MCU: Is Echo A Former Widow?
As Maya Lopez abandons her life of crime in New York City and heads back to her hometown to rediscover herself in the aftermath of her father’s empire crumbling, MCU fans are anxiously waiting to see what happens for the deaf hero next. Maya’s character, also known as Echo, is an intelligent and strong-willed individual that’s kept viewers talking, ever since she made her debut in Hawkeye.
According to the brief flashbacks given in the six-episode series, Maya grew up as the only child of her father, William Lopez, and formed a tight-knit bond with him. She studied martial arts as a child, with the support of her father, and supposedly lived a life as normal as possible, for the daughter of a gangster. When William was killed, Maya took over as the leader of the Tracksuit Mafia and became the adoptive daughter of Wilson Fisk, to whom she was incredibly loyal, until discovering his involvement with the death of her father.
Marvel's Echo: Everything We Know So Far
One of Echo’s most notable skills is that she possesses the ability to mimic the fighting style of whoever she’s in combat against, a trait that’s not talked about nearly enough in the Hawkeye show. Supposedly, she learned how to do this in her martial arts training classes as a kid. However, a lot of her backstory is still unaccounted for.
Maya's memories start with fond recollections of her time with William as a child, then quickly jump to adulthood, where she witnesses the murder of her father. It’s later shown that Fisk thinks of Maya as a daughter, because she turned to him while she was grieving. Fans are left to assume that Fisk, aka Kingpin, put Maya through rigorous training to pick up her father’s Tracksuit Mafia mantle, but there’s still a wide gap of
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