fridging Archives

It listed examples of the superhero comic-book trope whereby female characters are affected by injury, raped, killed, or depowered (an event colloquially known as fridging), sometimes to stimulate "protective" traits, and often as a plot device intended to move a male character's story arc forward, and seeks to analyze why these plot devices are used[...]

While it's been over two years since Deadpool 2's (2018) release, one of the major complaints of the film was the "fridging" of Vanessa, played by Morena Baccarin, the term typically coined in comics as "killing the love interest" to further the main hero's story This is often viewed as lazy and sexist because it's[...]

By Shawn Perry Grayson #3 picked up exactly where Grayson: Future’s End left off…by being the best darn comic book I am currently collecting!  For the

There may be spoilers for those who haven't read through all the Marvel comics they were intending to this week. So bear this in mind.

This isn't a fridging yet, Jimmy's death isn't enough to drive Superman to madness But being tricked by the Joker's fear toxins into thinking that Lois is Doomsday and acting accordingly, does. And the Joker has linked the launch of a nuclear attack against Metropolis to Lois Lane's heartbeat You know, because he's eeeevil. So yes, not[...]