1. Is it really about talent, though? Let's see... 

From the top 100 grossing films in 2017, women represented:

• 8% of directors
• 10% or writers
• 2% of cinematographers
• 24% of producers
• 14% of editors

From the top 250 highest grossing films in 2017, women represented only 3% of composers.

If you look at individual cases, you might say that a woman wasn't hired because she wasn't as good as a male that was applying for the same role, but when you look at the bigger picture it's undeniable that women are not given the same opportunity. To say that females are not hired because of lack of talent stops making sense when you look at these numbers.

2. Why does a character need a reason to be female, black, gay, or from any minority? Why does the homosexuality of a character need to have something to do with the story? I don't know if you know that, but in real life, people are gay just because that's how they are. There's no reason for it. I mean, most main characters are white straight males, and there's usually no reason for it. If you're really for diversity, stop asking for reasons for people to be from a minority.

Funny you mentioned the new Ghostbusters being all female for no reason. The old Ghostbusters were all male, and I don't think they ever explained why. By the way, they are different characters. It's not like they transformed the old male characters into female ones.

3. I don't think anyone's arguing against that. Diversity doesn't lead obligatorily to stereotypes. You just need to have a decent writer and they won't rely on that.

I'm all for adapting stories, to be honest. I mean, if you want to keep them up to date, you have to change them. Especially old stories, where the characters tend to be all white males, and where the females and minorities tend to have few to no part in the main plot. If you want your world to be believable, you need to have minorities, because, you know, they exist in real life.

I doubt anyone ridiculed Uncharted LL or Horizon for having a female lead. You know why because both where great games. Same goes for the movie wonder woman. Nobody is claiming every female lead or LBQT inclusion is by definition forced diversity.

It gets more tricky when games especially try to involve themselves in politics and strive to be blatantly and very visibly to show look how PC we are. The best example remains fantastic four where they made a lead character black, while he was the brother of a white sister with the excuse that he was adopted. Forced diversity is usually just a filthy cash grab move that promotes poor writing, by including minorities so that they will consume that media.

But you just said it doesn't matter. Are you saying it does, but only when it's women?

My thoughts on so-called "forced diversity"?

So long as the end product is good, who cares what race, gender, or sexual orientation the characters are? I honestly don't get people who obsess over these things. Whether it's people complaining about Spider-Man: Homecoming's majority non-white cast (Whites not a majority in Queens? Stop the presses!) or other people complaining about the Major in the live-action Ghost in the Shell movie being played by the very white Scarlett Johannsen instead of a Japanese actress, it gets old, quick. Judge the film, show, or game on its own merits, not because it has too few or too many minorities for your tastes.

For example, the Ghostbusters reboot wasn't bad because it made the main characters all women. It was bad despite that. The movie had a bad script, bad direction, lackluster effects, and humor that lacked the humor and charm of the original. But there's no reason an all-female Ghostbusters crew couldn't have worked.

1. Is it really about talent, though? Let's see... 

From the top 100 grossing films in 2017, women represented:

• 8% of directors
• 10% or writers
• 2% of cinematographers
• 24% of producers
• 14% of editors

From the top 250 highest grossing films in 2017, women represented only 3% of composers.

If you look at individual cases, you might say that a woman wasn't hired because she wasn't as good as a male that was applying for the same role, but when you look at the bigger picture it's undeniable that women are not given the same opportunity. To say that females are not hired because of lack of talent stops making sense when you look at these numbers.

2. Why does a character need a reason to be female, black, gay, or from any minority? Why does the homosexuality of a character need to have something to do with the story? I don't know if you know that, but in real life, people are gay just because that's how they are. There's no reason for it. I mean, most main characters are white straight males, and there's usually no reason for it. If you're really for diversity, stop asking for reasons for people to be from a minority.

Funny you mentioned the new Ghostbusters being all female for no reason. The old Ghostbusters were all male, and I don't think they ever explained why. By the way, they are different characters. It's not like they transformed the old male characters into female ones.

3. I don't think anyone's arguing against that. Diversity doesn't lead obligatorily to stereotypes. You just need to have a decent writer and they won't rely on that.

I'm all for adapting stories, to be honest. I mean, if you want to keep them up to date, you have to change them. Especially old stories, where the characters tend to be all white males, and where the females and minorities tend to have few to no part in the main plot. If you want your world to be believable, you need to have minorities, because, you know, they exist in real life.

So what is your hypothesis on the origins of viking burial garments that have "ali allah" writen in them?  You appear to present only an argument of incredulity (I find it hard to believe so it can't be true) but if that's your only reason to disagreeing with their interpretation of the evidence you should rethink your own biases. 

If that's what you read, then you are either misinterpreting, or purposefully twisting it. I was quite clear. I'll humor you though, and put it another way.

Let's say 100 different people are writing 100 different books. All those authors can write their characters to be whatever race, gender, and sexual orientation they want. They don't have to justify those choices anyone, it's their vision, they can write what they want. Now lets say 90 of those books all have straight white males as protagonists. That's fine. I mean the quality of the writing obviously will vary, as it always does. Some characters will be great, others not so much, but that's just how it goes. Every story/character isn't a hit. The other 10 books feature some assortment protagonists that are not straight white males. Men and women of various races, genders, and sexuality. Whatever. These 10 books also feature various degrees of good/bad writing. 

Now, could you maybe see how someone might read all these books and say "wow, I read quite a lot of great stories about straight white guys. Good stuff. Wish there were a few more good ones about 'X' though." It's not that a woman, black man, or whoever would read these books and think "man, I really wish those great stories about the straight white guy didn't exist!" Of course not. If it's a great story, it's a great story. At the same time, they can still want to see more great stories of whatever it is that they identify best with, because again, of course. Who doesn't want to see more great stories of people they can most easily relate to?

That's not how to world works. The world is not 50% white straight males and 50% women and minorities. There are actually more women than men in the US. The percentage of white straight males is probably around 35% in the US, considering that ~18% of all Americans are black or Asian, ~17% are from Hispanic/Latino descent (they can be white, though), and 4.1% of Americans consider themselves as non-heterosexual (that number is probably higher, though, as people might omit this information for fear of social pressure. Internet surveys usually give higher percentages, as they guarantee anonymity).

Either it matters or it doesn't. Pick one.