Tesseract

Sorry to any past eddsworld fans I just gave flashbacks to. But crumb cuptoast dragged me back in the pit so I’m taking more down with me. Also any current fans watch daredevil it’s just a good series (born again is where more of the DexMatt stuff happens)

I just see the celebration of Vanessa’s death in the fandom and yeah it’s deserved and mostly because the character was a villain so of course you feel good when they’re defeated but also she’s right it is like Foggy’s death in a lot of ways too. Matt and Fisk both lost the people who kept them realistic and emotionally grounded so the different reactions of the fandom kinda makes me sad even though this was a pretty fitting end for her character and she’s definitely on a weirder level then Foggy as Vanessa is not a good person but she was an interesting one.

And yes no one stays dead in marvel but this really isn’t the comics and it seems like they really want these deaths to hold weight for a while. Ok now don’t freaking crucify me for this take but as the seasons gone on it’s getting me to a point where I’m not fully convinced that Foggy’s death even if permanent is really that bad for the story. And yeah call it retconning reason into a writing decision they made just to excuse Foggy’s absence from the show. But, I think the real thing fans are missing is just a grounding element for Matt in his Matt Murdock identity because that back and forth between Matt and daredevil is the complexity the story is built off of. And honestly if they played their cards right they could have wonderful McDuffie take up that role (or at least until they decide if they want to do some revivals) because she is that connection to Matt’s lawyer side and they can make it deeper as the show goes on. Another reason I started not to mind the foggy death is because I realized it’s a swap up of characters where instead of Karen who’s killed to motivate Matt it’s Foggy and I think that’s an interesting switch up on the highly referenced fridgeing of Karen from the comics. I still think it’s possible they might bring Foggy back because as his own character I love him he’s fun and has too many interesting story opportunities in the comics to not take advantage of. But it’d be an interesting comparison because in the comics they couldn’t bring Karen back after awhile because her tragic death was too important of an emotional point for Matt and I worry the same thing may happen in the show if they keep going this long and never hint at bringing him back or set groundwork to make it feasible he could. (Also did anyone else notice the Freudian slip with Ayelet in the podcast mentioning them bringing foggy back or did I hallucinate that).

Mmmh I love this plot structure they had me the minute I realized this was a current scenario intercut with flashbacks to provide context for characters feelings kinda plot. (Definitely not also because it’s like my favorite episode of the first season Nelson v. Murdock). Also it’s Matt juggling with his morality which is always when he’s at his best (mutual penance between him and bullseye is also an interesting way to take it because yeah only Matt would have the Catholic guilt but also faith to choose mercy in that instance).

Kingpin is also in an interesting spot because he’s also finally in a place where he has stuff to contemplate which is rare for him. Because it would only be in this scenario that he wouldn’t immediately raise hell. I also think it’s potentially set up for more development on Vanessa and Fisk (if she’s not dead again which it’s still crazy they ended back to back episodes on the same cliffhanger). I like how there’s a small touch in the flashbacks where you can kinda explain away the inconsistencies in the Vanessa and Fisk memories because they’re implied to be happening through Vanessa who currently has a brain injury (also most people’s memories aren’t perfect copies anyways) but when Vanessa codes it swaps to fisks memories and they’re the old footage which is more accurate, in line with Fisk’s more sound mental state. I think Vanessa is probably gonna lose more of her memory this time around (because she already was implied to have lost some this episode) and she’ll have to wrestle with falling in love with a violent man all over again and maybe separate from him this time around because she has kinda needed to deal with that from the first season of the show. Yes, it’s implied she enjoys the power probably as much as him but the reason for that was never shown only implied and with her literally falling victim to his uncontrolled rage in the last episode she may have to finally deal with that. (Edit: I’ve now watched some episodes from reviewers who got prescreeners and realized the very clear go into the light framing on Vanessa’s last scene and realized this entire theory is probably incorrect UNLESS… no never mind coma seems like a bit of a reach)

Also glad to see Foggy and Wesley back again and l’m gonna let it slide because it’s not egregious but you can definitely tell they’ve both changed since the first season but that’s the same for everyone and my prior statement about memories being imperfect. And everything I could say about foggy being Matt’s moral grounding has likely already stated by everyone else already. Though the fact bullseye so fully feels he has to atone for killing foggy does kinda imply that that was a real shot to kill he pulled on foggy. Unless they pull some trickery where he was kept completely out of the loop or was not entirely there during the operation or he’s just doing this because he simply likes killing for sport and wanted to use making it up to Matt as quick justification for trying to kill the Fisks. But those both include some leaps in logic because I like being delusional about Foggies death also we still don’t know why Vanessa would want foggy fake killed.

Also PLEASE let Claire appear in the next episode she must be there she is the pre imminent of all defenders meetups! Though it’s also likely Karen patches him up incredibly roughly and as close to torture as she can because that’s her right. Also I’m guessing Karen knows her way around a gun wound (implications intended).

I’m going to be so intrested to see the inevitable convo between Karen and Matt because you can tell in the shot where Karen drops to the ground and shoots that AVTF agent that Matt immediately picks up on the fact that Karen’s heart beat probably didn’t even jump that much (because she’s done this before). And sure he may try to explain it away as Karen didn’t know it would kill him (if he even was dead, but the audio clues do kinda imply it and Matt would sense that) but it’s obvious the pure unflinching reaction has startled him. I do want him to properly learn Karen’s past because how he reacts to that tells me everything I need to know about this relationship’s trajectory. Also Matt really does have that I can fix her mentality but like idk man let Karen do what she has to do.

The real reason you wouldn’t want to pick a fight with daredevil is becoming: he will wreck your shit but just when you think your free one of the 4 killers who likes to follow him around will just come out and shoot you dead.