You Need To Start Fucking Killing Off The White Dicks

[redbrunja]

Stop killing the ladies, writers.

If my tumblr dash can be trusted, it looks like Beverly over on Hannibal just died.

I just can not.

Back when Abigail Hobbs died, someone commented that killing teenage girls was, basically, the cheapest, laziest storytelling move a writer can make, and you know what? It is.

I am just so fucking tired of ladies being expendable and vehicles for man-pain and treated as replaceable.

It especially grates with Beverly because I was reading an article with Brian Fuller, who basically said that Abigail Hobbes had been killed off because if they'd killed who they originally intended, there wouldn't have been enough audience investment in the character. And then Fuller refused to say more, because he "might still kill them off."

And I knew, I fucking knew, he was talking about Beverly. And I think her increased role this season has been almost solely so her death hurts more.

FYI Teen Wolf Spoilers in the comments.

Comments

[deathmallow.livejournal.com]

Oh, Goddamit, Beverly?!

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Yep. I was thinking there was some doubt but further comments have lead me to believe that we see her dead, displayed body.

[deathmallow.livejournal.com]

Oh FFS. I mean...can we please stop fridging female chars just for added manpain?

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I vote yes but no one fucking is listening to me.