tbf that's always been a thing but i think it's getting worse lately for female characters and it's coming from within. i think people have turned a genuine discussion of how certain characters are reduced to fanservice in a way that's detrimental to their writing on screen.

an example of that is jade, who was declared to be pure fanservice for something that actually held lore in it. another example is feixiao for? wearing shorts?

in gacha games esp there's always going to be a degree of fan service, that's how they market characters and this goes for both male and female characters. but now people are misusing the discussion re: ff's fanservice to hate on every other female character and to reduce them to fanservice, which is hilarious because they're the ones spewing misogynistic BS in order to further their own agenda. out of a genuine discussion re: how fanservice can be detrimental to characters & their writing we've now come to a place where every single patch of skin or care shown for tb is seen as a sign of how the character is only a "waifu bait".

“fanservice” does not necessarily equate to the character being badly written or it being necessarily detrimental to the character. ugh anyways im yapping