So, been working on a special writing project, showed some snips and notes to a friend. Now, for context, we're both white. And he discovered my character Bo. Bo is an unhinged, science loving, ass kicking bit of minor nobility from her world. She gets caught by the bad guys, plays along to learn their plans, then prepares to blow the merry hell outta the keep their holding her in. She absolutely, like her comrades, bodies her monstrous opponents. At NO POINT does she require a dude to save her; in fact, she saves several Big Manly Men over the course of the story. That's NOT what set off my soon to be former friend.
He actually went on a screed about she should be white, how I was putting in a "token" character to be "liberal woke". Problem is, black characters are all over the story. So are Asians, Caucasians, cat men, lizard men, trans demon girls and a particularly grumpy puddle. Bit because Bo is one of the Main Heroes, and because SHE rescues white guys quite a few times, he lost his shit
First, fuck all the way off. Second, don't police fiction. You don't like it? Read your goddamn Ayn Rand and let grown ups talk