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[imironstark]

DANNY WEEK | day 7 ★ Free Choice #Danny's friends are awesome and he is shook

[daresplaining]

MCU Danny Rand Week: Day 6

A Favorite Personality Trait

    Danny Rand: Cheerful Badass

    Danny is... many things. (Take it away, Danny...)

Danny: “...I’ll remind you that-- I am a multi-billionaire super-powered martial artist who returned to this realm for the sole purpose of mortal revenge.”

Immortal Iron Fists #4 by Kaare Andrews, Afu Chan, and Shelly Chen    

    ...So our favorite personality trait is actually a combination of traits-- a feature of Danny’s character that stole our hearts the first time both of us started reading Iron Fist, and which Finn Jones and the writers have done a beautiful job recreating in the Netflix shows. Comics Danny, at the age of nine, watched his dad get pushed off a cliff and his mom get eaten alive by wolves. MCU Danny didn’t have it quite so bad-- he only watched his parents die in a plane crash that he barely survived himself. In both universes, he could easily have turned into a dark, haunted person. In fact, he did for a while. As mentioned, he returned to Earth in order to murder a guy (and we’ll be talking about the differences between how the show and comics handled this revenge quest tomorrow!). But in spite of all the horror he’s been through in his life, he has blocked and dodged all (well, most) of the broody psychosis so often thrown at street-level heroes, and remains an amazingly upbeat, friendly, cheerful, genuine person. We don’t use this term much, because it’s subjective and not exactly analytical, but... he’s adorable. He is one of the least emotionally-constipated superheroes out there, and that’s really refreshing, particularly for a male character. 

Power Man and Iron Fist vol. 1 #57 by Mary Jo Duffy, Trevor Von Eedon, and G. Roussos

Danny: “Look, despite all that’s happened-- all that’s changed-- I want you to know. You’re still my best friend. And I’ll always be there.”

Cage vol. 1 #13 by Marc McLaurin, Scott Benefiel, and Frank Turner

    This doesn’t mean he doesn't experience hardship, or character development-- he does, in spades. But he always bounces back from adversity with a smile, and almost never takes it out on his loved ones. Matt Murdock (to uh, throw out a name at random) is fun to read about... but we’d never, ever want to be friends with him. But you bet we would hang out with Danny.   

Danny: “Just consider this a little reminder... that crime doesn’t pay!”

Luke: “You havin’ a good time, Fist?”

Power Man and Iron Fist vol. 1 #63 by Mary Jo Duffy, Kerry Gammill, and Ed Hannigan 

Jeryn: “Danny... are you using your Rand expense account to fund Luke and his fugitive Avengers?”

Danny: “Nooooo. [...] Yes.”

Immortal Iron Fist #16 by Matt Fraction, Ed Brubaker, David Aja, et al.

    And that on its own would make him an enjoyable character, but it is paired with the fact that he is the Iron Fist, which requires a certain mindset and level of-- for lack of a better term-- stone-cold badassery. Danny is a sweet guy, but if you get on his bad side he can, and will, end you. Immortal Iron Fist, goldmine of fantastic Danny quotes, gives us one of our favorite lines to epitomize this side of his personality:     

Danny: “One day, this mantle bestowed upon me... the Iron Fist... one day it will kill me. I know this. And I hope it’s a glorious, heroic death. I hope I die in a way that honors my gifts. I hope I embrace my death when it comes. I imagine fire. I imagine blood.”

Immortal Iron Fist #3 by Matt Fraction, Ed Brubaker, David Aja, et al.

    The Netflix shows have done a great job of balancing this duality, mostly thanks to Finn’s amazing ability to be cute one minute and terrifyingly intense the next. 

    Danny’s arc in Iron Fist and The Defenders did end up following the trend of all of the Netflix shows and skewing darker than most of the source material-- which we were kind of expecting. But what’s important is that Danny’s lightness of spirit was retained, and this balance of personality traits, which is part of what makes his character so much fun, has been celebrated and adapted into glorious live action. 

[ironwingedhawk]

Danny Rand Appreciation Week: Day 6: Favorite Character Traits

-Kindness/ Goodness

-Trusting/Naivitee

- Childishness

-I mean, just look at this dork

[petite--craft]

Danny Week. Day 4 : Finn Jones Appreciation Day

I've accidently looked at guys that were "fancast" as Danny Rand and I'm telling you, those guys couldn't not handle Danny's personality! He is proficient in something he mastered and awkward when it comes to something new. He is goofy and serious at the same time; he is childish AND mature, it all depends. But really I can't imagine any of them having this crazy bromance chemistry with Luke Cage played by Mike Colter. Finn, on the other side - gave us both and so much more! I love the way he sees acting and how hard he works! He is also a very genuine and kind person. He is like a walking human sunshine! I want to thank him for all that and I want him to know that there are people who admire him and value no matter what critics say. When I’ve heard that Finn is cast as Danny I was so happy! Because I knew how amazing he is and how they all Finn, Mike, Krysten and Charlie bond with each other just makes my little miserable life better!

