How Bad Guys Are Born
A look at Trish Walker of the Jessica Jones Netflix series (spoilers)
In much of storybook lore, the battle between dark and light culminates with two figureheads of near equal power usually struggling for preservation or destruction. The audience believes evil is born at the root. They are bad seeds. However, after watching the Jessica Jones series, I became more interested in how well-meaning action morphs.
Very rarely do we see where paths diverge. We meet the bad guy, not their younger self before the fall. Trish Walker and Jessica Jones are adoptive sisters who start off on the same side, bound by duty and family, but end as something else. Something a lot like like a convoluted and clashing light and dark.
The Reluctant Hero
Jessica Jones has been imbued with unmatched strength from medical experiments, the lengths of which we never realize. She very judiciously and sparingly uses her power when necessary and never more than that. She does not want it and instead relies on investigative intuition and perilous sleuthing to accomplish her ends. Even in situations where she can easily best those around her, she follows the rule of law and relents…
