“Write characters to tell a story not prove a point” Great line!

As a woman, it doesn’t feel empowering or inspiring. It feels patronizing and pitying. They need to stop doing this

The worst part is when they get called out for bad writing they pull the sexism card to cope for their lack of skill

"Don't make a great female character, make a great character that happens to be female"

I like how no one hated Gamora...

good ol' hollywood thinking that a strong woman needs to be more like a man, instead of making a real character

5:09 the only line in She-Hulk I actually laughed at because it's so absurd that it almost seems like satire, except we all know that they took it completely seriously

Theres a quote by a woman on tumblr i believe where she says something along the lines of "if i have to act meek and inferior for you to feel like a strong man, then you arent a strong man." I think that also applies to strong female characters in shows; "if your female character has to have incompetent men around her to highlight her competence, she isnt a competent character."

It's not just Vi, all of the women in Arcane are so well written and have such varied personalities and looks but without being forced, they are all so well thought out and important to the story they want to tell. And last but not least, they don't make the male characters stupid or useless so that they shine more, on the contrary they are on par and have interesting interactions between them.

I think the irony of the "sexism" card is that they are ultimately defending writers not respecting women enough to put real effort into their characters and arcs

12:22 I think a character arc being about finding one's own worth and value, realising you are enough etc can actually be good, but it still has to follow that fundamental principle of character arcs: they need to *change*. For example, you could have a character who does everything for everyone else, stretching themselves thin by constantly saving others and neglecting their own wellbeing. You could also have a character with terrible self esteem, who constantly underestimates themselves and never tries new things because they assume they'll fail. You could have an unhealthy perfectionist character, who is driven by the insatiable need to constantly get better, who is never satisfied with who they are. All of these characters could have a "finding their own worth/strength/potential" arc, and have it be satisfying and well written, because something changed. There was a problem in their lives, an inner turmoil that is solved through the events of the story.

It's really sad when the directors and writers resort to "people hate strong female characters" whenever their films end up failing. That defense itself is just weak.

I suspect a lot of the hatred for these characters is actually due to the writer's own entitlement. Blaming the audience for not liking your characters because the character is a woman is just a laughably bad excuse for the writer. A poor craftsman blames his tools. Where's my hero's journey? Where's my engaging conflict? Where's my fun character moments? Am I excited to even see this character on screen?

3:52 a few friends of mine actually did a presentation on class for this theme, and they used the pictures of a female friend of mine for the test. They used a simple instragram selfie for her, nothing special, and she got like 150 swipes in 2 days. The dude got 0

Mulan was my favorite Disney princess as a kid because no prince had to save her instead she saved her country, while at the same time falling in love with a man that was still stronger than her. She had to learn to fight but she was smarter than everyone. She used her gender as a way to trick her enemy's because no one suspected a women to fight, and she won! The live action remake removed all the things that made Mulan unique and amazing.

A perfect example comes from two characters in the same works, Ahsoka Tano and Rey. We watched Ahsoka grow from this overconfident and inexperienced padawan to a Jedi through struggles and lessons learned through her journey. Rey didn’t do shit to earn her status

As a girl I have always thought that those movies failed because of sexism, not in the sense that audiences didn't like it, but in the sense of not creating new characters, just female versions, not creating complex characters, just make them perfect.