[invaderhogtwopointohno]

Danny Rand Appreciation Week

Day Three: Finn Jones Appreciation

Cast Photos

I am sorry, but this is literally perfect. Like everyone is all serious and awesome and then.... there’s Finn. Like this perfect boy knows what we need. Thank you Finn, thank you.

[hardcorefangirlgroupie]

Days 02

Favorite Quote : a classy one but a strong one ! 

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[ao3-lukecage]

Royal Dragon

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by Ironwingedhawk

Short talk between Danny and Luke in the Defenders Episode 1x04.

Words: 346, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Fist (TV), The Defenders (Marvel TV), Luke Cage (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Luke Cage, Danny Rand

Relationships: Luke Cage & Danny Rand

Additional Tags: Episode: s01e04 Royal Dragon, Short One Shot, Bonding, dannyweek

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[imironstark]

DANNY WEEK | day 3 ★ Favorite Relationship » Danny's friendship with Luke.

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DANNY WEEK | day 1 ★ Favorite Scene » The Defenders 1.03: There's someone that you need to meet.

[imironstark]

DANNY WEEK | day 4 ★ Finn Jones Appreciation Day "Every day of my life I make an effort. Like, everything’s an effort - a good effort, you know?" — Finn Jones

[imironstark]

DANNY WEEK | day 6 ★ Favorite Character Trait » Danny's strong sense of morality.

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DANNY WEEK | day 2 ★ Favorite Quote » The Defenders 1.06: Luke Cage and the Iron Fist... we belong out there. Together, on the front lines.

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DANNY WEEK | day 5 ★ Favorite Episode » Iron Fist 1.06: Immortal Emerges from Cave

[ironwingedhawk]

Danny Rand Appreciation Week: Day 1: Favorite Scene

-Playtime’s over I know it’s a bit of an odd choice, but for some reason, I have a really soft spot for this scene. I like, how Danny admires Colleen. How he casually moves backwards with his hands in the pockets. I think it’s a bit like children playin with toys which is just what Danny still is in a way.

[daresplaining]

MCU Danny Rand Week: Day 2

A Favorite Quote

Danny: “I have a vision of total victory and nothing else. It’s the reason I’ve gotten this far. Defeat has no place in my mind.”

    We’re going to cheat a little and also include: “I was a warrior. Only in the middle of a fight did I fully come alive” as a similarly-themed runner-up. We’ve talked a bit about how much we love the show’s approach to Danny’s identity as a warrior, and will be exploring the badassery aspect of his character in-depth later this week-- but this is one of the reasons we are Iron Fist fans. It’s awesome to follow the adventures of a character who is just very, very good at what they do. Danny is a fighter. That’s pretty much the entirety of his world and identity (the businessperson and rich guy elements have been inflicted upon him, but they are far from who he actually is). He doesn’t have an ego, he doesn’t brag, he’s not a jerk about it-- but he is confident, and realistic about his abilities.       

Danny: “I think you’d better give up.”

Punk: “I heard of you-- you’re Iron Fist! A kung fu guy! You got quite a rep! In this neighborhood, I got the rep!”

Danny: “One difference. I probably deserve my reputation. You don’t.”

Power Man and Iron Fist vol. 1 #91 by Steven Grant, Greg LaRocque, and Christie Scheele  

    Danny’s confidence, as comes through in this quote, is vital and ties into his origin story. It requires a strength of will to take on a dragon and win-- or even survive. In the comics, we see two contrasting Iron Fist candidate failures: Davos, who is overconfident (enough so that he illegally challenges Shou-Lao after losing the qualifying tournament), and Wendell Rand, who is not confident enough and wimps out at the last minute. Danny is able to win because he genuinely believes he can, and has the skills to back it up. This is a mindset that Lei Kung tries to instill in all of his students, and while there have been past Iron Fists who lacked this confidence (e.g. Li Park, who was forced to fight Shou-Lao because everyone else was sick...), it is presented as usually being essential for victory.

    We see again and again in the show that though everything else may be falling apart around him, Danny always approaches his fights with confidence and conviction. He even manages some snappy banter-- something he’s terrible at in the comics. He may lose everything else, but he will always have his warrior status, his kung fu, and the knowledge that he can kick pretty much anyone’s butt.     

[ironwingedhawk]

Danny Rand Appreciation Week: Day 4: Finn Jones 

-Fellow cast-mates So on this day, I wanted to make it short (+ I didn’t have much time because of uni), so, I don’t mention Finn’s dedication to the fans his acting, or the fact that he is in some ways a real life Danny Rand. But mostly the amazing chemistry and genuine friendship between him and the other members of the IF/Defenders cast.

So: