I, too, would like to see more heroes/heroines without trauma. Ordinary people who have to become extraordinary.

Yeah, but then the trauma starts (c.f., Frodo, walking bag of pain).

I'm good with that. That's why they have stories made about them.

Poor Frodo. I still feel bad about everything he had to go through. And then I remind myself he's fictional and I'm a little crazy.

I still feel bad about everything he had to go through.

Oh, yeah, and he didn't get to appreciate what he saved.

I was so angry about all the stupid dead child stuff. Why couldn't she have just been a freaking scientist doing science in space?

Yeah, I get tired of all the pre-packaged trauma. Male characters with a dead wife, female characters with a dead husband or for max pain a dead child, kids and Batman with dead parents. It would be nice if they could be ordinary people who become heroes. That's one thing I really liked about Ant-Man, his motivating pain was separation from his very much alive kid.

I suppose there does need to be a reason for someone to choose a life of weird science and danger, as opposed to having to cope when they get pulled in without warning. But being an astronaut is one of those cool things that most kids think would be a great thing to do, it doesn't require inspirational trauma.

All the terrible reviews on Batman vs. Superman is making my shriveled-up walnut heart cry tears of toy. /petty

Its box office take will probably be impervious to bad reviews. But let me just sit in a happy bubble for 5 minutes, in which someone high up on the food chain finally realizes what a giant hack Zack Snyder is and takes away all his toys.

I suppose there does need to be a reason for someone to choose a life of weird science and danger, as opposed to having to cope when they get pulled in without warning.

I felt like it could easily have been that she was a fucking awesome scientist who got an amazing opportunity (that goes horribly wrong) but because the character was a woman, and because the filmmakers forgot they had to have a plot in addition to cool effects, she HAD to be a Tragic Mom. VOMIT!

What a giant hack Zack Snyder is and takes away all his toys.

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Because a woman wouldn't possibly go into a challenging career unless she'd "lost" something that would keep her in lesser job that would let her be a mom.