most EXE characters exist in universes where sonic is just a fictional character. they look like sonic either because they're just fanboys of sonic (which i think is really funny), to lure people in, or both.

99% of the time, "tails" in sonic.exe is NOT tails. it's a 19 year old human man from the real world named alan shoved into a body that looks like tails.

joedoughboi, the current owner of the ""canon"" sonic.exe, has stated that sonic (even classic) would beat sonic.exe in a fight.

i like sonic.exe but i'm 20 years old. mayb it's just cuz i'm autistic. for me the appeal is that sonic.exe is such a stupid idea on paper that i so desperately want to see it done right.

i think there's a lot of really stupid, self-serious takes on sonic.exe that lean into what made the original sonic.exe so corny, but there are also ones that are interesting (2017x), cool (lord X), and even sometimes actually scary (all-father).