@Sal...
The crux of it really is...we're not part of the discussions among and between the creatives about a character, characters and the stories being told. (And honestly I don't think it would be easy or enjoyable for us, if we were). And only having a response and reaction long after the fact. From that perspective, I can only give them the benefit of the doubt that they wrote the character(s) and the story from positive place.
Though I am sure it happens...I don't think Duggan and Percy and Tini are writing their respective books absolutely hating any of the characters there-in and deliberately writing them atrociously or not at all.