*disclaimer* Yes, i KNOW i have my own fan character and she has some "cliches" as well. And this is all an opinion....please do not rip my head off

Just an occurring thought (and the new addiction of Nostalgia Critic), I've decided to do a "top ten cliches of Sonic fan characters" this will consist of a list of the many common things the fan characters have , followed by a small rant of eachLETS BEGIN, SHALL WE?Number 11: The fan ChildrenYes, i have my OWN fan children for characters, but i dont make them children version of the parents, i at least give them unique traits.Most fan children consists of FCXOC, or OCxOC (even if they dont make sense/ show NO interest) (YES, I HAVE DONE THIS) To make it worse, they're bascially clones of their parents. Or they take a dead character, pair them with a living one, and say they have children through no explanation what-so-ever ( I mean, if you're gonna do that, at least GIVE an explanation. Like, they were resurrected for a short time). But no, they just say it's the child of the dead character and living one.Or, they take two characters that show no mutual romance for each other and give them a child and are SERIOUS about it (). Most are with the wh***, Amy. They pair her with almost all the guys in the series and have them have children with her. And making things worse, she's the one basically shown to be "worshiped". They make it so every guy loves her (like Sonic and Shadow) and twist it...so...Amy and the guy will MOVE ON MOVE ON!!!Number 10: The SpeciesYes, the species. Many of the fan characters to Sonic are the 4 species of the main characters1) Hedgehog2) Echidna3) rabbit4) FoxIve been known to follow these cliches as well, and many have said "enough with the hedgehogs already". But, thats just what many of us grew up with.Number 9: Love interesti cannot stress this enough. Many of the fan characters have the SAME love interest and will literally start WARS with one another. The most common boy that female fan characters pair their character with is Shadow, and for male fan characters, it's usually Blaze. I mean, if you're gonna pair your character, go for a minor one or someone NOT in the games or anime. Not saying i have never done it, because for a short time, i paired Ruy with Shadow, and a long time ago was gonna pair her with Sonic. But my own pairings i had between official characters stood in the way, and i shipped many that were not "official" (to be honest, there really is no "official" pairing in any of the games/comics/anime/etc (sonamy is NOT official). The only "mutual" love in the anime was Taismo (ew..), and as for the comics, its basically Sonsal, and Antnie (Antoine/Bunnie) (i am not a fan of the comics/games/anime, so again, dont tear my head off)Number 8: Royalty.... yes, this happens a lot. A character will be royalty, secretly royalty, or even "kidnapped-at-birth-and-is-really-ruler-of-all-of-Mobius"grew up with Sonic,Sonia, and Manic being the only royalty (Sally i didnt exactly grow up with, she was more of a "I saw a Sonic DVD at the store and got it thinking it was AOSTH but instead got a whole new version in just 5 episodes" kinda thing.But aside from that, it's kinda tiring to see a bunch of fan characters act like royalty/BE royalty. This also ties in to number 9. They make their character royal, and have an official character fall in love with them in a Titanic way almost (except not on a ship and casualties). And they make it where they're about to get married off to someone who wants them for money, but then the Official Character comes alone and loves them just for who they are way deep down.Please, save the royalty for the ever-dying DisneyNumber 7: back storyMost of the back stories to the fan characters are the EXACT. SAME. THING."Born into a loving family, captured by Eggman, saved by Sonic and crew and becomes a member of the Freedom Fighters, with a member falling in love with her."really? you cant come up with something-i dunno- ORIGINAL?!Number 6: AbilitiesAs brought up by my Nee san , Many sonic fan characters have the same abilities: they can shoot beams from their hands, they can go super, use Chaos Control, Charm, etc. Many of these abilites are over used and possessed in the Sonic series, although basically IMPLIED only few characters can do it (Super/Dark, Chaos Control, Telekinesis, flying without and object's help, a hammer appearing out of nowhere, super speed, etc.)Just....no...no.. please come up with original abilites, such as controling an element.Number 5: FlawsMost characters do NOT have any flaw to them. They're described as perfect and super innocent and saves everybody's butts.OR, the alternate,they have MANY flaws. captured