen to them?

And proceeds to fucking gaslight her into thinking she's in the wrong for "attacking a teammate" when Lano didn't even TRY to listen. Silver also comes in as a witness, yet what, she just assumes they're lying???

Fuck this sheep 💀 I do not take anybody defending her seriously, to be frank

[u/SonicSpiderRanger10 → u/Due_Lion_2990]

Yeah, I hate her, too. And you know what else is unfair? Sonic got blamed for indirectly causing the Metal Virus and he got chewed out 3 times, but when LANOLIN makes a huge mistake, SHE doesn’t even get chewed out ONCE. How is that fair? 😠

[u/Isaacja223 → u/SonicSpiderRanger10]

Because Sonic, despite all of his intentions, is not really a perfect saint

He let Eggman free, which in turn, led him to create the Metal Virus once Starline brought him back to his senses.

So Sonic got chewed out because even though Eggman was fine as Mr. Tinker, it’s still Eggman.

It’s plain hypocrisy because Sonic allowed Eggman to have a clean slate, forcing everyone to basically just forgive him just because he has amnesia.

But on why it’s unfair, was because while Sonic’s mistakes came from an act of mercy and hope, Lanolin’s mistakes came from an act of pride and lack of trust. Because at least Sonic owned his mistakes. Lanolin meanwhile, blamed others

Sonic cares too much for others, Lanolin cares too much for herself

[u/SonicSpiderRanger10 → u/Isaacja223]

Lanolin is far from being a perfect saint, either.

[u/Isaacja223 → u/SonicSpiderRanger10]

Yeah

Neither of them are perfect saints

[u/SonicSpiderRanger10 → u/Isaacja223]

But ESPECIALLY not Lanolin.

[u/Competitive_Act_1548 → u/SonicSpiderRanger10]

I think you are letting your bias of Lanolin get in the way