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Fridging
Women in Refrigerators Syndrome is a literary trope where female characters are injured, raped, killed, or depowered (an event colloquially known as fridging), sometimes to stimulate "protective" traits, and often as a plot device intended to move a male character's story arc forward, and seeks to analyze why these plot devices are used disproportionately on female characters. History The term was coined by Gail Simone in 1999. It refers to an incident in ''Green Lantern'' vol. 3 #54 (1994), written by Ron Marz, in which Kyle Rayner, the title hero, comes home to his apartment to find that the villain Major Force had killed his girlfriend, Alexandra DeWitt, and stuffed her in a refrigerator.Prowse-Gany, Brian (August 12, 2015)"Rise of the Female Superhero" Yahoo! News. Simons and a number of collaborators created the website Women in Refrigerators which hosts a list of works which they believe express the trope. Related concepts "Dead Men Defrosting" In response to fans who arg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women In Refrigerators
Women in Refrigerators (or WiR) is a website created in 1999 by a group of feminist comic-book fans that lists examples of the superhero comic-book trope whereby female characters are injured, raped, killed, or depowered (an event colloquially known as fridging), sometimes to stimulate "protective" traits, and often as a plot device intended to move a male character's story arc forward, and seeks to analyze why these plot devices are used disproportionately on female characters. History The term "Women in Refrigerators" was coined by writer Gail Simone as a name for the website in early 1999 during online discussions about comic books with friends. It refers to an incident in ''Green Lantern'' vol. 3 #54 (1994), written by Ron Marz, in which Kyle Rayner, the title hero, comes home to his apartment to find that his girlfriend, Alexandra DeWitt, had been killed by the villain Major Force and stuffed into a refrigerator.Prowse-Gany, Brian (August 12, 2015)"Rise of the Female Sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Whole World Is Watching (The Falcon And The Winter Soldier)
"The Whole World Is Watching" is the fourth episode of the American television miniseries ''The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'', based on Marvel Comics featuring the characters Sam Wilson / Falcon and Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier. It follows the pair as they continue to reluctantly work with Helmut Zemo to locate and stop the Flag Smashers. The episode is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise. It was written by Derek Kolstad and directed by Kari Skogland. Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan reprise their respective roles as Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes from the film series, with Emily VanCamp, Wyatt Russell, Erin Kellyman, Florence Kasumba, Adepero Oduye, and Daniel Brühl (Zemo) also starring. Development began by October 2018, and Skogland joined in May 2019. Kolstad was hired that July. The episode explores the complex morals of John Walker / Captain America (Russell) and depicts him publicly murdering an unarmed man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trope (literature)
A literary trope is the use of figurative language, via word, phrase or an image, for artistic effect such as using a figure of speech. Keith and Lundburg describe a trope as, "a substitution of a word or phrase by a less literal word or phrase." The word ''trope'' has also come to be used for describing commonly recurring or overused literary and rhetorical devices, motifs or clichés in creative works. Literary tropes span almost every category of writing, such as poetry, film, plays, and video games. Origins The term ''trope'' derives from the Greek (''tropos''), "turn, direction, way", derived from the verb τρέπειν (''trepein''), "to turn, to direct, to alter, to change". Tropes and their classification were an important field in classical rhetoric. The study of tropes has been taken up again in modern criticism, especially in deconstruction. Tropological criticism (not to be confused with tropological reading, a type of biblical exegesis) is the historical study of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliot Stabler
Elliot Stabler Sr. (); is a fictional character, played by Christopher Meloni and one of the lead characters on the NBC police procedural series '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and '' Law & Order: Organized Crime''. Stabler was a lead for the first 12 seasons of ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''. As a result of Meloni's sudden departure from the cast at the end of the ''SVU'' twelfth season, Stabler abruptly retires from the police force off-screen during the ''SVU'' Season 13 premiere. In April 2020, it was announced that Meloni would reprise the role for a new ''SVU''-spinoff series, where Stabler comes out of retirement to lead an NYPD organized crime task force. The series was later revealed to be titled ''Law & Order: Organized Crime''. Synopsis Stabler was an NYPD detective 1st Grade with Manhattan's 16th Precinct, which investigates sex crimes. He joined the NYPD in 1986 or 1989, according to conflicting statements given in different episodes. In show continuit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hawkeye Initiative
The Hawkeye Initiative is a satirical Tumblr page similar to Women in Refrigerators that comments on the depiction and treatment of female characters and superheroes in comic books. The site features fan art of Marvel character Hawkeye (Clint Barton) in various poses held by female characters that the artists believe to be impossible or sexually provocative. The site's intent is phrased as "to draw attention to how deformed, hypersexualized, and unrealistically dressed women are drawn in comics". The site further states that these poses are seen as normal and go unnoticed by many readers when performed by female superheroes. Origins A series of commentators had discussed the absurdity of the "Strong Female Superhero Pose" in 2011–2012, with some photographic gender-swapped recreations produced. The Hawkeye initiative page lists four blog posts on its 'Origins' page, including the suggestion of the specific formula by comic artist Kevin Bolk in late 2012. The first such gender-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Book Death
In the comic book fan community, the apparent death and subsequent return of a long-running character is often called a comic book death. A comic book death is generally not taken seriously by readers and is rarely permanent or meaningful other than for story or thematic purposes. The term is usually not applied to characters who have the ability to return from the dead as an established power or ability, such as Solomon Grundy or Ra's al Ghul. Context Commenting on the impact and role of comic book character deaths, writer Geoff Johns said: "Death in superhero comics is cyclical in its nature, and that's for a lot of reasons, whether they are story reasons, copyright reasons, or fan reasons". The phenomenon of comic book death is particularly common for superhero characters. Writer Danny Fingeroth suggests that the nature of superheroes requires that they be both ageless and immortal. A common expression regarding comic book death was once "No one stays dead except Bucky, Jaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Refrigerator Monologues
''The Refrigerator Monologues'' is a 2017 superhero fiction novel by Catherynne Valente, with art by Annie Wu (artist), Annie Wu, exploring the lives - and deaths - of superheroines, and of the girlfriends of superheroes; the title refers to "Women in Refrigerators",In The Refrigerator Monologues, Catherynne M. Valente gives comics’ dead women their voices back by Constance Grady, at Vox (website), Vox; published May 31, 2017; retrieved March 15, 2018 and to ''The Vagina Monologues''.The Refrigerator Monologues reviewed by Gwenda Bond, at ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
