phoenix:

brevoortformspring:

I think I understand what fridging is just fine. I simply do not agree that every instance of something bad happening to a female character within the context of a super hero story constitutes fridging.

I absolutely agree with this.  It’s like the tendency to say every Original Character MUST be a Mary Sue.

I’ve never liked how some people have taken fridging to such lengths that you can’t do ANYthing to a female character, else you get called out for it.  And it can frequently just be an emotional reaction to being a fan of said characters.

There IS a fine line between bad things happening to characters, and actual fridging, and that mileage is going to vary for everyone, but sometimes it’s just an overreaction.

And I’m doing a terrible job of explaining my thoughts, and have begun rambling, so shutting up now. >.<

Sometimes you get Whedon on Astonishing X-Men where he makes Kitty Pryde’s life a living hell, putting her through the ringer.  Why?  Cause its a fave character of his!  Why would he do THAT then?  To show what she can withstand, what she can endure.  It may seem backwards to not just celebrate what it is but only by striving to do something like that did he feel he was doing something worthy of the character.

I did the same thing in a Sailor Moon fanfic with Sailor Jupiter before I even realized the concept of this!  I knew the character SO well, and knew the ins and outs of what their limits were, which made writing that that much easier and still feel ‘right’.