[IDW Sonic the Hedgehog - Various Issues, General Spoiler Warning if you aren't up-to-date with the series]

"Whisper handles things better when she's taking orders."

Yeah? *drops this panel off of Whisper's fucking debut* Oh, shit, it's your argument falling apart, oh fuck,
[IDW Sonic Spoilers]

In all seriousness though, throughout the comic series we're shown that—while Whisper works well in teams—she's perfectly capable of taking initiative in hostile situations, even giving orders herself!

In fact, she has on multiple occasions RESISTED orders!
[IDW Sonic Spoilers]

Whisper has two berserk buttons - "my friends are in danger, I will do EVERYTHING to save them" & "my friends are dead. I will KILL whoever is responsible."

Her greatest grudge, as the comic shows us repeatedly, is against Eggman, who she nearly shoots dead
[IDW Sonic Spoilers]

She ONLY acquiesces to Cream's plea to NOT shoot Eggman dead right then 'cause there was a CHANCE he might be able to help save the victims of the Zombot virus.

MOMENTS before Eggman appears, she has to be talked down from kicking the Babylon Rogues' asses.
[IDW Sonic Spoilers]

So why the living FUCK would Whisper NOT take the shot she had to be talked down from ON THE CONDITION it would save Tangle & the others?

He is LITERALLY displaying himself RIGHT OUT THERE for anyone in the audience who may have a sniper wispon.
[IDW Sonic Spoilers]

This wasn't a case of too many writers with conflicting ideas of the characters mucking things up.

Ian Flynn, the writer who has written EVERY APPEARANCE of Whisper—who's had a monopoly on her voice since her conception—was the SOLE writer in all of this.
[IDW Sonic Spoilers]

All this to say...

Fuck y'all my joke tweet was REALLY FUNNY and rightly took aim at the obviously misogynistic framing of that scene.

Anyway I enjoyed reading most of these Whisper appearances for the research to make this thread.

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