#orson randall

[bookoftheironfist]

Danny Rand Hug Compilation

(After all, you can't become the Iron Fist if you're not good at hugging.)

#Iron Fist 50th #Iron Fist #Danny Rand #Pei #Miranda Rand K'ai #Orson Randall #Luke Cage #Jessica Jones #Colleen Wing #Misty Knight #Joy Meachum #Jennie Royce #Steel Serpent #Shou Lao #Phew... #ID in alt text

[theimaginauts]

IRON FIST ORSON RANDALL

Art by DAN BRERETON

#dan brereton #marvel comics #orson randall #pulp heroes

[tea-with-cinnamontoast]

so, we’ve all at least heard of the iron fist, right? whether it’s from the comics or netflix show, i am 90% sure you’ve at least heard about him! well, i’m here to tell you that there’s more that meets the eye! :)

the netflix show doesn’t flesh out danny as a character that well and some of you probably despise him (...i do too) but his comic self is waaay different. if nmcu danny is whiny and all "because im the iron fist" every five minutes, then comics danny is a mix of a silly little guy, dumbass (affectionate), and a walking sunshine.

of course, there are some comics where he may act a lot different, but he is just a green flag—albeit traumatised—little guy!

the iron fist show itself MESSES UP the lore so badly that i literally do not know what’s so special about the iron fist. so here’s a (not so) deep dive into the lore of the iron fist mantle until lin lie! and some comic recommendations of danny :D

(open the cut for more 💖)

let’s start with the basics, shall we?

What is the Iron Fist? Who is the Iron Fist?

the iron fist is a power that comes from a dragon named shou-lao. this power is the dragon’s chi—or the soul, according to chinese belief. this chi allows them to access the dragon’s powers and unlock different ways of using said powers! the most common was is to turn their fists into "things of unto iron"!

however, the iron fist is not just a power, it’s a mantle given to those who can defeat the dragon themselves. these candidates are trained in k’un lun and if they do win, they will be named the champion of k’un lun. the first iron fist is quan yaozu.

What? What the hell is K’un Lun? What do you mean ‘champion’?

i’m glad you asked! k’un lun is one of the capital cities of heaven! there are 7 capital cities of heaven, according to iron fist lore, each with their own champions who possesses different abilities. they are also called the immortal weapons.

(note that the new weapon in this picture is davos, a long time nemesis of danny, because of circumstances. the actual weapon is the crane mother’s child.)

the fat cobra is from peng lai, a child of a pig farmer raised in abandonment. he was an opera singer as a child and fought in both sides of the world war.

the bride of nine spiders is from the kingdom of spiders, yet her origins are unknown.

dog brother comes from the under city and used to be a poor street orphan with an adoptive brother to protect. he was a slave, too.

tiger’s beautiful daughter is a strong woman from tiger island, an island where women ruled over men. i’m not kidding, in the one chapter where her origins are introduced, she literally destroyed the patriarchy. we stan.

prince of orphans is from z’gambo. unfortunately, we do not know his origins, but he is powerful. like necromancer powerful.

read more about them in ‘the immortal weapons’! absolutely worth it.

Wait, wait, wait. The Immortal Weapons? Are they immortal or just the mantle? Is Danny immortal?

...yes and no.

they are immortal until they die in battle. in a sense where the immortality only applies to their age not their whole body. however, this is highly speculation, since we do not actually know if the term ‘immortal’ refers to them or their title. what we do know is that danny refused to eat the apple of immortality, making him more or less fully human. and he dies multiple times. sort of.

Ooookay... How do you become the Iron Fist?

to become the iron fist, you must be trained in k’un lun as a child of k’un lun. these trainings are watched under lei kung, the thunderer, who is immortal. those who want to challenge shou-lao has to fight each other and win before they are allowed to fight the dragon. these fights are a test of not only physical strength, but spiritual strength, too. chi is like... an inner power. a part of your soul.

then, they fight the dragon. if they figure out how to and win, they will be given the mark of the dragon (the iconic iron fist logo) and they must plunge their fists into the dragon’s molten heart. survive.

Wait, if only a child of K’un Lun is allowed to be the Iron Fist, why does Danny become one? Isn’t he American?

orientalism

well, he was raised there, i guess. dunno. in orson randall’s case, though, it works because he was born in k’un lun despite his parents being american.

Who’s Orson Randall?

orson randall is danny’s predecessor. he’s the iron fist of the 1900s. he had fought in both world wars and more. tired old man. also a mentor of danny’s dad (whoopee). really a fucking cool character to read about definitely check out the orson oneshots.

