Sunday 20 March 2016

Kilgrave - Character History

Kilgrave

Part one: Origin​

Kilgrave was a Soviet spy working for Soviet bloc. Assigned to invade an American army and steal some nerve gas. When he was spotted by a military guard, a firefight occurred, which resulted in the guard missing and hitting the nerve gas. This changed his skin purple and he told the guards this was a mistake, they all stood down. Making Kilgrave realise his powers. Bending the will of others. ​
When he arrived in Hells Kitchen, He met a couple of ladies at a bar, there first response was for him to go away, but once he asked to join them, they changed their minds. The next thing, he said "You wish to marry me" and they got married that night. ​
Over time, The purple man began to fall in love with his wife, and let her go from his mind control. She came to the realisation of what the purple man had been doing. she fled from their home and later found out she was pregnant with Kilgrave's daughter. Her life was normal, until she became thirteen, and now Kara Kilgrave also had her fathers powers.

Part two: DareDevil​

In Hells Kitchen, Kilgrave had been arrested for robbery, and need a lawyer, or maybe, two layers. He calls for Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson as well as Karen Page, Murdock being the DareDevil.  ​
Once Murdock and Page arrive at the Purple Man's cell, Kilgrave states he doesn't need a lawyer and asks the guard to set him free, which he does. then Kilgrave tries to take Murdock and page hostage, however, Matts willpower was too strong and overcomes the Purple Man's mind control, so he can only take Karen. As Kilgrave and Karen leave the cell, Matt changes into DareDevil to pursue them both. Once he makes it outside, he finds The Purple Man has already cast his powers on all the officers who he makes try to kill DareDevil. The further away the officers were from the Purple man, the weaker his affect on them is. ​
When DareDevil catches up with Kilgrave and Karen, Kilgrave, uses his powers as a distraction to get away, asking Karen to Jump out of the window. ​
After this Kilgrave appeared in comics althroughout the Marvel Universe from time to time. From the occasional DareDevil comic, to Spider-Man or the X-Men. But when Brian Michael Bendis created the Alias series, That’s when the Purple Man became a fan favourite.

Part three: Jessica Jones​

One afternoon at a restaurant in Hells Kitchen. The Purple Man simple ordered everyone in the room to simply stop breathing, because he wanted to eat with no noise. Jessica Jones took the case and headed down to the restaurant. Once she arrives she meets the Purple Man and he instantly orders her to take off her clothes. However once the police arrive, he changes his mind and orders her to attack them. ​
Once they had all left, Jessica was still under his control, and he took her home, where he never engaged in sexual activity, but instead would make her watch him having sex with random college girls and he would make her beg to be apart of it. ​
Kilgrave picks up a newspaper that reads "DareDevil saves city." and due to his hatred to the DareDevil, he orders Jessica to find and kill him, and then never return. The further she got away from The Purple Man, the less of an impact his mind control had on her. However, once she spots Scarlet Witch, she attacks her, not meaning to, or being able to stop, mistaking her for DareDevil due to the amount of red on her. During the fight, her mind simply shuts down, and When she wakes up, she finds out X-Men's Jean Gray had placed mind blocks in her, to help her escape Kilgrave mind control. ​

Now in the Netflix TV show, David Tennant portrayed the role of Kilgrave in Jessica Jones.


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