L.J. Writes

Sometimes I hear countercriticism to the effect of "well it's because [canon] makes the white male characters more relatable by spending time on them and giving them unique characteristics! why don't you go after them!?"

To which I say absolutely nothing because why bother. But, like...

1. False assumption (that a given person who critiques *ist fandom trends doesn't also critique the same issues in mainstream entertainment)
2. Different circumstance. The creators of mainstream entertainment are not all up in the fandom grille directly interacting with fannish people on a peer-to-peer basis and, e.g., "coming at" individuals for disagreeing with them
(2b. Mostly, anyway. Anne Rice type situations are... Extra Badde with Side of Yike...)