#daredevil season 3 predictions

[vicky82gargoylesfan]

My Thoughts on X-Men 97 Episode 10 Tolerance is Extinction part 3

The whole season has been absolutely fantastic, brilliantly well written and it hasn't even been predictable, I wouldn't never has guessed of what happened in Episode 5 and killing a major character off. They did so well not revealing spoilers.

Episode 5 - Remember it, is my favourite episode.

The voice cast were absolutely fantastic, especially Lenore Zann, she was amazing and deserves an award.

Rogue was my favourite in the original series and she's still is now, I just love her and she has been through so much.

This was a fantastic final, it was really intense and I was at the edge of my seat throughout the episode. The score was amazing, it gave me goosebumps a lot.

Spoilers

The episode started off with a flashback, I assume this is Vietnam. I noticed they used the song Turn, Turn, Turn by The Byrds in this.

Oh so this is not a flashback, Charles is in his head.

The power comes back on and there are so many cameo's, Silver Samurai again, Iron Man, Captain America again and he got his shield back. Also Daredevil and Dr Strange, who's using his power to perform surgery.

With the power back on, the Prime Sentinels are back on and they are now turning on humans.

More new cameos, they show Wakanda, Black Panther and Okoye. Cloak and Dagger, don't know much about them but I recognised them straight away. Omega Red, out of his containment tube and Dark Star, don't know who the other guy is. Finally we have Alpha Flight and Psylocke.

Oh damn, Cable admitted he tried to stop the Genosha Massacre 200 times and he's in tears, that's heart-breaking.

EEEEEEEKKKKKKK!!!! The Phoenix!!!! Hmm, I wonder if this means that Jean and Madelyne were swapped after season 3.

Love Storm's little laugh.

Oh wow beautiful animation, love the imagery of the Phoenix.

The Phoenix stopped Bastion and the Prime Sentinels have been deactivated, hopefully they will be turned back to normal.

Oh wow!!!, she's stopped Sinister too by ripping out all the DNA he stole.

LOL at Morph mocking him.

Oh damn, Bastion is not stopped and has ripped out Cable's arm and uses it to change himself.

Oh wow, I love the design of Bastion new form.

Oh, so this is Bastion's Second Coming form, I haven't read the comic book story (which I will at some point) but I sort of know what happens.

Oh damn, so he's going to Asteroid M and use it to destroy earth.

Oh damn, Wolverine is poor shape, hopefully he will able to heal himself. Cyclops knows he likes Jean.

Charles has to repair Magneto's mind from his psychic attack, at least he doesn't leave him, like he did in the comics.

LOL, looks like a psychic zoom meeting here.

Aww Rogue, she's repeating the line that Gambit would of said if he was there.

"Odds may be bad, but the cards are always in the X-Men's favour"

Also

"His name was Gambit, Remember it"

Rogue's in tears while she says it, while beating the shit out of Bastion. this was awesome fight scene, love her doing the Thunderclap.

Oh no!! Bastion has the upper had and tries to strangle her. He seems to like strangling women, first Storm and now Rogue.

Oh thank goodness, Sunspot saves her, was really worried for Rogue.

Oh, so Black Panther is T'Chaka, not T'Challa.

In Magneto's mind we see Rogue, Scarlett Witch, Quicksilver and Polaris in a boat, So Magneto cares for Rogue a lot and be part of his family.

I was really worried that Bastion was going to kill Kurt.

Great fight scene, Nightcrawler, Jubilee and Cyclops fighting Bastion. Cyclops using his Optic blast at full power was amazing.

Oh wow, love the character development with Jubilee using her powers as a Catherine wheel (I think) that she was taught by Abscissa.

Oh wow, she really messed Bastion up, ewww he looks gross.

Awesome, Beast, Jean, Storm and Morph, arrive inside a Sentinel.

Cool, Morph turned into Sauron.

Oh damn!!!, President Kelly agreed to launch missals at Asteroid M, that's not good.

I doubt Bastion is dead, I bet he will appear again.

Oh Morph, you are Fantastic.

Oh no Jubilee falls out of the falling Asteroid but luckily Roberto saves her, erm I assume there in the atmosphere, otherwise they wouldn't be breathing.

Oh well done President Kelly, you basically destroyed the world.

Oh no!!! they going to sacrifice themselves to stop the Asteroid from hitting earth.

Scott saying goodbye to Cable was really emotional, I just love Jean using her powers to stop Scott's Optic blasts and let Cable see his eyes.

Oh my gosh!!! when Cyclops took his visor off to use his full optic blast at the asteroid, he was crying.

Oh my gosh!!!! this music, giving me chills.

ahh, Peter Parker and Mary Jane!!!!! He got her back then.

Awww, Morph admits he love's Logan.

Yesssssss, Magneto is fine and helps stop the asteroid.

look at Rogue's smile, she hasn't smiled like that for a long time, she deserved it.

Wait!!!! where did the asteroid go!!!!! it just disappeared. I'm so confused right now.

Oh wow 6 months later!!!! Graydon Creed is back and running for President!!!! I guess that means we will see him in season 2.

Oh wow!!! pictures of other characters.

Hmm Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are off world??? does being in live action MCU movies and FOX Movies count as being off world, lol.

Archangel is missing presumed dead, did he secretly get on asteroid m and got zapped to the past too, to finally kill Apocalypse, lol.

Jubilee, Sunspot and Cable are all AWOL, I wonder where they went

So we left with Colossus, Magik, Iceman, Havok, Kitty, Emma, Exodus and Dust (which I don't know much about them both). Will they appear next season and have a bigger role.

Bishops back!!!!

Oh wow!!! the X-Men have through gone through time.

Rogue, Nightcrawler, Beast, Professor X and Magneto are in Egjpt 3000 b.c. and encounter Apocalypse.

Jean and Cyclops are in the future 3960 and encounter Mother Askani (Rachel) and young Cable, so there doing the the Adventures of Phoenix and Cyclops comics where they help bring up Cable in the future.

I wonder where Storm, Logan and Morph are.

Love Beast's "Oh dear" at the end.

Ahh!!! Mid credit scene!!! Apocalypse is here in the present and he's holding Gambit's card, which means he's going to be resurrected as the Horseman of Death (still need to read the comic story)

Oh man season 2 is going to be nuts and possibly more emotional trauma for Rogue.

[sitcom-thoughts]

just watched episode 9 of only murders in the building!!

oh my goodness was it an action packed one lol, lets talk about it

spoilers for Only Murders in the Building season 3 under the cut!

I WAS RIIIIGGHHTTTT YEEESSSSS I CALLED IT SO EARLY ON AND I WAS RIGHT!!! now that my celebration is out of the way, i will explain: i called it that in the footage of Ben speaking to someone in his dressing room, he wasn't actually speaking to a person but to a cookie that he knew he wasn't supposed to eat. i fucking knew it dude. For reference of how early i knew this, i have attached a picture of my episode four notes for proof (sorry about the handwriting), and a link to this post where i mention it.

Now that my bragging is out of the way lol, lets talk the rest of the ep.

It seems Donna is the killer?? idk if im fully on board yet, i'm gonna stick with my guesses of maybe Loretta, Kimber, and Dickie but the show is really breaking down my confidence on those answers lol

i simply did not see the sewing circle thing coming, very out of left field but i have done some sewing in my time and it is enjoyable (when your sewing machine cooperates with you of course, it is a beautiful and temperatmental creature). One of the ladies played Madame Gao in the Daredevil TV show, I recognised her immediately.

i think thats all i have to say right now, it is late at night and playing Crash Bandicoot for many hours fried my brain so im having trouble thinking lol

before i start the last ep im gonna make a post with my definitive predictions and then go from there. im sad for it to be over but i can always go back and rewatch, its been a while since ive seen the first season. besides, there's a world full of murder mystery <3

[bigmeandragonlady]

combining one of my favorite things and my current fixation! gw2 + shepherds of haven! we're putting the cast into gw2!

Note: I dont remember all of the specializations within the classes and have played the asura background like. once.

Blade- Charr from the Ash legion. The Charr are primarily run by military organizations. Can even have a failed assassination plot b/c of human/charr relations! anyway, he ends up joining the Vigil and later the Pact. I'll be predictable: He's a Warrior.

Trouble - Human Thief with the Deadeye specialization. I thought about making him Charr b/c I thought it was interesting, but the human origin in game even has an option that fits him super well. Joins the Vigil as well, through Blade.

Tallys - Norn Ranger, revers Owl or Snow Leopard. Was very tempted to make her Sylvari (and it would still work) for ties with Briony and the plant thing BUT they are a super young race (like they started popping up about 30 years ago, i think) and the general vibe of the Sylvari don't really match her. The Norn are still connected to the land, spiritual, and long lived- they have also been driven out of their homelands by Jormag. It wouldn't be hard at all to give her the same kind of backstory as her canon one.

Could also lean into her 'I hate human government for killing my people' and make her Charr. It would be fun to make her super long lived via some magic/mists bullshit so she was around for Ascalon.

Shery - Either a human or asura, leaning towards human. Born and raised in Lion's arch, and is part of the Priory as of Scarlet's invasion. I could see her learning a bit of the mesmer art. Devout of the six, particularly Dwayna.

