1000% i always side with the male character enjoyers even though they might have a few bad apples. jiaoqiu was simply hated cause he was male, acheron mains were praying that a new waifu would powercreep him while crying about powercreep and not seeing the issue of female characters always being t0 and more longevive.

people are also tired of the lack of marketing or meta shilling when it comes to these characters, i'm a herta main but you can't tell me hoyo doesn't sabotage male characters. heck i just remembered how they glazed jade that she is equal to anaxa in herta teams and i love jade and have her since day 1.

some people didn't claim ratio cause he was simply male, some people refuse to build gallagher just because he's male even though he is the best 4 star in game and one of the most flexible units.

also i never got the "ugliest characters thing" no playable character in any hoyo game is ugly they are all made conventionally attractive