Remake Culture is Destroying Gaming
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The Mary Sue problem is mostly a byproduct of female writers.
Men self-insert an idealized version of themselves - bigger, faster, stronger, smarter, cooler. Gary Stu's are aspirational. They go on the hero's journey, pay dues, suffer, and come out larger than life.
Women self-insert literally themselves - dumpy, bitchy, entitled, feminist, stupid, lazy, etc. Then they torture the entire setting to worship and obey their self-inserts. Mary Sues don't go on a hero's journey. They are perfect from the start, and the world just changes to acknowledge it.
Therapy is a sacrament in the feminist religion because it validates that same impulse in women.
So why are there still so many female writers?
They don't make money (unless you count government grants, and who creates those?). They don't setup franchises for future success. They're way more likely to sperg out on social media and turn fans off game before even playing.
So why do they keep getting hired?
AAAA game companies are not stupid. They may be massive corporations who don't give a whit about art or culture, but they know about money. They know how much these IPs should be making. So why do they keep doing things that lose them money? For decades?
This is not a natural cultural phenomenon; if that were the case they would have reversed course by 2020. Instead they doubled down, time and again, on ideas, styles, and policies that lose them, at first, potential revenue and, now, actual revenue. The fact that Warner, with the IPs they own, is even possibly being purchaed by the likes of Netflix is insane, but also the result of totally obvious bad decisions made over 15 years.
At some point you have to stop asking "why do they keep making bad choices?" and ask instead "why do they want games to suck?" or, better yet, "why are they willing to lose billions to do so?"
On that note, has "Transported to Another World With An Absolutely Broken Power And A Harem of Big Titty Girls From Every Fantasy Race Who Fell In Love With Me At First Sight" season 15 started yet?