Riel - Asura and would be an engineer if had to enter combat. Stationed in Lion's Arch (it's the best place of the leader of the Merchant's guild as a bustling port town). Works primarily with the Priory and Order of Whispers, but is not part of either.

Chase - Human thief (daredevil). I can't bring myself to change his 'a normal human but kind of a freak' thing. Starts part of a thieves guild but eventually gets recruited by the Order of Whispers and takes a bunch of his thieves with him.

Alya - Human Elementalist. Either Tempest or Weaver would work, b/c gw2 doesn't have a 'you're focused in one element' class. I'm not sure where she'd be from but my first instinct is that her parents fled Joko's reign/invasion in Elonia and ended up in Tyria. Or she managed to escape on her own later in life.

Red - Human (although Asura could also work) Revenant. Revenants channel powers from the Mists and anything to so with the mists seem to be in line with Red's 'I mess with dangerous shit.' The mists are where the realms of the gods are, the afterlife, time loops, fractals of time and space, endless wars, and people go insane there. He would definitely work with the Priory.

Halek - Norn warrior, wolf or bear would fit. Fun fact about the Norn is that they're like 9ft tall :) Would join the pact as soon as he could find a good reason to get away from his obligations that mirror his canonical ones.

Briony - Sylvari warrior or guardian, cycle of noon. She is from the Magumma tree, rather then the pale tree but washed up somewhere with no memory so no one would probably ever know. Did she answer Mordemoth's call? No one knows, not even her. She's generally seen as a brand new sylvari who just came out of her pod.

Lavinet- Human, part of the Divinity's Reach nobility (in the area of Lake Doric) Starts working with the Pact after the bloodstone explodes in bloodstone fen but doesn't actually join until 'Head of the Snake' in living world season 3.

[irondevilpunisher]

Predictions for Daredevil season 3?

Hmm I have a few predictions actually ;)

First and foremost I’m predicting one hell of a showdown between Matt Murdock/Daredevil and Wilson Fisk. They’ve been setting this up since S1 and it was brought onto a low boil in S2 when Matt threatened Fisk with never seeing Vanessa again. We know there’s going to be another trial which they’ve already shot so most likely the Kingpin is gonna get out of prison somehow sooner than we think as he alluded. Second Fisk is not an idiot, he’s crazy but he’s very intelligent and easily underestimated. The moment Matt threw down those threats it was game and its gonna come back to bite him in the ass in DD3. 

With both Matt and DD’s disappearance Fisk is bound to put the two together. And he’s gonna be out for blood. If Fisk learns Matt is Daredevil imagine the repercussions for that; this could mean serious trouble for Team NelsonMurdockAndPage. Foggy’s girlfriend Marci worked for one of Fisk’s firms and helped put him away so they’re targets. And of course Karen killed Wesley so that immediately puts her in Fisk’s cross-hairs. Yep expect to see this arc all come to a head in DD3. 

The third part of this prediction is Matt’s identity crisis. The authorities are already suspicious of his activities involving Jessica Jones and Luke Cage in Defenders. Something that Misty Knight seems to be particularly curious about. And with his supposed death that’s gonna be a tough situation to squeeze out of. In the comics Matt’s DD identity becomes jeopardized that Danny Rand temporarily takes up the mantle. And this arc eventually leads into the Beast storyline involving the Hand which I know we haven’t heard the last of. Most likely this idea could be put on slow burn in DD3 but it all depends on how they end the season.

The show did kinda hint on this arc being foreshadowed every time they talked about the darkness inside Matt. Like when Frank told him he was one bad day away from being him so it wouldn’t surprise me if they were planning this Beast outcome. Btw I really REALLY want to see this storyline happen in tv canon!!

The next thing I predict since DD3 is based on the ‘Born Again’ storyline from the comics is the enviable and EPIC Karedevil reunion. I’m expecting this slow burn love story to really heat up in the new season. They’ve been building Matt and Karen together since S1 and each season of DD so far has ended with Karedevil. There’s gonna be angst, there’s gonna be sparks, there’s gonna be passion and there’s gonna be sexy times! Yes I think we just may get our first of many Karedevil love scenes in DD3 with the danger growing. 

Most likely Elektra will cameo or turn up I doubt for the entirety of DD3 so fans can have closure with her character. I don’t see her getting ‘back together’ with Matt or even a love triangle. This season is all about going in a different direction and I certainly do not want to see a repeat of the ladder part of DD2 and Defenders.

Defenders was the closing of one chapter for Matt and embracing a new start. He’s coming back from the dead to rebuild his life and his relationships with both Karen and Foggy. Things he forgot about by the end of DD2. He knows he loves Karen and vice versa, its just a question of how they both get there now that Karen knows who Matt is and when she’ll reveal who she is to him. Which brings me to the second part of this prediction that Karen’s past is going to finally come into the forefront in DD3. And this will most likely be the thing that strengthen’s their bond. So by the end of the season they may very well be a couple.

Another prediction I have is a costume upgrade. Rumor has it we could be seeing the iconic DD chest piece sometime soon when Matt returns to Hell’s Kitchen in S3. I just don’t think its a stretch evident on bts ppl have been saying this new season is all about change. Matt could be fully embracing his heroic destiny this year now that he’s been ‘resurrected’. And with change comes a new outlook on life which I’m guessing will be his attitude this time around going forward. 

This is a minor prediction more so my own personal thought but we may in fact see Foggy and Marci’s relationship grow deeper in DD3. According to the Punisher, Karen and Foggy haven’t been speaking; probably due to Matt’s supposed death. No doubt that Foggy’s been seeking solace and comfort in Marci’s arms. and that could lead to future wedding bells. Maybe our resident Avocado at law just might pop the question at some point if he’s not too busying helping Matt take on Fisk professionally and otherwise. 

Now I know people are anticipating the arrival of Bullseye; mutual enemy of both Daredevil and the Punisher. I don’t think we’re actually going to see him but I do expect to at least have Easter Eggs dropped on this character either during DD3 or by the end. It’ll be interesting to see how he’s handled on DD if/whenever he’s introduced. We know Bullseye is essentially Karen and Elektra’s murderer however since the show has deviated away from the comics to an extent I don’t believe that even when he does show up Karen is going to die. They’ve altered her character taking over the role of Ben at the paper. Yes I don’t write the show and anything can happen to her but I’d like to believe she’s safe for a while.

But yah these are just some off the top of my head. If I think of any more I’ll either do a post on them or I’ll edit this response and add them. I’m expecting to be wowed by this season of DD since they’re labeling it “Awesomenesity”; plenty of action, stunts and character development. I just really want a stronger year compared to DD2. And I want redemption for Matt’s character. No more backdoor spinoffs just back to basics of what made S1 so fantastic. 

And I especially want to see NelsonMurdockPage to make an EPIC comeback in DD3! Their dynamic is and will always be the heart of this series for me. 

[johanna-swann]

Throwback to Daredevil season 2 episode 13 when Matt not closing the graveyard gates behind him bothered me so much that I accidentally predicted Elektra's resurrection.

(I already knew she wouldn't be in season 3 and I didn't know anything about Defenders, so I assumed she was just dead. But then Matt left that freaking door open to which I reacted a bit like "wtf dude, close the goddamn door, that's what it's for. Why would he leave that door open?" And I wasn't looking for a hidden meaning or hints or anything, but the open door just felt so wrong that I almost immediately went oooh. The door is still open. I get it)

Edit: Found some low quality screenshots. First picture we see Stick getting in the car, Matt is the last to leave the cemetary. Second picture Matt has left the graveyard, its gates are wide open.

[ceterisparibus116]

Does it ever feel at times like Karen and Foggy are inconsistently written?

This is such an interesting question! Short answer: it depends on how I evaluate it.

To begin with, humans are...consistently inconsistent. We change our minds when we get new information, but also when something appeals to us emotionally in a new way. And when are emotions are fired up, our priorities might even shift. We’re not always 100% logical all the time, even according to our own logic. So the real question is, I think, whether Karen and Foggy written inconsistently to the point of being unrealistic. Where their inconsistencies look more like plot devices than real choices/reactions of real people.

Now, we also have to keep in mind that Karen and Foggy aren’t the main characters. Although I think Daredevil does a great job fleshing out its secondary characters, the fact remains that Matt is the main character. Daredevil gives us a deep-dive into his headspace, allowing us to see how he justifies his apparently contradictory choices. Although Daredevil sometimes gives us hints of Karen and Foggy’s headspaces, the show simply does not spend as much time explaining Karen and Foggy’s actions. Foggy especially suffers from this, in my opinion, because other than Marci in Season 3, he doesn't really have anyone he can confide in. We see Matt's perspective in his conversations with Father Lantom (and Maggie, and Claire), and we see Karen's perspective in her conversations with Ellison (as well as her conversations with Foggy and Matt, since she tends to be pretty straightforward), but Foggy doesn't always have anyone with whom he can sit down and just...talk about his thoughts and feelings.

Marvel, get our beloved Foggy a therapist asap.

