#MATT IS BLIND

[xxdrixx]

❥ Countdown to Daredevil: Born Again - 7 days left Daredevil Season 1 Episode 05 - World on Fire

[fixforthesoul]

OPEN LETTER TO FANFICTION WRITERS ON ACCESSIBILITY; PLEASE READ.

first of all, thank you for spending your time, seldom acknowledged and definitely deserving of a compensation you are not receiving, to entertain us. i’m speaking on behalf of more than just blind readers, but everyone. you’re sick as hell.

i’ve summoned you to provide some information you may not already know. i know a lot of you like fonts. especially those who cross post their work on wattpad. i admire any and all acts of aestheticism to a degree, and can understand the desire to use them. (blind folk, sorry y’all. momma’s making a point.) 𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔣𝔣 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰, it’s cute. 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 is a little cuter to me, if i had to choose. or maybe 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈?

now, sighted folk: if you’re on mobile, i implore you to participate in a little exercise for me. select this text and scroll through all the copy/paste/define/‘search the web’ options until you get to the speak portion. if you need to change a setting for your phone to do so, would you mind? i’d really appreciate it.

please make your phone read aloud part of my post, and be sure to include any bits with those super cute fonts. 𝕚’𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕪 𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕒, 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖. 𝕚 𝕙𝕠𝕡𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕝𝕪, 𝕚 𝕕𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕤𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕥𝕪𝕡𝕠𝕤 𝕚 𝕔𝕒𝕟’𝕥 𝕤𝕖𝕖.

whether you participated and discovered it for yourself or you thought this was a crock of shit you’d rather not sniff, i’ll tell you! screen readers cannot dictate words using those fonts. at least, on a majority of devices. not mine, or any of my mutuals elsewhere.

you do not have to change your behavior on my behalf, but please be aware that fonts limit access to your work.

blind readers do exist, i exist, and i am bound by the same feelings of dogged longing that make other sad horny bitches read angsty, smutty, father-wounded nonsense.

thanks for making it this far. i really hope my sincerity is being conveyed, reading makes me so happy and i’m not the only person on this app who relies on accessibility settings more often than not. do with this information what you will, and have the day you deserve!

[theimpalatales]

BONUS

Charlie Cox panels

Buy me a ☕️

[vanteguccir]

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤBAKING BLIND, DEAF AND MUTE * CHRIS STURNIOLO

SUMMARY　::　where Y/N participates in the Baking Blind, Deaf and Mute video, but things don't go as planned.

FEATURING　Chris Sturniolo x reader　REQUESTED?　yes.

WARNINGS　::　beginning of a panic attack, anxiety.

AUTHOR'S NOTE　::　that is my work, I DON'T authorize any form of plagiarism; copy, "inspiration" or translation! | english isn't my first language, so I'm sorry if there's any grammar error.

"Alright guys, it's been almost a year since the last time we filmed one of these, I think..." Nick began, his body appearing in the camera frame, stopping next to Matt.

"Yeah, and today we have a special guest-" Matt was interrupted by Nick, who swallowed all the rest of his energy drink, stumbling back as he shook his head hard, feeling the burn go down his throat.

"Like she doesn't appear in almost every video." Chris ignored Nick's reaction, momentarily pointing to his girlfriend next to him.

A laugh escaped his throat, followed by a dramatic sound of pain as he received a slap from Y/N as a response, who rolled her eyes at him, crossing her arms and looking at the camera.

"They love me more than they love you guys at this point." She murmured, pointing at the camera with her chin, blowing an air kiss towards it.

"Anyways!" Nick shouted, casting a scolding glance from the corner of his eye at Chris and Y/N, focusing his eyes on the lens. "Today we're going to do the baking blind, deaf and mute challenge, and we have a guest with us, Y/N!" He raised his left hand, pointing it towards the girl momentarily, who smiled big and waved.

"Exactly, and since there will be four of us, instead of three, we will repeat one position. Y/N will be blind with Matt, while I will be mute and Nick will be deaf." Chris explained, wrapping his left arm around his girl's shoulder, pulling her close and massaging her biceps slightly, sealing his lips over her head momentarily.

