Rotor is canonically gay. I don't even have to rank him.
Jomega
I only included characters from the games because if I hadn't I'd be here all day.
My original idea was "If Sega decided one of these characters is gay tomorrow, who is it going to be?". It morphed into the list you see before you. I took into account both actions and how Sega treats them, as well as just general vibes.
That's on me. I didn't make the rules clear.
I didn't say that it was a tier list based on how surprised I'd be if they came out as Bisexual, now did I? Strictly gay.
Sega has a bunch of mandates regarding how Sonic is allowed to behave, so there's meta reason for his placement. They don't even let him cry, so coming out of the closet would be enormous.
TBH, I didn't know what to do with Charmy, since Team Chaotix doesn't really get that much development. I stuck him in the middle just to be safe.
I grew up with the N64 and I never needed realistic pores and eyelashes to get immersed in a game. All I needed was a world and characters I liked. I can't imagine someone picking up a classic and being like "WTF, where's the individually rendered nostril hair? I can't get invested in this!" That just feels silly to me.
Honestly, why do you need graphics to create that level of detail? In regular gameplay, you aren't getting closeups of your characters face. It's just a waste of energy on the part of the animators.
If you had watched Evangelion you would understand why the image was relevant.
Have you not seen the movie?
Yes I have. That's why I was confused.
The rest of it
Jesus Christ, it's a stupid kids movie about superhero teens. I guarantee you that the people writing didn't put that much thought into it.
You can't call something a graphic novel if it's only one page long though, so what do you call it?