I'm not exactly a dbh veteran, but even if you've been in robot hell for two years or two days, you can tell how much the fandom loves misogyny and racism.
the fandom will defend any white male character to absolute insanity and either sideline or hate on any woman or poc character that comes within a 5 mile radius.
'it's kara's fault that her storyline is boring'
'it's north's fault that she's so violent and horrible'
'it's alice's fault she was so whiny and was abused'
'it's markus's fault he's bland has no personality'
except it changes for any white male that comes into the equation.
'it's the writer's fault that gavin is so 1-dimensional and boring'
'it's emma's fault that daniel was such a psychopath'
'it's [insert literally anyone]'s fault that machine connor is so mean'
not to mention the blatant favoritism, guys.
'simon's heart compatible scene is so romantic!' vs 'north's heart compatible scene was so demanding and annoying'
'simon my pacifist baby boy!' vs josh being the actual pacifist
'connor and hank's being the perfect father/son d'aww 🥺' vs the massive middle finger to carl and markus's relationship (and you know, kara's whole story)
if kara looked like connor, you guys would be GUSHING about your brave baby boy being such a good and emotional father
if markus looked like connor, you guys would be SCREAMING about how badass and amazing your revolution bean is.
what about a black connor? oh look, everyone's suddenly talking about how horrible and heartless he is killing all those deviants.
the dbh fandom loves fetishism, and you cannot argue against that. i can go on about how people defend violent racists, child-killing psychopaths and bland characters with no personality because go white boy go!! i don't care what your reasoning is, you can't pick and choose who the writers wrote terribly or not. josh and north actually have personality, but go ahead and praise your gay white boy instead. oh, and go ahead and enjoy your clearly abusive and toxic reed900 dynamics while you're at it.
i hate to get aggressive, because usually i don't mind what people enjoy. it's nmy fault I'm so narrow-minded after all, lmao. but you seriously can't dispute the clear bias for whiteboys in the fandom. I've seen people abandon and kill north without hesitation because she isn't the soft uwu girl women are portrayed as in media, ESPECIALLY survivors. i've seen people purposely kill markus any chance they got because he's boring. i've seen people claim alice dying a brutal death at todd's house is the best ending for kara. kinda like how ive seen people laugh at a mother and her child getting killed in a collision on a highway. this is the kind of shit that makes me want to delete tumblr and leave the fandom jesus fucking christ.