User blog comment:JanethePegasus/Ask JTP's Sonic The Hedgehog!/@comment-2221250-20130526052122/@comment-25345354-20130531123304

Ahem. Allow me to put a tad of my input here, 'kay?

1. First off, eidetic memory doesn't necessarily mean that the person who has it remembers everything and can never forget. It means that the person who has it stores and recalls information differently, so that they are able to remember things like exact smells, tastes, feelings, etc. almost precisely. People with it can still forget things.

2. Powers. Sonic has super speed. Adding in an incredible memory, IQ greater than that of both Tails and Eggman, he can absorb powers if hit with them and it makes him faster, stronger, etc. That's... godmoddy.

3. "Justifying" his overpoweredness by saying he was born with those powers doesn't really help. A lot of charcters -whether they be done well or Mary-Sue/Gary-Stu- have been born with their powers. Being gifted with powers from birth isn't really too special.

4. Like Monk pointed out, stating that you've been "hiding your true self" and that you "act" to make yourself seem like a "cool dude", then immediately counter by saying that you're not acting is contradictory.

In short,

1. People with eidetic memory can still forget things.

2. That's Mary Sue.

3. Being born with the powers isn't justification for having all those, and what they do.

4. Your statement about your acting and then not acting was contradictory, like Monk said.