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"Okay, today we're going to cook a carrot cake with chocolate frosting since it's our guest's favorite." Nick spoke, his voice coming out louder than normal since his ears were covered by the headphones where music was coming out at full volume.

Y/N nodded, resting her hands on the table, unable to see exactly where she was, her eyes already covered by Chris's red bandana.

"Y/N doesn't eat ready cake mixture, so we're going to make it from scratch!" Matt added, his back resting on the counter next to the stove.

His arms were crossed, and his head was turned in the direction he thought the camera was.

"Let's begin!"

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"Can someone preheat the oven, please?" Y/N asked, her head turned to the side where she heard footsteps.

A tired sigh escaped her nose when she received no response. The girl moved slowly, using her raised arms for support, feeling wherever she went.

Sudden hands on her waist made her jump in fright, relief coursing through her veins as she quickly recognized Chris's touch. The boy holds her tightly, guiding her slowly through the kitchen, until they reach the stove.

Chris lightly held her wrist, guiding her hand to the button to turn on the oven, waiting for her to do so before letting go of her hand, moving away slightly.

"What is happening? Are you still here?" Matt's voice cut through the air, his figure doing a 360° turn as he tried to understand where the others were.

"In here, Matt." Y/N replied as she walked back to the table, feeling around until she found the ingredients already separated.

The girl reached for the carrots, feeling them to check if they were peeled. They weren't.

"Chris, can you peel it for me, please?" The girl asked loudly, lifting her chin in the air so her voice could echo better.

Footsteps approached, and soon, the carrots were taken from her hands, the sound of a knife hitting the cutting board filling her ears.

The sound of screams filled the kitchen, Nick singing the songs he was listening to as loud as possible, probably dancing around the space, checking every now and then if the others were making the recipe correctly, despite Y/N and Chris knowing it by heart.

"Nick, can you shut up?" Matt asked loudly, turning in the direction where his brother's voice came from.

Nick noticed Matt trying to talk to him, looking back while furrowing his eyebrows in confusion.

"What?" He screamed.

Y/N, who was blindly measuring the correct amount of oil using a measuring cup, jumped in place in fright by the sudden loud sound. Her hand holding the oil shook slightly from the movement, spilling some of the contents onto her other hand and the table.

Her shoulders slumped, but she just kept going, knowing that there was nothing she could do at that moment other than fulfill her task.

After measuring the oil and flour as correctly as possible, the girl felt the table on her right side in search of the cut carrots, no longer feeling Chris' presence there.

Her hands ran across the wooden surface, grabbing the first thing she found in the belief that it was the vegetables, but instead, it was a knife.

A wince escaped her lips, feeling a sharp burning sensation spread from her right index finger to her hand. She had cut herself.

"Can I have a paper towel?" Y/N asked in a low tone, her voice coming out choppy from the pain she felt. "Hey, somebody, a paper towel. Please?"

No one answered her, Matt and Nick's arguing voices only growing louder and louder.

The girl took a deep breath, wiping her finger on her t-shirt, feeling pain and disgust at the same time at the thought of cleaning a wound on a fabric that wasn't as clean as something specific for hygiene.

Her attention returned to the things in front of herself. Y/N replayed her last steps in her mind, making sure she did everything right.

With that, her hand rescued the fuê that she knew was on her left side and began to mix all the ingredients in the ceramic bowl carefully, despite the pain in her hand.

She felt her senses were more heightened than normal, perhaps because her eyes were covered, which made her hear the different steps of each of the triplets, their voices, and in which direction they were going.

But at that moment, her attention was so focused on the mixture that she forgot to pay attention to the three boys.

"Matt, I'm not listening to anything you're saying!" Nick shouted, his tone full of sarcasm.

"I'm just asking you to stop-"

"Don't touch me, Chris!"

"Nick, stop doing that-"

"Stop talking, I can't hear you-"

The impact came suddenly against Y/N's back, causing her to hit her belly on the corner of the table and, consequently, pushing the mixture forward due to the impact. She was certain that everything had been spilled onto the wooden surface when she heard a loud gasp coming from Matt.

