#but id have to get rid of their backstory in that case since their killing is very much outside influence rather than The Urge
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#saw the uh. romance scene. like the durge romance scene. with a character i genuinely do not intend to romance#BUT OOOHHHHHH#oh thats so good#i still have a month to remind myself of how much i love my intended tav (their backstory interests me more than their game plot)#it is nice that it finally dragged me out of my desire to do a complete giving in run first bc as cool as THAT character is#i need to see the struggle#but i really do think most of these characters would rely on some degree of either guide usage or existing knowledge#so im ALSO tempted to do a run with a character based off of my very unsubtly self insert xiv character maze#nyx's backstory leading to them experiencing very much a 'i dont want to kill anymore :(' mentality does kinda make them resemble durge#but id have to get rid of their backstory in that case since their killing is very much outside influence rather than The Urge#this game is making me suffer through the exact same shit as dragon age inquisition did i made SO MANY characters#romanced dorian 3 times. because i love him#both tge first & second times were unintentional. i meant to go for bull but messed up his personal quest with the first#and discovered youd need to find a Literal Fucking Dragon in the second#ive been through some shit for my LIs in games but im not fighting a dragon actually fuck that#maybe im just really bad at dai but i got my ass kicked the one time i tried
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Daredevil Season 3 Easter Eggs And References
I somehow managed to watch the full season in about a week. Probably because I actually had a day off of work in there. These season of Daredevil borrows heavily from two very famous comic book arcs, āBorn Again,ā and āGuardian Devil.ā If youāre familiar with the comics, you probably saw a few things coming. That being said, there arenāt a huge amount of Easter eggs in the season.
As usual, the Easter eggs are broken down by episode so if you want to read as you go without being spoiled for future episodes, you can. This is spoiler-heavy though, so if youāre trying to steer clear and havenāt watched the season yet, look away. Iāll understand.
I didnāt spend a lot of time explaining who people are if theyāve appeared in the show before, maybe just a reminder here and there in case they didnāt make a huge impression on you.
So, onto the Easter eggs!
S3E01 āResurrectionā
Father Lantom
Iām sure we all remember him from earlier seasons, but this is just a reminder of his role in the comics. In the comics, he also provides a place of refuge for Cloak And Dagger as well as the Runaways. Taking in heroes with sad backstories is kind of his thing.
St. Agnes
Again, sure everyone recognizes it, but also just a reminder that on Agents of SHIELD, the orphanage where Daisy Johnson AKA Skye AKA Mary Sue Poots spent her youth was also called St. Agnes. Iād still love a connection.
The Timeline
Despite Matt waking up and seemingly thinking he just made it out of a collapsed building, itās actually been āseveral weeks,ā which probably puts this happening right around the same time as the events of the most recent season of Luke Cage or Iron Fist. More episodes will likely clear this up.
Sister Maggie
She is a comic book character, plucked from the pages of the āBorn Againā story arc. Thereās likely a big reveal coming with Sister Maggie, so I wonāt spoil that for you. She also features prominently in the āGuardian Devilā story arc.
Ben Donovan
This lawyer certainly gets around. Taking care of Wilson Fisk still even though he was devoting so much time to Mariah Dillard over on Luke Cage.
Fisk And The Wall
After he gets bad news, he stares at the white wall of his prison cell. Youāll remember in season one, he liked āWhite Rabbit In A Snowstormā because it helped him think. Itās also how he was forced to deal with his father abusing his mother.
Rymon Cable
The van that has bad guys Matt decides to test himself against? Itās full of clothes even though it has the Rymon Cable logo on it. Thereās no comic book connection to Rymon, but Holly S. Rymon is a āproduction executiveā on the series. Sheās also worked on Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and The Punisher over the last two years.
S3E02 āPleaseā
Fiskās Deal
This deal isnāt unlike ones heās made in the comics to further his own ends. During āCivil Warā he actually passes information about Captain America to Iron Man, which briefly makes him a target for other criminals. He tries to get his stature back by putting a hit out on Spider-Man and his family, which backfires when Spider-Man shows up in prison and beats him to a pulp.
Karenās Backstory
In the comics, sheās an only child, but she does have darker and darker side stories. She becomes a drug addict and a prostitute at one point, so Iām curious to see how much the writers reveal of her dark backstory here.
Blackout Cripples NY
This headline appears on a new newspaper clipping on the wall in Karenās Bulletin office. Now, all of the other clippings were there before the office belonged to her, courtesy of Ben Urich. That means this new headline is likely one of her stories. That story is likely in response to the blackouts that happened all over the world in Agents of SHIELD season four when a hate group was making a statement about Inhumans.
