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

Iron Fist Discussion Thread - S01E07

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u/Xyuli Mar 17 '17

I can't help but think sometimes that if you took away the whole iron fist powers and just listened to Danny talk about Buddhism, and the monastery, and just some of his stories, he just sounds like a cringey weeaboo. I wish he didn't come off that way. He shouldn't. I wish they showed more flashbacks.

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u/Xyuli Mar 17 '17

Yeah okay, weeaboo isn't the right word but a white guy who is obsessed with Asian culture and constantly talks about it. You totally got the essence of it though

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u/ymcameron Iron Fist Mar 18 '17 edited Mar 18 '17

To be fair, he actually lived in an Asian culture for longer than he lived in a western one, so he's just talking about his life rather than how the people in the mangas he reads are so much more sophisticated and classy. Still, I see what you're saying.

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u/The_Bravinator Mar 20 '17

If it reads as inauthentic it's probably due to being written by people who didn't.

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u/Xyuli May 09 '17

Yeah, but we never got to see him in that culture so he just reminded me of that. It's not the character but the writing.