Y/N's lips trembled before the tears even came. She felt her eyes burning behind her bandana while her cheeks and chest ached with anguish.

"Y/N?" Chris's voice came out softly, his hands quickly ripping the bandana from his mouth, approaching his girl, ignoring the guilty looks from Nick and Matt as they both removed their respective bandana and headphones.

Y/N didn't respond, resting her hands on the table and lowering her head, feeling the fabric over her eyes getting damp little by little.

"Baby?" Chris whispered, slowly untying the knot on the bandana behind her head, being careful not to pull out any hair. The last thing he wanted was to cause pain on his girlfriend.

He felt his heart sink at the sight of her eyes closed tightly and her eyelashes damp against her pink cheeks. His own eyes quickly caught her chest rising and falling faster than normal in agitation.

Chris moved closer to her, positioning his hands on both of his girl's hips, lightly squeezing the covered skin in an attempt to ground her.

"Hey, hey, pretty girl, it's okay. Deep breaths, hm?" The brunette whispered close to her ear, casting a quick look behind his shoulder at his brothers, silently asking them to move away. "That's right, just like that. You got it, my love."

Y/N sucked in air through her nose, holding it for a few seconds before releasing it through her mouth.

After repeating the process a few times, she could finally feel her heart calm down and the anguish slowly disappear. Y/N opened her eyes slowly, blinking a few times to remove the remnants of tears.

"There's my pretty girl. Are you with me, baby?" Chris smiled kindly, his eyes shining as he looked at Y/N, waiting for her answer.

"Uhum, I am good. Thank you, baby." Her voice came out still a whisper, but in a healthier tone. "Can we continue? I really want to-"

"Wait, is that blood? Baby, are you hurt?" Chris noticed the reddish tone on her right hand, interrupting her sentence and holding her hand delicately with both of his, analyzing the small cut.

"Yeah, with that knife. It was an accident, but it's not hurting anymore." The girl tried to assure him, stroking his hands with her thumb slowly.

"Can we at least clean it? Before we continue." He asked, his tone full of hope while his eyes run through her face, trying to find any trace of pain.

"Okay." Y/N nodded, whispering with a small smile decorating her face.

The boy guided her to the sink, turning on the tap to cold water and slowly bringing her hand closer to the jet, letting the water hit the injured skin slowly, so that it didn't make her feel any more pain.

A wince escaped Y/N's throat when she felt the contact, suppressing the urge to pull her hand back.

"I know, baby. I know, I'm sorry." Chris whispered, his lips pressed against the side of her head. His free hand made small circles on her back, trying to reflect calm to her.

After a few seconds, Chris finally turned off the tap again, drying his own hand before rescuing a few sheets of paper towels. He wiped Y/N's sensitive skin slowly, wrapping her finger around a clean sheet.

"All done, honey."

"Thank you." She smiled, sealing her lips on his jaw slightly. "Can we bake now?" She asked innocently, looking at Matt and Nick, who were still watching them with guilty eyes.

Chris let out a low chuckle at her comment, waving his brothers closer again.

"Are you good, girl?" Nick asked as he approached Y/N, stroking her left shoulder lightly, his eyebrows furrowed.

"I am good, Nick. I promise." She smiled big at her best friend, hugging him sideways and laying her head on his right shoulder for a few seconds before stepping away again.

"Okay then, let's bake a cake!" Matt smiled at the camera, grabbing the nearest roll of paper towels, ready to clean up the mess before they could start baking again.

extra - comments:

"omg I would die on Y/N's place, all this was so overwhelming 😭"

"chris is such a good boyfriend and you can see it in here, the way he helps her at the beginning? bf goals 😫😫😫"

"chris and Y/N are so beautiful together 🥺"

"the way chris was super worried about Y/N so he ripped off his bandana too quickly to help her 😔😔😔"

"I want what they have so bad"

"nick and matt feeling guilty and then worrying about her was so cute!!"

