you gotta acknowledge that sometimes your fave fictional characters would have extremely rancid politics even if that makes you uncomfortable. also if your characters are dumb teenage boys raised in patriarchal cultures they are almost certainly not feminist paragons. you gotta take seriously their stated beliefs and the historical and social context they exist in
These drawings (and their process vids) are featured in my Off the Cuff series over on YouTube!! I had a blast revisiting this absolutely fantastic arc, and cannot wait to continue on rereading the series from start to finish.