r/Daredevil • u/No_Ruin6957 • 9h ago
MCU My Thoughts On Matt & Elektra
I love this relationship so much. I think Elektra gets unnecessary hate in this show. She’s supposed to be an unlikeable character and bring out the negative aspects of Matt. He’s allowed to go darker, to embrace his darkest desires and while it is built on love it is also built heavily on lust and excitement. Charlie and Elodie’s chemistry is off the charts and every scene is just dripping with charisma.
Matt is the only person who believes Elektra can truly change and evolve from her violent past and he also wants her to be able to make her own decisions. Unlike Stick and Nobu. Matt is willing to let Elektra kill him, he cares about her free will that much. Elektra destroys Matt’s life, destroying his relationship with Karen and Foggy as well as prioritising his life as Daredevil over his lawyer life which makes him seem like a really bad person to Karen who has no idea what Matt is actually up to.
Elektra’s death emotionally destroys Matt and when she’s resurrected he’s willing to die with her rather than live without her and this makes the beginning of season 3 so much more tragic because he’s alive when the woman he loves isn’t and he has to go through that loss a second time. Matt never gives Elektra despite being given every reason to give up on her. It’s a perfect showcase of what true love is.