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* The [[Anti-Hero]] trope has fallen under particularly harsh criticism in recent years, but especially the many that emerged in the Nineties and first half of the 2000's, due to their willingness to use lethal force, carry firearms, often heavily sexualized bodies and the many disagreements they had with more typical heroes. Many of these characteristics have become discredited or under harsh scrutiny and thus the majority of them were either written out, killed off or turned into villains, and it would be very hard for them to be depicted as heroic today. The two main exceptions are Rose Wilson, aka Ravager, and Jason Todd once he was resurrected as the Red Hood. Rose was one of the very few Asian American heroines who did not fall into being [[Captain Ethnic]], or being too reliant on Asian American stereotypes, instead being a genuinely complex character barring the middle period of the 2000's Teen Titans run. Jason Todd as Red Hood not only had plenty of valid points about Batman, that many fans actually agree with, but was consistently depicted as being motivated by a genuine desire to clean up Gotham, but do a better job than Batman, making him much different than most forms of anti heroes in that they only look out for themselves. Unsurprisingly, both have still been prominently featured, with a lot of their worst traits removed and being turned into genuinely kind people.

* The [[Dating Catwoman]] trope has come under increasing scrutiny, as it effectively traps the heroes in deeply problematic, and potentially abusive relationships. Nevertheless, Catwoman, Talia al Ghul, and Black Cat are still widely used in comics and other media as love interests, both because they were the original characters to [[Trope Namers|name]] and [[Trope Codifier|popularize]] the trope, and because they are so significant that altering them would cause severe continuity issues. It helps that more [[Pragmatic Adaptation| modern works considerably tone down their villainous actions and make them nicer]], effectively making them official allies of their love interests rather than thieves they need to catch.

 

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