I just found out something that made me feel even STRONGER about the lack of respect Aviva gets in Wild Kratts and from PBS in general.
I found this DVD that features 15 PBS Kids episodes heavily focused on female characters. Y'know, your Francine and Muffy, your Katerina Kittycat, your Molly of Denali.
But then I found something horrible:
THERE ARE NO WILD KRATTS EPISODES ON THERE!!!
One of PBS Kids' biggest successes of the 2010s and they couldn't even bother to grab an Aviva-centric episode from Wild Kratts to honor one of the most important but also OVERLOOKED characters in one of their most popular shows.
I know it's ultimately not a big deal, but Aviva is a big comfort character for me and it hurts to see her so overlooked by the WK writers, PBS Kids, AND the WK fandom. (They also totally missed out Odd Squad which also has excellent female representation.)
EDIT: Sorry y'all, I guess I kinda needed to let that out a bit. Make no mistake I still respect the heck out of PBS Kids and Wild Kratts, I just wanna see more Aviva focus in the future.