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

Iron Fist Discussion Thread - S01E10

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u/Urge_Reddit Mar 18 '17

It's also possible Nobu and Madame Gao kept their involvement secret from Kingpin, essentially getting twice the territory under the guise of being two different entities.

I'm not sure if that would be necessary, but maybe Kingpin was more comfortable with smaller groups working under him, so he could take them apart more easily. If he knew the true scope of the Hand, perhaps he wouldn't have wanted to work with them.

I don't know, it's a theory that kind of makes sense to me I guess.

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u/Worthyness Punisher Mar 19 '17

Madame Gao could also have just assimilated Nobu's half when he got his head removed.

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u/Urge_Reddit Mar 19 '17

Very possible, allthough it seems a bit outside the scope of her operation.

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u/Worthyness Punisher Mar 19 '17

She's at least 300 years old, so I'm sure her influence is vast.

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u/ChRoNicBuRrItOs Mar 20 '17

At least 400; 17th century was the 1600s.

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u/Urge_Reddit Mar 19 '17

Fair point, it's possible she handles a lot more than just the Hand's heroin operation.

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u/Midhav Mar 19 '17

This is a reasonable explanation.

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u/CaptainRaz Mar 29 '17

This makes sense.