Fan Service

Step 1: Market the girl

Step 2: Market the girl

Step 3: MARKET THE GIRL

When the creators of a franchise decide to actively cater to their fanbase by doing things that please them. Two common and possibly most well-known methods of achieving Fan Service are showing the Fan Favorite (likely female) wearing less clothes than she usually does or have her show up much more frequently. Canonically shipping her with another character fans often unofficially ship is another, less typically found example. Fan Service is an easy way to Please The Audience as it's a way to show that the creators paying attention to their fans. Another way to service the fans is by producing merchandise that has the Fan Favorite or Fan Service Doll on it that the creators know that at least one fan would put their his money down for regardless of the price. Without using characters, the creators still have a few options to select. Acknowledging a meme the Internet created, for instance, is an effective way to create a small sensation of excitement in the audience. Fan Service can also be derived from sources outside of the franchise. Popular fads like games or toys can make appearances to get the audience to believe the creators are aware of the times.

Even though Fan Service has its upsides, too much of it can leave fans feeling discontent with the content. Making decisions like having the Fan Service Doll make more appearances than usual might upset critical audience members. They may call the creators out for a number of manipulative schemes. The fandom division of the fanbase is exceptionally vulnerable to these tricks because simps care less for the quality of their franchise than they do their favorite people from it. The writers may even go as far as to jettison the original purpose of their franchise (such as telling a story) to make it easier to win fans over by forcing the Fan Favorite wherever possible. On top of luring in new fanboys, this can reinforce the behaviors of the veterans. Returning to more rational viewers, they will be turned off by Fan Service if it's blatantly done for its own sake. Clever writers both know how to and ensure they weave Fan Service into the story so it doesn't come off as shoehorned and mindless. Pausing The Universe to give the Fan Service Doll her time in the spotlight irritates fans who are in it for anything else. What can add to this pain is if the creators are clearly ignoring not at all listening the audience's input. To go off of what they think is healthy in Fan Fiction is to shut out all noise coming from the viewers. Acting this way sends the message that the audience and its feelings are irrelevant and they're only milked for whatever money they'll relinquish anyway.

The audience will always be divided on the matter of Fan Service, but one thing that's sure is injecting a lethal dose of it into the franchise will cause it to rot internally. The party at hand will be degraded to Fan Service Dolls, mere slaves to the whim of the fanboys who can never get enough. It can be a real shame to see somebody who used to have personal depth be fed to the eternally-hungry fandom. While the simps are constantly receiving their regular fix of the Fan Service Doll, real fans who were in it for her character get screwed out of any investment in her. They pack their bags and leave the fanbase never to return. If the creators dare to revert their changes to the Fan Service Doll, they may find all the harm has already been done. Robbing the simps of their Fan Service will deprive them of the singular purpose they hung around as the long-gone real fans don't bother coming back, even if they hear the Fan Service Doll has reprised her original role. The writers can go all in on making the Fan Service Doll a sex object without any subtlety to confuse the situation. Her lewd behavior does more than pop up from time to time — it intensifies into her most defining trait, maybe even the only one she has. Her sexual act leaks into scenes that have nothing to do with or even hinted at sex. The pain from this UnTrash is strengthened if the Fan Service Doll usually doesn't behave this way and may have even been comparable to a real-life person at some point in time. Lines and choices inconsistent with the character's personality can be a sign that their Downward Spiral is beginning or in full swing.