A Favorite Personality Trait

    Danny Rand: Cheerful Badass

    Danny is... many things. (Take it away, Danny...)

Danny: “...I’ll remind you that-- I am a multi-billionaire super-powered martial artist who returned to this realm for the sole purpose of mortal revenge.”

Immortal Iron Fists #4 by Kaare Andrews, Afu Chan, and Shelly Chen    

    ...So our favorite personality trait is actually a combination of traits-- a feature of Danny’s character that stole our hearts the first time both of us started reading Iron Fist, and which Finn Jones and the writers have done a beautiful job recreating in the Netflix shows. Comics Danny, at the age of nine, watched his dad get pushed off a cliff and his mom get eaten alive by wolves. MCU Danny didn’t have it quite so bad-- he only watched his parents die in a plane crash that he barely survived himself. In both universes, he could easily have turned into a dark, haunted person. In fact, he did for a while. As mentioned, he returned to Earth in order to murder a guy (and we’ll be talking about the differences between how the show and comics handled this revenge quest tomorrow!). But in spite of all the horror he’s been through in his life, he has blocked and dodged all (well, most) of the broody psychosis so often thrown at street-level heroes, and remains an amazingly upbeat, friendly, cheerful, genuine person. We don’t use this term much, because it’s subjective and not exactly analytical, but... he’s adorable. He is one of the least emotionally-constipated superheroes out there, and that’s really refreshing, particularly for a male character. 

Power Man and Iron Fist vol. 1 #57 by Mary Jo Duffy, Trevor Von Eedon, and G. Roussos

Danny: “Look, despite all that’s happened-- all that’s changed-- I want you to know. You’re still my best friend. And I’ll always be there.”

Cage vol. 1 #13 by Marc McLaurin, Scott Benefiel, and Frank Turner

    This doesn’t mean he doesn't experience hardship, or character development-- he does, in spades. But he always bounces back from adversity with a smile, and almost never takes it out on his loved ones. Matt Murdock (to uh, throw out a name at random) is fun to read about... but we’d never, ever want to be friends with him. But you bet we would hang out with Danny.   

Danny: “Just consider this a little reminder... that crime doesn’t pay!”

Luke: “You havin’ a good time, Fist?”

Power Man and Iron Fist vol. 1 #63 by Mary Jo Duffy, Kerry Gammill, and Ed Hannigan 

Jeryn: “Danny... are you using your Rand expense account to fund Luke and his fugitive Avengers?”

Danny: “Nooooo. [...] Yes.”

Immortal Iron Fist #16 by Matt Fraction, Ed Brubaker, David Aja, et al.

    And that on its own would make him an enjoyable character, but it is paired with the fact that he is the Iron Fist, which requires a certain mindset and level of-- for lack of a better term-- stone-cold badassery. Danny is a sweet guy, but if you get on his bad side he can, and will, end you. Immortal Iron Fist, goldmine of fantastic Danny quotes, gives us one of our favorite lines to epitomize this side of his personality:     

Danny: “One day, this mantle bestowed upon me... the Iron Fist... one day it will kill me. I know this. And I hope it’s a glorious, heroic death. I hope I die in a way that honors my gifts. I hope I embrace my death when it comes. I imagine fire. I imagine blood.”

Immortal Iron Fist #3 by Matt Fraction, Ed Brubaker, David Aja, et al.

    The Netflix shows have done a great job of balancing this duality, mostly thanks to Finn’s amazing ability to be cute one minute and terrifyingly intense the next. 

-Kindness/ Goodness

-Trusting/Naivitee

- Childishness

-I mean, just look at this dork

I've accidently looked at guys that were "fancast" as Danny Rand and I'm telling you, those guys couldn't not handle Danny's personality! He is proficient in something he mastered and awkward when it comes to something new. He is goofy and serious at the same time; he is childish AND mature, it all depends. But really I can't imagine any of them having this crazy bromance chemistry with Luke Cage played by Mike Colter. Finn, on the other side - gave us both and so much more! I love the way he sees acting and how hard he works! He is also a very genuine and kind person. He is like a walking human sunshine! I want to thank him for all that and I want him to know that there are people who admire him and value no matter what critics say. When I’ve heard that Finn is cast as Danny I was so happy! Because I knew how amazing he is and how they all Finn, Mike, Krysten and Charlie bond with each other just makes my little miserable life better!

Day Three: Finn Jones Appreciation

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Favorite Quote : a classy one but a strong one !