Are fanservice-y characters (i.e. Lara Croft, Tifa Lockhart)...

How a character is written and how a character is drawn are two different things, and usually the product of two (or more) different people.

Lara Croft is the main character of her games and movies, and Tifa is a valuable support character in her games and movies.

Let's be honest, her entire character is the epitome of the sexy pinup girl that Hollywood has pushed on us for generations.

Why do I feel worthless most of the time?

One of my favorite examples, Jessica Rabbit:

Thanks, Toyman, for clearing that up.

It is entirely possible to have a sexualized character to be well written and vital to the story they are in.

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Still, Jessica is well written, and an important part of the movie story. Particularly when we realize everything she did in the movie was because she genuinely loved her husband:

So I have to wonder what you mean by “fanservice-y”?

Are fanservice-y characters (i.e. Lara Croft, Tifa Lockhart) immediately bad?

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