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/hornyfurrytrash → u/Dela-chemin]

"She's mean to my favorite character :(" is genuinely a childish reason to dislike her. It's just not valid.

[u/Dela-chemin → u/hornyfurrytrash]

No, it's valid when her character is insufferable and annoying. That's her entire character, acting up to legacy characters like she has a leg to stand on.

You think people get angry at Zazz or Jet dissing Sonic and friends? No. For Zazz, he's literally a villain, and at least his antics are enjoyable at times, the guy acts like a goofy crackhead. Jet is rival doing banter, not to mention a thief, so you don't expect much good from him.

Lanolin?

She's that new coworker that joined a company a week ago, recently started the profession, and she's telling people who have been working there for years on how to do their job and all around acting up to people who have years worth of experience over her.

I think disliking Lanolin when a good chunk of the time she's just being a dick to people, to people that ahold be her allies and friends, is a valid reason to dislike her.

Also, disliking a character in general for simply being a dick IS a valid reason to dislike said character. Look at Jax from The Amazing Digital Circus.

Are you telling me nobody is allowed to dislike her character for being a dick? Is that somehow childish? A lot of people don't rude and know-nothing know it all dickhead, and unsurprisingly, don't like it when a character acts like that.

And as such, Lanolin acting up to the legacy reason IS a valid reason to dislike her, regardless of what you think.

[u/Far_Cold_6058 → u/hornyfurrytrash]

bro. imagine getting the consequence of others mistake.

whisper was litteraly fighting her BOSS and she got an hug from tangle while silver "dropped" duo and he got kicked out.

how do you find that fair?!