It’s more important that there are checks and balances to ensure the character is of a certain pedigree, and that a baseline standard is established to measure against.
For example, it doesn’t matter who writes Batman (movie, comic, or game) bc DC and WB execs will be up that ass if Bruce Wayne isn’t aligned with his baseline characteristics and mannerisms.
I.e. a dc hater can’t sneak in and make dude homophobic, sexist, racist, or side with any political party. It wouldn’t make it past the first script review.
But are there any checks and balances stopping a Jason Whitlock/Uncle Ruckus type c00n from imposing c00ntastic elements to an original black character? Or the more subtle things like making the character asexual (no love interest) or a magical negro type (just there to save the white friend)?
It took the Netflix show (Arcane) to actually give Ekko Afrocentric hair after having that white folk mohawk in the game for years. In other words, somebody during Arcane production said “we better give this black character black hair”.