Oh I get what you're saying. Darkwen is biased. That's obvious. BCS likes x or y, etc. They definitely have their criteria. But preferences or subjective tastes are largely irrelevant. If they added all these criteria up, and you can see their bias, and lack of data. Think of it logically, like an RPG character sheet.
We consciously or subconsciously create a criteria in our heads. We say "best girl" for starters, then try comparing them to other girls, based on what we like, aware of this criteria or not. For example, people could just like Sage because she's a red head, nice to look at, or we enjoy her scenes more than others.
If we go metric by metric. Let's say something easy, like breast size (so larger = better), we can make a simple list of Bella, Nora, Madame in #1, and then Sage, Tara, Jill, Kylie, in Tier #2, etc. But wait, Sage was best girl, right?
Then we take another, let's say personality. We give it equal weight, so 50% breast size, 50% personality. Now, you might not like Quinn's personality, so she might be lower on the list. But that's subjective and preferential. Personality is based on their role in the story, and how well it's expressed, or characterized. So someone like Bella has emotional problems, is an "ice queen" or what not, so we take off points for that. One argument becomes "a well developed character has flaws". But we're not taking that into the context of a plot or arc, where those things are essential. "Does the personality fit the character"? Does the role or function of the character in the story befit their character? Quinn is an antagonist, so yes, it seems to fit, but the story isn't allowing us to explore that much. Bella is supportive, so that seems to fit. Both have their emotional hangups, and are not fully realized, so they're not completely idealized or actualized yet; their stories are ongoing. So they must lose points. (Of course, that score can go up or down as they finish their arc, and how well realized it was.) So personality would be something like Sage, Jill, Maya in Tier #1, Quinn, Bella in Tier #2, etc.
We then add these 2 metrics, divide by their number and get the average, and make a new tier list. And we keep going.
Thus, large criteria is important as it makes things more accurate. Reasoning behind the scenes, or the details of scenes, where characterization and plot relevance, are key. This is why Josy, despite having plenty of content, and scenes showcasing her character, is so low to the point of "WTF is going on DPC?" (Her character shifts for no discernible reason, and so drastically for her to suddenly go inside herself and do ...blogging.)
