it’s a doggy dog world

trinity santos is a study in fandom misogyny because they gave her all the characteristics fandoms usually salivate for in men, being gruff, quippy and misunderstood with a tragic backstory but a heart of gold beneath it all. they put all this into her AND let her be a lesbian. she's everything you could ever want in a character but she's not a man so half the fandom either hates her or constantly mischaracterizes her as petty, callous and aggressive while doing mental gymnastics to baby the male characters around her

rainbow dash would do this and then there would be a whole episode about how her friends become worried that she thinks lowly of their talents such as "apples" and "rocks" and twilight sparkle puts her foot down and introduces rainbow dash to the guy whose talent is crabbing and she spends a day on the boat with him gaining an appreciation for his humble skill and unending respect for the bounty of the sea and to a greater extent the fact that everyones talent no matter how inconsequential it seems is valuable