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    tropes i would like to see die a painful death: the disposable black girlfriend

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    1. Classic-Carpet7609 on

      anyone else think it’s weird that ‘friends’ had two black love interests on the show and both women ended up dating ross and joey simultaneously…?

      also, i want to say that what they did to carly on ‘the good doctor’ was especially egregious. she was soooo clearly a placeholder for leah. shaun murphy lost his virginity to her and then once he got comfortable having sex he dumped her for a white woman. it was gross

    4. Needtorant12306 on

      I find it crazy that in teen wolf there was a black girl in the pilot who was originally supposed to be in the friendship group with Scott and Stiles and then later date Stiles but they just completely disregarded her after that episode. It’s disgusting how normalised letting the black characters just be a “side piece” or something disposable (as you said in your post).

    5. Murky_Chemical891 on

      Amber pisses me off so bad because she was white in the comics what was the point of making her black? just so he could be with a white girl in the end? seems like an agenda to me.

      Also, not a girlfrien but Dr Robert in Sex and the city, had to turn him into a weirdo because Miranda ending up with a loser like Steve was better than her being with a black men

    9. blackop987 on

      I guess Nikki M. James as Alexa in Severance Season 1 should count as well. She was Devon’s midwife and one of Mark Scout’s love interests.

    11. unicorntrees on

      Not Black, but I am still mad about the treatment of Knives Chao in “Scott Pilgrim vs The World.”

    12. lilkhalessi on

      The proof of this trope is indisputable but I will say that I don’t think it’s about these show runners seeing black women as disposable as much as it is that they want to keep their main cast (and therefore end game love interests) white af while getting “diversity points” by making as many of their side characters POC as much as possible.

      Amber from Invincible is a good example of that. She’s originally white in the comics and was broken up in the same way but they changed her race in the show just because. So that one is obviously not *because* she was black.

      Still racist as fuck obviously but I’ve never seen anyone talk about the potential motivation which I’ve always seen as obvious.

    14. Curlingby on

      Honorary mention to John Ambrose from the second To All The Boys movie. He was absolutely perfect for LJ and had feelings for her for YEARS. Can’t believe one of his biggest insecurities was girls picking Peter over him just to Jenny Han to confirm those fears by having LJ pick Peter over him too😔.

      Part of me wants John Ambrose to have a spinoff movie where he finds love but tbh I just don’t trust Jenny Han to treat her Black characters correctly.

    16. Then_Sun_6340 on

      I’m not wrong in saying Ross’s actor wanted more diversity in the show, right?

      I swear he said that somewhere.

    17. Relative-Carob-6816 on

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      I read that initially as you said want the disposable black girlfriend to die a painful death!

      It’s an outdated trope though.

    18. Independent-Park-738 on

      Yes, please. I’m not sure if OP is black but in Hollywood black women can never be seen as the main love interest.

    19. Talyac181 on

      I mean Bonnie was a main character from episode 1 all the way to the finale of Vampire Diaries – basically becoming a co-lead at the end of the show. So doesn’t really fit.

    20. kappifappi on

      Idk if I’d consider Bonnie disposable in vampire diaries. If anything she was more relevant than Jeremy.

    21. Particular_Cap_2624 on

      Specific answer, but Mel from Arcane? Like, considering how much shit I’ve read about her…

      Even though Viktor and Jayce weren’t a canon couple (not counting the shipper thing), she was treated as if she had taken Jayce away from him, lol

    22. YeaCuzNo on

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      Carly and Shaun (Sean? Shawn?) was the absolute worst case of this that I’ve watched.

    23. TheRavenSeven on

      They were SEETHING over Raina being gorgeous and wealthy on “Gossip Girl”. Then she got with the white boy? Oh, they hated it. So delicious 😂

    24. bellezzza on

      Lacey was a main character, not a disposable gf.

      Edit: Although I remember being annoyed about the way they treated her compared to the blonde girl.

    25. hellohexapus on

      I will neveeer forgive Sleepy Hollow for cutting Nicole Beharie. That show was unwatchable without her.

    26. littlekurousagi on

      I personally didn’t understand why Josie and Archie even dated to begin with. Never made sense to me, but then I stopped watching Riverdale after what I call the “Seizure Arc.”

      Also, honorable mention: Angela  (Boy Meets World). 

      She was certainly in that series but they threw her away at the very end of the show and made her disappear by the follow up  sequel. There’s a reason why she and Rider Strong are the ones at meet and greets at conventions and not him and the future wife in the sequel.

    28. Proof_Material6728 on

      Mia in Love, Victor as well. She is one of the main characters and gets her own arc, but she starts as a love interest for Victor that he uses to hide his homossexuality.

    32. green-bean-7 on

      And they’re always, like, the better choice too imo. They always have their shit together. They’re always well-adjusted, kind, great careers, competent, low drama. And yet the dudes end up casting them aside for a drama-prone and emotionally immature main cast member girlie instead.

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