History CreatorsPet / WebComics

* Vriska Serket from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' was accused of this quite frequently. The author's story he is that he wanted to write a highly divisive character, which amounted to making an [[SmugSnake egotistical]], [[TokenEvilTeammate malicious]] yet [[FreudianExcuse not entirely unsympathetic]] [[ParodySue psuedo-Sue]] and having her hog massive amounts of screentime and plot relevance, up to and including romantic interest with the main character. Reactions varied from fan to fan, and even after her character arc's conclusion, while not nearly as detested as in her peak, she remains one of the [[FlameWar most strenuously debated]] aspects of the comic. [[IntendedAudienceReaction Which seems to be just as the author wanted it.]]

* A somewhat ironic example exists in the form of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'''s Susan Pompoms. Despite having started out as a StrawFeminist, she quickly became author Dan Shive's favorite character, the point that [[OldShame he cringes when looking at how he used to write her.]]

* ''WebComic/DragonBallMultiverse'':

* Sister Oscar of ''Webcomic/SisterClaire''. Initially a minor member of the abbey (Her most notable characteristic being her perpetual BishieSparkle) come the reveal that [[spoiler:she's transgendered]], she leaped into this. The Missing Moments (Flashback mini-arcs between regular pages) ramped it up to eleven. She is loved by everyone, is a master sword fighter, became a high ranking member of the royal guard, [[spoiler:is revealed to be the offspring of the King]], is constantly remarked to be beautiful, is perfectly androgynous to [[spoiler:pass as female]], and has faced pretty much zero trials in her life, while practically every other character has been put through the wringer.

* The titular Dominic of ''WebComic/DominicDeegan'' gradually devolved into one of these as the series went on. It got to the point where Dominic was never allowed to be wrong about anything, other characters constantly praised and gushed over him (in spite of his many questionable actions) and he became so powerful there was a general feeling of; "Why do any of the other good guys need to be here at all?". His girlfriend Luna and brother Gregory also have shades of this trope, but Dominic was by far the worst. It's a large part of why the comic garnered such a large amount of snarkers and fan haters.

** Universe 16 Son Bra. Being the daughter of Vegetto, the most powerful character in the original ''Dragon Ball'', you'd think we wouldn't even need [[CharacterShilling Goku from the manga universe gushing on how powerful she is]] and having two specials focusing on just how awesome she is. There's also the whole [[KarmaHoudini disobeying her father's order not to kill her opponent and getting out of it with not even a mild admonition]] on top of being an insufferable SmugSuper who mocks anyone weaker than her. Even then, she had her fans...until the King Cold fight where she went from a BaseBreakingCharacter to TheScrappy. [[spoiler: Her getting her body stolen by Ginyu was met with much praise because of how unlikely she is to the fandom]].

* ''WebComic/DragonBallMultiverse'': ** Universe 20 Broly. Salagir exaggerates Broly's power, moving him from "extremely powerful" to "invincible" while in his Legendary Super Saiyan state. Additionally, he gets a lot of focus despite being an ultimately unimportant character (his fight with Vegito being the BatmanColdOpen of the entire series). This occurs because he thinks Broly's awesome. Broly is pretty unpopular with the hardcore ''Dragon Ball'' fanbase due to overexposure, so this blatant favoritism doesn't go unnoticed.

* ''WebComic/DragonBallMultiverse'': Universe 20 Broly. Salagir exaggerates Broly's power, moving him from "extremely powerful" to "invincible" while in his Legendary Super Saiyan state. Additionally, he gets a lot of focus despite being an ultimately unimportant character (his fight with Vegito being the BatmanColdOpen of the entire series). This occurs because he thinks Broly's awesome. Broly is pretty unpopular with the hardcore ''Dragon Ball'' fanbase due to overexposure, so this blatant favoritism doesn't go unnoticed.

