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->'''Jackson Hyde:''' I'm a gay black legacy sidekick. That pretty much makes me the definition of C-List Fodder. My life depends on building a major fan following before the next big event!
-->-- [[https://waitingforthet.tumblr.com/post/145348086536/i-know-jackson-might-be-bi-or-pan-all-they-said This]] ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} fan comic
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->'''Living Lightning:''' Working with you all has been great but I should probably go.\\
'''Hank Pym:''' Why? You're finally on an Avengers team that people actually care about.\\
'''Living Lightning:''' I'm [[TwoferTokenMinority a Latino character who came out as gay as part of a punchline in a comedy book.]] I haven't been involved in any important or notable storylines in any important or notable ways. My power set isn't particularly unique, nor is tied to any iconic part of the universe. I am very, very expendable.
-->-- [[https://waitingforthet.tumblr.com/post/171304458690/having-a-favorite-d-lister-suddenly-make-it-into This]] Marvel fan comic
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->Think of a shared superhero universe as something that generates inertia. At the core of the universe, very little will ever change or even bother with the illusion of change: Superman will always be Big Blue, Batman will always mourn his parents, Wolverine will always have claws and be gruff. As you get further and further away from that core, though, you get more and more freedom to do whatever you want. A good example of this is the ''ComicBook/PlanetHulk'' storyline, where the only given was that the Hulk would be alive at the end of it and every other character’s fate was unknown, because [[WestCoastTeam they were the fringe of the Marvel Universe.]]
-->-- '''[[http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2011/11/10/legion-talk-and-whatnot/ MGK]]'''
->No one’s going to bother bringing back this sad fucker. He was a non-character to begin with, a {{redshirt}} there to make the villain look like more of a badass. I read all of ''[[ComicBook/FiftyTwo 52]]'', and re-read some of it before I wrote this, and I seriously [[TheGenericGuy couldn’t tell you what this guy’s powers were or how he acted]]...Skyman is so lame that he gets taken out by nasty shape-shifting bad guy Everyman [[{{McLeaned}} off-panel]].
-->--'''''Blog/ToplessRobot''''', [[http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/09/the_10_people_who_have_stayed_dead_in_superhero_co.php "The 10 People Who Have Stayed Dead in Comics"]]
->This summer’s ''[[ComicBook/TeenTitans Titans: Villains For Hire]]'' special was absolutely terrible for a number of reasons, not the least of which being that it was the book where DC killed off Ryan Choi [[WolverinePublicity to once again show how super-badass]] {{Comicbook/Deathstroke}} was.
-->--'''''Comics Alliance''''', [[http://comicsalliance.com/worst-comic-books-2010/ "The 5 Worst Comics of 2010"]]
->Another element of ''Ultimatum'' that seems cribbed from the fan-fiction of [[RunningTheAsylum xXDaRk_DeAdPooLXx]] is the constant, incredibly gory violence that comes at a rate that goes from shocking to [[{{Narm}} hilarious]] and finally settles back down at sad. I read that there’s a rule for Creator/{{Syfy}} [[Film/SyfyChannelOriginalMovie Channel Original Movies]] that says they have to kill someone off once every eight minutes [[ViewersAreGoldfish to keep viewer interest]], and [[Creator/JephLoeb (Jeph) Loeb]] writes this like he’s going for extra credit. Characters are killed off left and right, and none of them have particularly heroic deaths. They just die for the sake of filling pages.
-->--'''Chris Sims''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/worst-of-the-worst-ultimatum/ on]] ''{{Comicbook/Ultimatum}}''
->''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Peace Walker]]'' is a fantastic game, but it was clear that the supporting cast of characters was disposable even when it first came out...the tragic little story of Paz and Chico is the first big 'taboo' Kojima wanted to include in [=MGSV=], which he thinks will help [[RatedMForMoney advance the maturity]] of the medium to the point of rivaling movies or TV. Paz is [[StuffedIntotheFridge beaten, tortured, raped, and has an explosive shoved in her vagina]] for good measure. As many have pointed out, it’s the squishing sound that makes it particularly gross. If we knew or cared who Paz was, this would make her cruel fate feel that much more powerful.
-->--'''Terry Wolf''' [[http://metagearsolid.org/2014/06/metal-gear-solid-v-ground-zeroes-part-3/ on]] ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidGroundZeroes''
->And for those keeping score, they’ve now killed off [[MirrorUniverse Mirror]] Quark, Mirror Odo, Mirror Rom, and Mirror Sisko. Luckily, this isn’t [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS]] or [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]; they still have about twenty other side characters to blow through before they run out. Just wait until the show gets around to introducing Mirror Vedek Bareil (and I know what you’re thinking: Who? My point exactly).
-->-- '''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''' on [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine "Through the Looking Glass"]]
->It is difficult to take this even remotely seriously. Part of this is because [[TheScrappy Adric was a crappy character.]] But what’s remarkable is how little effort was even expended on trying to make his death work dramatically. He doesn’t die heroically in any way, shape, or form. He dies because he runs into a crashing spaceship [[TooDumbToLive to prove that he’s clever]]... But this gets at a larger issue, which is that there’s an overt cynicism to the entire thing. It’s not just that killing a companion is obviously a bit of a stunt, it’s that they consciously picked the companion that was going to be least missed...It’s a cheap sham designed to look like drama. It’s a sequence designed to rile up controversy -- the exact sort of death scene that would be created by an executive who believes that art should '[[Creator/JohnNathanTurner soothe, not distract.]]'
