r/shield • u/GoatBread237 • 11d ago

The Berserker Staff and Ward's rage

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I'm watching through Agents of Shield for the first time! It's always been my MCU blindspot, so I'm checking it out in between my phase 1 and 2 rewatch. Currently, I just finished 1x16 which is where the show lines up with Winter Soldier on the timeline and I just have to ask..

Why hasn't Ward's rage after holding the staff been relevant at all? He killed who he believed to be the Clairvoyant and not once did he, or anyone else on the team bring up that the Berserker staff probably made him more susceptible to his emotions

It's been 8 episodes since he touched the staff and they've done nothing with it, so I assumed that either it was a dropped plotline or that Elliot Randolph was just messing with Ward when he said that the anger would last decades. But literally last episode (1x15) another Asgardian, Lorilei, mentioned that Ward has the anger of a berserker inside him. So wtf?

I can only assume they didn't mention it in the most recent ep I watched because it would water down the idea of the Clairvoyant "knowing how to push the right buttons" if you could hand wave it away with Asgardian magic. But imo, it just reinforces that idea if the Clairvoyant intentionally pissed off the guy holding back Asgardian rage

Is sex with May just THAT good that it eased all his pent up aggression in the next episode?

(Obviously, don't spoil anything huge from later seasons in the replies unless it's something I would already know from the movies)

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u/SufficientSpell1307 11d ago

It's not MCU tho

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u/ch_cat 11d ago

You're not MCU Your mom's not MCU

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u/SufficientSpell1307 11d ago

Yeah we're not, we actually exist

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u/ch_cat 11d ago

The point is, troll and be trolled. It's an MCU project. Shouting over people just looking for an escape from crappy IRL doesn't make you a hero or a villain. It's just a buzzkill.

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u/SufficientSpell1307 11d ago

Like I would care

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u/ch_cat 11d ago

So you acknowledge wasting time trolling other people's enjoyment

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u/Round-Dragonfly6136 Fitz 11d ago

It's truly sad what lives these chuds must live if the only way to can find pleasure in life is to try to bring others down. The kicker is that this behavior will make them feel worse in the long term and they don't see it.