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A kind of [[Fan Service]] where the presence of a particular gimmick or kink is so widespread and prominent that it is interpreted as a specific reason the creator actually produced the work. Often, this can overlap with a certain philosophy the author espouses; for instance, an [[Utopia|"enlightened culture"]] in [[The Future]] may have [[Innocent Fanservice Girl|no nudity taboo]], or may have [[Everyone Is Bi|everyone bisexual]], remove all body hair at birth, et cetera. Deliberately satirical or political stories often invoke associated [[Take That]] moments.

 

** [[Word of God]] is that out of all the girls in Negi's class, the one that he'd most want a Pactio with<ref>Read: make out with</ref> is Kakizaki.

* [[Sherman Alexie]] seems to have a thing for [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=glbt LGBT themes], heterosexual [[Shotacon]], and political [[Take That]].

* Brett Anderson of [[Suede]] appears to have a thing for extremely skinny women, especially if you go by "She" ("she is bad, she is bored, she is bony") and "She's In Fashion" ("and she's as similar as you can get/to the shape of a cigarette").

* The mangaka of [[Zodiac P.I.|''Zodiac Private Investigator'']], Natsumi Ando, states in a comment that she loves pretty and long legs on her girls, which is why she likes putting them into mini-skirts a lot.

** Musical choices are a very common element. Fanfic writers will often put Hogwarts students (even pureblood wizards like Draco) in shirts advertising moody American Muggle bands [[Present Day Past|that hadn't even been formed at the corresponding timeline.]]

** Another ''Harry Potter'' fanfic, ''[[The Girl Who Lived]]'', features as its main character a [[Gender Flip]]ped version of Harry - who's also a nudist druidess. As can be imagined, this results in a ton of things being thrown into the plot that have absolutely nothing to do with the series, including a reference to [[The Lord of the Rings|Mallorn trees]]...

* A Drizzt Do'Urden fanfic that was slightly more nuanced than the standard. Catti-brie wanted to try bondage, and while Drizzt is at first interested, being from a society that is controlled by a frothing boot-on-the-neck abusive matriarchy, he started freaking out. He got used to it in the end, though.

* Fics in which the characters eat the author's favourite meal are quite common, and often not particularly problematic, but see the above mention of Pepper-Jack Cheese - it doesn't work when the food is not accessible or there would be other reasons for the characters not to eat it. For example, there was once a ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' fic which featured the elves making a ''pizza''.

 

=== Multiple Media ===

** Lloyd Rose, who has written various stories in the ''Doctor Who'' Expanded Universe, likes to portray the Doctor as [[The Woobie]]. A lot. He gets injured (or otherwise suffers), in various nasty ways in at least three of [[Tomboyish Name|her]] stories: ''City of the Dead'', ''Camera Obscura'', and ''Caerdroia''. Really [[Normally I Would Be Dead Now|nasty]]. Also, there's often quite a bit of [[Foe Yay]], almost always between the Doctor and characters who pose an immediate, physical threat to him. Looks like there's a bit of a sadomasochism kink there.

 

 

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