Blake Tower
You all remember Blake Tower, right? Heās been showing up on multiple shows, just like Ben Donovan, Claire Temple, and Turk Barrett.
āHellās Kitchen is ground zero for vigilantesā¦ā
Foggyās not wrong. Daredevil, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage have all been around in the last few years. Iron Fist promised to protect Hellās Kitchen, but the events of his last season changed things up a bit.
S3E03 āNo Good Deedā
Kingpinās White/Grey/Lavender Penthouse
The color scheme for Wilson Fiskās room is very reminiscent of his clothing choices in the comics.
The Presidential Hotel
Was it just me who noticed the hotel, combined with the āLock Fisk up,ā the fake news comments, and the fact that the owner was convicted of fraud? I think those are a lot of real world shoutouts right there, and I appreciate every single one of them.
Fiskās White Suit
Matt might be hallucinating Fisk, but this is Kingpinās comic book look. Itās perfect.
Millar
I couldnāt make out the second name of the electrical/plumbing company Matt sneaks into the hotel with, but the first in the logo is definitely Millar. Frank Miller is typically the name associated with Daredevil, but I feel like Millar is a shoutout to comic book creator Mark Millar. Heās better known for the Kick-Ass franchise and his work for DC, but heās also written on some X-Men books, some Fantastic Four, and some Spider-Man, as well as the āCivil Warā arc.
Vanessa Hiding In Spain
Vanessa frequently has to hide out in the comics to escape the wrath of Wilsonās enemies. Spain isnāt usually a big spot for her, but Wilson lived there for about a year in the comics before Lady Bullseye caught up with him and sent a bunch of Hand ninjas after him.
Agent Poindexter
He seems to like the nickname Dex and he has a great skillset - never missing his mark. Benjamin Poindexter is the main alias of a villain named Bullseye in the comics, and I donāt think thatās spoiling anything for you since casting rumors and trailers should have done that already. Heās probably Daredevilās biggest enemy, not Kingpin. So, thatās going to be fun to watch develop.
Mattās Clothes
Not his vigilante ensemble, which is a callback to him first starting out in season one. His walking around clothes. It looks a lot like how Stick used to dress when he was in New York, huh? Guess Matt is taking cues from his former sensei.
Matt Picking Foggyās Pocket
Okay, so I realize this is just a means to an end for Matt, but I like to think of it as another connection between Matt and Daisy. Both orphans at St. Agnes (possibly the same one), both steal the ID of someone who meets with them in order to get more info. (In Daisy AKA Skyeās case, it was Mike Peterson in the Agents of SHIELD pilot.)
S3E04 āBlindsidedā
District Attorney Foggy Nelson
Foggy was District Attorney of New York City for a while in the comics. He also became Chief of Staff for the mayor for a while too.
The Prison Fight Sequence
Less an Easter egg and more a reminder that Daredevil is known for doing a spectacular single take fight sequence every season. This one, where the cameraman literally just followed Charlie Cox from room to room lasted nearly a crazy 15 minutes. No cuts. Thatās impressive.
āWe were just being friendly.ā
And Karen pulls a gun on some guys up to no good. I feel like she and Jessica Jones need to hang out more. They could just intimidate skeevey guys in alleys for laughs.
Trucks Full Of Chemicals
The FBI agentās story about her dad hauling chemicals, I think, made a nice nod to the fact that both Matt Murdock and Jessica Jones got their abilities from trucks full of chemicals hitting them in the comics.
Felix Manning
āFelixā has been the name of the person in charge of Vanessaās location, so Iām going to wager theyāre one in the same. He also appears in a whopping two comic books - Daredevil issues 230 and 231. He wanted Melvin Potter, who appeared early in the Netflix series, to make him a duplicate of the Daredevil costume. He was actually killed by a Daredevil imposter. Foreshadowing? Weāll see.
A Taxi To The Water
A version of this happened in āBorn Again.ā It didnāt get rid of Matt, but it did make him a little more loopy.
S3E05 āThe Perfect Gameā
Fisk Giving Mattās Name
There is a story in the comics where Fisk implicates Matt as a vigilante and gets him arrested. The FBI, however, decides not to take the deal with him, and they put Fisk in prison for numerous crimes as well. This clearly isnāt playing out exactly the same way, but, when Matt and Fisk try to break out of prison during a riot, itās Bullseye who has to save them. I canāt help but wonder if there was a little inspiration there.
Felix Threatens Karen
Again, a little hint of her backstory here. In the comics, sheās also from the New England area. Her father, Paxton Page, who gets namechecked in the threat, actually became a villain named Deathās Head in the comics.
