It might, but I think that they are able to avoid fridging most het male characters, and manage to mostly fridge women and gay characters, and that the fridging is not a necessary part of storytelling.
X-Factor could've had some interesting tension if, for example, Madelyne had been a part of that series all along ... but the whole premise of X-Factor was busted (mutants pretending to be anti-mutant ghostbusters and thus helping fan the flames of anti-mutant bigotry). But there was nothing about X-Factor that demanding that Scott and Jean get back together, even if it was something they both wanted.
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lisaquestions) wrote2009-05-20 08:06 pm
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X-Factor could've had some interesting tension if, for example, Madelyne had been a part of that series all along ... but the whole premise of X-Factor was busted (mutants pretending to be anti-mutant ghostbusters and thus helping fan the flames of anti-mutant bigotry). But there was nothing about X-Factor that demanding that Scott and Jean get back together, even if it was something they both wanted.