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There are a lot of things about his writing that are entirely on him, like
-references out the ass
-references but they don't even flow well with dialogue (never got why people defended the fall line in #7)
-making and focusing on OCs because game characters can't be developed or have depth, then making the OCs just as puddle deep as game characters
-floundering almost every arc climax ever either by making it too short, too disappointing, or both
-plot elements for the sake of plot and for no other reason which are never explained in any way except that it just works (Sonic energy de-roboticizes the roboticized masters, running around cures the metal virus, amnesia in the sol dimension, etc)
>blatant retellings of game arcs (Shadow's game with not-Black Doom, IDW Heroes, reboot's Unleashed)
-progressive pandering which would be just fine if the stories were less boring like how dull the camping trip was
-overuse of new threat, imo Surge should have been given a break at least after Sonic beat her the first time, noticed it at first with the Mecha Sally arc but I still liked that one regardless
-tries to write the characters as having more "realistic" relatable depth which makes them less interesting as a result and takes away from the series' more inherent cartooniness (yet writes some classic just fine)
-never adapted to lack of creative freedom, instead of making stories that work within confines of what's allowed he makes stories that would have worked in preboot Archie and kneecaps any impact the narrative could have had because lasting consequences aren't allowed to happen, which he knows so it makes it feel overall pointless
-too transparent with certain issues, fans didn't need to know Sonic can never lose and it ruins any feeling of stakes
-dishonesty about how impactful some mandates were, tried to sneak in lesbians by starting them as straight or not specifically defined while Evan had no problem introducing gay characters just by being open about it when presenting the idea to Sega
But yes, even considering all this, I'll still say that around the time he joined between Colors and Frontiers that Sega was very risk-averse with how they treated the franchise and it was almost more micro-managed than Mario for some time and arguably only loosened up when they saw how well the movies did and how much they could trust their current western staff with. There's enough blame to go around between both parties.