What's with all these low effort characters that've been releasing?

The moment you try to block things that aren't sprite edits or recolors based on subjective perceptions of quality is the moment you open a grey line that spirals endlessly. You're actually asking for abundantly more problems than scrutinizing is worth.

Stay in your lane and focus on yourself

I think everything that needs to be said here has been said. Let's please keep things open-minded and constructive from now on.