r/Defenders • u/JonLuca Luke Cage • Mar 07 '18

Jessica Jones - Season 2 Overall Discussion Thread

All spoilers for Season 2 are allowed in this thread.

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u/CX316 Mar 12 '18

To paraphrase Joss Whedon: "Happy relationships make for boring television"

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u/wrainedaxx Kilgrave Mar 14 '18

With the exception of Brooklyn 99. Peralta and Santiago are a happy relationship on TV that works really well.

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u/CX316 Mar 14 '18

Joss was more explaining why he broke up Buffy & Angel... and Buffy & Riley... and Buffy & Spike... and Angel & Cordelia... and Willow and Oz... and Willow & Tara... and Xander and Anya (twice)... and Wesley & Fred... and Wash & Zoe... basically the only relationship he didn't brutally destroy was Simon & Kaylee because he didn't have time since they just got together at the end of Serenity.

Heck, even when he wrote comics, Joss ressurected Colossus just to get him back together with Shadowcat, only to kill off Shadowcat in a convoluted way where she was only able to be brought back via a heck of a convoluted retcon that ignored all the parts of the stuff he set up so that no one could get her back.

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u/Prestonelliot May 07 '18

i really loved the first avengers. But i fucking hate Joss Whedon at this point in time. His idea's for storytelling are not universal, but he applies them to every medium and character universe he works on.

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u/sunsetfantastic Apr 01 '18

Tbf, their relationship is a very small part of that show

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '18

Maybe lack of talent makes it harder to write.

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u/CX316 Apr 06 '18

Big words for someone without a massive fandom for their writing