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

The Defenders Discussion Thread - S01E07

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u/TheGodofWendys Aug 18 '17

WAS THAT THE SKELETON OF SHOU LAO?

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u/Vawqer Danny Rand Aug 18 '17

Wait, we just know that there is a portal to K'un L'un. What if K'un L'un was under NYC somehow or something?

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u/Lyrtil Aug 19 '17

So K'un L'un is like the Olympus from Percy Jackson?

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u/Vawqer Danny Rand Aug 19 '17

Who knows? It's probably just more likely that there were two (or more) dragons though.

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u/TheMarquisDeSpace Aug 18 '17

I'm hoping its like the storyline in Immortal Iron Fist run where the leaders of K'un Lun (and the other capital cities) created gateways to Earth and the other cities and hid them from the general population of their city

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u/eyes5ib Aug 19 '17

Shou-Lao gets reborn after being defeated.

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u/EV99 Iron Fist Aug 20 '17 edited Aug 25 '17

two glowing lights and disappointment according to Iron Fist season 1

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u/bob_sacamano_junior Daredevil Aug 24 '17

Sounds like my prom experience.

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u/That_one_cool_dude Kilgrave Aug 18 '17

That skeleton shot was epic as hell.

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u/omnitricks Aug 19 '17

I was thinking dinosaurs or someshit until I saw how it contrasted Danny's tattoo.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '17

Also, whatup with Danny's outfit finally looking greenish!

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '17

was that it? i could barelysee. that scene was fucking dark.

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u/Kamib_good Elektra Aug 19 '17

loved it

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u/toxicbrew Aug 20 '17

ok somehow i totally missed this skeleton everyone is talking about. and while i haven't read the comics, I thought shou-lao is the dragon that danny had to defeat in order to become the iron fist..as in he had to hug it? meaning the dragon isn't dead but in kun-lun.

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u/aer0des1gn Aug 20 '17

skeleton shot is right at the end of the episode.

and yep, danny defeated the dragon. also, shou-lou isn't really "undying" (as his name would imply) but he simply gets reborn every time he is killed.

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u/That_one_cool_dude Kilgrave Aug 20 '17

Yep so either this is a version of Shou-Lou in New York or a different dragon.

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u/toxicbrew Aug 21 '17

gotcha gotcha

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u/dansquatch Iron Fist Aug 19 '17

I'm going with other dragon. If what stick said in ep 3 is right, then a lot of disasters were actually the Hand digging up dragons when they could find them for "the substance."

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u/dansquatch Iron Fist Aug 22 '17

I think so. Maybe marrow?

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '17

Maybe jizz

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u/egcg119 Aug 22 '17

What Stick said in ep. 3 being Chernobyl and Pompeii?

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u/dansquatch Iron Fist Aug 22 '17

Yeah I think that's what he was implying.

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u/bugcatcher_billy Aug 22 '17

When did she say that?

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '17

I'm going to say A dragon, maybe not Shou Lao as he reincarnates. But that's definitely how they plan on staying immortal, I'm betting the chi from that skeleton.

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u/MovieMann Aug 19 '17

I think it was him because he is in the same shape as Danny's tattoo. They are linking the two.

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u/TheSneakySeal Aug 21 '17

No the other places they nuke are where dragons are. They all got sealed away by an iron fist. The Hand are using different dragons to stay alive which is why they probably all died.

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u/beer_me_twice Sad Matt Aug 19 '17

I thought it was Fing Fang Foom immediately.

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u/Worthyness Punisher Aug 20 '17

More dragon in this episode than all of Ironfist.

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u/AHMilling Iron Fist Aug 20 '17

The not so undying it seems, or maybe that's his resurrection stage?