Fiona Fox is actually a pretty interesting character for me. I think she was kind of a missed opportunity in some ways for Tails' character development. Although they did use her villainous version to create a love triangle that ultimately led to an excellent conflict between Sonic and Tails, that conflict was concluded within a single issue and I always thought that conclusion was much too jarring. I think if they were going to do that, the split between Sonic and Tails should have lasted for several issues. I think that particular issue of the comic was kind of messy anyway, because Sonic and Tails coming to blows over what happened with Fiona was really just a "B" side story to the revolution story in which Tail's parents were trying to overthrow the King. There was a bit too much jammed into those issues and I think the whole resolution of the Fiona Fox Sonic/Tails conflict was rushed as a result.
I do think they did a decent job with her character arc and her impact on the main group, but it could have been much better. Personally, I think the initial issue where Tails first meet the "fake Fiona" was an excellent introduction, particularly given how early that issue was in the comic's history and the lesser quality of the art back then. That issue set up a potentially very poignant story about Tails' coming into his own maturity and I think if they had brought back "fake Fiona" and, for example, had an arc with Tails trying to free her from Robotnic and reprogram her to allow her to have freedom of choice, this could have created a more interesting character I think than the real Fiona (yea that might have created another character similar to Nicole, but I think there would have been more than enough to differentiate them). Then if they introduced the real Fiona, just think of the intriguing conflicts there could have been between fake Fiona (good) and real Fiona (evil). That just writes itself!
Fiona Fox is actually a pretty interesting character for me. I think she was kind of a missed opportunity in some ways for Tails' character development. Although they did use her villainous version to create a love triangle that ultimately led to an excellent conflict between Sonic and Tails, that conflict was concluded within a single issue and I always thought that conclusion was much too jarring. I think if they were going to do that, the split between Sonic and Tails should have lasted for several issues. I think that particular issue of the comic was kind of messy anyway, because Sonic and Tails coming to blows over what happened with Fiona was really just a "B" side story to the revolution story in which Tail's parents were trying to overthrow the King. There was a bit too much jammed into those issues and I think the whole resolution of the Fiona Fox Sonic/Tails conflict was rushed as a result.
I do think they did a decent job with her character arc and her impact on the main group, but it could have been much better. Personally, I think the initial issue where Tails first meet the "fake Fiona" was an excellent introduction, particularly given how early that issue was in the comic's history and the lesser quality of the art back then. That issue set up a potentially very poignant story about Tails' coming into his own maturity and I think if they had brought back "fake Fiona" and, for example, had an arc with Tails trying to free her from Robotnic and reprogram her to allow her to have freedom of choice, this could have created a more interesting character I think than the real Fiona (yea that might have created another character similar to Nicole, but I think there would have been more than enough to differentiate them). Then if they introduced the real Fiona, just think of the intriguing conflicts there could have been between fake Fiona (good) and real Fiona (evil). That just writes itself!