#fridging trope

[waywardtfw]

You know what??? Screw tumblr era fan-fiction. I’m going to start writing fan fiction about the Epic of Gilgamesh. Clearly we need to tackle this issue at the root. Team Gilgamesh/Enkidu for life!!!!!

#bury your gays #enkidu #gilgamesh #enimies to friends to lovers #fridging #destiel #merthur #spirk #clexa #supercorp #heros journey #tropes #fanfiction #stucky #let them be happy

[curiositykilledtheradiostar]

Wolf 359 was actually revolutionary for having the techie coding character be the sociable and friendly one and the cool explosions character be completely incapable of having a civil conversation. Icon behaviour

#fun little trope reversal right up alongside minkowski's fridged husband #curio chatter #wolf 359 #si 5 #alana maxwell #daniel jacobi

[mrpsychokiller]

tex red vs blue is insanely transgender but im the only one who sees it that way because im crazy in the head.

what if there was a past version of yourself. a woman, a wife, a mother, with long hair and a sweet smile. and she died long ago. and you are her. but you are not her. you're nothing like her, but the people who knew her desperately want you to be her, want to preserve the memory they have in their minds of the woman they loved through you. but you never asked to be her, never asked to carry the burden of someone else's expectation of who or what you should be. you have a new name. you prefer to go by this one. people remark on how weird it is that it's a guy's name. sometimes the people who loved [the past version of] you call you by your old name. they are not referring to you when they say it. you live in the shadows of someone who's long gone, and you're something different now, but you don't feel like you're ever allowed to define yourself on your own terms, to be your own person, to control your own life, because you exist solely through the memories people had of you. and the longer she has been gone for, the more desperately people try to get her back, the less you resemble her and the less you know who you are, or if you ever even got to be anything at all. what i mean is that transition could have saved him

#🧃 #rvb #red vs blue #DONT ask me why i got up in a cold sweat at 7 am with thoughts on tex red vs blue. i miss her so bad #anyways i do think if anyone in rvb could ever be actually trans coded (which nobody is because theyre created by fucking rooster teeth) #its gotta be tex #but because i know a trans subtext couldnt ever possibly be intentional i also think tex is a fascinating subject on the #''dead wife'' trope and the way stories like this treat female characters #and how tex's existence somehow seems surprisingly self aware as she actively rejects being the Dead Wife #and its brought to attention how existing solely as the angst memories men had of their dead wives #actively denies her of agency as a person inside the narrative #but also more generally denies dead wife characters agency in any narrative theyre written on #tex's struggles as a character inside her narrative are also the struggles of fridged/killed off female characters outside their narratives #on a meta textual level by being written by men in male centered stories who dont allow the women they write to exist as people #tex is a fascinating character and i am fucking furious she exists in a that stupid ass show. ill save you girl. ill take you out of there

[catofoldstones]

not ned suffering hoe allegations for jon 😭 he’s truly the madonna figure in asoiaf 😭😭

#ned stark #jon snow #asoiaf #ned while being a virgin till marriage is literally mary #he also got fridged for his family’s character development #another ‘female’ trope #ned you truly were the mama direwolf killed in the beginning of the story

[theatrical-penguin]

Maria Hill survived the Chitauri Invasion, HYDRA, Ultron, and came back from the Blip still fighting for Fury and they killed her like a red shirt.

#Maria Hill #Maria Hill deserved better #secret invasion #MCU #the fridge trope takes another victim #secret invasion spoilers

[shyjusticewarrior]

Jason Todd wasn't fridged because male characters can't be fridged. It's very important to me that y'all know that. Especially since DITF does have actual fridging.

#dc #dc comics #comics #comic books #ditft #death in the family #media commentary #media analysis #fandom critical #batfans #jason todd #red hood #robin jason todd #kid jason todd #bruce wayne #batman #batman comics #tropes #social commentary #fridging #shelia haywood #jim starlin #batman characters #jason peter todd #comic analysis #batfamily #batfam #batkids

[datura-tea]

the most fridged woman poll is making me Think and my thoughts are that it's so sad that all these women (16!! with 8 from fallout 4 alone) had to die to add tragedy, whether to their significant other's backstory (carla boone, catherine, lucy maccready) or to the narrative as a whole (glory, sarah lyons, vera keyes)

barring the ones we meet in game before they die, we know almost nothing about them. we don't know their wants, their dreams. we don't even know what most of them look like! and what is more terrible is that a lot of them - most of the ones from fallout 4, let's be honest - have no impact on the game's story or their significant other's character arc. who here knows deacon's wife's name off the top of their head?

these women are just a footnote, an aside. the writers really said "btw, she died and that's why he's sad and angry :(" and it's so frustrating and so damning for the series as a whole. it sucks here!!!!