"them baking it from the beginning again only because Y/N wanted to eat that cake is so thoughtful 😭"

© vanteguccir

[toupee-or-nottoupee]

my favorite ship dynamic is "I've had to watch you go into the path of no return and I love you" and its just blonde boys watching dark haired guys literally make the worst decisions known to man

[blam-in-the-blame]

There is an app called Be My Eyes that connects blind people to sighted volunteers to help with visual tasks, and I like to think of Matt/Daredevil using it like “Hello, can you read me the name of the dry cleaners off the side of this van, yes I know my face is bleeding, thank you!”

[marvel-lous-guy]

Peter: Mr Stark I'm going to hell

Tony: You're not religious, Pete. You don't even believe in hell

Peter: I beat up a blind man

Tony: What. The. Fuck.

Clint: Not cool, man

Peter: I didn't know he was blind!

Tony: how could you not tell he was blind!?

Peter: he was wearing a costume and I thought he was trying to mug some guys so I stopped him but it turns out he was stopping them from chasing this other guy!

Tony: A blind man was beating people up? Thats pretty impressive

Peter: Right!? Then he went to a dumpster-

Clint: Oh don't worry about that Pete- that's just Matt

Peter: you know him?

Clint: yeah he's a great guy, we shared a dumpster once. He always loses his canes

Tony: a deaf guy is friends with a blind guy? How do you talk?

Clint: we usually just skip the talking and get straight to the vigilante stuff

Peter: awesome

[smallsinger5901]

Okay how has it only just been pointed out to me that Matt had his smoke gun behind him and was gonna make a run for it before he got shot. How did i never notice that before 😭

ITS RIGHT THERE HOW DID I NOT SPOT IT

And he’s slowly moving his hands inward for it😭😭

[ericshoney]

Deaf, Blind, Mute ~ Sturniolo Triplets

"What's up guys! Today we are going to be doing something you all love, watching us bake badly!" Nick shouted as he introduced the video.

You had agreed to be with the guys today, taking part in their video, yet another deaf, blind and mute baking challenge. You knew it would be chaotic before it began.

"And today we have our lovely friend, Y/n!" Matt continued.

"Hi!" You cheered, waving at the camera.

Nick continued to do a small intro, with many interruptions by Chris, as you and Matt giggled in the back. You then watched as Nick pulled out a small bowl with some paper in it.

"Okay, two of us are going to be deaf, one blind and one mute. Pick out a piece of paper and at the same time we'll show the camera." He instructed.

You all got a piece of paper and on the count of three, showed the camera. Matt was mute, both Chris and Nick were deaf, leaving you blind. You and Matt both shared a look.

"Yes music time!" Nick exclaimed, already grabbing the headphones.

"What are we even baking?" You questioned.

"Cookies!" Chris cheered.

You nodded as Matt tied a bandanna around your eyes, telling you not to move, before he placed one around his mouth. You then heard Chris and Nick shouting.

"Okay Y/n, there's a cookie mix in front of you, grab it and dump it into a big bowl!" Chris shouted in your right ear.

You reached out, grabbing the cookie mix bag, but couldn't feel for a bowl.

"I need a fucking bowl!" You shouted. You heard faint slaps, knowing Matt was trying to gain their attention.

"What! Oh a bowl!" Nick screamed. Why give the loudest two the option to scream you had no idea.

Once the bowl was placed in front of you, you went to pour the cookie mix in the bowl, but struggled to open the packet.

"I can't open it!" You shouted, looking around blind.

Matt was busy trying to pre-heat the oven, so he slapped Chris and Nick, but neither of them paid attention, singing along to the song playing. You sighed and waved the bag around.

"Kid, what are you doing!" Chris shouted, grabbing the bag from you.

"I can't fucking open it!" You replied.

"Oh!" He said with a laugh, reading your lips.

Chris opened the bag for you, letting you empty the mix out into the bowl. You then continue on, Matt coming over to guide you.

Once the mixture was done, you, with some guidance and screaming from Nick, managed to place the cookies on a tray to bake.

"Okay guys once the cookies are baked we'll be right back!" Nick shouted at the camera.

You then removed your blindfold and realised how messy the kitchen was, which didn't make much sense.

"What the fuck happened?" You asked.

