Talk:Sonia Belmont/@comment-109.41.66.34-20190331004153/@comment-2088318-20190408061201

Yeah, mysogny is a huge part.

IGA even said, and I quote "I don't feel a woman should be a hero in a vampire story - they're usually hre damsels in distress" - while it's true he created Shanoa later, Shanoa is more of a slap to the face (Her story is the only one without a determined point in the series, it's entirely pointless to the plot, he explicitly based her and Albus on his wife and himself, and in the end, the entire story is forgotten in universe) pretty much tells he only had her created because he was told he had to as damage control for his sexism.

In general, most fans ignore his statement, and include Sonia, even though in general they ignore the "Alucard is Trevor's father" thing, which is fine. It's not like IGA kept everything from the games he kept either (in CV3, Dracula sacrificed Alucard's humanity in the backstory to gain more power - IGA retconned that).