Anyway. We can approach this a couple ways. One way is to evaluate whether the show gave us enough information to understand Karen and Foggy’s behavior without speculation. Another is to use our own experiences and understanding of human nature to fill in any gaps (maybe assuming that the show intended us to do so, maybe not). I’m going to start with the first approach, since I think a good show takes responsibility for explaining its characters, and then move to the second approach.

With the first approach where I evaluate what I see on the show without coming up my own explanation, I don’t think they were written consistently. I’ll take them separately (and in separate posts, because this is, as always, quite long).

Also, I'm tagging @ladymaigrey in case she wants to jump in. ;)

I think Season 1 Foggy is consistent. He clearly adores Matt and quickly adopts Karen, as well as anyone else he feels needs help (e.g. Elena). At the same time, he wants his friends to be safe, and he himself values stability, predictability, and comfort. He’s willing to sacrifice those things at times, but doesn’t enjoy hanging out in a danger zone very long.

Honesty is also very important to him. Though he jokes about wishing he had secrets, it’s clear that he operates best when he is being honest with those around him, and when those around him are being honest with him. I think that also relates back to his value of stability, predictability, and comfort. It’s hard to feel those things when you know the people around you are keeping secrets.

And so although the sharpest change in Foggy’s behavior is when he fights with Matt and walks away without resolving the issue, I find that consistent. The revelation that Matt not only has been keeping two extreme secrets (his senses and his vigilantism) but also that one of those secrets (the vigilantism) has been continually endangering Foggy, Karen, and Matt when Foggy had no idea—that must’ve felt like the whole world shifted under his feet. Although I think Foggy could seriously benefit from a class on conflict resolution (so could Matt), I find it perfectly consistent with his character for him to walk away. And I love the fact that he comes back.

Then we hit Season 2. Foggy in Season 2 is, in my opinion, inconsistent. Or…maybe just hypocritical. (Admittedly, I find it hard to distinguish between the two, because unless the show calls out hypocrisy in its characters, I kinda assume the show is unaware of the hypocrisy, which means the characters are actually written inconsistently.) Anyway. The fact is, Foggy said in Season 1 that he wanted to move forward with Matt, but I have no idea what the heck he meant by that or what he was doing between Season 1 and Season 2 to accomplish that. The show never demonstrates what Foggy does to come to terms with the fact that Matt is Daredevil; instead, Season 2 shows us Foggy constantly trying to get Matt to stop or at least show down with Daredevil. Sure, Foggy can be vaguely supportive for a bit when there’s no immediate crisis, but not once the realities of Daredevil (the danger, the injuries, the fact that it inevitably distracts Matt from other parts of his life) hit.

To be fair, I think between when Foggy lectures Matt in Matt’s apartment after Frank shoots Matt and when Foggy yells at Matt in the courthouse bathroom, Foggy is more consistent (though also more frustrating, but that’s another issue) in the bathroom than in Matt’s apartment. In the bathroom, Matt’s “other life” has interfered with the trial in more ways than one. Foggy feels that he can’t rely on Matt at all, and not only that, but that Matt’s actions and secret-keeping as Daredevil have actively undermined Foggy’s efforts in the most important trial of his life. Would Matt being honest about Elektra and the Hand have actually made a difference in the trial? Who knows, though probably not. But by keeping it a secret, Matt deprived Foggy of any chance to do damage control until it was too late. But far more important than that is that, simply by keeping everything a secret, Matt committed the ultimate sin in Foggy’s eyes: dishonesty.

I also find Matt and Foggy’s discussion in Matt’s entryway…odd. It’s hard to tell whether Foggy is acting out of sheer frustration and emotional weariness at this point, but the fact that he insists that Matt and “the vigilante” “weren’t always” the same person…yikes. Did he learn nothing from Season 1? Was he even listening when Matt explained how long he’s been listening to the sirens and longing to do something about it? Was he even listening to himself when he astutely pointed out that even after Stick left, Matt must’ve kept training because he knew he would eventually use that training? Even if we can find a way to explain Foggy’s apparent forgetfulness, I think the show presented Foggy inconsistently, and the way to avoid that would have been to let us understand more of how Foggy interpreted his and Matt’s discussion in Nelson v. Murdock, and/or see how the events of Season 2 change things.

And then there’s Defenders, which I think is just really confusing about Foggy. He treats Daredeviling like an addiction, actively tries to distract Matt from it, then turns around and gives Matt the suit. Defenders had way too many characters (and way too crazy a plot) to spend time showing us why Foggy does these things, and so without doing my own speculation, I have to conclude that not only did Foggy learn nothing from Nelson v. Murdock, but also that Foggy’s approval of Daredevil fluctuates based on…how serious the threat is? Apparently Elektra’s resurrection and Danny’s kidnapping is serious enough for him to bring Matt the suit, but average citizens of Hell’s Kitchen getting hurt isn’t? Foggy doesn’t strike me as elitist like that, and the way he personally cared so much about Elena proves that he does care deeply about the average citizens of Hell’s Kitchen so…idk, Defenders did Foggy wrong.

And finally, Season 3! I love Foggy in Season 3, and I think he was written consistently here. Although he again wants to “move on” (this time by accepting that Matt is dead), once he realizes Matt is alive he becomes all about reuniting his friends, and he sticks to that priority throughout the rest of the season. My only real issue with Foggy in Season 3 is when he tells Karen: “People have bailed on Matt his whole life. I’m not gonna be one of them.” Like. Foggy. My bro. My man. You bailed on Matt twice—at least once in each previous season. So??? I really wish he had acknowledged that and I do find it inconsistent for a character that so values honesty to not be...more honest.

So ultimately, do I think the show wrote Foggy inconsistently? Yep. Especially in Season 2 and Defenders. But I think Season 1 and Season 3 are pretty solid.

If I also engage in speculation, Foggy becomes less inconsistent. Here’s my theory: Foggy grew up in a large home with a family that, by all indications, got along well. He also grew up as a male in a society that discourages men from being aware of and working through their emotions. That combines to create a Foggy who isn’t necessarily the best at conflict resolution—though he is blissfully ignorant of that fact. And compared to Matt, whose conflict resolution tactics are basically limited to pulling away or using his fists, Foggy probably thinks he’s an expert.

Foggy’s lack of self-awareness can explain basically all of his Season 2 issues. Like, he said he wanted to move forward with Matt, but he never took the time to ask himselfwhat that meant. I think Foggy has no idea which parts of Daredevil he is or isn’t okay with—until something bad happens and his brain screams “NOT OKAY NOT OKAY NOT OKAY.” But because of his lack of self-awareness, he’s unable to prepare ahead of time for such events or discuss them with Matt. Instead, he just reacts emotionally, and even afterwards fails to ask himself, “Hey, was I out of line?” He just assumes he was in the right and doesn’t look back. (And Matt is too…Matt…to ever call Foggy out on it or say, “Hey, I’m kinda confused as to whether you’re actually okay with Daredevil.”)

Then Defenders…nope. Nope. I don’t know how to justify Defenders. I have no idea how Danny Rand’s kidnapping and Elektra’s resurrection were enough to make Foggy change his mind and give Matt the suit. Unless maybe we emphasize Elektra’s resurrection and believe that Foggy is worried about Matt’s mental state? And maybe he gave Matt the suit because he knew Matt would go after her anyway and wanted him to have more physical protection? I guess that makes sense, but I’m really reaching here, and honestly I think Foggy would be more consistent with his Season 1 and Season 2 self if instead of giving Matt the suit, he…well, yelled at him.

And, look, I love Foggy, I really do. This is not a Bash Foggy post. But I think he has a serious problem with the mixed signals he sends Matt and his inability to take responsibility for his own emotions. When you figure out your friend is a vigilante and you decide to still be friends, you need to figure out how to be okay with that and/or figure out what boundaries you need to set for your own well-being, and you need to do that before there’s suddenly a crisis.

Which incidentally would have been a really interesting issue for the show to intentionally explore. But I think the show was too distracted by other characters and plot threads. I also wonder if the writers weren’t quite sure what to do with Foggy, since they clearly wanted him to be more than just comic relief and Matt’s support. So I guess they decided to create conflict between them. Which would’ve been fine if they gave us another Nelson v. Murdock type episode that was dedicated to explaining both of their positions and letting them talk it out. But they didn’t. So here we are.

[theblackdandelion]

I don't know if the scrips are predictable, or if I would be a good screenwriter, but in almost every episode of season 3 I was able to say word for word one line. Maybe they're just a logical answer/reaction, but I still like it and the fact that it's word for word.

