Still Not Over That Robber Calling Matt Oliver Twist

still not over that robber calling matt oliver twist

even hes like "a blind irish orphan lawyer with a catholic martyr complex? isnt that a bit much?"

and he doesnt even know about the "magic ninja vigilante and also a slut" part. matthew murdock: character of all time

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thedevilinthem

3 months ago

once again thinking about matt murdock’s absolute bear paws and arms.

(i’m constantly thinking about matt murdock’s absolute bear paws and arms.)

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thedevilinthem

1 month ago

Excerpt from Daredevil volume 4. Daredevil appears from a dark tunnel to find Kirsten McDuffie waiting with her arms folded. She says, "I heard a scream. Is he...?" Matt replies, "Back there. Tied up with the grapple line. I'll haul him out in a minute. This first." He hugs Kirsten tightly. She says, "Wow. That was...that was...that was awesome." Matt pulls back and says, "How? How was that-- When my enemies strike at me through you, that is not--" Kirsten finishes his sentence: "--your enemy! That guy? That guy was the Lilac Murderer, Matt!" Matt says, "I don't know a 'Lilac Killer'..." Kirsten cuts him off by putting a finger to his lips. "'Lilac Murderer'! Read my lips! My! Grudgemate! Serial killer! Left a lilac with every victim! I was the lawyer who put him away for life...minus, I guess, time spent escaping prison and seeking revenge!" Matt says, "Are you sure?" The next panel shows their feet: Matt's red Daredevil boots and Kirsten's heels. The stone floor around them is covered in lilac petals. Kirsten says, "Oh, my god! The staging! There are, like, a hundred lilacs on the floor! Do you think he did that for you? Do you know what this means?" Kirsten throws an exuberant fist in the air. "I have my own arch-foe! My! Own!" Behind her, Matt folds his arms and says, "That's your takeaway from this?" Kirsten continues: "I may have peed a little. Also, I have no idea where my purse and phone are now, so that'll be an adventure." She turns to Matt. "Hey, you're not hurt, are you?" Matt puts his hands on his hips. "Of course not." We see them from a distance, down the dark tunnel. Kirsten says, "You're sure? I get so freaked out when my enemies strike at me through my loved ones..." Matt replies coldly, "You are a riot. This is your adrenaline talking, you realize?" Kirsten says, "Then do you want to waste it Dare-splaining, or do you want to hit the sheets?" We zoom out further, until we can see the Lilac Murderer lying in the tunnel, tied up with a rope and looking a bit shell-shocked. From a distance, Matt says, " Grapple line's strong. It'll hold all night."

Daredevil vol. 4 #13 by Mark Waid, Chris Samnee, Matthew Wilson, and Joe Caramagna

I've talked before about the degree to which Kirsten, as a character, is in conversation with the tradition of women in Daredevil comics—and, in fact, with the history of superhero love interests as a whole, which is a theme Mark Waid tends to enjoy examining (for my Flash readers: Kirsten shares many traits with Waid's rendition of Linda Park). She is independent, she is strong-willed, and she takes up space within the story beyond the boundaries of her relationship with the hero. She even says aloud, directly on-panel, that she does not want to be relegated to the role of "Daredevil's girlfriend"—meaning, of course, within her life and world, but it's also a statement of intent from the creative team. Here, we get possibly my favorite story element highlighting this autonomy: the fact that Kirsten has her own enemies from her life as a successful lawyer, long before she met Matt.

This particular issue is all about the echoes of Matt's bloody dating history and how he is choosing to deal with that now that he is in a relationship again, particularly now that he has a public identity. Another theme of this run is Matt healing and trying to move on from past traumas, and one way it does this is through light-hearted, jokey elements being overlaid onto very serious topics: Matt's famous "I'm Not Daredevil" shirt from volume 3 is one example, and this scene is another. I've also talked before about the particular parallels between Kirsten and Milla (another character who was, at least initially, created to engage with and subvert DD love interest tropes). Kirsten is doing something here that we saw Milla do as well: downplaying the seriousness of Matt's fears for her safety. There are two levels to this: an understanding of why Matt is so afraid (Kirsten wasn't there, but we, having read those issues, know exactly what he is scared of), but also a joy, at least for me, in something Kirsten always does so well, which is to undermine Matt's self-important posturing, drag him down off his Angsting Perch (you know the one), and force him to genuinely engage with life and the people around him. Kirsten is not supposed to be thrilled to have had her life threatened, that is not in the established script, and it upsets Matt, but the fact of the matter is that she's fine (in a way Milla was not allowed to be), and even better, she's had the chance to get one up on Matt by being attacked by someone whose interest is in her, not him! I love Kirsten having her own arch-foe. I love how smug she is about it. I want her to have a whole rogues gallery.

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thedevilinthem

1 month ago

before you stab someone: THINK!

how can you make it Tender?

how can you make it Homoerotic?

how can you make it Implicitly intimate?

how can you make it Noticeably a metaphor for sex?

how can you make it Kind of gay?

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