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Originally Posted by cyth
That's also one reason the critics find some moe characters dishonest, because they were designed to appeal to what's popular in the fandom.
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Well, to be fair, this is only a problem because "what's popular in the fandom" isn't what said critics like. I highly doubt that trying to create characters to appeal to popular trends is actually anything new. Of course, there are some critics who are just counter-culture in general, and anything that goes against the grain is praised for that reason alone. But a lot of the people you hear complaining really just wish they would focus on the same traits they did 10/20 years ago, rather than the modern ones. But this is like your point on the evolution of trends in general.
Even if we set "moe" aside, someone could probably write an interesting piece about "popular anime characters over the decades" and document the related trends of whatever was considered cute/appealing/attractive/desirable/whatever among anime fans at the time.