Or maybe I'm just watching too much of the same show and can pick up on stuff like that after a week-long dive into Daredevil

[bookspined]

❝ that’s all history is after all: scar tissue. ❞

{ cis-man, he/him }  huh, who’s FROY GUTIERREZ? no, you’re mistaken, that’s actually SCORPIUS MALFOY. he is a TWENTY-TWO year old PUREBLOOD wizard who is A HEALING APPRENTICE. he is known for being CAPTIOUS, RETICENT, FACETIOUS, DISMISSIVE, and DRAMATIC but also RESOURCEFUL, CONSCIENTIOUS, FERVENT, INNOVATIVE, and OBSERVANT, so that must be why he always reminds me of the song IN DREAMS BY BEN HOWARD. i hear he is aligned with THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, so be sure to keep an eye on him. { merry, 24, gmt, she/they }

CHARACTER PARALLELS: Amy Santiago (B99), Claire Temple (Daredevil), Chidi Anagonye (The Good Place), Giles (Buffy TVS), Michelle Jones (MCU), Simon Tam (Firefly), Elizabeth Swan (PoTC), Spock (Star Trek), Clarke Griffin (The 100), Harley Keener (MCU), Gregory House (House) suggested honorable mention Gizmo (Gremlins) 

pinterest [blood, medical imagery tw]

wanted connection ideas

Full Name: Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy Gender/Pronouns: Cis man | he/him Age: Twenty-three Birthdate: January 20th Parents: Draco Lucius Malfoy & Astoria Céline Malfoy (née Greengrass) [Not biologically Astoria’s due to her health, if you ever point this out he’ll flay your eyeballs] Siblings: N/A. Birth place: St. Mungo’s Hospital, England Height: 5’11” Weight: 56 kg Sexual/Romantic Orientation: Demiromantic Bisexual Nationality: British Body Alterations/Marks: A ragged diamond shape scar at the base of his throat.

Blood Status: Pureblood Hogwarts House: Slytherin Wand Arm: Right Pet: His pet toad, Jarvis, recently passed away. Patronus: Arctic Fox Wand: 11 2/3 inches, Willow, Supple, Dragon Heartstring.

Willow is an uncommon wand wood with healing power, I have noted that the ideal owner for a willow wand often has some (usually unwarranted) insecurity, however well they may try and hide it. While many confident customers insist on trying a willow wand (attracted by their handsome appearance and well-founded reputation for enabling advanced, non-verbal magic) my willow wands have consistently selected those of greatest potential, rather than those who feel they have little to learn. It has always been a proverb in my family that he who has furthest to travel will go fastest with willow.

Personality Traits: Brilliance, innovative, empathetic, individuality, openness, social consciousness, inventive, logical, practical skills and self assertion; lack of attachment to people outside his circle and the “real world,” over-intellectualizing of the emotions, dismissive, anxious, crotchety tempered, facetious, rigid, prone to self-isolation, intellectual arrogance, and stubborn. Zodiac Sign: Aquarius/Capricorn Cusp Moral Alignment: Neutral Good Core values: Loyalty, Knowledge, Hope Four temperaments: Melancholic  

HOGWARTS HOUSE ANALYSIS

Slytherin Primary and a Burned Ravenclaw Secondary.

Slytherin Primaries prioritize their own selves and loved ones first. Slytherins don’t feel guilty or selfish about this– they feel righteous and moral. The most important thing is to look after your own. Abandoning or hurting one of your own is the worst thing you can do.

A Burned Ravenclaw Secondary might want to be skilled, curious, and prepared, but they feel like they are (or like people think they are) limited, clumsy, or inconstant. Gathering knowledge, hobbies, skills, or tools is the right way to achieve their goals, but Burned Ravenclaws know that’s not going to work within their capabilities. So they take other paths and use other tools– maybe a Gryffindor’s bluntness, a Slytherin’s flexibility, or a Hufflepuff’s slow and steady dedication.

You may have a Hufflepuff Secondary Model.

Hufflepuff is the House of grit, reliability, and determination, and Hufflepuffs use those values to help live, act, and succeed. If you model Hufflepuff Secondary, you also value these things and like to live by them. You like to be hardworking, dedicated, and consistent– but you wouldn’t feel guilty for abandoning those values in the service of other, higher priorities. If there’s another, easier way to get what you want– you’d take it. You think hard work provides valuable rewards– and those rewards are why you work. The work doesn’t have persuasive value in itself.

Despite his very best resistance he’s always been pretty empathetic in nature, he tries to rule his emotions as well as he can but fails more often than not. He was always one of those toddlers that if another kid started crying he’d be right along with them, not because he wanted attention but because he just couldn’t not. A bit of a crybaby, has researched how to magically seal up his tear ducts. Obviously managed to keep the family’s flair for the dramatic there as well. After a few years he leant into the sarcastic vague-snobbishness to hide the core of overwhelming anxiety.

Just managed to scrape through his schooling with nearly all top grades, this isn’t really due to him being a model student. He has always accrued information with a voracious appetite. Any knowledge he could find, even if most people would consider it entirely useless. His mind clicks into that place? You can’t keep him away. However, when there is not an immediate stir of interest on his approach to a topic he has to fight with himself tooth and nail to carry on. 

Predictably found exam season highly stressful, was never open about it but was quietly competitive and silently smug over his good grades. Could comprehend well above his reading level from an early age and would often look into experimental research and complicated magic but found himself lost in OWL level History of Magic when chapter upon chapter lay ahead of him about something that didn’t catch his interest. Some people he beat just to spite cause he hates them. It worked, whatever.

Tends toward introversion and finds himself tired sometimes quite easily by a large amount of social interaction. Witty and big-mouthed when he feels comfortable or is in the presence of those that embolden him and very likely to get flustered and snap at people when things are becoming a bit too much. Especially if he feels however unjustly that someone is blocking his escape. Has matured slightly in this since leaving school but it happens still, he’s just anxious. Quite fickle and can at the drop of a hat decide that he’s done with you for the day once his Give Me Attention Meter is maxed. Could be an absolute bloody brat when he felt like it but feels he has grown out of it, which he mostly has.

Always been very, very aware of many people’s distrust of him and his family, he used to sneer and play it up if anyone tried to bring up his dad and go on the offensive but was genuinely affected quite deeply by it all. In his early school years, despite his weakness to the cold, he constantly had his sleeves rolled up to the elbow so that his blank forearm was bared as a statement to just about everyone. I am not marked, I never will be. Now he’s older he has more of a handle on things and can be diplomatic in situations where people are clearly discomforted by his presence and his family history.

Even though the war culminated far earlier in this verse I imagine Scor would have had to have been relatively sheltered as a child if not for how emotionally sensitive and prone to periods of ill-health he was, it was definitely for his own safety. He is still the grandson of a known high-ranking Death Eater and that made him a media target and put one on his back for anyone else that might happen to be watching. 

Never produced much of a talent for offensive magic and wouldn’t resort to those methods unless he had literally no other choice, not a front line fighter by any means. His talents with strategy, potion-making, healing and his perseverance with defensive magic are what define him to the Order. While everyone kind of knows who he hung out with at school and who his friends are he is deliberately very mischievous with releasing rumours and misleading people. He deliberately keeps his cards very close to his chest so most people don’t know that he is aligned with anyone, he usually uses glamours or a scarf to conceal his identity if he has to. 

While he is knowledgeable about healing and anatomy, he is the WORST at taking care of himself. The literal embodiment of Healers make the worst patients, tends to forgo sleep and basic bodily needs if he’s locked into what he’s focusing on. Sometimes needs reminders to sleep and eat, like a child. 

Healing is the most satisfying part of his life and he would never give it up, he likes to experiment as he has a fascination with magic and muggle science and where they might intersect. A fucking nerd honestly. While he thinks he’s being fairly subtle about it a large part of his academic life has been doused in research into blood maledictions, for obvious reasons. He does his best not to flutter too obviously around his Mum. She is capable and ten times stronger than he is. 

Lives in a small studio flat in Diagon Alley that is mostly stacks of books and makeshift shelves.

the stillness of the world the moment you take the first step into fresh snow, cashmere and fine wool, the pearlescence of dreamless sleep draught, the scratch of a quill on parchment, faintly tremoring fingers, a shiver up your spine in a warm room, the exhilaration of a problem solved, a thunderous grey overcast sky, the bite of a stitching charm, sleeves rolled up to the elbows, petrichor, the burn in your eyes before a well of tears.

Always had somewhat fragile health tending toward sickly. Hands are never warm, his existence is an endless heat seeking mission. 

Went to one Slug Club meeting and used his time to verbally berate and or challenge most of the contacts in attendance, he was not asked to return. 

Potions Club, Charms Club, used to sometimes be willing to be dragged to Dueling Club but didn’t enjoy himself. 

Plays quite a bit of chess.

Bruises like a fucking peach and scars so easily.

Views quidditch as a good fly spoiled. 

Is a very skilled pianist almost entirely due to his Grandmother’s tutelage. 

Surprisingly great with children/toddlers/babies, no one including himself expected this, he mostly feared them beforehand. 

Bit of a mummy’s boy in that he practically GLOWS when people talk of Astoria’s achievements. 

When he has time off from healing he will have chipped black nail varnish on. 

Highly intelligent but rarely manages to match a pair of socks, chews his quills but no one else’s. 

While very eloquent and well spoken, he is markedly less posh than when he first arrived at Hogwarts.

When he isn’t prone to bouts of insomnia he can take a nap pretty much anywhere. He was once found in a tree after several frantic hours search.

