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I do like how Immortal Iron Fist tied all that together with Orson Randall though.

And the kind of spin on fate where Wendall's not actually meant to ever be the Iron Fist, and the depth in trying to return to that world after he was kind of scared off of it by Orson who had his own views on the role and place of the Iron Fist.

The fact Wendall basically turned Orson's accrued family wealth kind of de-fangs that incredulity as well.

Wendall was forever chasing Orson's shadow, and the one he wound up accepting was less the one he actually wanted... and more what was less intimidating.
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I like the Randall intrigues as an addition to the larger narrative. It introduces the idea of technology corrupting K'un-Lun from the inside, provides a convenient plot device to allow Heavenly City travel between scheduled appearances on Earth, and sets up motivation for the Yu-Ti as a materialistic hedonist who just wants to enjoy the pleasures of Earth -- which in turn informs why Orson and later Danny [i]were[/i] chosen to become the Iron Fist, thereby subverting the white savior trope.

For my personal tastes, having Wendell connected back to it all just makes the world feel a little small. And I suppose I lied earlier: making Davos a rival of Danny, and not Wendell, is another Netflix adaptation that I happily adopted. I don't think I even realized back when I first read [i]Immortal Iron Fist[/i] that it [i]wasn't[/i] Danny who usurped his right to the title.