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Chapters: 5/7 Fandom: Daredevil (TV), She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Series: Part 4 of The Owl Summary: Jennifer and Matt find out what Owlsley has planned for them. Matt has a plan of his own. So does Jennifer.

Chapter 5 has been posted.

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Chapters: 4/7 Fandom: Daredevil (TV), She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Series: Part 4 of The Owl Summary: Jennifer returns to New York. Someone unexpected shows up at the first court hearing in the case.

Chapter 4, “See You in Court,” has been posted.

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Chapters: 3/7 Fandom: Daredevil (TV), She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (TV) Series: Part 4 of The Owl Summary: Jennifer meets Turk Barrett, and the press notices She-Hulk’s presence in New York. Jennifer finds a link between Owlson and Owlsley – and where the client’s money went. Later, she seizes an opportunity to look for the answer to a question.

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WAIT!

Behind Fisk and Vanessa having dinner in the new trailer!!!!!

It's "Rabbit in a Snowstorm"! Post-S3!!!

Dinner with "their" painting, covered in Fisk's blood. They're so metal. I love them.

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Chapters: 2/7 Fandom: Daredevil (TV), She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Series: Part 4 of The Owl Chapter Summary: Matt discovers the true identity of the opposing party in the case, and we meet the client. Jessica Jones and Luke Cage have a cameo.

Chapter Two, “The Owl Is Back,” is now available.

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I'm sure many people have already shared this here, but I think it's important that people here on Tumblr need to see this.

"I disagree with Kamala's position on the war in Gaza. How can I vote for her?" by US Senator Bernie Sanders

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Chapters: 1/7 Fandom: Daredevil (TV), She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Matt Murdock/Jennifer Walters, Matt Murdock & Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Matt Murdock/Karen page (past) Characters: Matt Murdock, Jennifer Walters, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Leland Owlsley, Turk Barrett, Brett Mahoney, Jessica Jones (Marvel), Luke Cage, Karen Page (mentioned), Original Characters Additional Tags: Developing Relationship, Relationship Issues, Legal issues, lawyer talk, Avocados at Law (Marvel), Nelson & Murdock lawfirm, Matt Murdock & Foggy Nelson Friendship, Human Disaster Matt Murdock, Protective She-Hulk, The Owl - Freeform, mob boss, Blindness, Blind Character, Canon Disabled Character, Ableism, Canon-Typical Violence, Drug Dealing, Human Trafficking, Vigilantism, No Smut, Some Fluff, Some angst

Series: Part 4 of The Owl

Summary: Jennifer Walters has a case in New York and associates Nelson & Murdock as her co-counsel. The opposing party is an old adversary of Matt’s – with a score to settle. Along the way, Jennifer gets to know Matt better and realizes she didn’t know him as well as she thought she did.

This story takes place a few months after She-Hulk: Attorney at Law but before Daredevil: Born Again. I have not tried to figure out where it fits, or even if it does fit, in the Marvel/Disney+ timeline. The tone is a little darker than She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and a little lighter than Netflix Daredevil. I hope you will enjoy the story for what it is, an exploration of how Jennifer and Matt’s relationship might have developed after they met in L.A.

Chapter One of my new fic has been posted. More to come soon!

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Exactly. The Orange Felon never wanted to be President, as in actually doing the job. He just wanted to play the President on TV.

“Trump donning an apron in a closed-to-the-public McDonald’s and handing out fries is cosplay. In no way does he gain any further true understanding of what real fast food workers’ lives are like. Taking off the apron ends Trump’s cosplay; in reality, taking off the apron doesn’t end challenges for minimum-wage workers. They don’t shed rent, health care, and transportation costs they can’t afford on part-time minimum wages. They don’t lose the challenges of scheduling child and elder care, education, household needs when they walk out the restaurant’s door. Trump donning a suit and tie, then touting economic policy he doesn’t fully understand is both cosplay and kayfabe. Like a wrestler we never see without their trademark hair cut and attire, we don’t see Trump outside his blue suit and red tie or his white polo shirt and khaki golf pants. These are the element of both his cosplay as business person and president and golfer. They are signs of his engagement in kayfabe – when he’s wearing them, he’s on. But you never see him outside these costumes, you might note. That’s because there’s nothing there behind the suit and tie, behind the de rigueur golf apparel, and now behind the fast food apron. Trump is an empty husk of a man. His narcissism underlies his fear others will discover this, that he is nothing but a propped-up costume used like a puppet by his sponsors whether Putin or billionaire oligarchic fascists. He’s compelled to cosplay because he dare not do otherwise. Whatever costume he was wearing would crumple to the floor as he decompensated.”

