Claire and Misty both act as support characters for Luke. While they snipe in different amounts, Claire is past the point of distrusting vigilantes, because thats where her character is, not where her relationship with Luke is. Misty took a more complicated route, but she has the same feelings for Luke that Claire…

The commonality is sexual. Neither is sex neutral. Why do all the important female characters have to have their sexuality emphasized? Again, there is no important difference between love and sex in this medium.

yyyYeahh. On the other hand, this is comics, where continuity is flexible. I'm totally okay with a future writer claiming that the cancer cure actually relies on constant exposure to vibranium for life or some other ridiculous fix.

The issue is that there is a difference between male/female relationships when sexuality is involved and when it is not. If you don't believe me, I suggest you read some speculative comments on the homoeroticism of male/male friendships. Some people have no issue with that. However, many people claim that making a…

I'm afraid they are in pretty much every moving picture media.

Because Claire is a regular cast member for the Defenders. Her story is about that interaction with all of them. It didn't begin with a love/sex story and she doesn't conveniently exit when its over.

Sorry, but his body IS there and we do see it sometimes. And whenever he's normal we never get a "oh thank god I have my penis back" moment. While the black-dude-is-monster-who-feeds-off-white-chick is certainly awful, everyone pretending he doesn't have a body is extrapolating. Sometimes things can be pointed out…

I'm only talking about that second half slack that all of them have.

Cloak? Castrated? He has a physical body. I think there is a 'black dude is a monster/covers his face' trope though.

We don't need your shipwar.

More efficient, but less true to the character's history. They really are trying to translate early Luke Cage and that means Cottonmouth and Mariah, not some gestalt character. I think Cottonmouth was most likable by the end, yet most limited. Mariah I did not truly appreciate until the finale, when the you can…

Luke Cage was a period character of the 70's. They deliberately put in many beats meant to call back to his blaxploitation origin.

But there aren't multiple shows. This is a beginning. You can't complain that it isn't auteur level when there isn't a wide variety to choose from and build off of. There were only 4 black showrunners to choose from when Marvel was looking for people to reinvent their old cartoon, and some people prefer to avoid…

That's kind of the point of their relationship arc. If you think Jessica will have the same characterization forever, you don't understand the point.

Luke's just going to have sex with everybody. I'm already champing at the bit for the Luke/Matt sexual tension if Matt becomes Luke's lawyer in Defenders.

I think it'd be harder to let a series build if you can't binge it.

It was a plate glass window. Luke was required to destroy it by contract.

They'll die by the time you memorize them.

Hell's Kitchen used to its own thing, too. When Harlem falls to gentrification, it'll be just another part of New York City, as well.

Its a reference to black history, I think, with the focus on black men as basically livestock or just strong backs. However, superhero media SPECIFICALLY has the beautiful godlike body as one of its symbols, so presumably the physical focus is a good thing? Not a bad thing to be ashamed of? Transformative of black…