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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7457260" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>Here's my thoughts on Danny. Make of them what you will.</p><p></p><p>The main problem with Danny Rand in his first season is not that he's a bad character. It is that many folks don't *like* him. In an interpersonal way, to many he's unlikable. He's a *well acted* unlikable person.</p><p></p><p>I look at Iron Fist, and at Jessica Jones and Luke Cage, and I see them trying to do the same thing with Danny as with them. Make him *real*. Consider - he was an adolescent rich kid (so, whether he realized it or not, kinda spoiled and privileged, and that's not his fault) who lost his parents in a violent tragic event, and then was immediately isolated from his home culture and physically abused for a decade or so.</p><p></p><p>Are you telling me this history should result in a person you're going to *like*, at least before he gets his bearings from coming back to the rest of the world?</p><p></p><p>Jessica Jones had a traumatic backstory too. And left her a violent alcoholic a-hole who treates everyone around her with contempts, and <em>we let that slide</em>, perhaps because alcoholism is normalized. Danny is a bit off putting, and we condemn him for it?</p><p></p><p>Just for thought. I'm waiting to see his second season to see if it bears up with this thought.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 7457260, member: 177"] Here's my thoughts on Danny. Make of them what you will. The main problem with Danny Rand in his first season is not that he's a bad character. It is that many folks don't *like* him. In an interpersonal way, to many he's unlikable. He's a *well acted* unlikable person. I look at Iron Fist, and at Jessica Jones and Luke Cage, and I see them trying to do the same thing with Danny as with them. Make him *real*. Consider - he was an adolescent rich kid (so, whether he realized it or not, kinda spoiled and privileged, and that's not his fault) who lost his parents in a violent tragic event, and then was immediately isolated from his home culture and physically abused for a decade or so. Are you telling me this history should result in a person you're going to *like*, at least before he gets his bearings from coming back to the rest of the world? Jessica Jones had a traumatic backstory too. And left her a violent alcoholic a-hole who treates everyone around her with contempts, and [i]we let that slide[/i], perhaps because alcoholism is normalized. Danny is a bit off putting, and we condemn him for it? Just for thought. I'm waiting to see his second season to see if it bears up with this thought. [/QUOTE]
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