Claire Temple
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Claire Temple |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Relationships: | Soledad Temple (Mother), Matt Murdock (Love interest & friend), Luke Cage (Love interest & friend), Colleen Wing (Friend), Danny Rand (Friend) |
| Fandom: | Marvel Comics MCU - Daredevil (TV series), Jessica Jones (TV series), Luke Cage (TV series) Iron Fist (TV series) The Defenders (Netflix TV series) |
| Other: | Portrayed by Rosario Dawson |
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Claire Temple is a Marvel Comics character and also appears in the Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Defenders TV series, which are part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Canon
TV Series
When Claire Temple finds an unconscious and injured Daredevil, her decision to treat him in her home brings her into the dangerous world of superhero vigilantes. She always makes an effort to help Matt when he calls, despite not always agreeing with Daredevil's methods. She was working at Metro General Hospital during the attack by the Hand
Claire Temple also treated Luke Cage after he was shot in the head. Months later she meets him again when visiting her mother in Harlem. Claire is drawn into Luke's conflicts with Cottonmouth and Diamondback, and as the two grow closer they begin a romantic relationship.
When Cage is in prison, Claire meets Danny Rand and Colleen Wing and helps them in their fight against the Hand.
Fandom
TV Series
There is some confusion around which comics character Claire is based on. Show creators were unable to use the most well known version of Night Nurse for the Netflix TV series due to the upcoming Dr. Strange movie. So they used the lesser known Dr. Claire Temple, placing her in the Night Nurse role. When Colleen Wing began training Claire in marital arts, some fans theorized that she may become The White Tiger vigilante. [1] [2]
Claire is most commonly paired with her canonical love interests, Matt Murdock and Luke Cage. The femslash pairing of Karen Page/Claire Temple is also somewhat popular. Hurt Comfort is the most common trope in Claire centric works. Claire often provides emotional support or medical treatment to injured superheroes, similar to the narrative role she has in canon.
Fanworks
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fanfiction
- Dumpster Diving bu youatemytailor, He stares at her back as she works over the sink. Watches as she hums quietly to herself like there isn't a strange man behind her bleeding out on her living room couch. Like she has strange men bleed out on her living room couch every day. or Claire find Clint Barton in a dumpster.
- A Different Word for Bad Luck by iguessyouregonnamissthepantyraid - Claire finds Loki Post-Avengers: Infinity War
- Every Saint, Every Sinner by sleepyMoritz - Claire Temple, Matt Murdock, and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad heroin detox.
- Fishing Isn’t Fair to the Fish by NezumiPi - post-Defenders
Fanvids
- MCU Supercut - Claire Temple: The Night Nurse
- Claire Temple Spin-off: Angel of Hell's Kitchen
- Marvel's The Defenders HD 2017 Claire Temple Netflix
Meta
- Strong Female Character Friday: Claire Temple
- An ode to Claire Temple, The best thing about the Marvel-Netflix universe
- Claire Temple was disrespected (Defenders)
Archives & Fannish Links
- Claire Temple works tagged at AO3
Resources
- Claire Temple at Marvel Database
- Claire Temple at MCU Wikia
References
- ^ Claire Temple is been set up to become the White Tiger discussion on Reddit, April 2017, Accessed on 11/2/2018.
- ^ I am 90% sure they are up setting Claire Temple to become a known Marvel superhero in the near future post on Tumblr, Accessed on 11/2/2018