* Zii from ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' has attracted this label, at least in the comic's early days. There were a couple of reasons, but one large one was fan resentment of her convincing [=DiDi=] not to sleep with Gary, which was seemingly treated as perfectly valid; some readers didn't buy it. (Her reaction to Gary trying to draw her into a threesome with Amber also annoyed those fans.) Zii seemed to have perfect KarmaHoudini status while being presented as a LovableSexManiac, without any acknowledgment that her "hilarious" exploits maybe went too far. That said, there were fans who liked her, and discussions about her made her a BaseBreaker. Eventually, CharacterDevelopment happened, as some of her actions developed significant consequences. Things like the appearance of her ''second'' StalkerWithACrush, her wall-climbing frustration at [=DiDi's=] antics, and her burning jealousy of Gary's sudden desirable status, left her looking far less casually invulnerable and [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap made many of her detractors lose their vitriol.]]

* Xanthe Justice from ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'' (aka "[[FanNickname Trike Girl]]"). She hit this trope by being the in-universe catalyst for a BaseBreaker ReTool, plus an unhealthy dose of WriterOnBoard. For nearly a year, she was riding around talking about the "Sisterhood" taking down the "Patriarchy," trying to recruit female characters and talking down male characters. She remains in MarySue territory most of the time. For example, she gave a rather physical GetAHoldOfYourselfMan to the ''hand of God''.

* Zii from ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' has attracted this label, at least in the comic's early days. There were a couple of reasons, but one large one was fan resentment of her convincing [=DiDi=] not to sleep with Gary, which was seemingly treated as perfectly valid; some readers didn't buy it. (Her reaction to Gary trying to draw her into a threesome with Amber also annoyed those fans.) Zii seemed to have perfect KarmaHoudini status while being presented as a LovableSexManiac, without any acknowledgment that her "hilarious" exploits maybe went too far. That said, there were fans who liked her, and discussions about her made her a BaseBreaker.\\
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But then, CharacterDevelopment happened, as some of her actions developed significant consequences. Things like the appearance of her ''second'' StalkerWithACrush, her wall-climbing frustration at [=DiDi's=] antics, and her burning jealousy of Gary's sudden desirable status, left her looking far less casually invulnerable.\\
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Meanwhile, in the same comic, Yuki has also attracted the same accusation, as her sometimes very violent actions never seem to attract realistic consequences.

* ''WebComic/DragonBallMultiverse'': Universe 16 Son Bra, so very much. Daughter of Vegetto, arguably the most powerful character in all of ''Franchise/DragonBall'', you'd think we wouldn't even need [[CharacterShilling Goku from the manga universe gushing on how powerful she is]]. A whole special focused on just how awesome she is didn't help. And then there's the whole [[KarmaHoudini disobeying her father's straight order not to kill her opponent and getting out of it with not even a mild admonition]].
** Also, of course Broly would fit the bill. It isn't helped even though his surviving a powerful attack was explained.
** Vegetto himself deserves a mention. He was already the most powerful canon character in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', to a frankly stupid degree (Yeah, there's kind of a reason WHY Akira Toriyama undid that fusion in canon). Like his daughter he also receives a ridiculous amount of focus, and many characters seem to constantly harp on just how fucking awesome Vegetto is and how they're all just SO inferior to him. The fact that the creators have given Vegetto an entire fanfic all about him and his universe certainly help make him into a CreatorsPet.

* Makoto Yosue of ''WebComic/RedString'' morphed into this over time. The author originally admitted she put him in to act as an obstacle and antagonist to the original OfficialCouple, but later interviews included statements such as him being her favorite character and getting very defensive on some occasions when he received criticism. He started getting a ridiculous amount of CharacterFocus for a supporting cast member (which on the official web site, he still listed under this category) and time spent on his supposedly horrible life (consisting of simply being sad a girl dumped him once) while other plots more important to the overall flow were getting ignored.

Meanwhile, in the same comic, Yuki has also attracted the same accusation, as her sometimes very violent actions never seem to attract realistic consequences. However, given her serious psychological problems, she would be a weak example at most.

But then, CharacterDevelopment happened, as some of her actions developed significant consequences. Things like the appearance of her ''second'' StalkerWithACrush, her wall-climbing frustration at [=DiDi's=] antics, and her burning jealousy of Gary's sudden in-universe MemeticSexGod status, left her looking far less casually invulnerable.\\

* Xanthe Justice from ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'' (aka "[[FanNickname Trike Girl]]"). She hit this trope by being the in-universe catalyst for a BaseBreaker ReTool, plus an unhealthy dose of WriterOnBoard. For nearly a year, she was riding around talking about the "Sisterhood" taking down the "Patriarchy," trying to recruit female characters and talking down male characters. She remains in MarySue territory most of the time. For example, she gave a rather physical GetAholdOfYourselfMan to the ''hand of God''.

