#i'm genuinely trying to think of like. a Bill Cipher-esque character that is fem. and having a hard time

[ratcandy]

this is completely random but like, is it me or nearly all the weird eccentric and goofy but also threatening type characters i see in media are usually men or generally masc

If I had to guess it's because women in media tend to mostly be shoved into specific "woman role" boxes (i.e. mom, sister, victim, love interest), on account of the Misogyny. so characters that are zany, wacky, and eccentric with vague threatening auras just end up being men/masc characters because putting a Woman in that role is just Unheard Of

That is unless the woman is goofy yet threatening because she's lovesick over some guy, of course . or there's already an existing wacky male character and an alternate "female version" is introduced either as a joke or to be a love interest for him