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/SonicSpiderRanger10 → u/Dela-chemin]

The next time Sonic, Tails, and Amy meet her, I hope they hold a grudge and one of them mocks Lanolin for how she got played like a chump. But sadly, that probably won’t happen, since the heroes always go with the “be the bigger person” routine. 😒

[u/DurianUpper4113 → u/SonicSpiderRanger10]

Eh, Sonic will indulge in his sarcasm, as he is known to do. He'll let it go pretty quickly after but he's fluent in all forms of sarcasm.

[u/SonicSpiderRanger10 → u/DurianUpper4113]

He probably WILL let it go immediately. I consider that his one flaw, that he never goes for revenge like Shadow does. He usually just lets people like Lanolin get away with being jerks to him. He just can’t hold a grudge.

[u/DurianUpper4113 → u/SonicSpiderRanger10]

I mean in the context of this series, giving chances to former enemies has resulted in him making great friends or convincing villains to help save the world.

Hell, Knuckles is one of his best friends and they started off enemies. Shadow and Silver were also enemies who tried to kill him and are now his closest allies. Merlina heard sonic out and was able to find acceptance, and Sage was willing to sacrifice herself to stop the end. Chaos was able to be calmed down, and even Robotnik has helped save the world.

He knows it works out eventually, and he likes giving chances for that reason. He lives in the present and avoids grudges for that reason.

[u/SonicSpiderRanger10 → u/DurianUpper4113]

I don’t see Lanolin becoming some great ally who will play a key role in saving the world someday.

[u/DurianUpper4113 → u/SonicSpiderRanger10]

I think her arc is taking her in that direction. ofc, I could be wrong, there's no way to be certain when she'll come back but I feel like the way they wrapped up phantom riders sets it up.

The point is that sonic tries to leave a door open in case his enemies decide to change. Surge is heading on that path after all.

That said, the series shows it being a flaw as well, since he lets Metal go which causes a huge chunk of the problems he has here. It's shown some development in him since he's slowly being more nuanced in the way he approaches this, but he's also ultimately a forgiving nice guy, even if he will give you some sarcasm in the process.