*** While U16 Bra is still a CreatorsPet, Vegetto's massive over hype may have just been there to let [[spoiler:XXI give him the WorfEffect]]

* ''WebComic/DragonBallMultiverse'': Universe 16 Son Bra, so very much. Daughter of Vegetto, arguably the most powerful character in all of ''DragonBall'', you'd think we wouldn't even need [[CharacterShilling Goku from the manga universe gushing on how powerful she is]]. A whole special focused on just how awesome she is didn't help. And then there's the whole [[KarmaHoudini disobeying her father's straight order not to kill her opponent and getting out of it with not even a mild admonition]].

** Vegetto himself deserves a mention. He was already the most powerful canon character in ''DragonBallZ'', to a frankly stupid degree (Yeah, there's kind of a reason WHY Akira Toriyama undid that fusion in canon). Like his daughter he also receives a ridiculous amount of focus, and many characters seem to constantly harp on just how fucking awesome Vegetto is and how they're all just SO inferior to him. The fact that the creators have given Vegetto an entire fanfic all about him and his universe certainly help make him into a CreatorsPet.

* Xanthe Justice from ''{{Sinfest}}'' (aka "[[FanNickname Trike Girl]]"). She hit this trope by being the in-universe catalyst for a BaseBreaker ReTool, plus an unhealthy dose of WriterOnBoard. For nearly a year, she was riding around talking about the "Sisterhood" taking down the "Patriarchy," trying to recruit female characters and talking down male characters. She remains in MarySue territory most of the time. For example, she gave a rather physical GetAholdOfYourselfMan to the ''hand of God''.

But then, CharacterDevelopment happened, as some of her actions developed significant consequences. Things like the appearance of her ''second'' StalkerWithACrush, her wall-climbing frustration at [=DiDi's=] antics, and her burning jealousy of Gary's sudden in-universe MemeticSexGod status, left her looking far less casually invulnerable.

But then, CharacterDevelopment happened, as some of her actions developed significant consequences. Things like the appearance of her ''second'' StalkerWithACrush, her wall-climbing frustration at [=DiDi's=] antics, and her burning jealousy of Gary's sudden MemeticSexGod status, left her looking far less casually invulnerable.

But then, CharacterDevelopment happened, as some of her actions developed significant consequences; the appearance of her ''second'' StalkerWithACrush, her wall-climbing frustration at [=DiDi's=] antics, and her burning jealousy of Gary's sudden MemeticSexGod status, left her looking far less casually invulnerable.

* Zii from ''Webcomic/MenageA3''. There a couple of reasons, but the big one was convincing [=DiDi=] not to pop Gary's cherry, an overarching theme of the comic. Her argument was that Gary would keep coming back to her begging for sex, though she didn't have any actual basis for that claim, and it was none of her business. Plus, like almost every interaction she has with [=DiDi=], it comes off as another one of Zii's attempts to sleep with her. She was never criticized for any of this, and the narrative never acted like she was wrong.
** Worse than that, Zii only very rarely receives any punishment for anything she does, no matter how dickish or possessive. The comic often tries to present her as a wacky, LovableSexManiac without acknowledging that her "hilarious" exploits often go too far, and border on illegal. That said, there are fans who like Zii, and discussions about her get very intense, making her a BaseBreaker. Still, the affection the comic has for her and refusal to punish her makes her a Creator's Pet to fans who don't like her.
** There was an arc where Gary was invited into a threesome with another man and asked if the man could be replaced with Zii, who had slept with the woman. Zii berated Gary about this and stated that she would never try to force someone into a sexual situation for her own satisfaction, even though that pretty much sums up her character in a nutshell.

* Xanthe Justice from ''{{Sinfest}}'' (aka "[[FanNickname Trike Girl]]"). She hit this trope by being the in-universe catalyst for a BaseBreaker ReTool, plus an unhealthy dose of WriterOnBoard. For nearly a year, she was riding around talking about the "Sisterhood" taking down the "Patriarchy," trying to recruit female characters and talking down male characters. She remains in MarySue territory most of the time. For example, she gave a rather physical GetAholdOfYourselfMan to the ''hand of god''.

