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Kind of the kinky older sister to the [[Love Interest]]. A [['''Lust Object]]''' is a character who is [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|actively lusted over by another]]. While a character thinks about [[Holding Hands|holding their]] [[Love Interest|Love Interest's]] [[Intertwined Fingers|hand]], and shows a [[Luminescent Blush]] in their presence, he will regard a [[Lust Object]] with [[Imagine Spot|dreams of improbably risque situations]], and more often than not, [[The Nose Bleed]].

It's possible for a [[Love Interest]] to also be a [[Lust Object]], especially when the protagonist is [[All Men Are Perverts|male]] and the [[Lust Object]], [[Ms. Fanservice|an attractive female]]. However, this is usually not the case, as a [[Lust Object]] is rarely regarded as anything other than that -- anthat—an object to lust over. The gender inversion of this -- athis—a [[All Women Are Lustful|female]] lusting after [[Mr. Fanservice|an attractive male]], is usually [[Played for Laughs]].

'''Note''': ''A character who simply thinks "sexy" thoughts about their [[Love Interest]] is not regarding them as a [[Lust Object]]''.

For a character to be a [[Lust Object]], they must be thought of as 'objects' to fulfill the [[Fetish Fuel|sexual]] or [[Fan Service|proto-sexual desires]] of the luster, outside of (or in addition to) any romantic feelings. A good indicator is whether or not the Object speaks during the [[Imagine Spot|waking wet-dream]]. If they don't, or if they only use 'stock' sex-scene phrases, they're probably a [[Lust Object]]. If they hold a conversation, or even just speak in coherent sentences, they are probably closer to a [[Love Interest]].

They are often the object of a [[Stalker Withwith a Crush]]. A guy who is [[Mr. Fanservice]] or a girl who is [[Ms. Fanservice]] is almost always this, on both sides of the Fourth Wall.

A [[Hello, Nurse!]] is a character who is a [[Lust Object]] to ''everyone'', usually [[Played for Laughs]]. [[Eating the Eye Candy]] is one way for a character to dwell on their [[Lust Object]], while [[Male Gaze]] / [[Female Gaze]] is a way for the author/artist to emphasize that the Object is being fetishized.

* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Spike seems to view Buffy this way. ''He'' calls it "love", but she doubts it. Of course, by the ''end'' of the series it's definitely love; reasonable minds can disagree about what point that began.

* EVA serves as this for Naked Snake in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''. However, [[Character Development|he grows to genuinely love her over the course of the story]].