User blog comment:Jyggalag Daedric Prince of Order/Season 9 A Bust?/@comment-124.188.177.145-20130530131854/@comment-5619706-20130601201159

You raise a valid point, especially about the fans' shipping beliefs being validated everytime the writers play with the interaction. However, some of the reaction towards female characters are downright lopsided, regardless of how the characters were set up:

Naomi vs. Crowley

Both had major antagonistic roles in season 8, but there was considerably more hate toward Naomi. Fan girls conveniently forget the fact that Crowley has killed more characters, and the he was the main reason Samandriel died to begin with.

Bela vs. Balthazar

Both had foreign accent, both were thieves and both were anti-hero characters but Bela was just hated but fangirls loved Balthazar almost instantaneously.

Jo vs. Adam

Both filled the roles of 'little sibling' but while one was hated, the other is missed up until now. Jo was supportive of the brothers despite the fact John Winchester caused her father's death. Adam barely knew the guys and even explicitly denied being related to the brothers but a lot of the fandom wants him out of the cage and back into the story.

Anna vs. Castiel

Anna was the original 'fallen' angel rooting for free will, and was a driving force to Castiel's reformation. She was sold by Castiel to Heaven, and even after spending torture for several years in Heaven, she remained loyal to the cause of free will and averting the apocalypse. Poor Anna does not deserve more than half the hate she receives and is denied triple the recognition she ought to be given.

I really don't mind ships; I hate talking about ships in this show even more, but when such ships take over the course of the entire show and how it is structured--it annoys the hell out of me. Which is why I no longer spend so much time in tumblr.