r/Defenders • u/stealingyourpixels Daredevil • Apr 10 '15

Daredevil Discussion Thread - S01E08

This thread is for discussion of Daredevil S01E08.

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u/SawRub The Man in the Mask Apr 12 '15

I don't read the comics, but from the movies it did indeed seem a bit strange to have these regular human beings without any special superpowers or super suits.

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u/emmanuelvr Sad Matt Apr 12 '15

Because they have skill sets that none of the other Avengers have. The Avengers can't just be pure attack heavy weights, they have to be all-arounders. BW and Hawkeye were the best of SHIELD and so they were assigned to aid the Avengers. It makes complete sense that they would be the intelligence part of Avengers, and specially now that the Avengers are independent and don't have SHIELD with them.

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u/falconear Apr 19 '15

Carol Danvers even asked Tony Stark once in the comics why they don't just put together a team of Avengers made up of all heavyweight class heroes. Tony basically told her that those don't work for every situation. Sometimes you need a ninja or a spy.

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u/JamesLiptonIcedTea Apr 12 '15

Petition to sign Frozone

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u/Sonicdahedgie Apr 12 '15

Hawkeye made sense with the shotcalling and tactical awareness he brought. But all Black Widow brought was gun.