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I understand your reasoning here, and i can’t argue with it. On a side note, what exactly does your name mean? I’m picking up some unpleasant connotations

I wouldn’t say i find “fridging” excusable, i just don’t tend to find a character death personally offensive if it’s an integral part of the plot, the death was necessary for the plot, and if it had meaning (as in, the death wasn’t in there just to have a death). From what I can tell, you believe that a woman’s death

By definition, it might be a ‘fridge’ death, but I disagree with applying it to every time a female character dies, and the idea that it never works as a story element. Is it used too often? Yes it is, and i’m now starting to wonder about the broader issue of when it’s ok to kill a character.

I agree. It’s frustrating because i’m pretty tired of how common the “What if Superman was EEEVILL?!” What-If story is. But, I love Red Son just like you, and i honestly think Injustice is really good. So i guess i’m part of the problem, lol.

That’s fair. It is definitely a shocking death, and not one that was comfortable to read. I just wasn’t offended by it (beyond the story intent) since it would take something of that magnitude to justify Superman’s actions. I can fully see that being too much for some people, and as someone who has stopped reading

“Fridging” as i’ve seen it explained refers to a women dying to motivate a man, typically in a gruesome and unnecessary way. It doesn’t really apply, usually, to the death of parents, though those are often used as motivating deaths. The term is pretty much a reference to how over-used it is, given that it’s used

Yeah, it’s unfortunate that it’s used so much. I’m usually not bothered if i can reason out that the deaths were necessary for the story, or had some narrative/literary meaning. For example of where that didn’t work, there was a show a while ago called Overlord. To show how EVIL the (female) villain was, they had her

I completely agree that these deaths happen disproportionally to female characters; it’s used much too often in pretty much every medium. I think what this discussion boils down to is: is this death too offensive, or not? This is obviously subjective, so i’ll try to clarify my thinking on this.

Can’t we get Ogre this nightmare already? There are many Layers to My Swamp of misery when someBODY once told me the WORLD..

Death itself is omnipresent as a “motivator” to heroes, or the jumpstarter for a story. Superman’s entire race dies before his story begins; Batman’s parents are shot in an alley; Uncle Ben’s, and Gwen Stacy’s, deaths continually motivate Spiderman. Are those “Fridge” deaths? I don’t feel comfortable dismissing a work

While i’m annoyed that there are so many “Superman turns evil” stories, I have to agree that Injustice is very good. I’m honestly impressed that this tie in works so well, given that it could have been very low-effort. (as an aside, I quite liked Red Son as an alternate Superman tale; he’s not really “evil” here, he

I think you’re misusing the “fridge” term here; in this case, Lois’ death isn’t a throw-away “look-how-high-the-stakes-are-now” moment. It’s the key event that starts Superman’s turn to the dark side. Yes, a female character dies here, but so does nearly everyone in Metropolis, and these deaths aren’t meaningless to

It’s incredible how ripped you can become in short notice once you have access to enough steroids and HGH

“The much-heralded DC Comics: Rebirth comes out today, marking the beginning of a yet another new era for the publisher.”

didn’t expect that to be so literal, lol :) I’ll check those out

so it’s a part of the Old Man’s War series then? Can i read it on its own, or is a full knowledge of the rest needed?

What was the book he wrote where a guy’s brain was piloting an alien ship? that one sounded interesting

He was only in the original movie for less than 8 minutes as well.

You’re exactly right. The original novel especially was very brutal with its violence.

Well, that would fit the tone of the first book, at least (can’t watch the trailer until i’m off work). The first book in particular got pretty brutal at times.