— Donald J. Trump, Cosplayer - emptywheel

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This is adulthood.

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Chapters: 3/3 Fandom: Daredevil (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Matt Murdock & Franklin "Foggy Nelson" & Karen Page & Claire Temple Characters: Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Karen Page, Claire Temple Additional Tags: Future Fic, Dystopia, not an au, Something like this could really happen if we don't stop it, Human rights violations, Fascism, Religious Fanaticism, Reproductive Rights, Women's Rights, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Medical Procedures, Miscarriage, Hysterectomy, Forced Birth, Legal issues, Resistance, Blindness, Canon Disabled Character, Canon-Typical Violence, Cautionary Tale, Medical Inaccuracies Summary: A snapshot of what a post-Roe, post-democracy United States might look like. Some people are resisting the new order. Matt, Foggy, Karen, and Claire are among them.

I received my ballot in the mail yesterday!

With 30 days to go before the election, I am re-posting the link to a fic I wrote two years ago, in which I imagine what a post-Dobbs, post-democracy country might look like. It saddens me to say that some of the things I imagined then are actually happening now.

I don’t want to live in that country. Do you? If you don’t want to live there either, sitting out this election is not an option. Not voting will hand the election and the country to the Orange Felon and his weird running mate, not to mention the folks who came up with Project 2025. If you want to know what they will do if elected, it’s all there on paper, and it ain’t pretty, especially for anyone who isn’t white, male, straight, Christian (or claims to be), and wealthy. Last time I checked, that’s most of us.

Please make sure you’re registered to vote, make a plan on how to vote (especially if you live in a state that makes voting difficult), and get off the couch and vote! We can’t fuck this up. The stakes are too high.

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Abortion is not simply about a birth.

Abortion bans are about removing women from controlling their own bodies and making their own decisions.

Abortion bans are about removing women from spaces so that men have less competition.

Abortion bans are about empowering misogynists, sexists, rapists, and abusers.

Men who want abortion bans pretend they are not connected with rape culture.

Men who want abortion bans pretend boys are not impressionable and learn misogyny.

Men write abortion laws, not women. Men legislate abortion laws, not women.

Men benefit from abortion laws, not women.

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The beginning of my current WIP, "Getting to Know You." Jennifer Walters has a case in New York and associates Nelson & Murdock as her co-counsel. The opposing party is an old adversary of Matt’s – with a score to settle. Along the way, Jennifer gets to know Matt better and realizes she doesn't know him as well as she thought she did.

Matt Murdock smiled when his phone announced the name of the caller: “Jennifer Walters, Jennifer Walters.”

“Hey, Jen,” he said, “what’s up?”

“I’m coming to New York,” Jennifer replied. “And, well, there’s something, um, something you can do for me while I’m there.”

Matt lowered his voice to a seductive whisper. “You don’t have to ask, sweetheart. I know what I can do for you.”

“No, it’s not that, I mean, yes, that, too, but that’s not what I meant.”

“Um…OK. So what’s goin’ on?”

“The firm has a case in New York, and they want me to handle it.”

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In a recent television appearance, Emmett J. Scanlan ("Jimmy Kinsella") mentioned that there is a "bidding war" for the rights to Kin, including a possible third season, after the show's success in the UK and Ireland. He said there is a lot of interest in it. Here's a link to one article: https://www.tyla.com/entertainment/tv-and-film/kin-season-3-iplayer-news-021913-20240913

I can only hope that the bidding war includes the rights to stream all seasons of the series in the U.S. and Canada. I was losing hope that viewers on this side of the pond would ever get to see season 2, but this gives me some hope.

