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Originally Posted by Ashartus
I don't think "girl" has anything to do with it. But there does seem to be a trend for making characters super-powerful and hard to challenge. Not really new (Superman) but even the Marvel Phase 1 characters all seemed to have their power levels amped up by Infinity War/Endgame (except maybe Black Widow and Hawkeye).
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Which makes sense to a degree. They've been fighting for a long time, gaining experience, getting stronger, understanding their abilities and honing them.
I think, ultimately, what that video was trying to point out is that female characters are just poorly written and not really given any real gravity.
Like they have to be perfect, right out of the box. It essentially de-humanizes them which does them a serious disservice, as though women cant overcome difficulties and obstacles? Which is just ridiculous. Furthermore, it undermines the audience's desire to cheer for them.
Their challenges are different and their solutions are different, which would be interesting story-telling but that just doesnt seem to be the trend of how they're written.
Is that because their characters are being written predominantly by men? Or by committee? I dont know the answer to that, but it does seem as though female characters of the past were more compelling than the latest ones being offered.
And I think there is a lot of blame for that to go around.