Hello, and welcome to the Sonic Rantfiction show! Or...series...I honestly don't know what it is. I'm just a man in his underwear hating on Sonic fanfictions because I can. And you know what else I can do because I can? I can make Sonic just like me! I mean, that idea hasn't been done to death, right? Right?
Numerous Sonic fanfictions have turned Sonic into this self-insert. Listen: Sonic is not you. Sonic is Sonic. Sonic is not Robert Timms or Jacob Smith or Scott Scottson or James Philips or whatever your name is. Sonic is Sonic, and no matter what you say, Sonic will always be Sonic.
If you want to make a Sonic character that's just like you, make a freaking fan character! Sure, I'm not a fan of fan characters, something I'll talk about in a future installment, but at least it's more creative than just taking a pre-existing character and molding him into this character who sleeps with women constantly and is the coolest guy around, "just like you," even though your definition of "you" actually means "your massive ego."
What's even more shameful is that some authors are completely aware of this! Yeah! I've seen authors go around calling Sonic "my version" like they legally own the rights to the character and nobody bats an eye! Well, okay. Maybe a couple people with common sense bat one or two eyes, but that's before they're called "bullies" by the author because pointing out major flaws in their story and telling them they should try harder to fix those problems apparently hurts the author's "poor wittle feewings."
And this hasn't happened for just Sonic, either. Tails and Knuckles can fall victim to this problem, too. And don't even get me started with Shadow. Oh, ho, ho, ho. Every time I see a moody teenager use Shadow in their story, I instantly want to go to that kid's house and punch him right in the jaw. Shadow is the most...how do I put it... "edgiest" Sonic character, and yet nobody knows how to properly write him, mostly because he's portrayed as a self-insert so some emo 14-year-old can masturbate before his mommy comes home. And this is coming from a 15-year-old! I know better! Then again, I do watch Jimquisition on a regular basis...
And thus concludes the end to this installment of Sonic Rantfictions. Next time, I choose the next topic I want to talk about because I can. But, if you want, you can request something, I guess. Whatever's popular with the cool kids, I suppose.