She’s not here to make you like her.

And that’s the point.

Jessica Jones doesnt apologize.

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She throws her clients through windows.

She drinks too much to be functional.

Shes rude and off-putting and shell insult anyone, no matter their standing and vulnerability.

As a television show,Jessica Jonesalso doesnt apologize.

Whats more, itshowsus the trauma, through graphic flashbacks and triggering situations.

Jessica, for all intents and purposes, is the antithesis of a hero.

Instead, we get a character who isstillmessy and who isstillhealing.

One of thebiggest outcriesfollowing the release ofAvengers: Age of Ultronwas the sidelining of certain female superheroes (i.e.

But sometimes, superheroes are flawed.