In June 2014, Tasha Robinson lamented the state of women characters in then-modern blockbuster cinema. Specifically, Robinson's excellent essay "We’re losing all our Strong Female Characters to Trinity Syndrome" on The Dissolve noticed that several blockbusters like How to Train Your Dragon 2 or The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug were happy to include one prominent powerful lady character but failed to give those ladies anything notable to do. They just became statues to support male characters in most instances, their supposed status as “strong” meant to compensate for the fact that they were just as narratively frivolous as classic women characters.