ladyshadowdrake

via http://ift.tt/2mmBf54:
I’m watching Iron Fist. I know this has been said by everyone, but:

Danny Rand is the textbook definition of the spoiled Whiteboy who appropriates an Asian culture, proclaims to follow the belief system, but only uses it when and where it suits him. 

One minute he’s sagely stating that he doesn’t need material possession or comforts (i.e. the thing with the shoes), and then the next he’s screaming in someone’s face that he’s not going to let them take away what’s his, what was also meant to be his. 

One minute he’s returning two dollars someone put in his cup on the sidewalk, saying that he wasn’t asking for money. The next he’s pointing out that he’s a billionaire, excuse you, not a millionaire, and cavalierly buying a building so he can waive someone’s rent when she already refused to let him pay her rent. 

One minute he tells his lady love interest that he’s taken a vow of chastity. He says it as though it’s a matter of course, that obviously he took a vow of chastity, seriously who doesn’t? Later that night he’s in her bed. 

I get that from the plot perspective he was indoctrinated by the monks and he’s now rebelling against what he was taught, but still has so many of those ideals drilled deeply into him - I understand. I also understand that a strong theme in the plot is that he is in dereliction of duty. If he wasn’t also A Whiteboy, that would be an interesting aspect to explore. But this reads so much more like Anime-Lover Dude (or Dudette) who decides he wants to be a ninja after watching too much Naruto.

P.S. Claire Temple is amazing. Just saying.