Usually tied up with Self-Deprecation, possibly saying that the creator is a talentless hack who got lucky or is just in it to squeeze money out of the fans, but they're too dumb to realise it. Straw Fan is a subtrope where the audience is personified by a character in the work. Not to be confused with This Loser Is You (an audience-identification figure who is so pathetic that the audience doesn't want to), What the Hell, Player? (the game notes bizarre or cruel behavior), or You Bastard! (where a work tries to make the audience feel guilty for enjoying it or choosing to consume it). ![]() In pinballs, videogames, and other similar works, this extends to mocking the player's lack of skill. ![]() Andrew Cartmel on Doctor Who, " The Greatest Show in the Galaxy"Īiming a jab at the audience, usually for being such losers that they'll waste their time watching/reading/playing this nonsense, such moral degenerates that they'll enjoy sleazy pandering to their base impulses, and/or so dumb they'll pay good money for it.
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