Fangirl magnet characters are good: The creator gets more money,
the fangirls get someone to squeal over and everybody's happy. |
Many art
genres feature characters. And it often happens that one particular male
character becomes extremely popular with the female part of the audience. Some
characters are made to be such fangirl magnets and actually succeed (e.g.
Sasuke Uchiha from Naruto), some characters are meant to be disliked by
the audience, and yet many female readers still fall in love with them (e.g.
Draco Malfoy from Harry Potter), and finally, some characters are meant
to be total fangirl magnets and totally fail (e.g. Derek from RE: Alistair
++).