Gawain

"HYAAAAHHH!" Yelled Knuckles the Echidna as he was destroying his punching bag. Grains of sand trickled down the tear in the fabric. He was breathing heavily. He never punched this hard before. The only times Knuckles did this was because something was bugging him or he was really pissed out. He grunted, wiped his sweat off with his towel embroidered with his initials: K.E. Then a thought striker his mind, was he getting stronger? He didn't feel pissed out at anyone or bugged. Knuckles grinned to himself, "Why don't I test out my new strength on Vector? Maybe Julie-Su? No... Tikal maybe?" That's...

Those who aren’t as educated in the ways of the Sonic Franchise make one of many perplexing mistakes. They assume that Tails is SEGA’s whipping boy. The typical whipping boy is the abused character. The one under-developed, and ibingiay little to nothing to do in anything, and portrayed in a simple-minded light.

I can understand how people have come to this conclusion. Tails is the sidekick of the main protagonist, Sonic the Hedgehog. He’s young, he’s not incredibly strong, and he’s a bit of a coward at times. But Tails is not SEGA’s whipping boy. Tails has appeared in nearly every...