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This is called "fridging".

Don't do it.

I was tempted to have a similar situation in my story and was talked out of it. My story and the characters have been immensely benefited by pursuing alternatives.

Character deaths can be a useful inciting event, but its disproportionate brunt on female characters sends a message you may not intend.

For a description of what fridging is:

"The idea here is that women are made into victims in comics and superhero stories, specifically so men can have motivations, emotions and character development. It renders women into objects in stories while men get to be characters who have agency. When the girlfriend or wife is killed or kidnapped, the hero gets what he needs to go forward and stop the bad guy. Simone launched a website identifying the trend in comic stories, and itâ€™s a trope thatâ€™s still prevalent in all kinds of pop culture storytelling today."
www.thewrap.com/deadpool-2-fridging-people-annoyed/

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