#the fridged woman trope is a crutch that boring writers lean on too much #and it makes me sad and tired and angry #hire better writers todd #shh peri shhh #this all being said.... if carla boone doesn't win ewan ko na lang sa inyong lahat

[sea-buns]

Anyone else getting religious/culty vibes or is it just me?

Like idk. Based on what little we've seen, I assume that Brennan is playing the mother of this family. And I feel like she has some level of devotion to the Blue that I'm sure will start devout, but I think will most likely veer into an arc of disillusionment. Like either she was tricked in some way into buying into this, or there was no external source of ill-intent that involved her and it is just in the events and challenges of the story that cause doubt to creep in.

#i do think im setting up camp on the hill that the Blue is just a fucking river. its just a river and these guys are kinda head empty. #kinda reminds me of acoc in that way. like the bulb is just the light in the refrigerator. #obvi it makes more sense for the ppl in acoc to worship the bulb than it does for the stoats with the blue. since in acoc they dont KNOW #its a fridge. and in burrow's end they at least know theyre outside in nature. #what i mean is i love trope of worshipping a thing that they think is all-powerful when its actually normal as hell lol #dimension 20 #d20 #burrow's end #brennan lee mulligan #d20 tula

[besttropeveershowdown]

The Worst Trope Ever Showdown: Round 1, Side B

Fridging

Killing off a character specifically to hurt another (usually killing a female character to hurt a male character)

Propaganda:

No one has ever been fridged respectfully or with agency. It’s all about who is hurt by their death. They become a prop.

Robs characters of agency

Because it’s overused especially for women

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2D1GHHMb9g

Sexist as fuck!

kill or torture female characters to develop male characters, WORST!!!

a character (usually a woman and/or person of color) is killed off purely for another character's Development - turning the killed character into less than a person

When a character (usually female) is only killed to motivate another character (usually male) it makes that character lack agency or a deep personality. It contrubutes to a bigger idea that men are more important than women and its often violent.

Parental Incest

Parents have sex with their kids.

Propaganda:

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#the worst trope ever showdown #wtes polls #anti tropeaganda #fridging #parental incest #tw incest #tw misogyny #tw death

[luthienmpl]

I just remembered LJS was in that earthquake so he's intimately familiar with what it feels like to be crushed under a ceiling THANKS BRAIN I TOTALLY NEEDED THAT

#the spirealm #the spirealm spoilers #what's that trope called again? fridge horror?

[izhunny]

I had no idea that killing off an established character like that had a name. Fridging. What a name, too lol. I always learn things from you 🖤

Oh my goodness, I am deeply honored to introduce you to this term (coined by Gail Simone!!!!!)! Not even joking a little bit. Honored.

Lemme just slap the wikipedia and fanlore pages here for those who might want a little more info on "fridging" without a huge deep dive about it and absolutely no judgement.

I've learned the most about fandom mores/conventions/etiquette by direct social osmosis (and lurking about) because I'm perpetually:

Late to the party

Missed that one episode, film, star, website, event, song, interview, magazine, vocabulary, book, trope, news story, meme, etc.

RL smoked my ass and I just couldn't be bothered for half a decade or more.

And, so, fandom friends have always lovingly explained the inside jokes and taught me stuff when I finally stumble into a new little appreciation where it's all old hat to them. I'm thrilled to extend the gift of this knowledge today.

😘😘😘

#(⁠◠⁠‿⁠・⁠)⁠—⁠☆ #fandom vocabulary #fridging #tropes #all the hugs #both sites have links to Gail's original women in refrigerators website.

