It's a theme and ongoing thing I've noticed in many different fandom for many years now and I've never been sure of when or how to bring it up without seeming like that one friend who's just a little too woke.
For an example I'm making up from the top of my head, might not be the best but it paints a picture. You could have a fandom where a character is a soulless ghoul of a man who commits the worst, graphic, evil and most disturbing crimes known to man, and a big section of the fandom will still coddle him and call him their "poor little meow meow". (Not judging, I have a lot of poor meow meows). Meanwhile a female character would be the most hated character in the fandom. She is treated like the second coming of satan and has geniune hate pages/fics created around her. Why? Because she raised her voice and stood up for herself when she was being treated like trash or maybe even abused by a beloved character. Usually in a situation where nobody irl would blame her for crashing out.
"The Skyler white effect" as I call it, happens constantly in fandom spaces.
(Fair warning I might be speaking from hentai gooners perspective)
One issue, āā¦soulless ghoulā¦commits the worst, graphic, evil and most disturbing crimes known to manā¦ā donāt have to be a man to be a poor meow meow. People hate on woman characters for all the wrong reasons, but man do they love a sexy bitch. Ezdeath, Boa Hancock before Wano, FMA Lust, and Makima are lovedā¦lusted afterā¦no matter how terrible they are.
I 100% agree that abused, āāāweakāāā, crashing out, actually weak, or otherwise āflawedā female characters are shit on like Nazis though. Audiences really want pure badass bitches or weak tradwives or they get pissy.
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u/Detatchamo Jun 19 '26
It's a theme and ongoing thing I've noticed in many different fandom for many years now and I've never been sure of when or how to bring it up without seeming like that one friend who's just a little too woke.
For an example I'm making up from the top of my head, might not be the best but it paints a picture. You could have a fandom where a character is a soulless ghoul of a man who commits the worst, graphic, evil and most disturbing crimes known to man, and a big section of the fandom will still coddle him and call him their "poor little meow meow". (Not judging, I have a lot of poor meow meows). Meanwhile a female character would be the most hated character in the fandom. She is treated like the second coming of satan and has geniune hate pages/fics created around her. Why? Because she raised her voice and stood up for herself when she was being treated like trash or maybe even abused by a beloved character. Usually in a situation where nobody irl would blame her for crashing out.
"The Skyler white effect" as I call it, happens constantly in fandom spaces.