It’s been confirmed in the text of the show, Leota’s phone call with Waller in the first episode.

The DC honchos have pretty much given up on MCU-style strict continuity, which is great because the Snyderian pomp of yesteryear’s DC would never allow for a show like Peacemaker, and would especially forbid the inclusion of wacky comics characters like Bat-Mite, Matter-Eater Lad, or The Detachable Kid.

I’m not sure psychopath (or sociopath) is the right word for Adrian Chase. A sociopath wouldn’t show regret or caring/compassion, where he does both this episode. He cared enough about Peacemaker’s life to attempt killing Peacemaker’s father, and when he admits to Harcourt that he might have made things worse…

The time travel episode when Emily and Vinnie go to 1950s Amhurst was really good too. 

I don’t doubt that Kate can grow to match Yelena in skills. And I think Yelena admires how tough and plucky Kate has already become without losing her innocence. But again, for me, its not just about skill, in fact imo the psychological aspect is more important. Yelena is more worldly and has a stronger sense of who…

Vision is dead, White Vision is the new Vision.

Beyond all of that, except for Clint, all of the OG Avengers are either retired or dead (Thor’s kind of iffy for what’s going on with him). This was Clint’s swan song. I expect him to stay on as a sort of mentor to Kate, but he’s now fully retired.

The America Chavez in the MCU looks way too young for Kate. She seemed to be into that LARPing fireman but I think it was an idea the show runners were playing with rather than a serious subplot.

Honestly, Hawkeye’s version of Fisk kind of seems out of character a bit. The reason he has Maya and the Tracksuit Mafia is so that he can have them do his dirty work while still having plausible deniability. It kind of doesn’t make sense for Fisk to kill Kate’s mom himself since it’d require running into an active…

It’s also a charmingly realistic take on combat. Everyone else is a lithe, svelte world champion martial artist with superpowers, and (until now) Kingpin’s superpower is just... he’s fucking big dude, and he’s reeeaally angry. Which I think is frightening to the audience in a much more visceral way. It’s one thing to…

Ok, but what about the watch itself is supposed to identify Laura more than the Ronin gear would identify Clint?

You didn’t see it as much here as you did in the Daredevil show, but one of my favorite character choices is that, more than any other MCU character except The Hulk, D’Onofrio’s Kingpin fights like a gorilla. In the comics he is sometimes shown practicing judo or other martial arts, but for me at least, it is MUCH…

I do. Thanks for being here for me.

You are a miserable fuck who hates joy. Someone has to tell you this.

• So Kate and Yelena are dating now, right?

Most obvious fake-out since they dusted Spider-Man right before his already announced solo movie was coming out.

The Avengers have very clearly always killed low-level goons (think of all the times Stark hit people with those small yet obviously lethal missiles of his) which really made the whole ‘Ronin killed bad guys’ arc come across really strangely. 

Being beautiful when you’re young is an accident of genetics, not a class marker. It’s only when you’re middle-aged that poor diet, stress, not being able to afford a dentist, etc., catches up to you.

You’re probably thinking of Lifetime. Hallmark does zero crime or fatiguing dramas. They do chintzy romcoms and Christmas movies.

You had me at Rebecca Hall