Fans of Marvel’s Daredevil are eagerly anticipating a showdown between Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) and Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio) in Season 2 of ‘Born Again,’ hoping they’ll battle for control of New York City. A recent fan theory suggests a way to address the biggest issue with the show’s first season.
In the Disney+ series, Matt Murdock pursues a chilling serial killer known as Muse, who uses his victims’ blood to create large-scale paintings around the city. Meanwhile, Wilson Fisk, a.k.a. Kingpin, surprisingly wins the mayoral election and makes things even harder by declaring all vigilantes illegal.
The show was generally well-received, earning an 87% score on Rotten Tomatoes. This is particularly good considering Marvel changed the storyline halfway through filming, moving away from a format where each episode featured a new, self-contained crime.
The recent Daredevil: Born Again series stumbled a bit with one of its villains near the end, but fans have come up with a great solution to the problem.
Muse could’ve been the boy saved by Daredevil in Season 1
Some viewers believe that Muse, who appears as Bastion Cooper in the ‘Born Again’ series, might be the same young boy Daredevil rescued in the second episode of the original Netflix show. Bastion is portrayed as a troubled artist with mental health issues, and surprisingly, he’s also a skilled Taekwondo expert.
The comic book version of Muse keeps his identity a secret and has the ability to avoid being detected by Daredevil’s senses. However, the TV show portrays him simply as a troubled artist struggling with mental health, which disappointed many fans.
A new idea circulating on Reddit proposes that Marvel could still redeem the character of Muse by connecting him to a memorable scene from Daredevil: the intense hallway fight in Episode 2, ‘Cut Man’. In that episode, Matt Murdock rescues a kidnapped boy, likely held for ransom or other criminal activities.
A Reddit user proposed an interesting theory: what if the child Matt rescued from the Russians in season one eventually became the villain Muse? They suggested that the trauma of being kidnapped and possibly abused while held captive led to mental health problems, ultimately shaping that child into Muse.
The Muse theory would also explain his fighting skills
The explanation went on to detail why Muse is so skilled in Taekwondo and how his violent murals always feature Kingpin prominently.
At first, the boy coped with his trauma by pursuing art and learning self-defense, which explained his interest in Taekwondo and fighting. He expressed his feelings through graffiti, portraying heroes like Daredevil and villains like Kingpin. He was particularly fixated on Kingpin, especially if he discovered Kingpin’s link to the Russians who had kidnapped and attacked his father.
The theory proposes that Muse may have dealt with his trauma by harming the remaining Russian mobsters and collecting their blood. He later realized that therapy with Heather Glenn could also be a helpful way to cope.
Marvel fans generally loved the concept, with one commenter saying it was a much stronger direction for the character and that almost anything would have been preferable to the actual outcome.
Someone else said, “That would have worked so much better. It just shows how much harm Fisk has done.”
The original commenter explained that adding this detail would have made Kingpin a more complex character. They also pointed out that the idea of Fisk’s actions directly causing another disturbed killer would likely bother him more than simply hearing the killer uses blood in their art.
The original poster also noted a fun coincidence: actor Hunter Doohan looks a bit like the boy in that scene.
In Daredevil: Born Again, Muse died after being shot by Heather while battling Matt Murdock in her office. However, despite his death, fans are still speculating online about possible returns for both Muse and actor Wilson Doohan in the show’s second season.
He mentioned to IndieWire in August that he’d be happy to revisit the character, calling it a lot of fun. He also jokingly wondered why he’s often cast as a serial killer or why his characters always seem to get shot in his TV shows.
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2025-12-04 15:21