This is really how Robin became Grima
She fell into despair

>"She even lost the CYL event despite 6 4 popular FEmales getting banned"
And male Robin lost despite 4 popular males being banned. Your point?
In fact…


Female Robin had more than twice the amount of votes her male counterpart had. While I wouldn't say that those votes accurately show the actual popularity of characters, it does seem to indicate some preferance between the two, at least among the voters.