History YMMV / ImmortalIronFist

* TearJerker: How Fat Cobra became an Immortal Weapon: [[spoiler:Over his unnaturally long life, he sired thousands of bastard children; each with great talent and skill for combat, and each wanting blood for their abandonment. Fat Cobra spent years defending himself from sudden attacks, killing them all, until there were none left to fight]].

* BrokenBase: Danny's race has been a hot-topic for some time, particularly in the idea of adapting the comics into a show, as Marvel did in 2016. Some think it doesn't matter in the slightest, while others are upset that he plays the MightyWhitey trope straight[[note]]Even though he has since grown into a much better character, and also his dynamic with Luke Cage and Misty Knight hinging upon the fact that he used to be an embodiment of white privilege[[/note]], and a third group thinks choosing an Asian actor would then play to AllAsiansKnowMartialArts. Creator/FinnJones (Loras Tyrell from ''Series/GameOfThrones'') being confirmed to have been cast as Danny only fueled the debate even more, as there had been a campaign beforehand for Marvel to cast an Asian or half-Asian actor.
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The Living Weapon series by Kaare Andrews has been having this effect on some readers.

* JerkassWoobie
** Davos, bordering on ButtMonkey territory at times.
** The Living Weapon turns Danny Rand into one

* OlderThanTheyThink: Iron Fist was actually the second Marvel hero created to capitalize on the martial arts craze of the '70s. The first one, Shang-Chi, ''was'' authentically Asian and, ironically, his book ''Master of Kung Fu'' was much more popular (as he was basically an {{Expy}} of Creator/BruceLee starring in a licensed continuation of Sax Rohmer's ''Fu Manchu'' stories). ''Iron Fist'' struggled with cancellation until it was decided to pair Danny Rand with Luke Cage, at which point the two '70s fad characters exploded in popularity while Shang-Chi faded into relative obscurity.

* UnfortunateImplications:
** Iron Fist's origin hasn't aged well. As noted [[http://thenerdsofcolor.org/2014/03/11/marvel-please-cast-an-asian-american-iron-fist/ here]], Danny's origin plays the very old and very DiscreditedTrope of MightyWhitey incredibly straight, and does raise issue for his Netflix show.
** In ''Iron Fist: the Living Weapon'', Danny's background of working his way to becoming the Iron Fist is retconned into that Yu-Ti essentially chose Danny to be the Iron Fist from the start, raising more implications.
** The 2017 ''Immortal Iron Fists'' series attempts to avert this by having Danny train a successor who's actually from K'un L'un.
** Also note that in Iron Fist’s original origin story, his father was the brother of Yu-Ti, the leader of K’un-Lun. This would imply Danny is half-Asian, or at least otherwise held some kind of legitimate claim to the role. However, this seems to have been forgotten as soon as it was said.
** Many of the articles asking for Danny to be rebooted/recast ignore the fact that he has long outgrown the trope in is origin. He has renounced his wealth multiple times, he has one of Marvel's most enduring friendships with Luke Cage, and he has worked many times to prove he's worthy of the title. Some of said articles also ignore that asking the character to be recast as an Asian plays into another racist trope, that ''only'' Asian people can be martial-arts masters.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Danny and [[ComicBook/MistyKnight Misty]] [[BabiesEverAfter having a child together]] after the ''Immortal'' series would've made for interesting stories about both characters, but to the disappointment of many, the pregnancy was {{Retcon}}ned as false and the two separated. This was [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/misty-knight/4005-1491/forums/misty-knight-and-her-pregnancy-626207/#7 apparently]] because editors didn't want Misty unhealthily [[PregnantBadass crimefighting while pregnant]], but this concern rings hollow when you realize that years later [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Jessica Drew]] did exactly that without any consequences.

* BrokenBase: Danny's race has been a hot-topic for some time, particularly in the idea of adapting the comics into a show, as Marvel did in 2016. Some think it doesn't matter in the slightest, while others are upset that he plays the MightyWhitey trope straight, and a third group thinks choosing an Asian actor would then play to AllAsiansKnowMartialArts. Creator/FinnJones (Loras Tyrell from ''Series/GameOfThrones'') being confirmed to have been cast as Danny only fueled the debate even more, as there had been a campaign beforehand for Marvel to cast an Asian or half-Asian actor.

* UnfortunateImplications: Iron Fist's origin hasn't aged well. As noted [[http://thenerdsofcolor.org/2014/03/11/marvel-please-cast-an-asian-american-iron-fist/ here]], Danny's origin plays the very old and very DiscreditedTrope of MightyWhitey incredibly straight, and does raise issue for his Netflix show.