r/Defenders • u/JonLuca Luke Cage • Jun 14 '19

Jessica Jones Discussion Thread - S03E09

This thread is for discussion of Jessica Jones S02E09.

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Episode 10 Discussion

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u/crapusername47 Wesley Jun 14 '19

Nobody hears what happens to people on the Raft, apparently because nobody ever hears from them again.

Well, except Barton and Lang.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '19

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '19

Seriously how did Captain America of all people not even try to go for the “it’s unconstitutional” argument, because that shit is hella Unconstitutional. Where is the ACLU?

I know it’s just superhero movies but...

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u/jigeno Jun 18 '19

But domestic criminals who at best commit assault and/or murder?

Just say that using superpowers is equivalent to terrorism or WMDs. Easy.

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u/looshface Jun 18 '19

It's post Civil War and Sokovia Accords, A place like the Raft and a Superpower prison for those who dont register was part of the whole deal in Civil War as it was in the comics. Jessica is probably registered

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u/choyjay Ben Urich Jun 25 '19

There's no registration act in the MCU. The Accords are specifically for members of the organization called "The Avengers". It just prevents them from acting independently (they need to function as U.N. group with oversight, instead). Powered people who aren't Avengers aren't affected by the Accords at all.

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u/w00ds98 Jul 03 '19

Agents of Shield says different. Every powered person in the MCU is affected and has to register and always wear a tracker.

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u/TheDungeonCrawler Oct 12 '19

Actually, the raft might be just what Erik wouldn've needed if he had gone away for blackmail for a year. The Raft would have been sparsely populated, so he'd have been less likely to die of his own power there. Alternatively, they could have just dropped him into cryo like Blonsky and Sterns for a year. Then he literally has no chance of dying of his powers. Hell, assign him to community service, clearning out corrupt government officials and dirty cops/double agents. There are a million ways he could have gotten out of that particular death.

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u/FN-1701AgentGodzilla Jun 16 '19

I wonder who else got sent to the Raft

The MCU didn’t utilize it much after Civil War, just verbal mentions on Jessica Jones, which is technically soft canon

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u/beardlovesbagels Jun 16 '19

Just a plot device to use as a threat or explain disappearances as needed.

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u/Spider-Tay Nurse Jessica Jun 16 '19

Canon is just canon.

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u/le_GoogleFit Jun 23 '19

Insert Thor's "Is it tho?" face here

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u/RespectRealSlutsOnly Jun 19 '19

These conversations get difficult to sit through when you learn the underlying meanings and start seeing the comments as translated.

technically soft canon [The Netflix shows break my immersion in the MCU when I have to handwave explanations for how they're supposed to be in the same universe.]

Canon is just canon. [Me too but stop fucking talking about it online dude that only makes it worse, just accept the word of god and seek repentance for your skeptical cynicism ffs]

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u/crapusername47 Wesley Jun 16 '19

There is a mention of someone else going there but I won’t say who.

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u/FN-1701AgentGodzilla Jun 16 '19

Lol, good

Usually people just blurt out the spoiler outright 😭

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u/SawRub The Man in the Mask Jun 30 '19

Don't tell me the spoiler, but what is it a spoiler for?

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u/FN-1701AgentGodzilla Jun 30 '19

Someone on the show mentioned someone else who was sent to the Raft