-->--'''Dr. El Sandifer''' [[http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/a-pathetic-bunch-of-tin-soldiers-earthshock/ on]] ''Series/DoctorWho'' ([[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock}} "Earthshock"]])
->Hogan is the first to die. Since he was a character who had strong opinions and provoked some character drama [[TallPoppySyndrome obviously he is the first to go]]. I guess from now on the extraneous members of the crew are all going to be faceless nobodys that we don’t know... Samantha Wildman survives the culling because she has a baby and ''Star Trek'' [[TastesLikeDiabetes is so predictable]] that it won't separate a child from its mother (which again might have been the more interesting path to take). Unfortunately Wildman is the least impressive of the semi regulars and has shown [[StaticCharacter very little character growth or interest]] in her appearances. Go figure that she’s the one who survives.
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/voyager-season-three.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Basics"
-->-- '''[[http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2011/11/10/legion-talk-and-whatnot/ MGK]]'''
->No one’s going to bother bringing back this sad fucker. He was a non-character to begin with, a {{redshirt}} there to make the villain look like more of a badass. I read all of ''[[ComicBook/FiftyTwo 52]]'', and re-read some of it before I wrote this, and I seriously [[TheGenericGuy couldn’t tell you what this guy’s powers were or how he acted]]...Skyman is so lame that he gets taken out by nasty shape-shifting bad guy Everyman [[{{McLeaned}} off-panel]].
-->--'''''Blog/ToplessRobot''''', [[http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/09/the_10_people_who_have_stayed_dead_in_superhero_co.php "The 10 People Who Have Stayed Dead in Comics"]]
->This summer’s ''[[ComicBook/TeenTitans Titans: Villains For Hire]]'' special was absolutely terrible for a number of reasons, not the least of which being that it was the book where DC killed off Ryan Choi [[WolverinePublicity to once again show how super-badass]] {{Comicbook/Deathstroke}} was.
-->--'''''Comics Alliance''''', [[http://comicsalliance.com/worst-comic-books-2010/ "The 5 Worst Comics of 2010"]]
->Another element of ''Ultimatum'' that seems cribbed from the fan-fiction of [[RunningTheAsylum xXDaRk_DeAdPooLXx]] is the constant, incredibly gory violence that comes at a rate that goes from shocking to [[{{Narm}} hilarious]] and finally settles back down at sad. I read that there’s a rule for Creator/{{Syfy}} [[Film/SyfyChannelOriginalMovie Channel Original Movies]] that says they have to kill someone off once every eight minutes [[ViewersAreGoldfish to keep viewer interest]], and [[Creator/JephLoeb (Jeph) Loeb]] writes this like he’s going for extra credit. Characters are killed off left and right, and none of them have particularly heroic deaths. They just die for the sake of filling pages.
-->--'''Chris Sims''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/worst-of-the-worst-ultimatum/ on]] ''{{Comicbook/Ultimatum}}''
->''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Peace Walker]]'' is a fantastic game, but it was clear that the supporting cast of characters was disposable even when it first came out...the tragic little story of Paz and Chico is the first big 'taboo' Kojima wanted to include in [=MGSV=], which he thinks will help [[RatedMForMoney advance the maturity]] of the medium to the point of rivaling movies or TV. Paz is [[StuffedIntotheFridge beaten, tortured, raped, and has an explosive shoved in her vagina]] for good measure. As many have pointed out, it’s the squishing sound that makes it particularly gross. If we knew or cared who Paz was, this would make her cruel fate feel that much more powerful.
-->--'''Terry Wolf''' [[http://metagearsolid.org/2014/06/metal-gear-solid-v-ground-zeroes-part-3/ on]] ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidGroundZeroes''
->And for those keeping score, they’ve now killed off [[MirrorUniverse Mirror]] Quark, Mirror Odo, Mirror Rom, and Mirror Sisko. Luckily, this isn’t [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS]] or [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]; they still have about twenty other side characters to blow through before they run out. Just wait until the show gets around to introducing Mirror Vedek Bareil (and I know what you’re thinking: Who? My point exactly).
-->-- '''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''' on [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine "Through the Looking Glass"]]
->It is difficult to take this even remotely seriously. Part of this is because [[TheScrappy Adric was a crappy character.]] But what’s remarkable is how little effort was even expended on trying to make his death work dramatically. He doesn’t die heroically in any way, shape, or form. He dies because he runs into a crashing spaceship [[TooDumbToLive to prove that he’s clever]]... But this gets at a larger issue, which is that there’s an overt cynicism to the entire thing. It’s not just that killing a companion is obviously a bit of a stunt, it’s that they consciously picked the companion that was going to be least missed...It’s a cheap sham designed to look like drama. It’s a sequence designed to rile up controversy -- the exact sort of death scene that would be created by an executive who believes that art should '[[Creator/JohnNathanTurner soothe, not distract.]]'
-->--'''Dr. El Sandifer''' [[http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/a-pathetic-bunch-of-tin-soldiers-earthshock/ on]] ''Series/DoctorWho'' ([[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock}} "Earthshock"]])
->Hogan is the first to die. Since he was a character who had strong opinions and provoked some character drama [[TallPoppySyndrome obviously he is the first to go]]. I guess from now on the extraneous members of the crew are all going to be faceless nobodys that we don’t know... Samantha Wildman survives the culling because she has a baby and ''Star Trek'' [[TastesLikeDiabetes is so predictable]] that it won't separate a child from its mother (which again might have been the more interesting path to take). Unfortunately Wildman is the least impressive of the semi regulars and has shown [[StaticCharacter very little character growth or interest]] in her appearances. Go figure that she’s the one who survives.
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/voyager-season-three.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Basics"
