TROPHY GIRLFRIEND SYNDROME: A rant-essay about relationships in (mostly) comic-book movies

[nellasaur]

Trophy Girlfriend Syndrome:
Relationships as Rewards in Action-Adventure Movies and Why it Pisses Me Off

Recently, my roommate and I saw Captain America. It was a fairly entertaining action-adventure movie, and I didn’t regret having spent my time on it. When the roommate and I were discussing it after the fact, I really only had one major

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[cellardoorsky]

I've been thinking about this for a long time without any real words to describe what I was thinking, but I think you just wrote everything I wanted to say and more.

/saves this post. \o

[tiggerlover925]

Although I agree with a lot of what you are saying; I have to disagree with your assumption of Peggy in Captain America. I am by far an action girl at heart and a comic book fan but out of all the superhero movies that have come out so far I find Peggy's and Steve's relationship to be the most realistic. Peggy didn't start out attracted to Steve; I think that she found him intriguing compared to the other men that she had met in her profession. I think that over time her feelings for him developed into love. You also have to understand that although the movie portrays their relationship in only a few days time the reality is that they would have spent months maybe even years getting to know one another and developing a friendship. The issue with Howard and the female secretary was a perfect example of normal insecurities. Steve has had years of never being found attractive by females so of course he would think that a beautiful woman like Peggy would chose Howard over him. Peggy is used to being around men who think that their God's