[ SECRET POST #2893 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2893 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Agreed and Disagreed

[esteefee]

Those are both excellent examples, and the second one underscores the biggest problem with badly-written fridging stories: the female character is almost never given a backstory or characterization of her own -- in Spock's case, Abrams cheated by using an already beloved character; but in the context of his film, how many seconds of screen time did Amanda have before she died? How many seconds when she wasn't in Spock's presence?

How are we supposed to feel the character's pain when these women are almost complete cyphers? Oh, well, it's his *mom*. Or *wife*. Or *sister*. So the writer cheats by leaning on the relationships they assume the viewer/reader has in their own lives. But that's just plain lazy. These women aren't real people to us, so the man's grief rings hollow. That's probably why the term "manpain" came into being to begin with.