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[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

So this is a trope called women in refrigerators. Basically a women in the Protagonists life is killed or attacked in some way in order to give the Male lead the initiative to do something. Once you notice it you'll see it everywhere. Action movies are the worst about it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Literally the start of Fallout 4, if played by a male protagonist.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not really. For one thing, the husband gets clapped instead if you pick female, so it's Spouse in a Fridge, not an observation on sexism in media, for another all the plot and dialogue revolves around you finding your stolen infant and not finding vengeance for the spouse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I legit wondered what you were talking about because it's been so long since I've had anything to do with the main quest line.

Press X to SHAUN

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Yeah, it seems like such a predictable way to make the protagonist have "nothing to lose" and allow him to do something crazy without abandoning his family. It's way overdone.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yep. I detest it. Biggest personal examples in my nerdy life I can think of: Mara Jade, and the main female leaders from the first Borne movie. Example 1 I love Mara Jade in Timothy Zahn's work and honestly have very little experience with her outside of it, while the second is just a set of movies where this stood out to me.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is what I loved about the first John Wick - they moved the whole trope onto the dog symbolising his wife and it worked so much better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

That still relies on building up the relationship Peter has with his uncle and showing him to be a good soul so you'd feel the death. The genius of using a puppy is that you don't have to spend almost time explaining the relationship. It's a puppy. Of course he's gonna go murder everyone now.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And they ask themselves how did I get here?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

There is water at the bottom of the ocean!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

Happy families are all well and good until each family member gets headbit by a xenomorph.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

When you know the star of the movie is playing a cold-blooded killer, but the star is happy and domesticated at the start of the movie.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Greek Tragedy Mode initiated...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I thought this meme was about having a newborn and still looking beautiful & being caring. I have a 1yo and I'm still a mess most days.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Right there with you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

death by newberry medal