"Oh you kept throwing your rubbish at us." Chris said, finally not shouting as he removed the headphones.

"I did? Oh well." You replied.

"Good thing we didn't make anything else." Matt said, making you nod.

Once the cookies had been baked, you went to pull them out of the oven, seeing the uneven shapes. You laughed and placed the tray on the table.

"Okay guys we're back! Look at how the cookies turned out~" Chris sang, zooming in on the cookies with the camera.

"They're very odd." Matt mentioned.

"Hey you do it next time!" You said, making the three laugh.

"Good effort, kid." Chris said, patting your back.

"Well should we try one?" You suggested, grabbing a warm cookie.

Nick, Matt and Chris all grabbed one as you all took a bite. Sharing a look of confusion.

"Why does it taste..." Matt began.

"Wet?"

"Soggy?"

"Gooey but in a bad way?"

You all gave a suggestion to finish his sentence as you all spat out the cookies, realising they were still raw.

"Guess they needed longer." Chris said, making you nod.

"Well that's been today's video. There wasn't any arguing and no injuries, just raw cookies, so I call that a win! We'll see you when we see you on the internet!" Nick did a quick outro for the video, before Matt screamed at the screen.

"Let's get cleaned up and go out for dinner." Matt suggested.

You all agreed, wanting the bad taste of the cookie out your mouth. The main thing, you had fun.

[sunnysam-my]

Fun fact: in the Marvel's show 'Daredevil' (2015) Charlie Cox, the actor playing Matt Murdock a.k.a Daredevil, was actually blind on the set of the first episode of season one.

He decided to have special contact lenses made for him that would block his vision while not being visible. However, it quickly became time and effort consuming to have someone lead him to a chair after every take. That's why for the rest of the show Charlie played being blind inside of actually being blind.

Here's just some of the clips from the E01.

[epicfroggz]

How many fingers am I holding up?

One.

[purple--queen]

*at an underground basis without light*

Clint: It is so dark down here.I can't see a thing.

Matt: Oh no what a nightmare

Clint: Sorry

[vertigoartgore]

1982's Daredevil Vol.1 #193 cover by cover artist Klaus Janson.

[pleasant-dune]

This (old) tweet is worded in such a weird way...? Matt didn't fake being blind, what a careless way of wording it. Too many people already think Matt isn't blind just because of his senses and shit like this definitely fueled the fire.

MATT IS BLIND, GUYS. THAT'S WHY THE SHOW DEPICTS HIM USING BLINDNESS ASSISTIVE DEVICES. THAT'S WHY HIS EYES CANNOT PERCEIVE LIGHT AS SHOWN WHEN THEY SHONE A FLASHLIGHT AT MATT'S EYES.

HE HAS NEVER "FAKED BEING BLIND".

This is why actors should just shut the fuck up instead of tweeting ableist-worded shitty takes. For what anyway? For the sake of shipping wars? Insufferable.

P.S Now why didn't she address all the times Karen has lied? But that's a topic for another day, since this is about addressing the highly ignorant and ableist take that Matt's blindness is "fake".

[antisocialxconstruct]

oooohohohoho.... MAN these dolls did not disappoint 😭 The sheer amount of STUFF they come with is nuts, every doll has extra shoes, extra hands, extra faces and eye chips, and since I ordered the full set I got even MORE hands plus unpainted hair pieces and even the trans flag snail head (which was funny because.... I had already ordered one from aliexpress 😬) They seem very much geared toward the assumption that you'll be customizing them, which is fun.

The cat is still packed up because she's going to someone else, and in the long run I will probably be using the seal and cheetah as parts for customs or just steal some of their clothes for other outfits, BUT the dog is everything I hoped for and the snail and bunny immediately won me over for being so weird.

[lifeonmvrs]

quick thing i made while at a restaurant (i was waiting for my food). matt has no beard bc it looked weird.

[Image Description: digital drawing of deadpool, daredevil, and spider-man. they are floating heads in a white background. their suits are pink. deadpool has an excited expression. matt looks a bit annoyed and is saying “three tickets to barbie, please”. spider-man has a neutral expression. /end ID]