The characters not being conventionally attractive and “gender non-conforming” weren’t problems.
Just take Overwatch as an example. People aren’t exactly ranting about how Winston (a Gorilla) isn’t sexually attractive, and therefore represents the moral downfall of society and that. He’s just there.
People aren’t exactly ranting about how Winston (a Gorilla) isn’t sexually attractive
Well that’s for 2 reasons:
He’s a single character, the vast majority of characters in any successful piece of media are at least somewhat appealing, and this stands true for OW.
Just take Overwatch as an example. People aren’t exactly ranting about how Winston (a Gorilla) isn’t sexually attractive, and therefore represents the moral downfall of society and that. He’s just there.
Well that’s for 2 reasons: