Starfield's Adoring Fan Loves Watching You Kill Him
The Adoring Fan was introduced in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, an immortal stalker who would follow you around nonstop after you conquered the arena in Cyrodiil. You can throw him off a cliff, burn him to death, or just cut him into pieces with an ebony greatsword - it doesn't matter. He always comes back, worshipping the ground you walk.
It became a meme to mutilate and murder the Adoring Fan in sadistically creative ways, but as it turns out, the voice behind our favourite stalker loves this reception.
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[Bethesda] was absolutely right, that people would enjoy hating the character," actor Craig Sechler tells TheGamer. "The different ways to say 'goodbye' to the sidekick became a thing to do and there were websites. I was just happy for the recognition. I thought it was great. Even today, I still have people who send me things, 'What do you think of this?' They say goodbye to their old pal in very ingenious ways. And it just cracks me up because I laugh my butt off watching, because they do it so well."
When the Adoring Fan was brought back for Starfield as a starting trait, letting you enlist him as a companion and crew member from the get-go, that spark reignited. Fans jumped with joy at the opportunity to maim and massacre this poor, overzealous fan in all-new ways, now in space. Kicking him off a cliff is pedestrian, kicking him off a cliff on a zero-gravity planet? Now we're talking.
"There are a lot of people who wrote to me and said, 'I can't wait to eliminate you'," Sechler says. "And I said, 'You go right ahead, buddy. Whatever makes you happy. That's what I'm there for. And I will still worship the ground upon which you walk.'"
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