Aww! The feeling is 100% mutual. I'm so excited whenever I see a new comment from you :D
OMG. I feel your rage at comics!Karen. I started the other way around (Netflix Karen first, then moved to the comics) and I'm always so upset at how they treat her in the comics. It's THE WORST. It was so jarring to move from MCU Karen, who has her own story and her own actual personality, to comics Karen who seemed to be treated as only either a) vague romantic interest or b) man-pain generator. /raaage.
Matt. Matt, Matt, Matt. He breaks my heart, that man. :( Combine that with his canonical issues with depression and mental health, and that makes an extremely worrying picture. Full disclaimer that I've actually only read the comics starting from after the antichrist baby thing in volume 2, and only skimmed most of it until Waid's run, but I can see that. I can definitely see that in some parts of the MCU version, for sure. And that perspective gives a whole new appreciation for where Matt is, headspace-wise, at the end of volume 4, with how he wholeheartedly recognizes Foggy and Kirsten's love for him, and how they all have each other's backs. It's absolutely the healthiest Matt's ever been, after the horrible rollercoaster that was his life. (And then they lived happily ever after... :'( I wish.)
spoilers for s2? oh yes pleeeeease! please. i've been so desperate for more s2 information lately. we need a new trailer, stat.
The thing about the identity reveals is that I feel like, now that Foggy knows about DD, the writers might keep Karen in the dark so there's still some element of secret identity going on. But I really hope they don't go down that path, honestly. I'm with you, I want them to be a team and work together! I do enjoy the identity shenanigans but there's only so many times Matt can say he fell down the stairs, and Karen is a smart woman. And I just want them to trust each other. Plus, there's just so much more they can do with the Karen/Matt relationship if Karen knows about Daredevil.
That angel/devil thing sounds PERFECT. I would really, really, really love if that were to be a theme in S2. I can imagine a lot of conflict for Karen too - she's killed before, to protect herself and people she loves, so there's every chance that she'll project any and all of Matt and Foggy's condemnations of the Punisher onto herself. I always think back to how much Foggy's offhand comment (something about no longer being human if you're a killer?) affected her after Wesley's death. If murder is always wrong, what does that make her? As for Matt becoming like the Punisher, I agree with you. I don't think it'll ever actually happen, because that's basically Daredevil's character on the line, but at the same time I want to see the push and pull and believe that he might actually go there, at least while the episodes are playing.
And then there's Elektra! From the sense I've been getting from interviews (**spoiler warning, I guess!), I feel like while the Punisher is pushing Matt to take his sense of justice for his city that single step further, Elektra will be getting him to kind of take a step back - to be more self-serving rather than self-sacrificing, to pursue his own goals rather than give everything up for Hell's Kitchen. Matt just needs to find the balance between the two, or at least find his own path that fits him best. Anyway, whatever happens, S2 will be a wild ride for him for sure.
Re: DD viewing #2139 and noticing new things
OMG. I feel your rage at comics!Karen. I started the other way around (Netflix Karen first, then moved to the comics) and I'm always so upset at how they treat her in the comics. It's THE WORST. It was so jarring to move from MCU Karen, who has her own story and her own actual personality, to comics Karen who seemed to be treated as only either a) vague romantic interest or b) man-pain generator. /raaage.
Matt. Matt, Matt, Matt. He breaks my heart, that man. :( Combine that with his canonical issues with depression and mental health, and that makes an extremely worrying picture. Full disclaimer that I've actually only read the comics starting from after the antichrist baby thing in volume 2, and only skimmed most of it until Waid's run, but I can see that. I can definitely see that in some parts of the MCU version, for sure. And that perspective gives a whole new appreciation for where Matt is, headspace-wise, at the end of volume 4, with how he wholeheartedly recognizes Foggy and Kirsten's love for him, and how they all have each other's backs. It's absolutely the healthiest Matt's ever been, after the horrible rollercoaster that was his life. (And then they lived happily ever after... :'( I wish.)
spoilers for s2? oh yes pleeeeease! please. i've been so desperate for more s2 information lately. we need a new trailer, stat.
The thing about the identity reveals is that I feel like, now that Foggy knows about DD, the writers might keep Karen in the dark so there's still some element of secret identity going on. But I really hope they don't go down that path, honestly. I'm with you, I want them to be a team and work together! I do enjoy the identity shenanigans but there's only so many times Matt can say he fell down the stairs, and Karen is a smart woman. And I just want them to trust each other. Plus, there's just so much more they can do with the Karen/Matt relationship if Karen knows about Daredevil.
That angel/devil thing sounds PERFECT. I would really, really, really love if that were to be a theme in S2. I can imagine a lot of conflict for Karen too - she's killed before, to protect herself and people she loves, so there's every chance that she'll project any and all of Matt and Foggy's condemnations of the Punisher onto herself. I always think back to how much Foggy's offhand comment (something about no longer being human if you're a killer?) affected her after Wesley's death. If murder is always wrong, what does that make her? As for Matt becoming like the Punisher, I agree with you. I don't think it'll ever actually happen, because that's basically Daredevil's character on the line, but at the same time I want to see the push and pull and believe that he might actually go there, at least while the episodes are playing.
And then there's Elektra! From the sense I've been getting from interviews (**spoiler warning, I guess!), I feel like while the Punisher is pushing Matt to take his sense of justice for his city that single step further, Elektra will be getting him to kind of take a step back - to be more self-serving rather than self-sacrificing, to pursue his own goals rather than give everything up for Hell's Kitchen. Matt just needs to find the balance between the two, or at least find his own path that fits him best. Anyway, whatever happens, S2 will be a wild ride for him for sure.