* Makoto Yosue of ''WebComic/RedString'' morphed into this over time. The author originally admitted she put him in to act as an obstacle and antagonist to the original OfficialCouple, but later interviews included statements such as him being her favorite character and getting very defensive on some occasions when he received criticism. He started getting a ridiculous amount of CharacterFocus for a supporting cast member (which on the official web site, he still listed under this category) and time spent on his supposedly horrible life (consisting of simply being sad a girl dumped him once) while other plots more important to the overall flow were getting ignored. As the story went on, it became more and more apparent that the author refused to ever let him suffer anything truly harrowing and eventually the OfficialCouple suddenly broke up just as Makoto ended his own (neglected) relationship. While the story originally was clearly planning to bring them back together again and burned a lot of time on their character development and their continually being connected to each other by a red string, Makoto started getting more and more screentime until suddenly he turned into a perfect KarmaHoudini bordering on GaryStu. By the end of the story, he actually gets the girl he really wanted with no effort on his part aside from her realizing he is in fact perfection incarnate, is set up as the heir of her family's restaurant despite repeatedly cheating on the girl he was supposed to marry, ''everyone'' in the story constantly talks about what a wonderful person he is and how Miharu will eventually realize that too, gets absolutely no consequences for a jealousy fit in which he grabs Miharu away from her ex-boyfriend and yells at her in public (she ''apologizes to him'' and the story treats this as a good thing), convinces Miharu that ignoring her family's worry about their relationship is superior to their actual financial well-being, finally gives away the restaurant by simply calling his parents off panel and having them handwave the problem, and basically is able to make "dating Miharu" his new full time profession because he's able to just sponge off his family's wealth and travel the world with her. [[spoiler: Makoto finishes this epic by having Miharu declare that apparently red strings, the very red strings the comic was named for, simply exist to tie everyone in the world together and she's going to follow her string to him. Thus completely nullifying the entire point of the ten year comic simply so Makoto gets a happy ending. Keep in mind that Makoto also accomplishes all of the above in the grand total of ''four months'' and we are supposed to believe that their relationship, which only consisted of them making the occasional innuendo, sexting, and obsessing over each other's butts, is a relationship that will stand the test of time while Miharu's year and a half long marriage engagement which consisted of numerous events the couple lived through together, is simply "her first love."]] Oh, and top of that, the final major scene of Kazuo, the former main character pushed aside in favor glorifying Makoto? Suffered from constant CharacterDerailment to make him into a creepy ex, had a massive out of character moment where he forced himself on Miharu, and all this done after the story had spent a lot of time showing him becoming a better and stronger person. Because actually having him complete the circle by winning Miharu back would have deprived Makoto of his victory. Oh, and his last big scene is Makoto sneaking off to claim Miharu as his territory, insult Kazuo for his abusive home and suicide attempt, and then the story instead portrays the scene as sad for ''Makoto'' because Kazuo points out all of the above problems with the character in the text and highlights that he's insecure and acts entitled.

* [[DragonballMultiverse Universe 16 Son Bra]], so very much. Daughter of Vegetto, arguably the most powerful character in all of ''Dragonball'', you'd think we wouldn't even need [[CharacterShilling Goku from the manga universe gushing on how powerful she is]]. A whole special focused on just how awesome she is didn't help. And then there's the whole [[KarmaHoudini disobeying her father's straight order not to kill her opponent and getting out of it with not even a mild admonition]].

** Vegetto himself deserves a mention. He was already the most powerful canon character in Dragon Ball Z, to a frankly stupid degree (Yeah, there's kind of a reason WHY Akira Toriyama undid that fusion in canon). Like his daughter he also receives a ridiculous amount of focus, and many characters seem to constantly harp on just how fucking awesome Vegetto is and how they're all just SO inferior to him. The fact that the creators have given Vegetto an entire fanfic all about him and his universe certainly help make him into a CreatorsPet

* Zii from ''Webcomic/MenageA3''. There a couple of reasons, but the big one was convincing [=DiDi=] not to pop Gary's cherry, an overarching theme of the comic. Her argument was that Gary would keep coming back to her begging for sex, though she didn't have any actual basis for that claim, and it was none of her business. Plus, like almost every interaction she has with [=DiDi=], it comes off as another one of Zii's attempts to sleep with her. She was never criticized for any of this, and the narrative acted like she was wrong.

