Yeah, I get that. My problem isn't with that. My problem is with mostly male heroes who do assholery things and are supposed to be excusable and/or attractive. Which exists, a lot.
No, you can find someone fun for whatever reason, I like some villains, I like some assholes. They don't tend to be white cis men, but I like assholes, and a lot of the things they do aren't excusable at all. But that wasn't my point, nor the OP. I think the point was about politics, and how they affect the way we perceive a character in question (and, as you added, how they are written). And yeah, I think you could say that "how white cis (these are of my discussion) men who do act like assholes are loved by the fandom as a whole" is part of the discussion as in "politics matter," also because non-white, non-male, non-cis characters aren't treated in the same way, and also because I can think how "white cis men" acting certain ways could be considered attractive. But we are talking about politics.
It would be silly for me to not say they don't matter when in the anime/manga fandoms I frequent all you need for a character to be popular is to 1) be a pretty cis male (white or Japanese) 2)be a powerful cis male (white or Japanese). In fandoms where the demographic is supposed to be older it may change, but for younger people? That's what they get from the industry.
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No, you can find someone fun for whatever reason, I like some villains, I like some assholes. They don't tend to be white cis men, but I like assholes, and a lot of the things they do aren't excusable at all. But that wasn't my point, nor the OP. I think the point was about politics, and how they affect the way we perceive a character in question (and, as you added, how they are written). And yeah, I think you could say that "how white cis (these are of my discussion) men who do act like assholes are loved by the fandom as a whole" is part of the discussion as in "politics matter," also because non-white, non-male, non-cis characters aren't treated in the same way, and also because I can think how "white cis men" acting certain ways could be considered attractive. But we are talking about politics.
It would be silly for me to not say they don't matter when in the anime/manga fandoms I frequent all you need for a character to be popular is to 1) be a pretty cis male (white or Japanese) 2)be a powerful cis male (white or Japanese). In fandoms where the demographic is supposed to be older it may change, but for younger people? That's what they get from the industry.