What if a author/writer/director likes putting a specific trope in all his works? Can that still count as Author Appeal?

I think people need to be careful about what they put in this page; a lot of it is based on nothing but speculation, and can be damaging.

One example that I felt was unfair was the Jim Butcher example, which made the claim that all of his female characters were repeatedly described as busty and beautiful. Not only is this likely based on only his Dresden series (the Codex Alera very much averts this), but an objective view of the Dresden Files should rescue this from the Author Appeal list. One has to remember that most of the beautiful female characters in this series are vampires, fae, and other supernaturals that are going to be seductive strictly by their predatory nature. Further, when you look at the good female characters, they are largely described with more down-to-earth appeal that reflects the protagonist's old-fashioned, chivalric appreciation for all women.

I noticed the first thing in the source says "No Quotes or Images Please" which I guess is because this particular trope is usually best illustrated by some tired fetish.

I wanted to propose (rather than disrespectfully add it myself) a pretty good illustration for this trope that I think captures the essence of "Author Appeal." I want to juxtapose the 2nd frames of http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2010/03/11/03112010/ and http://www.krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/2011/03/04/03042011/ Thoughts?

Oh come on - if you think a female author never writes the Male Gaze, pick up a drug store romance novel. I read once recently where the positioning of the heroine's lips was described as "more enticing to men than she realized" - in a scene where she was alone in her room, packing up her things to flee from an angry mob.

Can Author Appeal be non-sexual? For example, Isaac Asimov has several (I can think of three off of the top of my head) societies in which everyone lived in a confined space. (Asimov was a claustrophile)

Could I just ask why people generally act as if this is a bad thing? What's wrong with the author adding in things they like? It doesn't have to be squicky (ie: The author may feature a Ford Mustang just because they like the look of the car). Unless this is only for kinky sexual fetish examples.