i say fuck it when i feel it

If Wilson Fisk ever resigns from office, the Mayor of New York could have a second career as a chef. This was just one of the unexpected revelations from my exclusive interview with Wilson and Vanessa Fisk which covered everything from Mayor Fisk’s recovery from a life threatening injury to the couple’s secret to a happy marriage. Our interview has been edited for length and clarity. Interviewer: Mayor Fisk, today is your 100th day in office. How would you grade yourself?

Wilson Fisk: I don’t think it matters how I would grade myself. What matters is what the public thinks. My approval rating has almost doubled in that time. That means that people are seeing the work that I’m doing and they appreciate it.

I: Aren’t those numbers skewed by the fact that you only had a 30 percent approval rating when you were elected?

Vanessa Fisk: It was such an unusual election. Wilson really was being attacked on all sides as a third party candidate operating outside of the system. Those early numbers were based on the image of him. Who people thought he was. When people get to know my husband they realize that they have been wrong about him.

I: What is something about your husband that people should know? VF: That he really does love New York. I know that everyone thinks it is a joke. I’ve seen the impression on SNL. What is that actor’s name… I: Ron Perlman. VF: Yes. It’s very funny, that bit where he is having an affair with the Statue of Liberty. But I think it is so funny because it is true. I know Wilson is devoted to me. I know that we have a good marriage. But, if I told him he could live with me on an island or alone in the city…I am not sure what he would do. Of course, I would never ask him to choose because I want him to be happy.

WF: I don’t think it is a competition. I’d like to think that part of the reason I love New York so much is because it is the city where I met and married [Vanessa]. 

I: Let’s talk about how you met. You don’t seem like the type of people who were on dating apps. So, how did it happen? VF: I was working at a gallery and Wilson was interested in some investment pieces.

WF: I’m embarrassed to admit that, at that time, I didn’t really see the point of paintings as anything other than investments. If you want to know what something looks like you should take a photograph. Art or stocks or baseball cards. It was all just about the thrill that comes from making a good deal. But Vanessa made me see something more. I felt like I could see things that I couldn’t ever see before because of her. Suddenly I didn’t care about the money.

VF: Which is good because [he] vastly overpaid.

WF: You never told me that.

VF: It never seemed like a good time. 

WF: Well, as far as I’m concerned, I came out ahead in the end. It was how I met you.

I: And where is that painting now?

VF & WF: Lost.

WF: We lost ownership of it at one point, after I was unjustly arrested.

VF: We lost so much because of those show trials. The piece is just one example. We were separated for years only for all of the charges to be dropped in multiple trials.

WF: The courts, and especially the lawyers, are able to use the system against hard working people. I think that is one thing that really resonated with voters during the campaign. 

I: Speaking of which, do you have any comments about the lawsuit filed against you by Nelson and Murdock alleging that you are directing city contracts to your own businesses.

WF: I don’t know anything about it. I leave those things up to my attorneys, the same way that I leave my business interests up to the trustee. I have enough on my plate running the city.

The Mayor and First Lady are such #goals, I'm surprised the show didn't exactly capitalize on it. Supporters at Vanessa's mural? Eh. This interview is doing better propo for the Mayor's Office than BB Urich! It's gonna get her out of a job! LOL.

VF & WF: Lost.

The way that the Fisks are so nonchalant whenever they speak in unison, totally normal behaviour! 😂 And the painting... It's totally in their basement, isn't it?

Daniel must've showed Vanessa the SNL bit. 😭 I can imagine Wilson's face of disgust after seeing/hearing about it. 😭

Oh, look what Ayelet & Vincent were conspiring to do... 😭👍

I'll never move on. 😤

the writers reviewed that moment with vanessa and the gun in s1 and really pounced on it. on the fisks' second date, a false prophecy was made. they also pulled from vanessa's damsel-in-distress moment at the penthouse in s3 (in addition to the more recent ballroom incident) to motivate her to arm herself to protect her self-sacrificing, and practically suicidal husband, so it made sense even when it shouldn't. think about it: lady with a tiny gun vs. guy who never misses, who's winning? the odds aren't in her favor, but who gives a shit? she stays and she chooses her husband rather than run, just like in that penthouse.

to further reheat the original daredevil nachos, they parallel the boxing match incident with the penthouse fight by having all the principal characters there—fisks, dd, dex, and even "law enforcement"—as well as the plot beats. same as before, dd wants to catch up to dex and later, dex is incapacitated. the difference is that dex is targeting the other fisk, and she who used to be a damsel-in-distress dies as casualty.

i see dex as the fisk's pseudo child. eager to please mom and dad until he finds it in his heart to rebel. you see the consequence of how they dealt with him individually. he becomes their mistake and their comeuppance. yeah, the reason why we never saw richard fisk come to fruition is coz he's been chopped up into parts. but that's a whole 'nother discussion.

the way that wilson dealt with adam and dex... the show only briefly touched on it, but i think it was a game between vanessa and wilson. i think wilson knew these things as they happened. he just wouldn't meddle with vanessa's interests until he was actually back in the picture. the day he brought vanessa to adam, he'd already decided to settle the remnants of her actions (her double-crossing of luca really put the violence into motion), so that all the bodies would be buried at once.

ayelet makes an analogy about the donut and the donut hole, and it's every bit as funny as it is true. the fisks are doughbread! two things that fit each other to make a whole. one to be contained, one to be fulfilled. their greatest conflict centers on emotional hurt stemming from unresolved trauma, usually things that would make you question if you ever even knew the person, but all they say is "you never told me", "you never asked". they struggle to forgive abandonment and adultery respectively, yet it doesn't shake their unity. still, it does threaten to crack the pillars of their relationship—honesty, trust, loyalty—and makes room for doubt. thankfully, a little violent game test resolves their issues and the fisks don't (amicably) divorce. new york never gets to see how that works out!