supernatasha:

I don’t understand when people respond to character criticisms by defending that character within the context of the show/book, while completely ignoring that the piece of art is fictional and writers are responsible for the decisions that character makes.

No, Wonder Woman does not dress in revealing clothes so she can “fly better/honor her heritage/fight comfortably.” She dresses in revealing clothes because that’s how the artist drew her.

No, the Doctor does not sexually assault a woman because he doesn’t understand human culture, he does it because that’s what the script tells him to do.

No, Bella Swan is not attracted to unhealthy relationships because her parents got divorced and she never got attention as a kid, she’s attracted to creepy dudes because the author wrote her romantic interests to be creepy.

No, female characters on Supernatural do not get killed off because they were demons/angels/blonde, they get killed off because the writers killed them off. 

Stop defending problematic aspects of art by pointing out how a character fits in a universe when that universe has been created by someone to intentionally include these problematic elements.