i think it's clear most media suddenly depicting previously attractive female characters as now ugly creaturas is made with the main goal of not letting men have anything
they're upset that men find something attractive, they want it taken away in any way possible
factors like the "empowerment" of ugly chicks or appealing to people who genuinely find this stuff appealing are at best minor secondary goals and at most just false stated causes, the reality is that something about guys enjoying anything at all, having a single good experience, ever even smiling and going "i like that" without their approval fills them with unprecedented anger and they need to take control and undo it