i’ve also seen ppl go ‘well it’s not our responsibility to like female characters who are badly written’
ok no it’s not
but at least be honest about it
be honest about the way you’ll create meta for male characters with little-to-no screentime
be honest about the meta you create for male characters who are flat-out villains
be honest about why you’ll do that for men but get offended when someone points out you’re ignoring women
be honest about why you vilify/dismiss/fridge/etc female characters even beyond the bullshit they get in canon
be honest about why, when you create so many transformative works, it is ‘too much effort’ and ‘asking too much’ for you to take the time to think critically about female characters rather than unquestioningly accepting the shitty writing
(bcos lbr if a show has consistently badly-written women, the plot itself can’t be that great because the writers literally do not understand half the world’s population as people)
There’s a post out there with thousands upon thousands of notes reading something like ‘I can’t list anything about Amy Pond that doesn’t involve the Doctor, Rory, or her being a kissogram’. I can come up with at least thirty, easily – her worst fear, her favourite subject – but no-one seems that interested.
Meanwhile, much as I like him, I cannot think of even five things about MCU Bucky Barnes that don’t involve Steve Rogers or him being a soldier. Guess who gets the love, the meta, and the effort.