At a recent con, Charlie Cox ("Michael Kinsella") was asked if he had any news on whether season 2 would be available in the U.S. He seemed surprised to hear it was not. Then he mentioned the studio's bankruptcy and "licensing issues." He went on to say that he "assumed" season 2 would be released in the U.S. eventually. There is also an interesting discussion about making the show and his character. Here's a link to a video of the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qZKZt-tu0M The discussion of Kin begins at about 4:42.

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While traveling in the Midwest a couple of months ago, I had a conversation with an older man who had been immersed in the right wing's misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracy theories.

When I mentioned that I'm from California, he visibly perked up and said it must be horrible there, with the invasion and people being murdered all over the place, or words to that effect. My immediate reaction was that he must be kidding, and I said something like, "Please tell me you're being sarcastic." When his response was a blank look, I realized he was serious, and he actually believed what he was saying. I told him I live 35 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, there is no invasion, and I'm not fearful of being murdered in my bed or anywhere else. He didn't try to argue the point, but I could tell he didn't believe me.

What I wish I had said:

"You need to visit San Diego and see for yourself."

"The only invasion is the people coming to San Diego for Comic Con next month (the conversation took place in June), spending a lot of money, then going home."

I honestly don't believe there is any way to reach people who have heard the lies for so long, without hearing the truth.

This election should be a landslide for Harris, on the lines of the Johnson landslide in 1964, but it won't be, because of the power of the right-wing media, dark money, and deeply-seated racism and misogyny.

Between now and Election Day, please do what you can to make sure the lies and propaganda don't prevail. And vote blue, up and down the ticket.

For the record, a photo of the San Diego County hellscape a few miles from my home:

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“The corporate media, however, have decided that it is no longer the job of its journalists and pundits to report and analyze information; rather they believe they must translate Donald’s nonsensical ramblings into a version of the English language we can all understand. That’s a huge problem because, on the one hand, they’re not really translating his words—they’re imbuing them with a meaning that is not there; on the other hand, they’re doing this without telling us they’re doing it. So, according to Politico, Donald, “laid out a sweeping economic vision of lower taxes, higher tariffs, and light-touch regulation in a speech to top Wall Street execs.” AP chimed in by claiming that Donald “suggests tariffs can help solve rising child care costs in a major economic speech.” The New York Times, at the forefront when it comes to covering for Donald, ran the following headline and sub-head: “Trump Praises Tariffs, and William McKinley, to Power Brokers In an address about the kind of economy he hopes to build for the 21st century, the former president harked back to the end of another century: the 19th.””

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Translating the Crazy - by Mary L Trump

Legacy corporate media is doing everything it can to shield voters from the reality of Trump’s rapid cognitive decline, to say nothing of his fascist agenda and promises to burn this country to the ground because he’s a big crybaby who can’t accept that he lost in 2020.

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This is the original NM&P St. Patrick’s Day picture prop. It’s my favorite, and my background on my login screen for my Surface. I found it by accident at The Punisher prop auction, where it was hidden behind a listing for a gas can, of all things.

I always thought Matt’s glasses were reflecting green because they do in the show, but this makes it clear these are custom green glasses. You can buy Karen’s headband and Matt’s t-shirt online!

I noticed the walls are brick, and Josie’s doesn’t have brick walls. I like to think they went somewhere like the Landmark Tavern (historic Irish pub in Hell’s Kitchen) or maybe the Irish pub Matt goes to called Flanagan’s from the comics.

Shamrocks represent the Holy Trinity - our dear avocados. Nelson’s is full of shamrocks when ahem Page, Murdock and Nelson make the new napkin. The people who own the real butcher where they filmed said the filmmakers didn’t change much except the political signs and Irish stuff.

Karen keeps this on her bookshelf in her third apartment, then on her green record cabinet/TV stand at her most recent apartment, and she takes it with her when she packs to run in S3. She looks at it when she is at her lowest moments, and all is lost, each time it appears - but it always works out in the end!

I think this is the prop Charlie Cox was talking about that will be featured in Born Again, which will be poignant because of the hope it represents from the original show, and because the show debuts in March. ☘️

Long live Nelson, Murdock and Page! (No, seriously, Mouse). 🥑⚖️❤️💕

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Margaret and Helen are back! When I grow up, I want to be Helen.