'In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'
- George Orwell
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities”
- Voltair
Someone asked this on the internet about why Bullseye is not Daredevil's archenemy instead of Fisk. After all he has caused more damaged to his loved ones. What you y'll guys think?
Fisk is the one that generally pulls the strings, though, in one form or another. Like, Fisk more or less pitted Bullseye and Elektra against one another for the position of his chief assassin. When Mysterio approached Fisk about information on DD, he happily gave it to him at a discount just happy to know how much it would screw up his whole life.
And let's not forget about Born Again. Bullseye may be a stone cold killer with a huge vendetta against DD, but Fisk generally is the one playing him like a fiddle.
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I'll admit, as great of a physical antagonist as Bullseye is, I really don't get why he gets the #2 spot. Sure he's killed people close to Matt, but those were both more or less orchestrated by Fisk. I just don't really see much of the appeal beyond the skill set. Because (quite frankly) I just don't see a whole lot there.
Honest request, here: if someone could explain to me the appeal, I would very much appreciate it.
Last edited by phonogram12; 01-13-2022 at 10:43 AM.
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I think Fisk works well as the opposite. He undermines Matt's faith in the judicial system. Matt is also an active doer who doesn't usually strategize like a chess player, while Fisk is the ultimate spider at the center of a web. It's probably also relevant that Bullseye killed Elektra while working for Fisk.
Matt Murdock's cooler twin brother
I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!
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Bullseye's origins are kinda mixed up in comics and I haven't read them either but Daredevil and Bullseye were kinda being compared with their origins with losing their parents. It can be said that if Daredevil loses his sanity he will become Bullseye. Just like Batman and Joker.
I bought volume 7 of Zdarsky's run yesterday. I'll probably finish it when I'm done with Waid's 3rd omnibus.
I noticed that on the show and thought it was a clever way to create another parallel between the two. But while it's similar to the comics to an extent, I really didn't care for just how much he seemed to need Fisk's approval. I mean, it made Fisk's skills to emotionally manipulate somebody look even better than what we already knew them to be, but he really didn't seem to have much of a backbone. This is probably yet another reason I really want a DDS4 because after Fisk's exposed manipulation and inflicted spinal injury, I'm really curious to see how Bullseye responds to everyone once he gets his back fixed and out of prison. That said, I kinda did like the relationship Fisk and Bullseye had in the comic previous to the current run, where if Fisk ever needed his specific set of skills or Bullseye was strapped for cash, they could work together again with little to no animosity.
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Dexter Soy is awesome but I don't think his style goes very well with DD.