Relying on other examples to prove whether a different example is using a trope correctly is a really bad idea since a lot of tropes attract misuse (especially fan service tropes).
The point of Fan Disservice is that the entire framing of the moment has to be Fanservice but in a way that turns people off instead of on. It's effectively the subversion of fanservice — a set up for fan service that results in the opposite of the expected trope happening.
What happens to Winter is more a case of prim and proper characters whose dishevelled appearance is a symbol of just how complete their defeat is. There is a trope for that, but it's not a fan service trope.
If you're seeing fanservice in a scene that is clearly not an intentional framing of "fanservice gone wrong" and is clearly not intended as fanservice at all, you're dealing with Fetish Fuel/Rule Thirty Four, and that's no longer tropable.
Edited by Wyldchyld If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
Hey, so, I managed to write down Ozpin's speech about fear down word for word, and I was wondering if there's some way I can post it on this site without upsetting the cleanup crew. Can anybody help me?
So why is Winter's injured state not Fan Disservice? Fan Disservice and Fanservice are not complimentary nor are they not non-complimentary.
They can be completely separate from each other. There's a lot of examples of characters injured states made sure to look like serious injury's instead of demure vulnerability in the Fan Disservice page.
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