Baseball And Bullseye
Cute that little Dex has a bullseye on his baseball cap in his childhood. Funnily enough, comic book villain Bullseye claims to have attempted to become a major league baseball player, but he got bored pitching a no hitter and threw the ball at the final hitter to kill him in a minor league game. Killing his coach when he pulls him from the game is a bit of a twist on that.
S3E06 āThe Devil You Knowā
Matt Doesnāt Take Karenās Coffee
Luke Cageās ācoffeeā has ruined he drink for everyone. Karen offering Matt a cup when he comes to her for help, and Matt refusing could be a sign that anything romantic between them is officially over. Or it means nothing. Who knows?
Karen Is Way Too Comfortable In A Drug Den
Karen is around drugs a lot this season. A lot. And it all seems to give a nod to her comic book story, but I feel like weāre inching toward more of her family backstory with just how comfortable she is buying drugs and making her way around other addicts.
āMaybe Iāll get lucky and theyāll lock me up next to Fisk.ā
This did actually happen in the comics, as Iāve mentioned before. Itās a nice nod.
Felix Manning Getting Dex The Suit
Likewise, I also mentioned Felix being the one to get a copy of a Daredevil suit in the comics. Looks like his appearance was some foreshadowing after all.
Dex As Daredevil
Bullseye has actually dressed up as Daredevil in the comics as well. Heās not the only one. So has Foggy.
Karen Between Bullseye And A Victim
If Karen stepping between Dex and the witness gave you pause, itās probably because you know how she loses her life in the comics. She gets between Bullseye and Matt in a fight, taking a lethal blow to save Mattās life. This imagery is not going to be fun for Karen fans.
Side note: Iāve never really been a Karen Page fan because the comics put her firmly in the slot of victim. She never really outgrows that no matter who writes for her. But I love her this season. Maybe itās because we got to see more of Karen being Karen than of trying to fill someone elseās shoes.
S3E07 āAftermathā
The Hidden Room
Kingpin officially has a supervillain lair. Less of an Easter egg here and more of it being about time.
WJPBTV, WNEX, WHiH, etc
All of the news networks Fisk sees the Bulletin carnage on exist within the MCU already. WJPB is the news station most often seen in Luke Cage. WNEX is the station that aired Trish Talk. WHiH is the one most often seen in the movies. You get the idea.
Melvin Potter
AKA Gladiator in the comics is something of a gentle giant. He kind of fell into a life of crime, which is largely what Daredevil has done with him in the show as well. The shirt heās wearing when Matt confronts him is a nod to his comic book costume. So are the saw blades. His girlfriend Betsy was, I believe, a social worker in the comics, not a parole officer. (BTW, the comic that features Matt, Fisk, and Bullseye breaking out of prison during a riot? Melvinās in prison at the same time as well. Matt advises him to stay in his cell so he doesnāt get hurt.)
S3E08 āUpstairs/Downstairsā
Keys
As Karen nears the front door of her apartment, thereās a piece of paper from a legal pad that says āKEYS.ā I love that sheās so focused on her work that she has likely forgotten to take her keys with her enough that it warrants a giant reminder.
Fiskās Plan
His plan, of putting himself in charge of the criminal groups, is essentially what he wanted in season 2 as well when he gave Frank Castle a means to escape prison.
The Maggia
This is the first time the Italian-American version of the mafia has been mentioned in the present day in the MCU. I say present day because it did have its fingers in Agent Carter season two. In the comics, the Maggia gets the ire of quite a few heroes and antiheroes, but most often, the Punisher.
Sister Maggie
Unless you never read anything related to Daredevil at all, you were probably spoiled at some point that Sister Maggie was really Mattās mom. People started speculating about the reveal being imminent as soon as there was a āget Maggieā at the end of The Defenders. In the comics, the reveal is a little different as Matt already suspected she was his mother before he found out for sure.
Apartment 131
Dex lives in apartment 131. What comic book did Bullseye make his debut in? Daredevil #131.
S3E09 āRevelationsā
Kingpin
Wilson Fisk finally officially gets his codename. I like that weāre back to the season one idea of his lackeys not wanting to name him because someone is always watching/listening.
Karenās Running
In the comics, Karen basically runs whenever things get hard. Iām kind of surprised she stuck things out this long on the show.
Rosalie Carbone
The woman we see Nadeem take in was last spotted in season two of Luke Cage making a play for Harlem. Sheās the one with the Maggia connection. The other names we get are Hammond and Star. The only Hammond I know of in Marvel Comics was the original Human Torch. Iāve got nothing for Star, but the other names could have been picked at random. I donāt recognize the other two people at the table either.
