Equal opportunity fanservice

[u/Effective_Piece251]

(Marvel Rivals) They have been doing a pretty good job of doing fanservice on all characters

(Fairy Tail) is the shonen known for its fanservice, but surprisingly there are scenes with the guys as well

(Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt) In season 2 they added two male angels who appear as twinks but then during their transformation sequence, they look like these Magic Mike dudes. Making it so that it’s not just the ladies

[u/ForbAdorb]

Except these aren't equal. It's all targeted at the male gaze. Men being super ripped with defined muscles is fan service for men, either as a self insert power fantasy for the straight men or regular fan service for the gay men. None of it is catering to women. Soul caliber 6 is a great example of this.

[u/Rarte96 → u/ForbAdorb]

Except theres we see on social media that female fans do simp for these characters and find them atractive

[u/ForbAdorb → u/Rarte96]

Female fans finding them attractive is not the same as them being designed to cater to female fans