Who’s Danny’s successor, then?

a chinese kid named lin lie! formerly the sword master, lie was last seen in death of doctor strange: white fox. he sort of died in that comic but SIKE! he’s back as the iron fist babyyyy !!!!!

Who’s my favourite Iron Fist?

it’s danny rand, duh. 🙄 (it’s wu ao-shi. what a girlboss).

What the hell.

hey man you’re gonna love danny and his tragic but interesting backstories i swear it’s just weird to summarize/say out loud 😮‍💨

anyway! some recommendations:

the immortal iron fist - start with this one, basics and a rework of his older comics history !!!

the immortal weapons + orson randall oneshots - just fun as fuck

avengers volume 2 (i think it was 2012)

defenders (2018) - if you like the nmcu this one is for you!

iron fist: living weapon

iron fist: phantom limb - blood, gore, and body horror warning!

immortal iron fists - girl dad danny rand im not kidding he’s so silly here

heart of the dragon

iron fist (2020) - lin lie !!

that’s it thank you for listening to me autistic rambling

#tea with cinnamontoast #rambles #lore #iron fist #danny rand #orson randall #lin lie #nmcu #rambles of a madman

[comicsiswild]

Immortal Iron Fist (2006) #5

#immortal iron fist #iron fist #and iron fist #danny rand #orson randall #marvel #marvel comics

[malleepp]

The parallels Immortal Iron Fist #6 by Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, David Aja, and Matt Hollingsworth Immortal Iron Fists #5 by Kaare Andrews, Afu Chan, and Shelly Chen

#immortal iron fist #iron fist #danny rand #orson randall #Pei

[shadowwingtronix]

"Yesterday's" Comic> The Immortal Iron Fist #6

BW's "Yesterday's" Comic> The Immortal Iron Fist #6

“I want to have a few words with Netflix!” The Immortal Iron Fist #6 Marvel Comics (July, 2007; as posted in the digital trade from comiXology) “The Last Iron Fist Story” part 6 WRITERS: Ed Brubaker & Matt Fraction ARTIST: David Aja & Russ Heath COLORISTS: Matt Hollingsworth & Laura Martin LETTERER: Dave Lamphear ASSISTANT EDITOR: Alejandro Arbona EDITOR: Warren Simons Continue reading Untitled

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#Colleen Wing #Danny Rand #Davos (Steel Serpent) #Iron Fist #Luke Cage #Marvel Comics #Marvel Universe #Misty Knight #Orson Randall

[dirtyriver]

Iron Fist #4, 2022, cover by E. M. Gist

#Comics #E. M. Gist #Iron Fist #Lin Lie #Orson Randall #Danny Rand

[comfortfoodcontent]

2006 Immortal Iron Fist Marvel Comics House Ad

#2006 #immortal iron fist #iron fist #danny rand #orson randall #david aja #ed brubaker #comic ads #comic house ads #2000s #marvel #marvel comics #marvel comics house ad #print ad

[doesithavetobeaspider]

Immortal Iron Fist: Orson Randall and the Death Queen of California by Duane sweirzynski and Giuseppe Camuncoli

#orson randall #iron fist #nuts

[sonofcoulson]

1914 Freedom's Five (Limited series)

Victorex Prime or the Scarlet Centurion (a Kang variant) is bored of life in the 40th century, having conquered everything there is to conquer. He has now resorted to conquering various eras of the past to alleviate the boredom. He has been trying to conquer earth during the chaos of WWI, identified as a good point in earth's history. Suitably advanced, but no notable superheroes. He has future tech and future fighters and they are mistaken for ‘martians’ by the public.

The Time Variance Authority aren't pruning regularly yet as this is still the time war, though He Who Remains (not named in the show) has worked out the technology. They have to stop the Scarlet Centurion to finally bring about the sacred timeline. They've stopped him twice and he escaped both times. They know if he continues to mess with this timeline then time eaters (demons from outside of time) will eventually consume it anyway. We will see this take effect in Legion later on.

Revonna Renslayer, a time judge, wants to use the new technology to prune the timeline, Kang variant and all. Mobius wants to try something different to see if the timeline can be saved. 

He tips off an obscure superhero team of the period and they take out a ‘martian’ tripod by themselves, proving to Renslayer that there is a possibility to save this timeline. 

Our heroes have to fight alongside the TVA against the invasion whilst simultaneously staving off being pruned by the same group.