[ CREDIT : CHARACTER PSD template by @karmahelper (defunct url) I tried to find a current social this week by messaging around but couldn’t find anything unfortunately. Forgot to copy this over from the google doc! ]

[davidmann95]

Comics this week (3/10/2021)?

cheerfullynihilistic said: Comics this week (03/10/21)??

adudewholikescomicsandotherstuff said: This week’s comics?

Anonymous said: Comics?

Anonymous said: 3/10 NCBD?

Non-Stop Spider-Man #1: The lead story was fun, the backup was dopey, I’ll give it another issue or two to see where it goes.

The Immortal Hulk #44: While it was too late for this week I’ve taken Hulk off my pull list, so the store won’t order any copies specifically for me and therefore my future purchase of the book won’t support Joe Bennett’s presence, just the store. This issue is typical of some of the books’ weaker installments of the last year or so - feels like well-done regular superhero comics instead of Immortal Hulk - but those last couple pages bring it back around.

Daredevil #28: Holy cow, those King In Black issues actually mattered. God this book is still so fuckin’ good in so many ways, everything every dumbass street-level superhero ‘deconstruction’ wants to be when it grows up.

Children of the Atom #1: Sucks real bad! This weird combo of ‘hip new young Marvel heroes!’ trappings and soulless X-Men lifer comics execution that feels certain to appeal to neither group.

Eternals #3: Of the listed Deviants I imagine I’d relate most to Annoyed Veug.

Commanders in Crisis #6: While I remain without the ability to weigh in on this objectively, this is the issue that to date most feels like it lives up to the promises of the series premiere.

The Wrong Earth: Night & Day #3: Little disappointed personally with the reveal of what the third world is - I assumed it was going to be more of a straight take ‘modern’ version to the other two’s flavors of throwbacks - but this series still rules. And that ending.

Home Sick Pilots #4: Okay, I think I can follow what’s happening at this point, still enjoying it.

Proctor Valley Road #1: I review these books in the order I present them to my dad since he likes DC/Marvel/Other to each be lumped together, but make no mistake: this is the last of the three Morrison books to read this week, because this is what comes next for them. A return to their roots - 70s kids way into music and dealing with the weird, girls adventure stories of the kind they apparently grew up reading - this feels like a refinement of their mid/late-00s Vertigo work in the same way they’ve been iterating on their superhero material for decades. The horror is sold excellently, whether by their own efforts or thanks to cowriter Alex Child this is their most fluid, ‘real’-sounding dialogue perhaps ever, and Franquiz with Bonvillain are instantly among their all-time best collaborators, perfectly capturing the shifting tone and character acting necessary to best put Morrison’s big ideas over in a way a number of their collaborators haven’t lived up to over the years (and speaking of the visuals, Jim Campbell does the lord’s work with that lettering trick near the end). Ritesh Babu and Sean Dillon have a lot more to say about the book and how it already acts as a darker, more honest take on your Stranger Things and the like as a commentary on its times, but I’m already loving to see this particular return down to Earth for Morrison and company and I’m glad to hear this is selling really well compared to their previous indie work.

Dead Dog’s Bite #1: This actually came out last week, but Ritesh recommended it so I figured it might be worth a look. A so far intensely low-key missing persons mystery with a touch of surreality around its edges, this already looks to be the best “look! A nine-panel grid! Fancy!” comic since Mister Miracle, really lived-in and emotional for as little happens in this debut. Very curious where it’s going.

Rorschach #6: I continue to like it.

Batman: Urban Legends #1: Glory be, a good Jason Todd comic - at last, you noble stubborn weirdoes living off of like six nonconsecutive panels all these years, you may lay down your burden. Not all you’d necessarily hope from Zdarsky tackling Gotham after what he’s been doing with Daredevil but rock-solid work regardless; the Harley story is fine, Outsiders is a letdown after Thomas’s shockingly good showing for them in Future State but it’s still fine, and the Grifter stuff is fun.

The Joker #1: I thought the advertised ‘a Joker story from Gordon’s POV’ angle was an interesting one even if I was concerned this book would in practice be pure editorial mandate, but in reality? Tynion has managed to pull the wool over DC’s eyes and do a full-on Jim Gordon book (one predicated with him being off the force to make it reasonably comfortable read in 2021) with Joker as the barest of pretexts to get it out the door and selling for as long as he wants to continue it. He even said in interviews that when the book was first pitched to him that his response was that a Joker solo book was a dumb unworkable idea until he had an idea for a ‘different way to approach it’, he knows exactly what he’s doing and I salute him. And it’s a darn good Gordon book even if the Punchline backup is predictably tepid, I’m in the tank for Gotham’s perpetual whipping boy dealing with weird noir international crime with Joker sort of hanging around in the background menacingly to justify the nominal premise.

Anonymous said: Hey, so I figure one random anon won’t change your mind, but like you I was disappointed by New Frontier’s immortal Wonder Woman, but I still got the new issue of Wonder Woman cause Wonder Woman at Valhalla still sounds great and I actually liked it! I think I’m gonna get at least the next issue, so there’s at least one recommendation for it

Wonder Woman #770: This combined with the store still putting it in my pile prompted me to give it a try after all, and whether because something here clicks better or if they’re simply not trying so hard without the pressure of doing a ‘final’ story for Diana, Cloonan and Conrad do in fact do substantially better on the main book than they did with Immortal Wonder Woman. Some fun, some fights, some mythology and intrigue, gorgeous landscapes and generous servings of beefcake from Travis Moore - this isn’t going to be sweeping the Eisners, but this is as enjoyable as a Wonder Woman comic has been in a good long time. My only concern is that the joyousness on display here might dissipate somewhat once Diana fully returns to herself, but in the meantime this was a very pleasant surprise (especially with the the Young Diana backup by Bellaire, Ganucheau, Goode, and Carey).

Superman #29: PKJ’s Superman thus far has been a story of overcoming initial worries of mine - in this case, my concern that he’d have a bad Scott Snyder-ey case of “if you’ve read the interviews you’ve pretty much already heard the dialogue of the comic verbatim”. In practice here most of what he’s had to say about these issues are distilled down really succinctly and poignantly in the midst of a fun little upper-atmosphere adventure portending something grimmer, and while I know it didn’t click with everyone I thought Phil Hester’s work here was a perfect accompaniment. The Tales of Metropolis backup wasn’t nearly as enjoyable, but hints at some interesting worldbuilding I’m hopeful will pay off in the main run.

The Green Lantern Season Two #12: The final Grant Morrison DC comic. One of two anyway, but if the next story I discuss is their broader final (non-Klaus, hopefully) statement on the superhero subgenre and a bridge to what they’re doing next, this is the one that’s about being The Final Grant Morrison DC Comic. A mélange of pretty much all their other DC finales into a shamelessly self-reflective meditation on the limits of what they can accomplish in shared universe storytelling where Green Lantern saves the universe through collective action and then fucks off to do his own thing elsewhere while the kids take over the ongoings. Weird and kinda perfect, and if nothing else this series took Liam Sharp from “really? This dude is drawing the last ever Morrison DC ongoing?” to “HOLY FUCKING SHIT LIAM SHARP”.

(The panel folks blew up over I think can be read multiple ways, but not in a ‘it’s open to interpretation!’ way so much as the storytelling/framing being unclear. I personally read it as ‘this is what neighbor versus neighbor looks like now’ rather than ‘calling someone a TERF or a Nazi is as bad as anything the other side does’, because oldster and out of touch though they may be I can’t see Morrison seriously saying that, especially after coming out.)

Wonder Woman Earth One Volume 3: At long last, after a hideous misfire kicking the series off and a second installment best described as ‘well, at least it wasn’t the first one’, this while not without elements I want to see femme and nonbinary critics discuss critically lives up to what you want to see out of ‘Grant Morrison’s Wonder Woman’. Big utopian fiction breaking the typical boundaries of superhero stories with aplomb in implicit conversation with a ton of their previous work, a bridge from what they’ve done to what they’re doing next, it’s an imperfect (especially with Paquette’s art, which while gorgeous and majestic in the way this story demands really doesn’t living up to the ‘acting’ necessary here in a way thrown into sharp contrast by Franquiz in PVR) but shockingly passionate statement of intent - if the last two volumes felt like Morrison struggling to have something to say with Wonder Woman in the same way they did with Superman and Batman, this feels at the close like them at last finding in her a way to do everything left with the cape and tights crowd they wanted to but couldn’t manage anywhere else under the Big Two umbrella. Odd and lovely, a fine sendoff.

