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Oh my god yes, the manhandling!! I love that. It was so wonderfully gratuitous in the famous hallway fight. And I could sing praises all day about how lovely Matt looks when he's beaten up. He gets knocked down, but hell yeah does he get back up again. And yeah, I'm super excited for all the fic that scene with the chains is gonna generate ^^;
I found it a bit jarring that Claire brought it up so soon too, but not gonna lie, it still tore me up so bad. It just hurts thinking about all the lost potential between them, you know? And it looked like Claire was really hoping for a different response from Matt, but with Matt accepting it like that, it was kind of like a sign to her that... yeah, their relationship just wouldn't work out, no matter how much they might've both wanted it.
Speaking of Matt and his loved ones, I loved that line he had with Karen after the run-in with Gao - his breaking-point realization that he can't do things alone. It felt like such a big character moment. I hope they keep going with it in S2.
The way the Vanessa/Fisk/Matt dynamic works in the comics, omg. I haven't read all of them, but Matt as The Other Woman is exactly what it's like. Isn't there a whole conversation where Matt confronts Fisk about how they're responsible for ruining Vanessa's marriage/life? Anyway, with the cast we have going for S2, I'm kinda sad that Vanessa and Fisk don't seem to be returning in any prominent way, because they were absolutely brilliant.
I hadn't noticed that parallel with Vanessa and Karen! Nice. But oh mannnn that scene with Karen is heartwrenching. I mean, that entire set of episodes was totally heartwrenching in general - the aftermath of Karen killing Wesley, and Nelson v Murdock, and... wow, when life falls apart for these characters it really falls apart. I felt so awful for Karen too, because she REALLY needs the support of Matt and Foggy who are, as she says, the only good things in her life, but they're in the middle of such a huge falling out that they almost don't notice.
Season 2 speculation time! I'm not sure if Karen will find out about DD (as much as I really, really want it to happen... preferably with her figuring it out herself and a big angsty confrontation and and and... /has half a fic already mentally written) but I definitely think Karen killing Wesley will come up again, with the Punisher on the scene. I'm actually really looking forward to how she responds to the Punisher's type of vigilantism. There are just so many possibilities, what with her mysterious past (that may have involved shooting someone before?) and the investigative angle she'll probably be continuing.
Re: DD viewing #2139 and noticing new things
Oh my god yes, the manhandling!! I love that. It was so wonderfully gratuitous in the famous hallway fight. And I could sing praises all day about how lovely Matt looks when he's beaten up. He gets knocked down, but hell yeah does he get back up again. And yeah, I'm super excited for all the fic that scene with the chains is gonna generate ^^;
I found it a bit jarring that Claire brought it up so soon too, but not gonna lie, it still tore me up so bad. It just hurts thinking about all the lost potential between them, you know? And it looked like Claire was really hoping for a different response from Matt, but with Matt accepting it like that, it was kind of like a sign to her that... yeah, their relationship just wouldn't work out, no matter how much they might've both wanted it.
Speaking of Matt and his loved ones, I loved that line he had with Karen after the run-in with Gao - his breaking-point realization that he can't do things alone. It felt like such a big character moment. I hope they keep going with it in S2.
The way the Vanessa/Fisk/Matt dynamic works in the comics, omg. I haven't read all of them, but Matt as The Other Woman is exactly what it's like. Isn't there a whole conversation where Matt confronts Fisk about how they're responsible for ruining Vanessa's marriage/life? Anyway, with the cast we have going for S2, I'm kinda sad that Vanessa and Fisk don't seem to be returning in any prominent way, because they were absolutely brilliant.
I hadn't noticed that parallel with Vanessa and Karen! Nice. But oh mannnn that scene with Karen is heartwrenching. I mean, that entire set of episodes was totally heartwrenching in general - the aftermath of Karen killing Wesley, and Nelson v Murdock, and... wow, when life falls apart for these characters it really falls apart. I felt so awful for Karen too, because she REALLY needs the support of Matt and Foggy who are, as she says, the only good things in her life, but they're in the middle of such a huge falling out that they almost don't notice.
Season 2 speculation time! I'm not sure if Karen will find out about DD (as much as I really, really want it to happen... preferably with her figuring it out herself and a big angsty confrontation and and and... /has half a fic already mentally written) but I definitely think Karen killing Wesley will come up again, with the Punisher on the scene. I'm actually really looking forward to how she responds to the Punisher's type of vigilantism. There are just so many possibilities, what with her mysterious past (that may have involved shooting someone before?) and the investigative angle she'll probably be continuing.