OH MY GOD I WROTE THIS BIG RANT YESTERDAY ON MY WAY TO WORK AND TUMBLR ATE IT
But basically I feel like people fall into shitty patterns when they want to ~diversify body types~ and always go for people who will still be appealing (so no one too pushy or abrasive, no one too gnc, etc) BUT who they don’t want to fuck (hence we never see Haruka or Mamoru drawn bigger) and people use activity as an excuse despite every cast member besides Usagi being canonically super awesome at sports (which is boring, but you don’t get to ignore it if you’re also leaning on it)

And also I 1000% believe Michiru is thrown in just for good person points, because she performs femininity at such a level that people still feel comfortable (and I never see people having fictional crushes on her the way I do with Haruka or Mams or even like, Rei)

For the most part I think this could all be really great (I do think Usagi stuff tends to come from a good place, it’s just that it’s always the usagi-type character in other things) but the fact that it’s always the same characters/character types rubs me so wrong, because it’s the same fat phobia as making the villains big, but repackaged as you can be fat and good IF you are happy and wonderful and/or feminine to the highest degree.

(And like, I have a particular sore spot around the entire culture beyond just fandom of androgyny only being valid and attractive with thinness, because I know so many people who struggle there and *I* struggle there, I was a big kid and while I’m small now it’s always A Thing)