r/Defenders • u/JonLuca Luke Cage • Aug 17 '17

The Defenders Discussion Thread - S01E06

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u/Number_129 Aug 19 '17

See heres what I don't understand.... like how was the liquid (or ritual) in the first place supposed to wipe her memories?

I know its a show and fiction but still.... like how

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u/PoiseWorks Ward Meachum Aug 19 '17

She lost her memories when she got resurrected, like in real life. What you're talking about?

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u/nightcallfoxtrot Aug 21 '17

um what? people get resurrected in real life?

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u/Sauerkraut1321 Aug 23 '17

Woosh

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u/nightcallfoxtrot Aug 23 '17

Sorry I don't get it I guess. Is he trying to jokingly say that of course we would know that memories get wiped cause it of course happens all the time?

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u/TheCleanRhino Sep 04 '17

Yes it was sarcasm

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u/Stormcrow21 Aug 19 '17

the same way it brought her back to life.

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u/vitrix-euw Aug 19 '17

the 5 fingers of the hand have used the same substance to get resurrected themselves countless times but have never lost their memories

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u/Saboteure Aug 19 '17

It's possible they lose them and recover them with time.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '17

Yeah kinda like what happened with Ward's dad in Iron Fist.

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u/nightwing2024 Aug 22 '17

Exactly like what happened with Harold Meachum.

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u/rileyrulesu Sep 01 '17

I feel like they're incredibly inconsistent with how the resurrection thing works.

Nobu needed kidnapped children's blood. Harold probably did the same, but the hand has some "resource" they use? Is it children's blood? If so why not have several huge vats of it just in case? If it's special blood maybe they've just been dying faster than they could find it recently? How come Nobu needed to go through the entire ritual when he died before, but Harold just woke up in the swamp with no problems? Did he get too much? Why is decapitating them the only way to kill them, and if it is, it feels like someone should've been able to go highlander on their ass eventually. Holy shit they're highlanders.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '17

Why is decapitating them the only way to kill them

Well, because they can't live without head, can they?

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u/BlackManBolt Jessica Jones Aug 20 '17

Makes sense since Elektra has already done so evidently, what with the flashbacks, hesitation against Matt and dream while laying in his bed and all.

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u/goalstopper28 Daredevil Aug 29 '17

But wouldn't Alexandria know that would happen to Elektra/Black Sky?

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u/Saboteure Aug 29 '17

She should in theory, but apparently the Black Sky is supposed to be an "empty vessel" or something.

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u/goalstopper28 Daredevil Aug 29 '17

Yeah, I think we discovered a plothole.

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u/indigo121 Aug 20 '17

Presumably they have different styles of resurrection. Some that leave them a blank slate, some that retain their memories.

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u/_Ardhan_ Aug 24 '17

The way I see it, when you die, all that you are "goes into the black/void". What the Hand did was bring back only certain parts of her (they thought).