I wish every character could be a blank slate regardless of their gender, race, religion, etc.

I think it has to be incredibly frustrating for people to write characters for their media that aren't white males, because white males are the closest thing to a blank canvas that you have to work with when it comes to character development.

Want a character that's simply there to be a shallow character with one or two main aspects that go largely unexplained? Some examples; Just an unstoppable force? Just a bad person? Just a good person? Just an attractive person? Just an ugly person? Just a sex object? A horrible bigot?

Unless you plan to add more depth, the safe bet is to make it a white male character. It's the safest way to ensure that your character will be viewed as an individual person for their own merits, or lack of merits, and not as something larger.

Every other character brings the baggage of representing groups with it, and by proxy, the writer's view on that group as a whole.

That makes it hard to get creative. "If I go this direction with the character, I may offend this group, but if I go that directions I might offend that group instead."

I understand a better representation of each group is important, and that people are tired of what race/sex/religion they identify with always falling into the typical, tired tropes that paint them in a shade they find hurtful. I just also think that's led to a lot of people seeing a deeper meaning to a character or a poor representation of a group of people, when all the writer is trying to do is create a character to tell a story.

In my media I like strong, confident ladies, and I like broken, hopeless ladies. I like inspiring intelligent black leaders and I like mindless, heartless, cruel black thugs. I like religious figures to lift others to a higher state of humanity by using their scripture to teach, and I like religious figures who scheme, back-stab, and manipulate to use their position in a grab for power. I like everything in between as well. That is because I like characters.

What I want out of my female characters is for them to be characters. Some one dimensional, some deep and inspiring. Sometimes that might be Ripley from Aliens, sometimes it might be a Bond girl like Fatima Blush. What I really want is for them to be liked or disliked for who they are without carrying the baggage of representing a larger group.