tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18362742.post4592745736097746600..comments2020-12-04T17:18:03.877-08:00Comments on Mixing Art With Business: How Not to Put Women in RefrigeratorsFinbar Reillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434355969910562708noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18362742.post-88476350730158871772012-09-24T23:38:44.157-07:002012-09-24T23:38:44.157-07:00Actually, you're both wrong AND right. Katma T...Actually, you're both wrong AND right. Katma Tui was the girlfriend who John lost thanks to Star Sapphire wanting to make a point with Hal Jordan. So :p... Finbar Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16434355969910562708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18362742.post-70509252575152559022007-12-02T04:16:00.000-08:002007-12-02T04:16:00.000-08:00Actually, it wasn't John's girlfriend; it was Kyle...Actually, it wasn't John's girlfriend; it was Kyle's who was put on ice.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I think the problem is that comics are ongoing. Shakespeare killed off people all the time, but no one calls him a hack. If Spider-Man ran for just a few years instead of decades, we wouldn't notice how people in his life keep dying (inlcuding the men, e.g. Uncle Ben, Capt. Stacy, Norman who was his Aunt's beau for a quite some time, and Peter himself who was buried by Kraven.) In a book that is supposed to have the hero fighting killers, the killers have to kill someone who has been explored in the story, like you said, to make their deaths compelling. I think the WiR proponents are more bothered by the deaths of characters that have been explored than they are by the nameless women in the background.Scott (The Mad Thinker) Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10782962281214635210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18362742.post-26188116758273988712007-12-02T01:09:00.000-08:002007-12-02T01:09:00.000-08:00Kyle Rayner, not John Stewart. John was a black g...Kyle Rayner, not John Stewart. John was a black guy in the Darkstars at the time dating a purple alien. Kyle was the "last" Green Lantern picked after Hal Jordon went crazy and blew up Oa...<BR/><BR/>One of Kyle's first super-villains killed his girlfriend and stuffed her body in a fridge...LurkerWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03540770911478925992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18362742.post-90134759197296319582007-12-02T00:51:00.000-08:002007-12-02T00:51:00.000-08:00Hey, I don't want to go off-topic, but there is an...Hey, I don't want to go off-topic, but there is another option. Have the hero deeply affected by the crime, and the victims of the crime, even if he or she doesn't know them very well.<BR/><BR/>When you have a serial killer/mad bomber/gun runner/drug runner running around a city, the hero would presumably want to stop them even if they aren't threatening his nearest and dearest. A good writer should be able to show how a hero deeply cares about the crimes (that's why he/she became a hero, right?) without having a personal stake in it.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, I think far too many writers these days rely on "this time it's personal" stories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com