* Zii from ''Webcomic/MenageA3''. There a couple of reasons, but the big one was convincing [=DiDi=] not to pop Gary's cherry, an overarching theme of the comic. Her argument was that Gary would keep coming back to her begging for sex, though she didn't have any actual basis for that claim, and it was none of her business. Plus, like almost every interaction she has with [=DiDi=], it comes off as another one of Zii's attempts to sleep with her. She was never criticized for any of this, and the narrative acted like she was wrong.
** Worse than that, Zii only very rarely receives any punishment for anything she does, no matter how dickish or possessive. The comic often tries to present her as a wacky, LovableSexManiac without acknowledging that her "hilarious" exploits often go too far, and border on illegal. That said, there are fans who like Zii, and discussions about her get very intense, making her a BaseBreaker. Still, the affection the comic has for her and refusal to punish her makes her a Creator's Pet to fans who don't like her.
** There was an arc where Gary was invited into a threesome with another man and asked if the man could be replaced with Zii, who had slept with the woman. Zii berated Gary about this and stated that she would never try to force someone into a sexual situation for her own satisfaction, even though that pretty much sums up her character in a nutshell.

* Makoto Yosue of ''WebComic/RedString'' morphed into this over time. The author originally admitted she put him in to act as an obstacle and antagonist to the original OfficialCouple, but later interviews included statements such as him being her favorite character and getting very defensive on some occasions when he received criticism. He started getting a ridiculous amount of CharacterFocus for a supporting cast member (which on the official web site, he still listed under this category) and time spent on his supposedly horrible life (consisting of simply being sad a girl dumped him once) while other plots more important to the overall flow were getting ignored. As the story went on, it became more and more apparent that the author refused to ever let him suffer anything truly harrowing and eventually the OfficialCouple suddenly broke up just as Makoto ended his own (neglected) relationship. While the story originally was clearly planning to bring them back together again and burned a lot of time on their character development and their continually being connected to each other by a red string, Makoto started getting more and more screentime until suddenly he turned into a perfect KarmaHoudini bordering on GaryStu. By the end of the story, he actually gets the girl he really wanted with no effort on his part aside from her realizing he is in fact perfection incarnate, is set up as the heir of her family's restaurant despite repeatedly cheating on the girl he was supposed to marry, ''everyone'' in the story constantly talks about what a wonderful person he is and how Miharu will eventually realize that too, gets absolutely no consequences for a jealousy fit in which he grabs Miharu away from her ex-boyfriend and yells at her in public (she ''apologizes to him'' and the story treats this as a good thing), convinces Miharu that ignoring her family's worry about their relationship is superior to their actual financial well-being, finally gives away the restaurant by simply calling his parents off panel and having them handwave the problem, and basically is able to make "dating Miharu" his new full time profession because he's able to just sponge off his family's wealth and travel the world with her. [[spoiler: Makoto finishes this epic by having Miharu declare that apparently red strings, the very red strings the comic was named for, simply exist to tie everyone in the world together and she's going to follow her string to him. Thus completely nullifying the entire point of the ten year comic simply so Makoto gets a happy ending. Keep in mind that Makoto also accomplishes all of the above in the grand total of ''four months'' and we are supposed to believe that their relationship, which only consisted of them making the occasional innuendo, sexting, and obsessing over each other's butts, is a relationship that will stand the test of time while Miharu's year and a half long marriage engagement which consisted of numerous events the couple lived through together, is simply "her first love."]] Oh, and top of that, the final major scene of Kazuo, the former main character pushed aside in favor glorifying Makoto? Suffered from constant CharacterDerailment to make him into a creepy ex, had a massive out of character moment where he forced himself on Miharu, and all this done after the story had spent a lot of time showing him becoming a better and stronger person. Because actually having him complete the circle by winning Miharu back would have deprived Makoto of his victory. Oh, and his last big scene is Makoto sneaking off to claim Miharu as his territory, insult Kazuo for his abusive home and suicide attempt, and then the story instead portrays the scene as sad for ''Makoto'' because Kazuo points out all of the above problems with the character in the text and highlights that he's insecure and acts entitled.