The "fictional characters don't have agency" complaint is insane to me. Centuries of literary theory and analysis thrown out the door because some zoomer had the mind-blowing revelation that it's fiction. Bizarrely, rather than use this knowledge to dismiss fiction altogether, as it's not real, they instead decided that characters are real enough to be victims who need to be championed. YOU can't say Bayonetta has a sexy, sassy personality that compels her to wear lingerie armor. After all, she's just some made up character! However, the zoomer can insist she's a woman (what's a woman?) who has been forced into that skimpy clothing by perverted game developers for the benefit of their depraved customers. To play Bayonetta is literally to partake in sexual slavery.

The "fictional characters don't have agency" complaint is insane to me. Centuries of literary theory and analysis thrown out the door because some zoomer had the mind-blowing revelation that it's fiction. Bizarrely, rather than use this knowledge to dismiss fiction altogether, as it's not real, they instead decided that characters are real enough to be victims who need to be championed. While Bayonetta can't have a sexy, sassy personality that compels her to wear lingerie armor since she's just some character, she has been forced into that skimpy clothing by perverted game developers for the benefit of their depraved customers. To play Bayonetta is literally to partake in sexual slavery.