I know it’s too late to be asking this, especially since they’re obviously going to be the Finals, but do Eve and Martha Jones really fit this? Like, first and foremost, nobody’s a *fan* of Eve. Even by the standards of the Bible Eve isn’t a character, so everyone voting for her is just venting their religious trauma rather than actually caring about the character. But secondly…I’m not sure they qualify for *fandom* misogyny because…the misogyny is the point? It’s the reason why they were created? Eve is a narrative device to justify why misogyny is good and why childbirth sucks, and Martha was meant to be the girl in love with the Doctor who he could never love back, the inferior foil to Rose. You weren’t *supposed* to hate Rey or the 13th Doctor, the fandom supplied the misogyny there. But the creators supplied it for Eve and Martha Jones…that feels like a separate category?

okay. *deep breath* a lot of people have taken issue with eve's presence in this tournament on the grounds that she's not really from a fandom. i have already elaborated on why i chose to submit her in these asks as well as in my propaganda for eve which you can view under the cut in her poll . but in short, while i agree that the biblical text is deeply deeply patriarchal and misogynistic, the…