[cockbiteproductions]

6 and 9

nice

6. Episode of tv or webisode that defined the year for you?

I thought a lot about this question and I’ve narrowed it down to 3 answers which are posted here in experienced order:

Daredevil 1x10 Nelson v. Murdock - i rewatched all of daredevil with my roommate during the quarantine part of the spring semester and had a blast. foggy finds out matt’s secret (being a superhero, his super senses). the Betrayal of it all. the way they show them ugly crying instead of like letting out a single man tear. fuck. “then again, maybe i would. what the hell do i know about matt murdock?” the cutting back and forth between their present day fallout and their meeting and developing friendship. it’s SOOO much it’s like Specifically Crafted for maximum pain and i eat it right up. foggy: are u even really blind? the show: *immediately cuts to a flashback of them meeting and foggy learning that matt is blind* foggy: was anything ever real between us? the show: *cuts to the two of them thick as thieves and making plans to form their law firm together and matt almost revealing his secret*. matt: this city needs me in that mask, foggy. foggy: maybe you’re right. maybe it does. but i don’t. i only ever needed my friend. the show: *cuts to them starting their law firm together.* also the scene where ben is in the hospital with his wife and we see her forget him on screen. ouch. a lot happens in this episode but tbh i just focus on the Friendship Falling Out. it reads even better if you think they’re in love with each other, as i obviously do. man daredevil Hurts.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars 7x12 Victory and Death (series finale) - the panic in rex and ahsoka as they have to get off this LITERAL sinking ship filled with enemies that used to be their brothers, who had just within the week painted their armor, one of the few things they can customize to express themselves, to resemble her, who they know would never willingly turn against them, and a fucking wackjob killer wildcard. the growing tension and cornering is fantastic. when ahsoka takes off rex’s helmet and he cries because he’s facing killing his brothers. the cute droid squad. i’m always a sucker for non-humans. the fact that they had special orders to kill ahsoka, who was no longer a jedi, from palpatine, meaning he thought she was a threat still and she IS. she’s up there with obi-wan in terms of attachments anakin has. the action is truly epic (though i do have to say the maul ahsoka fight was better). the fact that ahsoka and rex didnt just leave the clones there and they dug graves for them. the shot of ahsoka in her cloak in front of all the helmets painted like her face on sticks will be burned into my brain forever. vader coming down to the planet himself much later and finding and igniting one of the sabers he as anakin LITERALLY remade for her. just the image of vader holding a blue lightsaber is going to be the death of me. a literal representation of who he was. it’s too much. it’s too much for me to deal with. i started crying as i was typing this. also when you look closely you can see his eyes through the helmet lens. it hurts man. (possibly) morai flying away as this happens. man, star wars can be good. 

Supernatural 6x20 The Man Who Would Be King - ok so i know the question said year but man has show really defined my like last two months. as for this eps specifically, im predictable is what this says. i like tragedy and unhappy endings. i like gay angel. i like self-aware narration. i like reflection. i like the moment before it all goes wrong. this episode is the literal point of no return for s6 cas and i want to scream. it’s like when anakin cuts off mace windu’s hand. “but cas, youll call right? if you get into real trouble?” “and the worst part was dean, trying so hard to be loyal.” “for a brief moment, i was myself again.” “wonders never cease, they trusted me again.” “of course, i didn’t realize it at the time, but it was all over, right then, just like that.” “the big lie, the winchesters still buy it. the good cas, the righteous cas, and long as they still believe it, you get to believe it.” “it sounds so simple when you say it like that. where were you when i needed to hear it? / i was there. where were you?” “you know the difference between you and me? i know what i am. what are you, castiel? what exactly are you willing to do?” “i believe it’s what you would call a... tragedy from the human perspective... i’m asking you, father, one last time. am i doing the right thing? am i on the right path? you have to tell me. you have to give me a sign, because if you don’t... i’m gonna do whatever i... whatever i must.” like are you kidding me. not to talk about star wars even more but like. when rots novel said “the blurred line between our best and our worst” hhhhh. this makes me crave a 150k fic from cas’ perspective in season 6 where we see all the terrible things he’s doing for his well intentioned plan and how he keeps digging himself in deeper and deeper until it’s too late. and if i had the skill and time i would write it. alas.

runner ups: billions 5x05 contract (the epic lows of hearing taylor say they wanted to fire winston, the epic highs of 4d chess theory. the shitpost memes i immediately made. did not make the list as i made it a requirement that i actually enjoy the content in my winners list). supernatural 15x18 despair (lost out to man who would be king because i Care Cas, but i will never get over cas going out the way he came into this show; calling dean OUT on his bullshit).

9. Best month for you this year?

bro who can even remember the months. ok i just looked at my calendar and i guess i’ll say may. i finished up my spring semester the week before. clone wars finale aired then and billions season 5 started airing which was a “fun” time. had a job. things were alright.

[shadow-of-a-whisper]

A Brief Overview Of “The Sentinel (TV)”

Jim was raised by a strict, workaholic, divorced dad (mom wanted nothing to do with her kids) who pitted him against his younger brother for their entire childhoods, until Jim was old enough to run away to the nearest Army recruitment office. Dear old dad’s A+ parenting also involved making Jim feel like a freak (seriously, he used that exact word, to his recently traumatised 10-year-old child’s face) for using and talking about having the Sentinel abilities he was born with. Jim ended up suppressing his abilities so hard that he completely forgot he even had them. He has SO MANY trust and control issues as a result of his upbringing. Seriously, SO. FREAKING, MANY. His fear of abandonment in particular can probably be spotted from space. He fairly quickly made his way up to Captain in the Rangers, Spec Ops, until a mission went south and he got stranded in Peru for 18 months. His entire unit died in the helicopter crash. During that time he lived with the native Chopec tribe, and his dormant Sentinel abilities came back online. Basically, all five of his senses are extremely heightened. Think Daredevil on steroids, only not blind. Incacha, the local Shaman, acted as his interim Guide. The Guide helps the Sentinel focus, process overwhelming sensory information, and not go insane. He’s a buffer, a guardian, a grounding presence. When a Sentinel hyper-focuses on a single stimulus to the exclusion of all else (a zone-out), the Guide calls them back. When a sensory spike incapacitates the Sentinel, it’s the Guide who figures out what caused it, and helps the Sentinel overcome it until the agony passes. Jim was later rescued and returned to civilization; his abilities went dormant again, and he became a detective with Major Crimes in Cascade, Washington. A few years later, during a weeklong stakeout in the woods, (aka a period of traumatic isolation), his abilities came online again. They started driving him nuts and endangering his life, until he meets Blair Sandburg.

Blair is a genius anthropologist with Rainier University, a former prodigy and world traveller, who has been studying historical records of Sentinels and wanting to meet one his whole life. He becomes Jim's partner, studies and experiments with him, to control and improve Jim's senses, while writing his doctoral dissertation on him. Essentially, he’s Jim’s Guide.

Jim's Sentinel abilities are a big secret. Only Simon, his best friend and police Captain, knows about them and why Jim needs Blair. It turns Blair's dissertation into a bone of contention between them. Naomi, Blair’s flakey hippy mom, sent his unfinished diss to a publisher (read: unscrupulous ex) for proof-reading. Predictably, he proceeded to throw obscene amounts of money at Blair for the publishing rights, and then leaked excerpts to the press when Blair still said NO. Blair tried to fix everything by holding a press conference calling himself a fraud, amongst other things. Jim was all but moved to tears.

The mysticism is a really fun angle that gets terribly underutilized by the canon in the last season. In the first 3 seasons, Jim has multiple visions of a blue jungle (the spirit world), his panther animal guide, Blair's silver wolf spirit guide, and Incacha (who dies at one point). There's also a scene where Blair is recently but very much dead (due to drowning), EMTs have written him off, and Jim uses his panther to fuse with the wolf and bring Blair back. He then turns chickenshit, and refuses to talk about it for the remaining episodes.

It's hilarious, the boys take turns dating a new woman every episode. It's never the same woman for longer than that one episode though. They live together, go on vacations together, work together, voluntarily follow each other on dangerous unsanctioned rescue missions... it's actually a lot like Hawaii 5-0. I think my favourite part was where Blair jumped out of a plane (with a parachute) for Jim, and you much later find out that he's terrified of heights. But no-homo, because 'reasons'. Riiiiiiight. I guess that's the early 90s for you. I'm still bitter.

Megan is an Australian Detective in Cascade on an exchange programme who calls Blair 'Sandy', and is good friends with him. She accidentally finds out about Jim being a Sentinel in the last season. 'The bitch', as I refer to her, was an evil Sentinel, and Blair was temporarily murdered by her via drowning in a fountain on campus. After that they all chased her to Mexico, where Jim inexplicably made out with her on a beach, and the bitch later fried her brain on a home-brewed potion inside a hidden ancient Sentinel temple. It was a wild episode. Oh, and there’s a street drug called ‘Golden’ in the canon universe. It makes users hallucinate, and see pretty gold lights. Jim accidentally got trace amounts on his fingers, and it made him temporarily blind. All he could see was a lot of gold light and a few vague shadows. He had to do the Matt Murdock thing for an episode, and was hilariously awful at it. Blair was tricked into a near-lethal overdose.

