Miraculous Ladybug is my favorite example of this. It manages to have a racially diverse cast and even gay characters while actually being well written and not feeling like it’s playing the “woke” game. If I wasn’t unfortunately educated on how Internet People think, I wouldn’t have even batted an eye over these things in it.
It’s not American-made, so I wonder if that’s a factor. The show really feels like it could have come from the early 00s when tv shows, especially those intended for kids, were “diverse” without it being a political statement (which, the creator/director formerly worked on Totally Spies, W.I.T.C.H., and Code Lyoko, so he definitely has his roots in the old era).
Anyway, it has a very strong hatedom that I’ve found to be more laughable and worrisome than anything SU crits or Voltron antis ever did. They somehow manage to stay under the mainstream radar, but they’re an absolute salt mine. Every episode, every character’s actions, every writing choice, every breath the staff takes, is met with callouts and bitching from teens/adults on the internet competing for woke points with comprehension skills lower than that of a 5 year old, who can’t distance themselves from cartoons nobody is forcing them to watch.
Creator is based af and doesn’t put up with whiny shits on twitter though
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