[obessivedork]

Maccready is YET ANOTHER sadman deadwife™????!!!!!! asdfghjkl That's what? FOUR major characters in one game if you play Male Sole Survivor??? What did women DO to Bethesda's writers????

#He's still my son and I love him but COME ON😒🤪 #I get it's the wasteland and people die a lot because of lack of medical access/violence but???? #And also naturally with the NIGHTMARE of pre-modern medicine childbirth women & others who can give birth would be dying more #I refuse it he fucking adopted his kid! I also refuse to believe it's Little Lamplight Lucy. That'd be real cute but NO she deserves BETTER #Every female character deserves better but 'y know what I mean #(& Yes I know Deacon's backstory. It got spoiled for me. Fine with that because I'm so busy being disappointed by the lack of originality) #(I'm sure I'm rehashing an old frustration in this post.) Tis that sweet sweet game industry & gamer misogyny- innit? 🙃🙃🙃 #Swear to god I NEVER EVER want to see this shitty overdone trope EVER AGAIN #It IS badass girlboss of Female Sole to have her husband fridged for HER plot though 😌 #*I originally said three major characters and then I remembered Kellog's backstory. swear to god if there are MORE I'm writing todd himself #fallout #fallout 4 #fo4 #kat plays fo4

[arsenicpanda]

Riverdale very pointedly saying Tabitha isn't dead in hopes of avoiding accusations of killing her and building everyone's happiness on top of her sacrifice all for the sake of having one (1) episode of polyamorous core four is as hilarious as it is predictable and frustrating. But like, hot take: if a character is removed from her life, won't see her family or friends again, and sacrifices the future and family she would have had with the man she loves, then she is, for all intents and purposes, dead.

#I'm gonna die mad about this #it's not even a SATISFYING TRAGEDY #is it fridging if only one person is shown being sad about your functional death for one scene? #however way you slice it though they pulled the disposable Black girlfriend trope which is. y'know. BAD ACTUALLY #they also tied Toni's future identity entirely up in Cheryl's again WOOPSIE-DOODLE #Riverdale #Riverdale season 7 #Riverdale spoilers #Tabitha Tate #my thoughts on Riverdale let me show you them

[yangsejongs]

one thing that is annoying me about alchemy of souls is the narrative around dohwa. this woman did nothing wrong but her person and reputation are just being smeared repeatedly while jang gang gets to not only live but disappear and act like he’s the victim when this is all his fault

#LET HER REST IN PEACE!!!!! #FUCK EVERYBODY WHO THINKS THE LIES ARE TRUE!!!!!! #/ #// #///// #////////// #alchemy of souls #i don't think this drama is trying to subvert any tropes but damn dohwa was already fridged can they just leave her alone now :(((((

[your-zipper-is-down]

Bless you, Veronica, you're a stronger person than I

#and what did her strength got her? getting fridged shkshdk #well at least this loop she survived #'I knew what I was getting into' no #FUCK THAT!!! #Veronica AMIGA DATE CUENTA #how I hate this trope of the 'woman waiting for his husband' NOO #veronica is so pretty tho #uu spoilers #undead unluck #shut up cat #billy alfred #uu billy #uu veronica #uu betty

[spider-man-2o99]

What do you think about the theory that Spider-Man 2099/Miguel O'Hara will pull a "Kingpin" in ATSV and scour the multiverse for an alternate version of his daughter briella?

interesting question let's see what balloony from phineas and ferb thinks

i dont like it

#ask #asks #anon #atsv #itsv2 #across the spider-verse #spider-man 2099 #spiderman 2099 #miguel o'hara #if they give him a family just to fridge that family i will be Royally Pissed u see #like. i dunno. i was more under the impression that showing him with his Kid was more like #1. trying to soften him to the audience. help convey that for all his intimidating sharpness he is still Soft inside #and/or 2. IF she is dead then be an explanation for why miguel (for whatever reason) doesn't want miles in the multiverse #because. y'know. writing trope of ''i lost my child because of (superhero reasons) and now i won't let it happen to anyone else'' or smthn #gwen's dad tried to arrest her. peter parker's an orphan. hobie is a homeless teen punk. #but miles? he has parents who love him. parents who DO care about him and who WILL miss him #he's still someone's kid #....anywho. i know. i know it sounds like im huffing copium but just let me man