Male Writer: Ah, anniversary jokes are so funny. Because chicks always hate it when you don’t remember anniversaries! A plus gold very original
Male Writer: Mother in laws amirite?
Male Writer: My male character who is an author insert of myself pines after a woman I used to pine after in high school. Then they have sex. This is good literature.
Male Writer: Ugh female books are so romance filled
Male Writer: And girl fanfics, so mary suey
Male Writer: Now listen about this original middle aged man who is an expert in everything, suffers from ennui, looks like me, acts like me, and gets all the girls i want.
Male Writer: She was sexy in an alluring, boring way, filled with purple prose and riddled with objectification
Male Writer: If i make a female character parrot my misogynistic views, they cease to be misogynistic! Are you saying you don’t respect my fake female characters opinions, feminists?
Male Writer: a good action girl is one who looks hot at all times
Male Writer: If the female main character got in an asskicking line, my work is Feminist with a capital F and no one can criticize me
Specifically White Male Writer: Heroic tropes are so overdone. I’m going to create a boring white guy with stubble to be a completely original antihero no one has ever seen before TM.
Same Guy: It’s original because he is a jerk who gets away with bad behavior, just like I wish i could.
Another Specifically White Male Writer: It’s in my universe to only have white men do things in my book. I mean, don’t you care about historical accuracy
Same Guy: I mean, it’s a generic fantasy verse with no real life time period equivalent and i haven’t done any research, but i’m SURE that it’s historically accurate. To that dark mideval dragon fighting europe period
Same Guy: Where in Europe? Who cares!
Male Writer: There is no better way to introduce a female character to a male character than by him saving her.
Male Writer: Characters hating each other is good sexual tension!
Male Writer: One female character and five male characters is a good team balance
Male Writer: If my female character chooses to act in a sexist tropey way, it’s not sexist. In fact, because she CHOSE to do it, it is Feminist.
Male Writer: I am original