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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2017-04-12 06:31 pm

[ SECRET POST #3752 ]


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(Anonymous) 2017-04-13 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
His female characters aren't bad in and of themselves, but they tend to be quite samey - or at least fall into certain patterns - in a way that is easy to mock, and makes for bad Representation and bad writing, especially given his (partly self-appointed) status as an important icon of genre feminism.

my point is just that I would prefer someone else - ideally a woman - would get a chance to make a Batgirl film, instead of it being Another Whedon Thing

(Anonymous) 2017-04-13 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
This exactly. Don't get me wrong, Whedon's female characters were cutting edge for the 90s... but it's 2017. People expect a little more from a high profile self proclaimed feminist than "tiny white girl who kicks ass" or "white girl who is sad and broken from her abusive past". So the problem isn't that Whedon has suddenly become terrible, it's that he hasn't changed with the times and his characters look more and more outdated as time goes on.

(Anonymous) 2017-04-14 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Wait, why "white girl" when these are white characters to begin with?