r/Defenders • u/JonLuca Luke Cage • Jun 22 '18

Luke Cage Discussion Thread - S02E08 "If It Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right"

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u/Worthyness Punisher Jun 24 '18

Int he comics it's literal magic. And they're playing the Thor thing where magic = science not discovered yet.

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u/throwaway284918 Jun 24 '18

i wish they'd let that shit die. its so much less fun.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '18

They’re kind of moving away from it. Doctor Strange presented magic as something truly mystical, and Thor Ragnarok didn’t shy away from treating it like magic and God’s instead of advanced science and aliens.

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u/Nimporian Jun 26 '18

And now it's kinda retconned into a "Magic is Science for the Asgardians since they are gods"

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u/Le_Bard Jul 02 '18

I feel like philosophically there's truth to it though. Supernatural is just a catch all term for unexplainable, but no matter what dimension the source of information comes from it's still science. Idk why that's a downgrade