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I still lean towards agreeing with you, but I wonder if “weirdly decent” is just a low bar because of how awful some other media was.
This is why I specificed “for the type of show it is.” gender-bendering/non-conforming stuff being treated uncontroversially “in universe” is a low bar most of its peers didn’t cross if they even bothered to do anything not explicitly cis-het at all. Its also surprising considering it draws from the same well of misogyny as its peers.
Don’t even get me started on her.