[drpepperhateblog]

TV Series I’ve Watched so far on Netflix, (Relatively) Spoiler Free Description

Dark + Well planned plot, no plot holes in sight, more and more makes sense when you rewatch. + Some of the best casting I’ve seen in a TV series. + Gets a third season soon that will complete the series. - May feel slow sometimes and have some scenes that seem filler-y, but the payoff is worth it. Score: 10/10 (so far)

Insatiable + A surprisingly deep examination into binge eating disorder and body dysmorphia covered up by camp, black comedy, and a plot that twists all over. + Subverts your expectations in the best ways possible. + Despite being a goddamn comedy show it actually has a great explanation of sexuality that other shows are lacking. - A character inconsistency in the second season affected my enjoyment negatively. I can’t say how much it might affect yours. - Ends on sort of a cliffhanger as the show was cancelled, but it works anyway and answers questions you had while watching the first season. Score: 8/10

Iron Fist - Awful Season 1. Absolutely horrendous. + While Season 1 is one of the worst things I’ve ever seen on television, Season 2 tries its best to pick up the pieces and work with the mess Season 1 gave it. The second season brings some great acting, gets into the characters’ psyche and introduces a fascinating character that I’m sad we won’t get to see again. - Unfortunately ends on a cliffhanger as the show was cancelled. Season 1 Score: 1/10 Season 2 Score: 6/10

Jessica Jones + Good from start to finish. The show was cancelled but the ending is quite open, works as an ending but also works as the start of another season. + Well executed villain arcs and moral complexity, examination of heroism, what it means. +/- Close examination of sexism. My friend felt it was a tad too much. I thought it was a reasonable amount. Your mileage may vary on this issue. - Starts a little slow, the second half of each season is always the best. Although, in my opinion a good ending is more important than a good beginning. Score: 10/10

Pretty Little Liars + The drama, the mystery! You get hooked and excuse the terrible because you’re convinced it all pays off. - ... It doesn’t. Countless plot holes, timeline inconsistencies, a perfect example of how not to write a mystery. - A bizarre romanticization of statutory rape. + Janel Parrish is a great actress and nearly carried the whole show on her back. Score: 5/10

Sex Education + Some great characters that keep you watching. By that I’m not referring to the main ones. + Fun drama, albeit predictable at times. - Inconsistent characterization for some of the main characters. - Plenty of rushed character arcs and out-of-nowhere plotlines that appear to have been added for fan service. Characters discover things about themselves that have had no hints at all in previous episodes or even seasons. Score: 3/10

The Defenders NOTE: Watch Daredevil Season 1-2, Jessica Jones Season 1, Luke Cage Season 1, and Iron Fist Season 1 before watching this or nothing will make sense. + I don’t think I’ve ever seen a show before where I’ve been so happy to just rewatch scenes of characters talking. Screw the action, what was interesting was seeing the characters we had watched grow in their separate shows come together and play off each other’s personalities. + Makes a certain character that was insufferable in their own show one of the bright points of this series, a breath of fresh air that the others really needed. - Some of the villains are weak and motivations aren’t clear. - The flashing lights in early episodes are so annoying. Score: 7/10

The Witcher + Have you seen the main character? Hot. + Great actors. + Nice special effects, brings in many of the fantasy elements other more “realistic fantasy” series neglect. + Positive treatment of women without becoming too preachy. - One of the main characters’ plotline moves at the speed of a snail, but hopefully it pays off when the second season is released. Score: 9/10

[altumvidetur]

MCU Daredevil: MattFoggy Fic Recs

MCU Fic Recs Masterpost

So, I was thinking about the coronavirus pandemic and what I could do to help people out. I’m isolated because I’m at higher risk, so I can’t really offer to go out for my elderly neighbors or my family… but I thought I could try to help keep people entertained.

Because I don’t have an AO3 account right now, I’ve been compiling fic recs for my own amusement for a year or so. And I thought – maybe that’s the time to share these with everyone? So everyone will have plenty of things to read while they have to stay at home, or even to escape anxiety a little bit if you’re forced to go out.

Of course, these cater to my own tastes, so you may find stuff you don’t like around here. I never include works in progress. The Mature and Explicit works will be in italic. I ask you to READ THE WORK’S TAGS before continuing, so you won’t find anything that makes you uncomfortable.

I didn’t actually watch season 3 of Daredevil, so my recs are all from before that. I still plan to watch, so please take that into account when interacting with this post!

Fitter. Happier. More Productive., by what_alchemy

Matt tries to let go. He's not too good at it.

through the bookcase, imagining a scene, by returnsandreturns

“He’s back,” Karen says, making Foggy jump and drop his armful of books. She winces and drops down immediately to help him pick them up.

“Matt?” Foggy asks. It’s an optimistic guess—there are a lot of guys who could be back, like the guy who sits in a study carrel and eats peanut butter out of a jar with his hands and Uncomfortable Religious Missionary Guy, who is actually three different guys.

“Yep,” she replies, nodding and widening her eyes when she grins. “He’s flirting with the circulation ladies, which means you’ve got just enough time to steal my shift at the reference desk before he gets there.”

The Constellation of Touch, by what_alchemy

Months after Fisk is put away, nothing's right between the partners at Nelson and Murdock. But Christmas is here, and Matt is still expected at the Nelson house.

you won’t get better till you’re worse, by annperkinsface

The road to forgiveness has a lot of vodka.

my name on your lips, by unnecessary

It starts when Matt and Marci have coffee. Then Foggy and Claire have coffee. Then Claire throws a Christmas party, and really, it isn't like Foggy means to keep almost confessing to Matt, but can anyone really blame him? 

I Decided This, by patster223

“I’m contributing yet another lovely sign to our office,” Foggy says, brandishing the finished product with a flourish. Matt can’t see the sign, but he can probably sense the flourish, which is what matters. “It says, ‘It has been ‘0’ days since Matt made an idiotic decision.’”

“Doesn’t seem like it will inspire much trust from our clients.”

What the sign instead inspires: debates, understanding, a patented Murdock-level guilt trip, ice cream celebrations, a kiss, and perhaps even a way to finally move forward.

We Just Lost the Beat, by knight_tracer and lady_ragnell

Matt hears a lot in the city at night, sirens and crime--and the late-night radio show Foggy With a Chance, which sometimes runs a Daredevil Watch if he's been particularly active, but which mostly plays music. He probably shouldn't call in and request a song, but he does it anyway.

I’ll Most Likely Kill You in the Morning, by inkfingers_mcgee

Foggy and Matt never met at school. They cross paths for the first time while working opposite sides of a case, and Matt doesn't leave an impression beyond the superficial: a blind, pro-bono crusader who Foggy will feel really guilty about having to oppose in court one of these days. Seemed like a nice guy, but no one Foggy will worry about a week later.

He has more important things on his mind, like the masked vigilante who keeps cornering him in dark alleys to threaten him for information.

Touch Me, Don’t Feel Me, by fabella

Foggy struggles to navigate a casual sexual relationship with Matt after the events of season two. It's predictably complicated.

Hold Me Fast and Fear Me Not, by lady_ragnell

Something in New York has everyone walking around with iron in their pockets, and it seems like the vigilante they're calling the Devil of Hell's Kitchen is at the center of it all. Foggy knows how to steer clear of that kind of trouble, but when the Devil seeks him out, he ends up in the middle of it with him.

A Janet and Tam Lin AU.

jump, check parachute, by augustbird

Foggy Nelson: good at law, terrible at feelings.

Just Wanna Take Him Home, by lady_ragnell

Foggy mostly takes little old ladies to parties doing escort jobs, which he's fine with.

Getting hired to spend two hours hugging a lawyer is kind of a departure. He should have known it would all get complicated fast.

Daredevils Don’t Drink Decaf, by ChuckleVoodoos

“I really, really want to make a joke about bats and blindness. Will you punch me if I make a joke about bats and blindness?” Matt shakes his head, grinning. “Okay, so we’re Superspud and Blind-As-A-Batman.”

In which Foggy uses his law degree to peddle coffee to unsuspecting caffeine junkies, and Matt is his favorite customer. Who may or may not be Batman.

Say You’ll Still Be By My Side, by lady_ragnell

Bless me, Foggy, for I have sinned.  

Eres Mi Grande Avocado, by ChuckleVoodoos

Matt's got this way of speaking in Spanish that's just a little different than his way of speaking in English. In English, all of Matt's words are carefully weighed and measured and cut like crystal. They're precious but planned. With Spanish, the words seem to fall like drops of liquid gold, hot and rich and wild, and it makes Foggy want to gather them to himself and finally be warm.

Gazelle, Lion, Gun, by ChuckleVoodoos

The Devil of Hell's Kitchen has got some competition. Sassy sharpshooters do not make good crime-fighting partners, except that they really do.

Dream Catcher, by ChuckleVoodoos

When Matt has nightmares, so does Foggy. Unfortunately, Matt has a lot of nightmares. Even when he's not asleep.

Or: Matt visits Foggy after the bombings, and it doesn't go well.

Red Cross, by ChuckleVoodoos

Foggy is perfectly happy being a law-abiding physician with a weakness for cupcakes.

No one else seems to understand this.

Rocky Horror Pancake Show, by ChuckleVoodoos

Foggy falls asleep at exactly 12:00 AM, and he’s making a wish. He wakes up at 12:00 AM too—twenty-four hours before he fell asleep.

"Let's do the time warp again!"

The Boxer-Puncher, by one_flying_ace

“Matt, you’re my best friend, but you’re a goddamn idiot sometimes. It’s not about you. I’m not training, I’m not looking to get in a ring or do what you do. I just wanted to know a little more.” He says it fiercely, strongly, right into Matt’s ear like that’ll get it through to him any easier. “It’s not like I’m any good at it,” he adds, which is probably a mistake.

