Bit of a side thing before I go to responding to old posts, but fanservice is anything that's thrown in or applied in a work of fiction that is explicitly meant to excite or please the fans, wherein it is a nice, pleasing addition that didn't need to be in there or written in that way but specifically was. It isn't just gratuitous male or female sexiness, as that isn't the only way to give fans something extra the writers no will like. "Forever Red" and most any other cross-series team-ups are also a form of fanservice for Power Rangers fans. Bringing up and bringing back old fan-fave continuity things for the sake of giving nod to the fans who favorited them is another example.
Not even close 100% sure and I might be conflating him with his wife and kids, but isn't Clayton of Asian descent, regardless of his name? Like, is he actually White?
Woah! I didn't know this was problem. Now that I do, I'm not surprised, but yet I'm caught blindsided at Miles getting hate by Latinx/Latines for being Black. Was a good read, though Black shoulda been capitalized in all instances used in that post. Otherwise, was perfect and an eye-opener. (And people running to Miguel is rather laughable and sad at the same time; poster wasn't lying that O'Hara's "representation" began and ended with his first name, and still does to this day despite looking a little tanner in recent years.)
Not the topic of discussion, but interesting takeaway to me. I rather disagree with the notion, though. It may not have been even, but then again neither was it for the original cast (certain interaction pairings had greater emphasis then, too), but I feel they grew to be pretty tight-knit, especially once Ken came on board. (And Yolie and Cody seemed to have bit of a bond prior to the DNA pairings began.)