User blog:Beavx0/Jessica Jones: A Reluctant Hero’s Distorted Life and What to Expect for Season 3

''“My whole family was killed in a car accident. Someone did horrific experiments on me. I was abducted, raped, and forced to kill someone. And now some maniac says that I’m here for a reason. Like some sick destiny […] And I’m in here. BOUNCING. A GOD-DAMN. BALL.”''

What truly is fascinating about Marvel’s Jessica Jones is that it doesn’t insist on having her multiple traumas completely define her. Whilst she is truly affected by her time with mass murder and rapist Kilgrave, the rage and determination to stop his actions are one of the things that make Jones a real character in a real setting/battle – moving forward.

The so mentioned prospect of killing a person by one’s own will that would lead to a path where there is no return, as avoided by the Devil of Hells Kitchen, has not stopped the super-powered heroine to stop multiple deaths, even if it results on risking what’s left of her own sanity and what’s left of her own humanity.

''“Knowing it's real means you gotta make a decision. One, keep denying it. Or two, do something about it.”''

At the end of the day, tough decisions that people have to face at least once is that makes Jessica Jones the hero we have been waiting in the Marvel Universe. Even with her strength and abilities, the P.I.’s story is realistic in a more psychologically complex case scenario. Acknowledging how painful it can be to flee or numb pain with alcohol, or to be free, whatever that means to each of us.

Having superhuman strength did not come in handy with a manual that specified how to get rid of unwanted feelings of past abuse and traumas. Super does not mean unbreakable, even if you happen to be Luke Cage.

So what to expect for Season 3?
Speaking at Comicpalooza in Houston, Krysten Ritter explained: “I think Season One and Two, we really looked back at Jessica’s past. We looked at what made her as hardcore she is and how isolated [she is], and she’s learned a lot — I think especially in Season Two she’s learned a lot about herself. She has a lot to live up to, and I’m curious to see what she does next,” adding: “maybe we’ll get to see her be a bit of a hero, maybe we get to see her move forward in a more positive way. Maybe we see her hating herself less.”

Though Kilgrave might be dead, he is still very much alive in her mind. Visions of the villain haunt her in the second season, brought on by the stress and trauma of killing an innocent person, and eventually,the digging of her own horrific childhood car accident and her powers’ origin – all resulting in the return of her alleged dead mother Alisa Jones.

Filled with repercussions and Jessica’s own struggle to choose whether to end the life of her mother for the sake of people or choose a new start with her, where a “we” could have been the beginning of two super-powered humans doing good deeds. That is, if Alisa Jones would not lose her temper, but can we really blame her?

The stab in the back by her sister and best friend, Trish, obsessed with becoming the hero she has been desperately claiming the world needs.

The next series certainly holds many new plot possibilities then, potentially including the breakdown of the relationship between Jessica and Trish Walker, which became fractured at the end of season two.

After Trish shot and killed Jessica’s estranged mother Alisha, Jessica took the fall for Trish. Given that we saw Trish obtain some sort of “super abilities” through scientific experimentation by Karl Malus, the next season could also see the introduction of her superhero alter ego ‘Hellcat’ as well as Jessica’s continuing struggle to keep the hero part as remote as possible.

Perhaps starting a new life with handsome neighbour Oscar and his son ,Vido, but that could be too much to expect. Some superheroes would rather blend in and drink at bars in peace if it means that their closest loved ones are safe.

However, this could open up an interesting season 3 plot idea of regular humans trying to find ways to get superpowers like Trish did. Plus, with Trish's character arguably the most ambitious and striving of the entire series, it’s not hard to see her craving to be physically able to sweep away injustice and misery. This might really rub Jess the wrong way, especially since Trish accused her of being a coward for not using her powers to save more people in trouble.