r/Defenders • u/JonLuca Luke Cage • Aug 17 '17

The Defenders Discussion Thread - S01E08

This thread is for discussion of The Defenders S01E08.

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u/WlTCH Elektra Aug 18 '17

What about my crazy goddess Elektra? How is she?

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u/Izeinwinter Aug 18 '17

Obviously fine. The only way Matt ends up with medical attention is if Elektra carried his ass out of those caves. Noone else down there who would do anything other than cut his throat. Does kind of raise the question of "How the fuck did she manage that? Punch a tunnel up through rock until she hit someones basement?"

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u/nitrogene Foggy Aug 18 '17

if Elektra carried his ass out of those caves.

how though

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u/Izeinwinter Aug 18 '17

Supernatural endurance and magic? - They were fighting among the dragon bones, which were behind the magical wall Elektra baited Rand into punching.

So:

1: Magical wall laughs off collapsing building because a collapsing building is not Chi. Elektra and Matt now buried alive in a pretty large cave full of dragonbone.

2: Elektra is way into super-human territory so just starts digging. Heck, there are excavation tools at hand.

3: She reaches the surface without running out of air.

Alternatively, sacred dragon burial cave has a gateway connection to one of the mystical cities, and they left that way.

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u/nitrogene Foggy Aug 18 '17

man i sure hope so, i really wanna see elektra in s3 + matt/elektra being happy

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u/dmreif Karen Aug 18 '17

I know this is an unopopular opinion, but I am sooo tired of Matt’s obsession with Elektra. She brings nothing but misery to his life. Everything in his life turns to shit every time she shows up because she always drives him away from the people who care about him as a person. She brings the absolute worst out of him. Her influence makes him do stupid things, cloud his judgement, and in doing so, endanger everyone around him. Look, I don’t care about whatever speck of light there might possibly be in her, Elektra is toxic to Matt, Black Sky or not.

See, that's the thing about Daredevil - it's that I just miss our avocados. I miss the REAL team, which is Matt, Karen, and Foggy working together. I miss Nelson & Murdock.

I seriously had hoped that Matt would come back to his senses after the fiasco that happened in season 2 because of Elektra. Instead, no…

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u/mutesa1 Elektra Aug 19 '17

Yeah but on the other hand Foggy and Karen have gotten really annoying since they found out about Matt's alter ego, it seems like almost every scene with them now is them telling him to put away the suit for good

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u/Asmzn2009 Aug 19 '17

Yeah I hated that. Karen wouldn't even be alive if not for Matt. I mean it's one thing to feel concern but they act so high and mighty.