Exactly. Because there's so much misogyny in bromanceish shows, slashers reflect the misogyny, which in turn is reflected in the show when they look at what they think fans want. It's A VICIOUS CYCLE.
It really is.
And it's the same basic mentality where they think women should just be happy to have a female supporting character that does things and doesn't die, the idea that women actually want women to be the hero of the story doesn't ever fucking occur to them, because they think throwing us a bone is enough. Same goes for POC.
Preach.
I also found this interesting a nice and fairly balanced meta on why women get so much hate in fandom. I'll admit, I liked this one especially because it addressed that there's more than one cause for the trend, which is something I've felt for a long time
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It really is.
And it's the same basic mentality where they think women should just be happy to have a female supporting character that does things and doesn't die, the idea that women actually want women to be the hero of the story doesn't ever fucking occur to them, because they think throwing us a bone is enough. Same goes for POC.
Preach.
I also found this interesting a nice and fairly balanced meta on why women get so much hate in fandom. I'll admit, I liked this one especially because it addressed that there's more than one cause for the trend, which is something I've felt for a long time
Oh, the meta is A+.