#daredevil rant

Well. The new Daredevil was disappointing. Especially the ending. I mean, there are sad endings that actually make sense, there are cliffhangers that leave you waiting for the new season, there are bittersweet endings that are more bitter than sweet, but are still hopeful, and then there’s this. 

We’re all idiots, and everyone around are idiots, and we’ve fucked up a little bit less than the rest of the world so that’s why we’re heroes, but we’re still all completely dumb because Plot Reasons, and everything is going to hell because Plot Reasons, but we’re going to be stupid for the rest of the season because otherwise what would we do in Season 3 if not fixing our fuckups? And, oh, by the way, look, a mask!

I love Daredevil fiercely. But some things are really annoying me about it.

1- The Asian characters barely having any depth/ character development. Literally Nobu was a ninja. Almost threw my remote at the screen. 

2- KAREN. I want to like Karen so much. I think I’m meant to like her. But she’s so stupidly self-righteous, rushes headlong into things and then chastises the other characters for being cautious. I’m so angry about how she dragged ben to see his mother (he didn’t even have a say, he didn’t even know it was coming) and ultimately got him killed because she needed to have what she wanted. AND THEN BEN’S WIFE FORGIVES HER, and they throw in the daughter line. The racial undertones-- the idea of these capable black people cowtowing to a white girl who ruined their lives--are weird for me. Why can’t we be mad in these things? Or bitter? Or resentful? UGH

I think I’m just so tired of the pretty white girl character literally fucking up everywhere and getting instantly forgiven/ coddled afterward. Literally how often in this show has she gone in way over her head and been apologized to for it? I was so mad. 

3- We had three PoC who were of relative importance in this show. Elena and Ben => fridged for feels. Claire barely shows up. Tuned in to this show impressed with the representation, but a season doesn’t even pass and the PoC of importance are gone. Kind of feel tricked.