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As someone who plays games with shitty depictions of women, I agree wholeheartedly
-Rui
"There's no strong female characters!", "Give us complex women!", "We want to see a range of female personality!"
They gave you Abby Miller. Nina Zenik. Annabeth Chase. Shauna Sadecki.
It's been a gruelling fight to get crumbs of what we want, but frankly you don't deserve them. You don't deserve them if you're going to call for complexity, then whine about how they're too 'complicated'. How those women are 'too much' and 'not enough' at the same time. How they could have been better, how they should have been changed.
You hate Abby for being too strong, you hate Nina for being too forward, you hate Annabeth for being a leader, you hate Shauna for being a child.
You're given women that are complex, that are morally grey, that can't be stamped with a 'good' or 'bad', and how do you treat them? No, even better, how do you treat the people that advocate for them?
It's fine for the men to be morally gray, but God forbid a woman step into that role like you asked.
I'm sick, and I'm so tired, and this is exactly why I love writing morally grey women. Strong women, women that are unapologetic and powerful.
Grow up.