Originally posted by: Real_Me
Why is it NM vs DP? They weren’t competing against each other, right? NM was competing against other actors playing lead roles, and DP (if she was nominated) against other female characters, it is not like these award shows present awards only male actors.
Probably ITV is the one industry where women characters have more prominence than men, because their target audience is women,
Fangirling is a phenomenon but fanboying is not. Thats not a patriarchal thing, it has got to do with the female psyche. Those who vote for NM comprise those who appreciate his acting in this show, those who fangirl him & those who do both. DP will have much fewer in the 2nd category, not because she is a lesser actor but coz she will never have an army of fanboys coz they dont really exist in such numbers.
So when it comes to popularity via votes, the male actors esp hot ones will hv this advantage over the female actors hot or not.
Edited by Bana - 3 years ago