by Gaze » September 5th, 2016, 5:46 am
yeah, I think any of the Guard members could have totally worked as female characters, and it's a shame we only got one. yes, we have Tiifu, Zuri, and Kiara....but not only do they show up very rarely, they also have quite stereotypical personalities (I love ya, Zuri, but I'm lookin at you). so more variety would be nice. I love the other female characters that have been introduced (Jasiri and Reirei are the best!) but more consistent appearances of good female characters would be great.
I think TLG was probably intended to be a gender-neutral show aimed at all children, but unfortunately in our society gender-neutral often means defaulting to masculine attributes, since 'male' is seen as the 'default'. so we get mostly male characters in an effort to appeal to a wider audience. wouldn't want to risk losing your male audience as a result of having predominantly female characters. but as others have said, that wouldn't necessarily be the case! after what happened with MLP:FIM, I'm surprised there aren't more shows for very young children that focus on female characters....
but yeah, I do like that Ono and Beshte aren't particularly masculine characters. it's good to show male characters that are more gentle and kind, etc.... so maybe it would have been neat to replace Bunga with a female character. showing strong friendships between male and female characters that don't result in a romance is an important thing!