all the times, and cry about how "useless" they are.WE GET IT!Number 4: PersonalityThere are a lot of common personalities to fan characters, popular and loved, Popular/unloved, Emo/loved, emo/hated...you get the idea.But heres what you almost never see: A smart, geeky character that average. No. you get characters that are super smart and popular, or completely dumb but still adored.Number 3: FamilyMost of the Sonic fanbase consists of a character who is the "long lost, twice removed, dead three times but resurrected, parallel universe, twin of a character."YOU F***ING KIDDING?!The usual character for this is, once again, Shadow. You see, let me say something... Shadow was CREATED, not born into parents. and thats what some people will do. They'll take a character and give them something they dont have (like parents) and just...try to squeeze them into the story. (yes, i have done this MANY times, and yes i do follow this cliche) but what makes it worse? They will PAIR the "brother and sister" together.just...noNumber 2: Looks....*shakes head* this is what gets me the most. The character will look JUST like the official character, but for some reason have NO relation to the character whatsoever.There's one character I saw by the name of (to keep identiy safe, we'll change the name of the character) Riley, looked JUST like a Punk-Amy and Rouge had a kid somehow, and yet she has MANY fans (seems like). But people who take time to plan their character, give them a great background, and carefully make it so they ARENT just like an official character, they're unpopular and considered "stupid and mary-sue like"And that's not the worst of it all. The female character's will be given triple D chests, big a**es, skimpy clothes, tons of makeup, and so on, and write EVERY GUY (including the baddies who never love) will fall hopelessly in love with them and start a war for her attention.this is NOT Troy people (for those of you who don't know, Troy is an old Greek mythology story where two nations went to war because of this girl named Helen) Yes, a whole war because a nation took a mortal that was considered to be the most beautiful girl in the world. They didnt even kidnap her! I think she was basically WILLING to go with them.Oh yeah, and if you DARE bash the "look-a-likes-but super popular), prepare to be flamed heavily.and the Number 1 most common cliche to the fan characters is....Mary Sue/Gary stu-ismPossibly the most well-known thing to the Sonic fanbase. The Mary Sues/Gary Stus consist of terribly made, annoying, g** awful characters. About 75 percent of the time, they are recolors of an original character. The description of them is just about cliches 2-9. The character is awfully made, given a sappy background, considered perfect/emo, flawless, every character worships them, they can attract anyone, make the opposite sex love them/ turn the same sex gay for them, have all the powers in the world, can go super without the Chaos Emeralds, can CONTROL the emeralds, can charm Knux to giving them the Emerald, make Sonic jealous for Amy, make Amy completely forget about Sonic, can make Shadow smile and turn happy...you get the f***ing picture. Even the most OBVIOUS recolors get fans. Some people dont even get creative with the names. Heres an example (NOT A REAL CHARACTER I HOPE)"This is my character, Conis. He's a super light shade of blue and looks just like sonic BUT ISNT RELATED TO SONIC AT ALL! HE'S SHADOW'S LONG LOST TWIN!! He is faster than Sonic and Shadow put together, is stronger than Knuckles, and is smarter than Tails and Eggman put together!! Amy is madly in love with him, which makes Sonic hate him soooooo much! He can go super whenever he wants and has the ability to find all the chaos emeralds single-handed. He can control all the elements and can talk to the wildlife. He can read thoughts and fly though he has no wings or spinning tails. He once made Eggman turn good! Knuckles even lets him hang out on the Emerald and even lets him borrow it!! Tails worships him more than he does Sonic, and Cream is amazed by his ability to speak with the chaos. Conis even discovered a NEW form of chao and named it after himself because he's just that awseome! He can bring anyone back from the dead, no matter how long they've been dead or how they died. So far he brought Cosmo and Tikal back, making Knuckles and Tails like him more! Oh yeah! Even though he's Shadow's bro, Shadow is gay for him! Oh yeah! He's also a vampire, a werehog, a half merhog, a wizard, AND can morph to anything he wants. and he NEVER dies!just count all the flawsWell, that does it for me. If anybody wants to see another "top 11" list or a review on anything, let me know