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daredevil using ‘Everything in its Right Place’ by radiohead was perfect.
i haven’t stopped thinking about it since the episode dropped and i get chills every time.
it perfectly captures the emotions and story and movement that is happening and it’s just so perfect i cant even articulate how good of an artistic decision it was. i wish to personally kiss whoever chose it directly on the mouth.
⚔️ Saint Matthew ⚔️
finally learning how to paint digitally, I feel so evolved
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.
absolutely obsessed with the dynamic between Matt and Frank it's gotta be one of my favorite character dynamics of all time. Frank kills people as a hobby and Matt has never killed in his life. they can't have a conversation without cursing each other out. they trust each other enough to hold one another as they jump off a building. they physically fight more often than not. Frank has seen Matt's bare ass. they're both in love with the same woman who respects herself too much to hook up with either one of them. Matt is a Catholic who believes every soul can be saved except for his own and Frank doesn't think either of theirs needs to be. can anybody hear me is this thing on
Which is the greater, more devastating MCU New York tragedy:
Loki's Invasion during The Avengers,
or
Matt Murdock having his ass out as he walked home from the hospital but it's during a blackout so no one got the privilege of seeing the devil's cake?
I know my answer 🤷🏻♀️
(To give an idea of what New York couldn't see 💔 Extensive evidence below: )
When Karen comes back, Matt gets softer, more quiet, and yeah, sure, he's in a lot of pain, so it could be that, but Karen is back and she actually listens to him about the hit on foggy, she believes him and helps. She doesn't make him feel insane and try to shut him down.
Matt's life is in shambles once again but he'd rather have this than continue to live in the fake purgatory he was floating through. Karen comes back and Matt starts to feel real again.
thinking about how karen was the only one to not question matt when he tells her about vanessa putting the hit on foggy.
he’s spent the entire season having the people around him (mostly heather and cherri) make him seem crazy, but karen is immediately ready to back him up as matt murdock AND as daredevil.
she’s matt’s anchor, he’s finally trusting her to take care of herself and letting her take care of him. in previous seasons he would’ve been so upset that she’s anywhere near the danger, but now he’s open with her, actively asking for her help and taking her advice and support.
i love them so much, your honour.
Let's go
Daredevil: Born Again 1x09 "Straight To Hell"
tell me why my delusional ass kept expecting to see foggy in one of those cages
slight daredevil born again spoilers below:
okay i literally was so excited for this episode after how insane episode eight was but tbh… it was kinda mid? obviously it was absolutely insane and violent for disney and i LOVED THAT… but hitting the mid credit scene and realizing that it was all building up to basically nothing more (for season one) was slightly disappointing, especially considering that we have to wait a year or more until season 2… it was just a build up to the next season and didn’t really do much in the end for this one. last ten to fifteen minutes of the episode i was waiting for something to happen and nothing did. still a decent show, 7.5/10 for me, but honestly i wanted like a little bit more substance to the finale 😗
If…if his apartment is trashed will he have to move to his old one?
Two (2) Matties because I like him
Her saying she knows him…the forehead kiss…I am deceased!!!!
okay but i basically guessed 1 out of 2 of these correctly.
ddba episode 9 tonight!
can’t wait for matt, karen and frank to kiss each other on the mouths and for foggy to be alive!
I can’t believe that Matt Murdock, Karen Page, and Frank Castle had an onscreen threesome in the season one finale of Daredevil: Born Again…
charlie cox is so unbelievably good as matt murdock. no matter my thoughts or feelings about anything else to do with born again, this will always remain the ultimate truth and i will always come back for him.
daredevil born again s1 is done!
(spoilers)
-so… all of s1 was just a prologue for s2? we’re just. not gonna tie up any of the storyline like at all? coolcoolcoolcool no that’s totally fine! (i’m gonna cry)
-karen and matt are so dear to me idc. i love them.
-frank why tf did you do that like be so fr. karen would not be pleased
-whyyyy can heather not understand how horrible fisk is. she’s supposed to be smart! it feels like it’s just to spite matt at this point i mean come onnn.
-i was looking forward to the bb and gallo team up but now that’s never gonna happen LMAO
ddba episode 9 tonight!
can’t wait for matt, karen and frank to kiss each other on the mouths and for foggy to be alive!
Matthew Michael Murdock really just said "the key to stopping an armed robbery is to have fun and be yourself."
remember the end of season 2 when Frank's sniping ninjas off that rooftop and Matt's dramatic bitch ass doesn't have his mask/cowl on? yeah
(ok i KNOW Frank clocked that Matt was Daredevil in the courtroom, it's one of my favorite little moments from this entire immaculate series, but i made this to make my dad laugh when he first watched season 2. and it still make me chuckle. so)
"In another life, you may be defending me. That's what a good man does. Defends his worst enemy" you don't fucking understand how hard that line goes when you know that Dex isn't Matt's worst enemy. Fisk is. And Matt defended his worst enemy. Because that's what a good man does
and what if i said this is the single hottest thing i’ve ever seen? what then?
I'm bargaining for my life here, Counselor.
me after seeing matt’s beaten eyes, hearing heather saying “no i saved myself” and her view of vigilantes, then vanessa killing adam, matt yelling to his lying client, foggy’s name mentioned more than it ever been this season, matt cooing SWEETHEART to dex wtf, matt grabbing dex’s hair, a man’s getting FRIED, MATT GOT SHOT
BASICALLY EVERY 5 MINS ON THIS EPISODE it’s just keep going i swear I MEAN WHAT THE FUCK
matthew murdock thinks his life is less valuable than fisk’s.
someone needs to sedate me immediately.
daredevil born again episode 8 spoilers!!
HOLY SHIT?
-the “Fuck You” at the prison
-the bullseye tooth thing
-the “you’re starting to worry me on a professional level”
-the Josie scene
-the ending
-so many other parts
this episode was a masterpiece and i’m so excited for the next one
my matt murdock fixation literally ate the entire month of march.
they should make words that can properly communicate The Feeling of when youre thinking about The Character and its.
^these dont even fully express it. its insaner. they need to make a word for it
once again calling upon my knowledge of catholicism (learnt from watching daredevil), to pray for the return of Karen Page in the next episode. amen.
i watched that part and audibly sighed with disappointment. there were so many ways they could’ve done that better. literally almost anything would’ve been better.
That whole thing with Matt feeling the painting and knowing it was Heather was just weird.
When we first saw all the drawings of Heather I gasped because I thought he wouldn't be able to tell what they were drawings of so even though the warning was right there in his hands Matt wouldn't know Heather was in danger. It felt like in horror movies where the killer is revealed to the audience but not the characters and we can only watch from the edge of our seats as the protagonists piece things together. That would have been so much better.
But no, he ran his fingers over the sketches and somehow knew it was Heather? Even if the paintings were textured, that's not how paint works. I don't know a lot about being blind, but even if Matt could tell the sketches were a face just by feeling the brushstrokes, I don't think Matt could've realized it was Heather's face specifically.
If Muse had made like. A sculpture of Heather. That would've made sense. But his other art seems pretty stylized, so even that might have been a stretch.
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