Let's Talk About 'Fanservice'

Today we talk about fanservice in anime, kpop, and thai BL/GL. hope you enjoy :)
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[thetruejoe]

people shipping celebrities and harassing them when they arent actually in a relationship are genuinely psycotic

[Oncehermes]

One thing i absolutely hate is when an anime isn't sexual in the slightest, and its main focus has nothing to do with romance or sex but theyll just throw in random fanservice moments for literally 0 reason

[siddhipandey]

Whoever decided to make school uniforms sexy was sick in the mind

[viikkii]

fanservice has actually ruined so many animes for me

[bluemoon]

In my opinion, fan service becomes a problem when it starts to ruin the narrative. Like, when characters use reveling clothing that make no sense and just seems unpractical. Or when there's so much focus on those parts of their bodies, that you begin to think you're watching something else. And mostly, it really makes me uncomfortable when it's happening to an underage character. Sometimes a good fan service can make sense if it fits the character personality. But it just sucks that this is mostly something female characters deal with. Just goes to show how women are constantly over sexualized in our society.

[vantae]

I literally screamed "SHES 14 WTF IS THISSS🤢" when Nezuko's demon body grew knockers the size of watermelons and her kimono slit opened dramatically around her cleavage and her legs in the Demon Slayer Entertainment Arc

[skibidi.jonghyun]

kpop stans believing that their favorite ship is real will always be something funny to me btw i love u emily

[kaiqk]

When you're a kpop fan and a thai bl/gl fan

But it's pretty uncomfortable when a kpop fan is ACTUALLY delusional. Like it's all fun and games when it's jokingly like "that's my man" or like "yup s/he's talking about me" etc etc. ONLY AS A JOKE THOUGH.

And for the thai gl/bl fans─ well for the delusional ones. They have to realize that not all the actors ARE GAY. And just because they clarify that they aren't DOESN'T MAKE THEM HOMOPHOBIC.

[Melisaoffxl]

It became worse when they tryna justify SA and r4p3 too 💀💀 it's like they are no normal people with normal mindset anymore 💀💀

[sklipse]

You could simply just be watching an anime scene where two girls are sitting down having a simple conversation but the camera is angled directly where the sun don't shine 💀

[phantette]

l could rant about how much I hate fan service in animes for AGESSSS. Unnecessarily sexual fanservice is the reason I don't watch most animes. Even as a lesbian, it's so obnoxious and uncomfortable seeing every female character have their boobs shoved into the screen and panty shots every 5 minutes. It doesn't help that sometimes it's with teenage girls or literal CHILDREN. It's so irritating and just drives me away from most animes ☹️

[Amertion]

Just to give context on the Thai BL+GL fanservice culture as a Thai person for anyone who is interested, it has always been a huge part of Thai media. From what I can tell growing up consuming Thai media, a lot of times they'll get two actors to act in a role together (either same and opposite sex, sometimes not even paired), and if there is a reponse for a pair in a certain media (they showed good chemistry on screen or something), then they pretty much get promoted together as a package for years or even over a decade. So, that is why, you just constantly get fed 'moments' from the same pairs and continuously see them in different projects together. Of course, there are also times where the actors do end up dating, but a lot of the times it is just part of their jobs and no one thinks much of it because this kind of promotion is normal in Thailand. The main difference I see between the Thai and international audience is that the Thai audience understand that it is just fanservice and don't take it too seriously, unlike the international ones. That's why, in Thai, there is even a phrase coined 'selling moments' (ขายโมเมนต์) that fans use because it is understood as marketing there.

When the whole FreenBeck thing happened, even though I wans't a fan of theirs or the BL/GL industry in general, I could sort of understand the outrage from the international side. I could see how they might take the whole fanservice seriously since it wasn't part of their normal media culture. Although, the huge backlash the actors involved got was still totally uncalled for.

Personally, I do think that this kind of culture that is ingrained in Thai media needs to change. Not only does it put the artists at risk when they decide to date someone who isn't the person the company paired them with, it also stops them from growing as a professional and individual when nothing regarding the work they put out changes at all, it's as if they're just stuck in a loop until the hype dies down. Unfortunately, though, because of how profitable the market has become, especially now with its growth internationally, I can only see them doubling down on this whole 'selling ships' thing and delusional fans just eating it up until a scandal breaks and they hop to new pair.

[smokeyskeet]

The amount of sa that happens in anime just hurts so much. It’s always played for laughs like “oh what a silly little pervert hehe”

[luthebong]

With your bad mic I feel like I’m a housewife in the 1930s, listening to a very weird and futuristic radio show and I I love it

[vaneabarca]

fanservice in real life disturbs me at times because it has real life consequences, like this kind of mentality in kpop is what caused that when Chen got married and became a dad some people tried to kick him out of Exo and years later they keep not supporting him just because he created a family 🧍‍♂️ like he did nothing bad wth

[bowie_enthusiast]

just makes me so deeply uncomfortable when a LITERAL 15 year old girl is speaking and they include a close up of her ass being barely covered by her school skirt (cough cough kakeguri). The sexualisation of teen girls in anime is just ugh it literally ruins sm things for me :(

[RandomLyneysimp]

It irks me so much, because it further inforces that "women are sex toys". It has disgusting undertones when you really think about it. If its used for both genders, and sparingly, or just mildly mentioned in a funny or subtle ways? Sure, fine. But just for women, and excessively? Its just messed up

[sukanasuke]

I used to not notice fanservice as a teenager. But recently when I tried to watch hell's paradise I just couldn't bear it. It just.. made me cringe so hard that I couldn't take that anime seriously

[kidkrowobsessed]

Emily could talk about quite literally anything and I'd click instantly

[GoodMorningPunPun]

when talking about the same sex shipping of idols, you should also mention young members at 15 starting to be shipped with the older members who are 20. It's so normalised and people literally recognise them as a couple. eg. enhypen niki and older members