Wademan94
Smash Obsessed
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Her being Princess Peach lite doesn’t help. Apologies if this sounds repetitive, I’ve pulled this over the times I’ve talked about her in the past. My biggest issue with it is that there isn’t enough material or time to justify the romantic elements.My only issue with Elise isn't the romance, but she's a major princess stereotype. They're all sapient creatures, so the interspecies romance never once bothered me.
Still makes it poor-ass writing the way they did it, though.
Like, even Zelda(who gets kidnapped almost every game) is better, but that's due to not just taking action, but they started to slowly get her going as a proper character. Sure, that's over multiple games, but she was also not introduced in a super story heavy game like Elise. Regardless, that's what needs rewriting a lot. They did at least make the romance have some plot relevance(as it's how Mephiles awoke Iblis properly, etc.), but it definitely feels weird. Especially as it's literally how Amy acted in Sonic CD, and that should be avoided at all costs.
Despite all the time travel shenanigans, she’s only known Sonic for TWO DAYS and more of that time she’s captured and Sonic is spending that time saving her ass with a few forced bonding moments here and there. Like there was little to no natural chemistry and I did not see any real reason for Sonic to be as invested in her as much the story is suggesting.
It’s a terrible setup for a relationship regardless of the whole anthro debate and Elise is a pretty weak character overall as well.Also, Elise mostly just kept Sonic out of the actual plot of the game, Shadow and Silver actually got stuff done while the only major thing Sonic contributed to the story was getting killed by Mephiles. At least when Amy gave her spiel about choosing Sonic over the world it’s implied that she’s known him for years and has a lot less responsibility to deal with. Elise LITERALLY has the fate of the world in her hands and yet despite only knowing Sonic for a few days, says she doesn’t care about what happens to the world if she doesn’t know Sonic. What a load.
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