The team are called ‘Freedom's Five’ (cringe) and consist of:

The Crimson Cavalier - Jean-Luc Batroc, an antecedent of Batroc the Leaper from CA:TWS. Equally adept at savate, swordsmanship and proto-parkour athleticism (studied under Georges Hérbert at Reims University in France). He was a criminal in peace time but fights for the freedom of France. (Played by David Belle).

Iron Fist - The Orson Randall version. Orson abandoned his post as protector of  the heavenly city of K'un Lun (luckily they replaced him before the city was attacked). Born in K'un Lun to an American father, he is headstrong and brash but also brave and protective of his comrades. He channels the mystical power from his fists into dual-wield pistols, extending the range and accuracy of his power as well as being an expert martial artist. He replaced the Silver Squire in the Squad. (Played by Brandon Lee).

Phantom Eagle - Karl Kaufmann. American born German who fights for the allies. The aceiest of flying aces and skilled at hand to hand combat too. (Played by Dolph Lundgren)

Sir Steel - Ned Chapel, a Yorkshire blacksmith, worked on the Armatage Estate and was bequeathed the enchanted armour Sir Steel. He is a master swordsman and has near invulnerability from his enchanted armour. His sidekick the Silver Squire is currently injured and therefore absent from the team. (Played by Sean Bean)

Union Jack - A young Lord James Montgomery Falsworth. Studied at Reims with Jean-Luc. Equally adept at the proto-parkour style of athleticism. Dead shot with a pistol and skilled at hand to hand combat. Sometimes converses in French with Jean-Luc. (Played by JJ Feild. Though I'm tempted to replace him with an age appropriate Nigel Havers).

TVA characters:

Judge Revonna Renslayer

Agent Mobius M. Mobius

General Dox

Hunter B-15

Hunter C-20

Hunter X-5

Various hunters and agents, maybe some clerical workers back at the TVA.

Other characters:

Lady Falsworth, the fiancée of James who holds a secret (she is Inhuman).

John Falsworth, younger brother of Lord James. Irked at being second in line for the title.

Ursula Frankenstein, John's love interest, has an ulterior motive for being with John. She is close to making a breakthrough in reanimation and is willing to go to whoever will fund her, including Hydra and mysterious cults.

Scarlet Centurion's warriors

Also Military types of the era

In the end they succeed, with TVA having to wipe everyone's memories of future tech and time travel. The government, with limited information, pass it off as a massive German bombing raid.

The Freedom's Five know it wasn't that, but they don't know what it was.

Back at the TVA, Mobius is disappointed that they had to take their victory away from them. Renslayer reminds him that was the only thing that saved them from being pruned.

#iac #it's all connected #mcu #marvel cinematic universe #marvel #Lord James Montgomery Falsworth #union jack #The Crimson Cavalier #Sir Steel #Phantom Eagle #iron fist #orson randall #tva #time variance authority #mobius #ravonna renslayer #hunter b 15 #freedom's five #world war i #wwi #scarlet centurion #victorex prime

[marvel-television]

Very much so a hot take but Daredevil isn't even in the top 5 pre-D+ MCU shows that needed an additional season. Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Cloak and Dagger, Runaways, and Agent Carter all needed the revival more.

Daredevil Season 3 is honestly a fantastic ending for the series in my opinion, and with the five other shows I mentioned, not only did four of them only get two seasons, but all five were left with major unresolved plotlines. Luke Cage S3 could easily have been one of the best MCU seasons with Luke taking over Harlem's Paradise, Iron Fist S3 was gonna really get crazy with the Orson Randall stuff, Cloak and Dagger S3 would have finally had Ty and Tandy get together, Runaways S4 would have actually gotten around to having Alex go joker mode, and Agent Carter literally ended on a pre-credits scene where one of the shows main characters got shot in the head by an unknown assailant. All these shows need continuations way more, I'm sorry.

It's not that I don't like Daredevil, I love that show. My other two favorites are Jessica Jones and Agents of Shield, and you'll notice they're both absent from my above list because they also ended pretty well in my opinion. They don't need continuations like the other shows do.

I'll also say Marvel revived the wrong X-Men animated show, but I'll save that discussion for another day.

#marvel #mcu #daredevil #luke cage #iron fist #cloak and dagger #runaways #agent carter

[bookoftheironfist]

Danny: "Do you remember a Chinese guy suddenly popping out of nowhere to kill Orson?" Ernst: "You'll have to narrow it down, my boy." Danny: "Orson would have just turned 33." Ernst: "You'll still have to narrow it down." Danny: "Guy had a monster in his neck...?" Ernst: "Ah. That sounds familiar."

