User talk:1234auz/sandbox

Chris Thorndyke Feedback

 * 1) While not completely a Creator’s Pet, Chris was needlessly shilled and undeservingly took credit for the actions of other characters who saved the day (they would only be credited if Chris helped in a way).
 * 2) *Not really. It would be an entirely different story if the characters only praised Chris for the hero stuff, and they were still given praise even if he wasn't around. In term of TV Tropes, the character in Sonic X that was usually character shilled was Sonic since he's labelled as "The Ace" on the TV Tropes website.
 * 3) He’s poorly written. He was supposed to come off as a lonely rich kid, despite him having friends at school and people in his house to keep him company. His parents are supposed to be seen as neglectful, but it just shows that they are busy and they will drop everything to support him. This only backfired and had him come off as needy.
 * 4) *Even if a person is generally around people, that doesn't automatically mean they aren't lonely. Chris' loneliness comes from having to spend most of his time alone in his big and empty mansion without friends or siblings, and also finding his life boring as a result. Tanaka and Ella were there, but they usually just did their jobs as a maid and butler and most of the responsibly of keeping Chris company was left with Chuck. But still, Chris still found his life boring and lonely.
 * 5) He comes off as a spotlight hogger who took up too much screen time from the other characters, including Sonic himself.
 * 6) *Very true, but this stopped at season 3 where he was given less screen time.
 * 7) Other characters had their bad traits exaggerated to make Chris look good. For example, Shadow was made to be much crueler than usual by physically attacking Chris. Amy was made out to be a huge brat (Chris taking her role from her and taking credit from her when she was helpful just rubbed a lot of salt in the wound).
 * 8) *This doesn't apply to Chris' personal character flaws, and character flanderization can be common in anime. Shadow attacking Chris was meant to add to the drama of that scene, and Chris replacing Amy is actually an improvement since he reminds Shadow of Maria by face and personality.
 * 9) He’s extremely too dependent on Sonic to the point that he almost doomed the universe by keeping Sonic from returning to his world.
 * 10) He got over this in the third season as he grew up to be more self-confident. And even though he stopped Sonic from going back, he was very remorseful for what he did and even had a break down because he believed he took away Sonic's freedom. And given how Sonic knew that he could return home anytime he wanted to using the Chaos Emeralds, he just went along with it until Chris was ready to let him go. While it was wrong of Chris to keep Sonic from going back, Chris was still in sympathetic view because he didn't wanna lose a friend who filled his boring and lonely life with his friendship and adventures.