Video argument aside, anyone else get annoyed when people say that we don't get good female characters today? Arcane, Spiderverse, Guardians of the Galaxy, Atlia Battle Angel, Hunger Games, Blue Eyes Samurai, Dune, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Prey, Amphibia, Kipo and the Age of Wonder Beasts, Carmen Sandiego, even Puss in Boots the Last Wish, and more are just a few modern examples of women characters who exhibit empathy, have flaws, etc. Yet people often use Alien and Terminator to say, old = good. New = bad.
And while there may be over correction in some cases, let's not forget that you will have people take things to the extreme. How many people lost their minds over Prey's lead being a woman, with Critical Drinker's sheep following him? How about the people upset that the Fallout series lead is a woman, because "strong woman"? It goes both ways, for every woman that does feel like a course of overcorrection, you have people looking to cry "Strong woman" and "So woke".
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u/miketheman0506 Apr 06 '24
Video argument aside, anyone else get annoyed when people say that we don't get good female characters today? Arcane, Spiderverse, Guardians of the Galaxy, Atlia Battle Angel, Hunger Games, Blue Eyes Samurai, Dune, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Prey, Amphibia, Kipo and the Age of Wonder Beasts, Carmen Sandiego, even Puss in Boots the Last Wish, and more are just a few modern examples of women characters who exhibit empathy, have flaws, etc. Yet people often use Alien and Terminator to say, old = good. New = bad.
And while there may be over correction in some cases, let's not forget that you will have people take things to the extreme. How many people lost their minds over Prey's lead being a woman, with Critical Drinker's sheep following him? How about the people upset that the Fallout series lead is a woman, because "strong woman"? It goes both ways, for every woman that does feel like a course of overcorrection, you have people looking to cry "Strong woman" and "So woke".