Originally Posted by
Spiderfan001
Same, I hear about it a lot but I don't get it.
One of the reasons I do get is because a majority of titles are male lead and hence it's the female characters that die for the plot.Which makes sense as in side characters die for the plot as in for the main character.So really the problem isn't the "friding" but needing for female leads so that they can be the focus.Ofc heroes like Spider-man, Batman, Superman etc. are male lead but I feel in comics like X-men, Justice League, etc. give female characters the lead along w/ whatever female characters have their solos.
I get it if it's lazy but a decent to great executions/story are also called fridging which annoys me.Something like Death of Jean Dewolfe would be called frdiging but it's one of the best stories so I think it gets a pass.People will label any female death as friding , case in point people saying Wolverine fridged Jean when it was an entire group and death doesn't even matter.