Immortal Iron Fist #19 by Duane Swierczynski, Travel Foreman, Matt Milla, Dave Lanphear, and Natalie Lanphear

#Immortal Iron Fist #Iron Fist #Danny Rand #Ernst Erskine #Misty Knight #Orson Randall #ID in alt test

[archivist-crow]

The Immortal Iron Fist - issues #1-6 - “The Last Iron Fist Story” (2006-2007)

Writers: Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction

Art and covers: David Aja with Travel Foreman, Kano, Tonci Zonjic, et al.

Between 2000 and 2010, Marvel had kind of a mini golden age. It seemed like everything on the shelves was outstanding and even now, nearly 15 years on, the roster of classic runs during the decade is still thoroughly impressive. It was such an impressive time that Fraction, Brubaker, and Aja’s The Immortal Iron Fist run sometimes gets a bit lost, but it’s among the best.

The problem with Danny Rand, Iron Fist, is that he was never particularly interesting. Marvel already had Shang Chi, then there’s that whole white savior thing, and he has kind of an odd, murky origin story that comes off something like a kung fu Bruce Wayne. Pairing him with Luke Cage, a character also suffering from low sales in the 70s, helped, but the character was just never really able to stand on his own. That all changed with this run.

Fraction and Brubaker explode the mythology of the Iron Fist out in every direction and establish the Iron Fist as part of a mystical lineage, like that of the Sorcerer Supreme or the Black Panther. They immediately introduce Bei Ming-Tian, Iron Fist during the 13th century, then we meet Orson Randall, the previous Iron Fist, who has been living in hiding since the 1930s. In issue #2, we meet Wu Ao-Shi, “The Pirate Queen of Pinghai Bay”, Iron Fist of the 16th century, who could channel her chi into her arrows.

Most of the run is told in a nonlinear format, jogging between Danny’s story in the present and the stories of past Iron Fists. Aja handles the art in the present with various artists handling the pencils for the past. Aja’s covers are beautifully composed, using broad vertical and horizontal bands surrounded by eye-catching white negative space. His interior art is even more gorgeous with a dark, gritty, noir-ish style, dominated by shadows and muted colors. But the first arc is just a warmup. Things really get going in the second arc.

1/3

#immortal iron fist #ed brubaker #matt fraction #david aja #comic art #review #danny rand #luke cage #colleen wing #misty knight #kano

[byneddiedingo]

Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain (Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, 1952)

Cast: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Cyd Charisse, Douglas Fowley, Rita Moreno. Screenplay: Betty Comden, Adolph Green. Cinemtography: Harold Rosson. Art direction: Randall Duell, Cedric Gibbons. Film editing: Adrienne Fazan. Music: Lennie Hayton, songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Free. 

Egotism is accounted a sin, or at best a character flaw, but what would art, at least since the Renaissance, be without it? Imagine the history of motion pictures without the egotism of John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, or Orson Welles, not to mention countless movie stars. So it comes as a bit of a shock to find David Thomson, in his essay on Singin' in the Rain in Have You Seen ...?, making reference to "[Gene] Kelly's rather frantic ego." But I do know what he means: I've always found the "Broadway Melody/Broadway Rhythm" number overlong and overdone, suggesting Kelly's attempt at being regarded as "serious" dancer, especially in the pas de quatre with Cyd Charisse, her train, and a wind machine. And its ending, with the zoom-in-close of Kelly's face, does seem a bit de trop. Thomson also hints that producer Arthur Freed may have been indulging his ego by loading the film with his and Nacio Herb Brown's catalog of songs, instead of those of better songwriters. Freed, as the head of the legendary "Freed Unit" at MGM, had won a best picture Oscar for another Gene Kelly musical based on a songwriter's catalog, An American in Paris (Vincente Minnelli, 1951), which was wall-to-wall George Gershwin. And even though Singin' in the Rain is a better movie, it might have been nicer if it had songs by Harold Arlen or Cole Porter or Rodgers and Hart. Porter at least gets plagiarized in Donald O'Connor's "Make 'em Laugh" number, the tune for which is virtually identical to that of "Be a Clown," which Porter wrote for the Freed-produced The Pirate (Vincente Minnelli, 1948). That said, the Freed-Brown songs are entirely appropriate to the era depicted: They date from such 1929 MGM musicals as The Broadway Melody (Harry Beaumont) and The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (Charles Reisner), exactly the ones parodied in Singin' in the Rain's montage of early movie musicals. My point is that egos are not enough to spoil the wonder that is Singin' in the Rain, widely regarded as one of the greatest movie musicals, and in my opinion just plain one of the great movies. Much credit goes to the expert comedy writing of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and to Harold Rosson's cinematography. Kelly and Stanley Donen wisely did what directors of movie musicals so often fail to do: rely on long takes and full-body shots during dance numbers. As for the performers, no one in the film, and that includes Kelly and O'Connor, ever reached this peak again. Debbie Reynolds was too often betrayed into perkiness, but she is human and appealing here. Jean Hagen stole scenes from everyone and received one of the movie's two Oscar nominations -- the other was to Lennie Hayton for scoring -- but her movie career stalled and she wound up doing TV guest appearances. As for egotism, it pains me to remember that Singin' in the Rain was not nominated for the best picture Oscar winner for 1952. The winner was The Greatest Show on Earth, directed by one of the great egotists, Cecil B. DeMille. Some egotists are geniuses; others are hacks.

