Ummm.....I say this is somewhat bullshit.
Let's be real....the character of Claire Temple would have been left in the dustbin of history if she hadn't been dug up for the Daredevil show, By that I mean no one cared about this character at all and basically no one had remembered her. Jessica Jones on the other hand while a newer creation was a much more prominent figure. She had her own comic book for a time. She was a heavy presence in other marvel comics. Most importantly though she ended up marrying Luke Cage and had a daughter with him. That made her the primary and most important relationship in Luke Cage's history, past and present. The majority of people watching these comic book shows and movies wouldn't have been alive or too young to read comic books when Claire was around but definitely would have been around during Jessica's run. And Marvel properties on the screen for the most part have been incorporating the most recent PIVOTAL plot developments of the characters that took place in the comic books. Thus for not just long range but for the short range as well Jessica Jones should really matter to Luke Cage's life. But in season one of Luke Cage's show Jessica Jones didn't matter at all.
Perhaps this was a plan by the folks at Marvel. To keep Luke and Jessica apart for now and let them slowly become a true couple. But I don't think Marvel TV works in the same way as Marvel Films. The TV side of things doesn't have a Kevin Feige who controls which direction the characters are going in. I believe the TV showrunners have more control. And if so the guy in charge of the Cage show, Cheo Corker, may be a problem.
Full disclosure....I was REALLY disappointed with the Luke Cage show. After episode three it was below average, boring, aimless, dull, unimaginative and overly talkative. Worst of all though the show seemed to lose track of Luke Cage. He was off the screen too much and we got too much Misty. But what also became noticeable to me is that the show did its best to ignore Luke's hookup with Jessica Jones. She was never mentioned by name and only referenced once or twice as some temporary rebound for Cage after his wife's passing. In fact the show took pains to emphasize that Luke's preference, his only preference, was for black women. It came across as a rebuke of Luke's involvement with Jessica on her show IMO. And I have a theory about that. Corker is a huge Luke Cage fan from back in the day. He is old enough to recall a time in which Claire Temple was a love interest, when the only women Cage was eve associated with was black. Cage's buddy could have relationships with Pam Greer types like Misty. But Luke was limited to only women f is own race for decades, And this may be Corker's preference. Even worse he may be one of those black dudes who have such misguided loyalty to black women that they won't abide by a black male character being paired with anyone other than black female characters. There are plenty of black guys like that for some reason. Don't forget about ten years ago when John Singleton was trying to put together a Luke Cage film he was trying to cast a black actress for the part of Jessica Jones. If these are examples of some sort of silly racial solidarity, I should point out that no other demographic displays a similar streak of loyalty. Certainly not black women showrunners/filmmakers.
MIke Colter who plays Luke Cage hinted a couple of weeks ago that the relationship between Luke and Jessica is reignited in some manner in the Defenders show. Curiously not too long after that I read a quote by Corker that what takes place regarding the main heroes in the Defenders doesn't won't carry over to the individual TV series. I found those comments curious because continuity is key in the Marvel film and TV universe. Who is Corker to dispute that and why was he the only one making such claims? And then started to wonder if this was his way of saying that anything that goes down between Luke and Jessica in the Defenders will all be ignored by him. Perhaps this guy is the lone obstacle to a Luke-Jessica pairing. But he is a might obstacle considering he runs the Luke Cage series.I have a sneaky suspicion how Mike Colter feels. He is in constant communication with the actress who plays Jessica Jones. I think he really loves working with her and would prefer the Cage hookup with Jones.
I should add a couple of years back when the guy running Marvel TV was introducing the Jessica Jones cast to a New York Comic Con crowd, he described Colter's Cage as the guy who will eventually be the love of Jessica;s life. So perhaps there is a long game plan. Or maybe Corker has since taken that whole possibility off track.
