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A lot of people didn't like Foggy or didn't like his interpretation of Foggy.
I honestly think that's it. I don't get the weird excuses. I'd understand (and stop rolling my eyes so much) if someone just said they didn't like him instead of claiming he doesn't take his job seriously because he was late once

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Do you think (and I fully expect to have tomatoes thrown at me here) that some of the hate may come from the fact that he's not "traditionally" as handsome or good looking as other cast members? Like people wish he was better looking because then they'd have an easier time shipping him or liking him?

Cuz I've seen him be the object of some fat-shaming on this meme too. And I've said it before and I'll say it again - fandom sometimes collectively doesn't even want to acknowledge that it's responses to certain characters are or aren't based around how white, male and traditionally good looking they are.

(Cue chorus of boos and hisses)

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Probably.

Though, personally speaking, it wouldn't be the first time I've willfully ignored the unattractiveness of a character that's being paired with my fav character in order to read smut.

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da

Ehh, maybe? But that would only make sense to the fans who are totally new to Daredevil because comics fandom have known exactly what Foggy looks like. And Elden looks exactly like comics Foggy.

What's funny here is that the comics fandom were the ones who were initially crying all kinds of foul about Charlie because Charlie doesn't look anything like comics Matt Murdock (some circles said Charlie didn't look white enough) but ime he's won over everyone with his acting ability. Including me, because I was one of those DD comics fans who took one look at Charlie and said NOPE. After the series slayed me, tho, Charlie Cox has overwritten any other comics/mental image of Matt Murdock I've ever had. What I'm saying is don't sweat the haters; they're loud but there's not many of them and we still get another season of Elden as Foggy. He may yet win over his naysayers. :)

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Elden is much cuter than comics Foggy and I am grateful tbh I love his face. He is actually my favorite version of Foggy in any medium.

I am and always have been won over by Cox but I still think he should have had red hair.

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Yknow this weekend I was listening to a podcast talking about how a lot of fans badly want to see Ronda Rousey play Captain Marvel in the film because she has the right look, and the podcast crew were like, 'Do people understand she's not a good actor though? She's an MMA fighter, not an actor. You can CGI muscles onto an actor but you can't CGI talent.' That's how I feel about Charlie having red hair for the role. In the comics Matt Murdock has been a ginger, a blond, he's had auburn hair like Charlie, and in the comics his haircolour never changed Matt's behaviours one bit. The red hair was a sticking point for me at first but I saw the light. Charlie is a really beautiful specimen but it's not his looks that won me into believing him as Matt Murdock.

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I'm kind of glad they didn't dye his hair. I still have flashbacks to Affleck's ~subtle~ dye job

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da but OMG I forgot all about that

the horror

@.@

I'm super glad they didn't make Charlie wear the milky contacts. That would have been awful. I love Charlie's eyes.

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Charlie's eyes are beautiful and amazing. Was there any cgi involved or did he just use his impeccable iris muscles?

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What? He's not white enough?


Sources?

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Sorry dude, I don't have hours to wade through all the articles I read to get you sources but google is your friend and I can say those articles were online before DD was released and commenters were reviewing the trailers (like the way the critics are judging Jessica Jones now) and judging Charlie's 'look'. Critics and commenters were very judgey and plenty were not happy that Charlie was not a comic-book Irish American redhead with milk-white skin. If you'll notice, some people here on the km still have problems with Charlie not looking like the comic book character and maybe they don't realise what they're saying, but they're still saying it. I was one of those people too, I admit my fault. I distinctly remember some critic calling Charlie 'swarthy' which seemed ridiculous to me but in the low light of the series Charlie does look like he has darker skin in some scenes. In the light of day his hair goes very auburn and his eyes are hazel but that's rarely apparent on the show.