#Singin' in the Rain #Gene Kelly #Stanley Donen #Cyd Charisse

[comicsiswild]

Immortal Iron Fist: Orson Randall and the Death Queen of California (2008) #1

#immortal iron fist #iron fist #orson randall #marvel #marvel comics

[not-poignant]

Unnecessary throwback, I just reread The Wind that Cuts the Night AGAIN (one of my faves) and I think about this every time i do, are there any authors or books in particular that influence your writing style? Because the vibes are impeccable in this fic and it’s something that makes me wonder about any inspiration you may have had <3

Hi anon!

I have read literally thousands of books, and I think every single one of them - especially the ones I've loved - have all influenced my writing style a little. From non-fiction to fiction.

There's definitely no single writer I want to emulate, because I pretty much never find exactly what I want to read out there. It's more like I find moments, and then I think 'oh I want to make a reader feel the way this writer made me feel right now' but that doesn't necessarily mean I want to write in their style? Or if it does, it will still be influenced by all the other things that have influenced me in the past.

*thinks* I've read so many authors it's almost impossible to single out the ones I love the most re: writing style, but here's a few: Ursula K. Le Guin, dgalerab on AO3, Robin Hobb (though I feel like I've aged out of her writing now), CS Pacat, Suzanne Clarke, Bill Bryson, Robert Holdstock, Mark Z. Danielewski, Asumiko Nakamura, Andrea Gibson, Martha Wells (particularly re: Murderbot), Hinako Takanaga, Chuuya Nakahara, John Fowles, Orson Scott Card (for all that he's a bigot homophobic dickhead), Sarah Monette / Katherine Addison, Alan Ball, Mike Schur, Brian Jacques, Cecilia Dart-Thornton, Dan Harmon, Randall Jarrell, Thomas Harris, Yana Toboso, Ono Natsume, Kim Dare, Moto Hagio, Scott Heim, Gerald Durrell, Tanith Lee, George Mackay Brown, early Lyn Gala, early Sidney Bell, early Roan Parrish, Ann-Marie MacDonald, William Goldman, a bunch of classic authors and poets that we don't have time for, Tamora Pierce, Philip Pullman, and like...more fic authors I'm forgetting, lol.

(There's a mix in here, including fic writers, poets, essayists, scriptwriters and novelists).

(Also I am under no illusions that I am anywhere as good as any of these writers, they're just the ones whose styles really inspire me. Except I know I'm missing like 100 others and that's going to annoy me, lmao, I am okay with being mediocre, when I have this greatness to aspire to).

(For all the people who've ever asked me to rec some stuff, there you go, there's the list sdalkfjas).

(For anyone who thinks my writing is good, all I can say is read broadly, widely, across genres, across mediums, it's the best way to improve what you do. Though I'm mad as fuck that the list doesn't have more POC in it. I need to read far more broadly).

(Anon I'm SO glad you enjoy that fic! It was such an indulgent little story :D)

#asks and answers #inadvertent recs #the wind that cuts the night #stardew valley sort of #thespectaclesofthor #i don't know any writers who write like i do #because i don't want to write like any other writers specifically #that doesn't mean there aren't some out there #but like... i write stuff i haven't read yet #or stuff i'm still looking for #but i also know i am indebted to every good and bad book i've ever read #poem i've ever absorbed #television show and movie i've ever watched #administrator gwyn wants this in the queue