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⌈ Secret Post #2674 ⌋

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Comments

Re: The Definition of Fridging

[(Anonymous)]

As I understand it, fridging - as it tends to be used in criticism - is

1. Character who exists only to die
2. Death serves only to fuel protagonist's angst - maybe it can also "fuel the plot" but serves to make us feel sorry for the protagonist (notably not so much the actual character who died)
3. Usually a woman. I think it's fair to use fridging to describe anyone, but I generally have seen it about women, maybe because so many women die to fuel angst. I'd also think it often applies to children, and probably parents, too, but I think the term originated when pointing out sexism in stories.

I'm not necessarily anti-fridging - I think it's okay for things to happen to the protagonist that hurts them. I think the only time it'd bug me is if the character who dies is badly written, or very obviously written just for the sake of dying, and seems inauthentic because of that. Depending on the story, I'd also probably be irritated if the only female character happened to be the one who was fridged.

Re: The Definition of Fridging

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

I think I am more willing to agree with a diagnosis of fridging if it includes your point about making the audience care about the protagonist but not about the dead character.