got special permission from @r4venlyn to rant about how obliviously misogynistic unstable universe is soooo
it frustrates me to no end how 1) few non-male characters there are and 2) how those characters are treated once they exist. Jumperwho is by a longshot the strongest female character in uu and that's fully because her entire character is based on the arc she built for herself in lifesteal s5. because she's the only fem character not written by men. are u hearing me
princezam is the next best but I would argue that she doesn't count because they do not address her with feminine pronouns and she lost nearly all complexity after PZE (note, when she came out). every complexity is inserted by her and never addressed by wemmbu or anyone else
they nearly had it with marlow and I'll credit them with that given it's not their fault that controversy later came out, buuuut I can all but guarantee that she would not have been a recurring character beyond maybe 1 more episode
all that just to bring me to reina and fymada. icons both of them I adore their characters I just wish they had... anything. both of them are used ENTIRELY to further parrot's plotline and do not have screen time outside of this, unlike characters like wifies, theo, dean, egg, lomedy, mapicc, manepear, etc. to be fair, neither reina nor fymada are deuteragonists like several of the aforementioned male characters are. however. do you ever think about how all protags and all sidekicks are male. hm
fymada was only ever introduced to be (doomed) competition for parrot, and when she had 0 chance at winning the election (despite initially being far more popular than him) just threw in her support with him, which was just a plot reason for him to get votes. horace at least had more interest because he's a recurring character and known builder in the server, but fymada just didnt. her only thing was becoming mayor of capitol city, which has then only been explored in the context of parrot needing her help. we never get to see her as a character instead of a plot device despite the fairly important role she fills
reina has next to no screen time aside from standing there while parrot or theo talk. she has like 5 lines per hour, and her backstory is more important than she is. theo treats her like she's stupid (presumably because she's a new player and he's old, but that isn't... the smartest decision, casting wise) even though she consistently proves him wrong. she's almost painted to be smart and ruthless - but every action meant to indicate that was actually parrot's suggestion (i.e., the trident/dripstome and when she interrogated the hostage). her backstory serves only to motivate and justify parrot's actions. most of her lines are "theo, shut up and listen to the other man here." she never has ideas of her own, which i dont doubt she could, she's just wholly ignored in favor of the men in the room
I understand that there are exponentially fewer women in competitive gaming than there are men, and when you're casting, say, law generals, it's easier to find men to play those roles than women. but it's not like pvp women dont exist, it's not like redstoner women don't exist, it's not like roleplayer women don't exist. is jojo going to debut in uu? are we ever getting more squiddo or hannah? midmystix? even ivorycello is already involved via making music. it's not like they don't have options
uu has been wonderful for other areas of representation. there are actually a decent number of trans and queer people in it. it just kills me even more that they cannot have more women with agency because on god jumperwho is really the only one I can think of who doesnt just randomly stop getting invites to recording sessions
