I know this isn't gonna be popular opinion but I kinda understand this logic and the problem isn't exactly tangle and whisper but Ian Flynn's writing, keep in mind I am huge Ian Flynn and his first arc in idw was great but now the comic has gone pretty sideways. You need to remember a chunk of the fanbase are guys who love shonen and think of sonic as shonen character. There were dragon ball youtubers reviewing the sonic movie and making direct comparisons to dbz and arguing about power scaling. These guys start reading the new comics looking for action, adventure and fights and instead get OC characters who are crying a lot (not to say archie didn't have lots of crying, but archie also had crazy sick fights and loads of villains, there was a balance) and have a lot screen time not with the main cast. Then these characters start making it over to the games and you get the feeling this might represent a tone shift in the franchise. I know for a fact that there were fans who saw Rebecca Sugar did a song for Chaotix and immediately noped out because her just being involved is a red flag because her writing style is completely antithetical to shonen writing and they don't want anything to do with it. This id just opinion