Talk:Girlfriend-in-Refrigerator Syndrome

badthingus  Oct 15 2004, 6:53 am     show options

Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.dc.universe From: badthin...@yahoo.com (badthingus) - Find messages by this author Date: 15 Oct 2004 03:53:29 -0700 Local: Fri, Oct 15 2004 6:53 am Subject: Re: Die, Die, My Darling: Gwen Stacy to Sue Dibny Reply to Author | Forward | Print | Individual Message | Show original | Report Abuse

"Magnus, Robot Fighter."  wrote in message ...

> >My point was, which I either didn't make clear or you didn't > >understand, was that Gwen Stacy may have opened the floodgates to > >killing off a superhero's love because I don't recall this happening > >much in the Golden or Silver Age of comics. If you can show me Golden > >or Silver Age lover death, then yes, my theory is shoddy.

> Just for laughs, the death of Steve Trevor predates Gwens > by about four years.

See? Now that's what I'm talking about. Unfortunately, killing Steve Trevor was the equivalent of Brian Cox's Hannibal Lecter in Manhunter. It was done well, but the floodgates of serial killer movies weren't opened until Anthony Hopkins played the role in Silence of the Lambs. Another comparison is Gary Swanson in the movie Vice Squad putting a gun in the face of Wings Hauser and saying, "Make my day." Not until Clint Eastwood said it in Sudden Impact a full year later in 1983 did it become *the* catchphrase.

The death of Steve Trevor simply didn't ignite comics fans the way the death of Gwen did, so the latter is template now used in the killing of a love interest. Not to mention, they brought him back.

Removed Ms. Marvel, Supergirl
Removed these:


 * Ms. Marvel was severely injured when the mutant Rogue absorbed her mind, memories, and powers, which caused years of hardship for both.
 * Eh, yeah, so? Was Ms. Marvel someone's girlfriend? Was Rogue hurting her to get at someone? No. This is just a conflict between two people, nothing more.
 * In the Crisis on Infinite Earths maxiseries, Supergirl sacrificed herself to save the multiverse, dying in Superman’s arms.
 * Doesn't fit the bill either. Supergirl was killed when she held the line against the uber-villain. This wasn't done to deliberately enrage her loved ones, which is the hallmark of the GIR syndrome (although it certainly had that effect, of course); she was just a casualty of war (be it a very prominent casualty).

82.92.119.11 18:38, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

10/29/05 - In section for Elongated Man removed the idenitity of Sue Dinby's killer, as this is a major spoiler for anyone who has not read Identity Crisis.

I was going through the killing joke and I was wondering if Barbara was raped. I mean she and her dad were definitely sexually assaulted due to be stripped naked and humiliated against their will but in those pictures she had orgasmic and painful looks on her face that made it seem she was being penetrated.