I loved the earlier reveal that the dragon's heart is different colors for different people; I really loved that for Colleen it's that stainless ghost-white.
Yes! It's perfectly suited to her, as the golden sun-glow suits Danny's sunny personality.
And it's seeded as far back as the first season, with the question of whether Danny really is committed to being the Iron Fist or whether the Iron Fist was just something to be after he stopped being able to be "Danny Rand"; he's believably ambivalent about the responsibilities and tangled up in the power in ways that make it both a logical and a self-protective decision for him to step back from the role. For Colleen, it just feels like the natural next step.
Agreed! It works so well with both of their arcs, especially since looking back on Colleen's season 1 arc, the entire thing with learning to deal with her anger and disillusionment is also very Classic Action Hero Arc in its execution (a type of hero arc that is typically reserved for male characters, too).
I have no idea if they actually planned this from the beginning (as the magic 8 ball would say, "signs point to no" is my guess) but it works so well; it makes the entire two-season arc of the show click into place, in a way that just having Danny get the Iron Fist back wouldn't have.
I was surprised and impressed by Mary/Walker overall, especially considering the show's handling of mental health as a field otherwise.
I know!! When it became clear what was going on with her, my first reaction was "Oh no, we're doing THIS, are we?!" ... but then I ended up really enjoying her as a character. The actress is great and I ended up very "sold" by the way they handled her (though as you said, I have no idea how it does or doesn't resemble real-life DID).
I also really enjoy how this show allows so many of its female characters to be violent and unpleasant and morally ambiguous without being condemned by the narrative for it. The Triad gangster's wife is another great character along those lines, as well as a couple of the female villains from the first season, but I think the gangster's widow, whose name I can't currently remember (Mrs. Yang?) really struck me because of the particular kind of political power she wields and her antagonistic-but-respectful dynamic with Colleen by the end, that sort of ambiguous-frenemies thing that again is something you don't get with female characters all that often. The show doesn't revolve around Danny at the expense of the other characters; you can easily imagine Colleen having a fully developed vigilante-hero existence back in New York without him, with her own network of allies and enemies apart from the connections she has through Danny.
It is an absolutely splendid fragment of kung-fu western. "More sake!" "More water!"
Yes! I loved it; I also loved how many little character notes they managed to pack into that one short scene, from Ward still being on the wagon, to his confidence that Danny is going to back him up ("You mess with me, you'll have to deal with him"), which is something he's never really had in his life prior to Danny becoming a major part of it, and speaks tellingly of the adventures they've presumably been having in the meantime, that he's got that rock-solid confidence in Danny to have his back.
I was tremendously endeared by Ward on the runway telling Danny not to walk past him without a fight, because while Ward with a gun is good backup, Ward hand-to-hand canonically gets the floor mopped with him.
Hahaha, I know. It's so sweet and also so ... Ward, honey, I appreciate that you don't want to let the last remaining person you really care about who is still talking to you walk out of your life, but if he actually takes you up on that offer, he is going to flatten you. (With an extra heart-stab because it's very Ward to make a joke about how his dad used to beat the shit out of him. Good lord.)
Danny has to be training him some as they travel. I'm sure it's fraught at first for all the obvious reasons, but I am also sure they work it out.
I would have dearly LOVED to see this onscreen.
in lieu of further seasons, I'm reading most of your fic now. I hope you don't mind.
Not at all, I'm thoroughly delighted you're reading it! I hope you continue to enjoy it. ♥ (Just saw your comment on the cactus fic. LOL.)
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Yes! It's perfectly suited to her, as the golden sun-glow suits Danny's sunny personality.
And it's seeded as far back as the first season, with the question of whether Danny really is committed to being the Iron Fist or whether the Iron Fist was just something to be after he stopped being able to be "Danny Rand"; he's believably ambivalent about the responsibilities and tangled up in the power in ways that make it both a logical and a self-protective decision for him to step back from the role. For Colleen, it just feels like the natural next step.
Agreed! It works so well with both of their arcs, especially since looking back on Colleen's season 1 arc, the entire thing with learning to deal with her anger and disillusionment is also very Classic Action Hero Arc in its execution (a type of hero arc that is typically reserved for male characters, too).
I have no idea if they actually planned this from the beginning (as the magic 8 ball would say, "signs point to no" is my guess) but it works so well; it makes the entire two-season arc of the show click into place, in a way that just having Danny get the Iron Fist back wouldn't have.
I was surprised and impressed by Mary/Walker overall, especially considering the show's handling of mental health as a field otherwise.
I know!! When it became clear what was going on with her, my first reaction was "Oh no, we're doing THIS, are we?!" ... but then I ended up really enjoying her as a character. The actress is great and I ended up very "sold" by the way they handled her (though as you said, I have no idea how it does or doesn't resemble real-life DID).
I also really enjoy how this show allows so many of its female characters to be violent and unpleasant and morally ambiguous without being condemned by the narrative for it. The Triad gangster's wife is another great character along those lines, as well as a couple of the female villains from the first season, but I think the gangster's widow, whose name I can't currently remember (Mrs. Yang?) really struck me because of the particular kind of political power she wields and her antagonistic-but-respectful dynamic with Colleen by the end, that sort of ambiguous-frenemies thing that again is something you don't get with female characters all that often. The show doesn't revolve around Danny at the expense of the other characters; you can easily imagine Colleen having a fully developed vigilante-hero existence back in New York without him, with her own network of allies and enemies apart from the connections she has through Danny.
It is an absolutely splendid fragment of kung-fu western. "More sake!" "More water!"
Yes! I loved it; I also loved how many little character notes they managed to pack into that one short scene, from Ward still being on the wagon, to his confidence that Danny is going to back him up ("You mess with me, you'll have to deal with him"), which is something he's never really had in his life prior to Danny becoming a major part of it, and speaks tellingly of the adventures they've presumably been having in the meantime, that he's got that rock-solid confidence in Danny to have his back.
I was tremendously endeared by Ward on the runway telling Danny not to walk past him without a fight, because while Ward with a gun is good backup, Ward hand-to-hand canonically gets the floor mopped with him.
Hahaha, I know. It's so sweet and also so ... Ward, honey, I appreciate that you don't want to let the last remaining person you really care about who is still talking to you walk out of your life, but if he actually takes you up on that offer, he is going to flatten you. (With an extra heart-stab because it's very Ward to make a joke about how his dad used to beat the shit out of him. Good lord.)
Danny has to be training him some as they travel. I'm sure it's fraught at first for all the obvious reasons, but I am also sure they work it out.
I would have dearly LOVED to see this onscreen.
in lieu of further seasons, I'm reading most of your fic now. I hope you don't mind.
Not at all, I'm thoroughly delighted you're reading it! I hope you continue to enjoy it. ♥ (Just saw your comment on the cactus fic. LOL.)