Women in refrigerators

Are you a Mary Sue if you just die in service of the main character?

No, that would be fridged.

Fridged.

I mean,

this is a spoiler for a book, but it's a book they're clearly departing from pretty significantly.

Immediately.

Fridged.

In

exactly the same way.

Yeah.

Fridged.

That's the trope term for when it's like, we've introduced your girlfriend merely as a plot device, not as a real character.

Yeah.

RIP Fiona.

Fridged.

We barely knew you.

Just immediately fridged.

What's fascinating here is where commenter Vern makes a highly astute observation, utilizing a term that shows just how savvy modern audiences are regarding screenwriting mechanics.

Yeah, Vern calls this out as fridging.

Fridging?

Yes.

For anyone unfamiliar, this comes from the term women in refrigerators, coined by comic book writer Gail Simone years ago.