Yep, I'm down with this theory. The shop owner drew attention to it in dialogue this week as well, so i def think it's 'a thing'

I think it might be something they've added to explain Granma's long life

Agreed. Although I would argue they HAVEN'T established Jesse as a hero. His behaviour in this episode feels more like the baseline, and episodes like Damsels feel like the exception.

I've seen an equal split online of people interpreting it both ways - so I think that they def achieved a successful degree of ambiguity

Yeah, I'm hoping that what was done to jesse in the comics has been split across Jesse and John in the show - season 1 certainly hinted at that

In the show, Cassidy asks Jesse if it was his Dad who taught him how to fight, and Jesse says 'No. That was someone else'. So they're going to get there. (But as we saw this week - in a very different way, most likely)

But in the comic, I LIKED that it felt out of the blue. It felt like he was betraying US too, because we liked him so much. And then the new info makes you go back and see his previous matey behaviour in a different light. I worry that foreshadowing too much will rob the power of the reveal

This what I'm hoping - but but it won't feel as effective to me if Jesse himself has bee an abusive boyfriend

Fair points, but in the comics he at least FEELS like a flawed hero, rather than a straight-up arsehole. I feel like they've leaned too heavily into his flaws without spending enough screen time establishing his good traits. We've seen him be:

It's funny, because I think they think they are ADDING depth. But really they are just writing one more TV arsehole.

Yeah, Cassidy has super-strength in the comics. He effortlessly throws people around, and when he punches someone, they go flying. He's also fast. This becomes a plot point when he and Jesse fight, because he thinks it will be a cake walk, but Jesse makes the point that Cassidy never bothered learning to fight,…

Ah, see those are my favourite bits too, but I feel like they've been compromised hugely by the show's version of Jesse and Tulip. (and up until this week I was going with it)

I do miss the relationship she had with her Dad, though

Genuine, snark free q (and only clarifying that because, you know, the internet!) - but which bits matter the most to you?

Yeah, they've really not portrayed it as the 'romance for the ages' the comic did, have they? Even during the sex they had earlier in the season, the sex looked terrible!

Yes - the comics, for me, were about someone of good character pointing out how shitty the Good Lord is in his behaviour - something that can't happen with this Jesse

I'm exactly the same - the show has taken a lot of liberties, but I gave it space to do it's own thing because I was enjoying it (particualry the second season), but also because, until last night, there was still 'space' in the backstory for things to play out close to the book where it counted (i.e. with the love…

Yeah, I remember watching that arc of Angel and thinking 'Deadpool did it better'

Yep! I gather it's where the sales really suffered, too, precipitating the change in creative team.

Kelly is writing a new Spidey/Deadpool series now (Issue 2 came out yesterday) and that's been really good so far.