Base Breaker/Analysis
- This has a peculiar tendency to happen to Dark and Troubled Past Anti-Hero Mr. Fanservice types, where some fans find them identifiable and compelling, some find them attractive and sympathetic, while others think they are absolutely insufferable.
- This phenomenon tends to put the creators in an awkward position, as they can't increase or decrease focus on the particular character without angering one segment of the fanbase. Depending on how it goes, Spotlight-Stealing Squad and Wolverine Publicity can be the ugly results.