S3E10 āKarenā
Karen Selling Drugs
At least this explains why sheās so comfortable in drug dens. I like that this gives us a nod to her comic book tragedy, but here sheās the seller instead of the addict.
Fagan Corners, Vermont
This is where Karenās from in the comics as well. The name of the fictional town is an homage to Tom Rutland. Rutland organized an annual Halloween parade in Vermont themed around superheroes. He was actually written into Avengers comics in the 1970s.
Pennyās Place
Named for Karenās mom in the comics, Penelope.
ā... two lines away from doing blow jobs on the street for heroinā¦ā
Maybe this isnāt true on the Netflix show, but yes, this happened in the comics.
Bullseye And Daredevil In The Church
Their in-church fight actually happened in the comics when Matt and Karen were hiding a baby in the church. The big difference here is that when Bullseye aimed a fatal blow at Daredevil with his own billy club, Karen got between them and died from her injury. Father Lantom takes the hit for Karen here.
S3E11 āReunionā
Custos Diaboli
This is inscribed above the gate to get to the basement where Matt and Karen hide out. From the Latin, in translates to Guardian Devil, one of the comic book arcs the series draws from.
KTTA And ZCN
These are two of the networks I could make out on the mics in front of Fisk when he has a press conference outside of the hotel. KTTA is a television station from the comics that frequently reported on the Thunderbolts. ZCN already exists in the Netflix universe. They offered Trish Walker a job in the second season of Jessica Jones.
Nelson & Murdock: Attorneys At Law
Leave it to Foggy to formally name them as they were named in the comics (and the first season of the show).
Side note: I love the Holocaust survivor standing up to Fisk and refusing to give him her familyās painting. It very much reminds me of the scene in The Avengers when Loki demands everyone kneel, but one man reminds the crowd, āthere are always men like you,ā and refuses. Itās a great reminder that so many comic book creators, during an era when comics flourished, were Jewish, and their relatives were being persecuted and killed half a world away.
S3E12 āOne Last Shotā
Vanessa Embracing The Kingpin
Not a lot of Easter eggs in this episode that I noticed, but I thought it was important to point out that in the normal timeline of the comics, Vanessa isnāt a part of Wilsonās criminal undertakings. In alternate timelines though, sheās the Kingpin herself. Her embracing his work and wanting to be a part of it feels like the writers are trying to find some middle ground there.
Side note: Some fans pointed out on twitter that the Morales vs Parker poster in Fogwellās Gym is a nod to the Spider-Man characters of Marvel Comics. I find that unlikely only because there are plenty of boxers who have shared those names. Itās more likely a coincidence, especially since most of the names in previous seasons were nod to production team members and writers.
S3E13 āA New Napkinā
The Rose
Interesting that Vanessa specifies Fisk should pick the rose. Why? In the comics, Fiskās son Richard became a vigilante who used the name the Rose. In fact, he wanted to overthrow his father at one point. His mother was the one who killed him. Will Vanessa become the Rose instead? It would be a nice touch.
The Crystals Bounce Off Fiskās Suit Jacket
In the comics, Fisk actually wears kevlar under his suits to prevent any of his enemies from surprising him with bullets or knives. In the first season, his body armor that he was wearing were designed by Melvin Potter and he wore them under his suits. It seems he might have gotten an upgrade as everything just bounces off of it instead of tearing it, and he gives his jacket to Vanessa to prevent her being hit by anything.
Karenās More Stable Than Jessica Jones
There are probably a lot of people more stable than Jessica Jones, Matt, jeez. That doesnāt mean sheās not a great detective.
Dexās Injury And Cognium
In the comics, Bullseye did some time paralyzed. Of course, like all comic book characters, it didnāt last forever. Something else Dex had in the comics? A spine laced with adamantium. Yep, the same stuff on Wolverineās bones. Itās what made him so indestructible. The MCU probably canāt use it since itās reserved for the X-Men movies. At least not until everything about the Disney-FOX deal is official.
Dr. Oyama
This doc goes by another name in the comics. Kenji Oyama is Lord Dark Wind. This is the comic book doctor who found a way to make adamantium bond to bone. Wolverine and Bullseye have him to think for their bone structure.
Dexās Eye
That final shot of Dexās eye makes what weāve all been waiting for clear. Dex is definitely officially Bullseye now.
Side note: The milk crates in the freezer with the bodies that have ice all over them? Must have been there for years. Iāve got milk crates used to store product in my freezer at work, and they never build up frost. And our freezer is kept far below zero. Also? I love how much Rosalie Carbone appreciates theatrics. And how Vanessa just wanders around in the background after Fisk repeatedly tells her to leave while thereās a huge fight going on. Thatās all.
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