JulieYBM wrote:
People who make works "for the children" are the most banal folks on the planet and their lifeless, personality-deprived work becomes nothing but an headache for artists who simply want to create for their own amusement.
Once again the point flies right over your ahead. To systematically oppose diversity, creativity, originality, and culturel mindfulness in the developments of female characters is questionable, and it remains questionable regardless of how many times you are going to attempt to steer the debate into this utterly petulant matter of first world artist problems.
I simply cannot say it clearer than that. You can, as much as you want, insist that artists are free to do whatever damn well they please, but once again, that's a trivial and empty statement. The point is that just as they are free to do whatever they want, I am indeed also free to criticize them for their work if I feel it deserves it. In this specific instance, when it comes to Dragon Ball and female characters, I believe it deserves it. Now, either you think they don't, or you think they do, but what makes absolutely no sense (you could call it nonsensical, even) is to try to somehow argue the case that
artists can create bad art and nobody can say anything about it, because I say so .
But in the end, I guess it comes down to what you and I consider 'bad art' or 'work deserving of criticism'. I do think a systematic neglect and repressment of ones female characters is deserving of criticism, especially when your target audience is what it is. You are however perfectly fine with that. Okay then.