His heartbeat definitely spikes on the lie, because Matt flinches.

if ever joy surrounds you (you have to let it), by KiaraSayre

"I mean, I did think that maybe vigilantism is actually good for you in terms of, like, self-actualization or whatever, but - have you been seeing a therapist or something? Good talks with your priest?"

(Or, it's weird how weird things aren't between Matt and Foggy. Particularly when they're talking about boners.)

That Spin I’m In, by Werelibrarian and poisonivory

"What does that mean?" Matt asks Strange.

"Well, that depends," Strange says, unfolding his legs and letting his feet touch the floor again. Matt gets the distinct impression Strange is hedging. "Are you currently suffering heartbreak?"

Matt very carefully doesn't think about Elektra. Or Karen. Or Foggy. "Let's leave my personal life out of this."

Strange clears his throat. "Yes, well, that option may no longer be on the table."

Matt really hates magic.

How Your Heart Pounds Inside Me, by poisonivory

Hiring a surrogate alpha is supposed to be the simplest way to get through a heat - and Matt doesn't want to risk his heart again, not after the last time. But nothing in Matt's life is ever simple, and when his surrogate turns up again to oppose both Matt Murdock, Attorney-at-Law and the Devil of Hell's Kitchen, it's more than just Matt's heart at risk.

Just Our Hands Clasped So Tight, by poisonivory

If there's one thing Foggy Nelson knows about Matt Murdock, it's how tactile he is.

Will You, by poisonivory

Foggy's always joking when he asks Matt to marry him. Matt's always serious when he says yes.

- OR -

Five proposals Foggy forgot, and one Matt makes sure he'll remember.

Stay In My Arms (If You Dare), by poisonivory

The Defenders are the most elite bodyguard agency in the world. When Wilson Fisk's personal attorney Foggy Nelson walks in looking for protection from a mysterious man in black, Matt Murdock is more than happy to take Mr. Nelson's safety in hand. But Nelson's guilt is hard to prove, and Matt may have gotten himself in too deep - especially once someone besides the man in black starts gunning for his client.

I Would Know You by Touch Alone, by unnecessary

It doesn’t matter if Matt has a soulmate, because if he does, it’s not Foggy.

Written for this prompt on the kink meme: “Foggy’s soulmate mark is raised birthmarks that read ‘Matt’ in Braille.”

...Aaaaaand a series within the Spider-Gwen universe:

The Lawyer All the Wickedness, by poisonivory

(Summary by me: in which Foggy is, at turns, angered, baffled and aroused by scumbag defense attorney Matt Murdock.)

[revcntulet]

❝ The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing. ❞  SCORPIUS MALFOY looks a lot like that muggle, FROY GUTIERREZ, right? Only 20 years old, that SLYTHERIN alumnus works as a HEALING APPRENTICE and is sided with the ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. HE identifies as a CIS MAN and is a PUREBLOOD.

CHARACTER PARALLELS: Amy Santiago (B99), Claire Temple (Daredevil), Chidi Anagonye (The Good Place), Giles (Buffy TVS), Michelle Jones (Spiderman: Homecoming), Elizabeth Swan (PoTC), Spock (Star Trek), Clarke Griffin (The 100), Harley Keener (MCU), Gregory House (House) suggested honorable mention Gizmo (Gremlins)

Full Name: Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy Gender/Pronouns: Cis man | he/him Age: Twenty Birthdate: January 20th Parents: Draco Malfoy & Astoria Malfoy (née Greengrass) Siblings: N/A. Birth place: St. Mungo’s Hospital, England Height: 5’11” Weight: 56 kg Sexual/Romantic Orientation: Demiromantic Bisexual Nationality: British Body Alterations/Marks: A ragged diamond shape scar at the base of his throat.

Blood Status: Pureblood Hogwarts House: Slytherin Wand Arm: Right Pet: A crested toad named Jarvis. Patronus: Arctic Fox Wand: 11 2/3 inches, Willow, Supple, Dragon Heartstring.

Willow is an uncommon wand wood with healing power, and I have noted that the ideal owner for a willow wand often has some (usually unwarranted) insecurity, however well they may try and hide it. While many confident customers insist on trying a willow wand (attracted by their handsome appearance and well-founded reputation for enabling advanced, non-verbal magic) my willow wands have consistently selected those of greatest potential, rather than those who feel they have little to learn. It has always been a proverb in my family that he who has furthest to travel will go fastest with willow.

Personality Traits: Brilliance, innovation, empathetic, individuality, openness, social consciousness, inventiveness, logical, practical skill and self assertion; lack of attachment to people and the “real world,” over-intellectualizing of the emotions, dismissiveness, anxious, crotchety tempered, facetiousness, rigidity, prone to self-isolation, intellectual arrogance, and stubbornness. Zodiac Sign: Aquarius/Capricorn Cusp Moral Alignment: Neutral Good Core values: Loyalty, Knowledge, Hope Four temperaments: Melancholic  

HOGWARTS HOUSE BREAKDOWN

Slytherin Primary and a Burned Ravenclaw Secondary.

Slytherin Primaries prioritize their own selves and loved ones first. Slytherins don’t feel guilty or selfish about this– they feel righteous and moral. The most important thing is to look after your own. Abandoning or hurting one of your own is the worst thing you can do.

A Burned Ravenclaw Secondary might want to be skilled, curious, and prepared, but they feel like they are (or like people think they are) limited, clumsy, or inconstant. Gathering knowledge, hobbies, skills, or tools is the right way to achieve their goals, but Burned Ravenclaws know that’s not going to work within their capabilities. So they take other paths and use other tools– maybe a Gryffindor’s bluntness, a Slytherin’s flexibility, or a Hufflepuff’s slow and steady dedication.

You may have a Hufflepuff Secondary Model.

Hufflepuff is the House of grit, reliability, and determination, and Hufflepuffs use those values to help live, act, and succeed. If you model Hufflepuff Secondary, you also value these things and like to live by them. You like to be hardworking, dedicated, and consistent– but you wouldn’t feel guilty for abandoning those values in the service of other, higher priorities. If there’s another, easier way to get what you want– you’d take it. You think hard work provides valuable rewards– and those rewards are why you work. The work doesn’t have persuasive value in itself.

9. The Expositor will have to destroy the one who they love. There is no other way. It cannot be avoided. Their fate – possibly even the entire world’s fate – depends on it.

39. You are in the Order, and as a spell inventor, you played a key role in helping the Knights mutate the Patronus Charm to create daemons. Because of this, you have a daemon of your own, and you have been experimenting with the limitations of the magic, trying to figure out if there are any ways to improve them.

Code Name Revontulet, which literally translates to “fox fire.” Legend says that an arctic fox dashed across the tundra swiping snow up into the sky, while others claim his bushy tail caused sparks when brushing the peaks of tall mountains to create the Aurora Borealis.

Despite his very best resistance he’s always been pretty empathetic in nature, he tries to rule his emotions as well as he can but fails more often than not. He was always one of those toddlers that if another kid started crying he’d be right along with them, not because he wanted attention but because he just couldn’t not. A bit of a crybaby, honestly, has researched how to magically seal up his tear ducts. Obviously managed to keep the family’s flair for the dramatic there as well.

Just managed to scrape through his schooling with nearly all top grades, this isn’t due to him being an excellent student. He has always accrued information with a voracious appetite. Any knowledge he could find, even if most people would consider it entirely useless. His mind clicks into that place? You can’t keep him away. However, when there is not an immediate stir of interest on his approach to a topic he has to fight with himself tooth and nail to carry on. Predictably found exam season highly stressful, was never open about it but was quietly competitive and silently smug over his good grades. Could comprehend well above his reading level from an early age and would often look into experimental research and complicated magic but found himself lost in OWL level History of Magic when chapter upon chapter lay ahead of him about something that didn’t catch his interest.

Tends toward introversion and finds himself tired sometimes quite easily by a large amount of social interaction. Witty and big-mouthed when he feels comfortable or is in the presence of those that embolden him and very likely to get flustered and snap at people when things are becoming a bit too much. Especially if he feels however unjustly that someone is blocking his escape. Has matured slightly in this since leaving school but it happens still, he’s just anxious. Quite fickle and can at the drop of a hat decide that he’s done with you for the day once his Give Me Attention Meter is maxed. Could be an absolute bloody brat when he felt like it but feels he has grown out of it, which he mostly has.

Always been very, very aware of many people’s distrust of him and his family, he used to sneer and play it up if anyone tried to bring up his dad and go on the offensive but was genuinely affected quite deeply by it all. In his early school years, despite his weakness to the cold, he constantly had his sleeves rolled up to the elbow so that his blank forearm was bared as a statement to just about everyone. I am not marked, I never will be. Now he’s older he has more of a handle on things and can be diplomatic in situations where people are clearly discomforted by his presence and his family history.

Scorpius was in his seventh and final year when the Knights were first created and he spent a lot of his time patching people up and teaching simple healing here and there, wherever he could. It was a natural transition to become part of The Order once he graduated, he still kept in contact with members of the Knights but while he had no way to access the grounds at all it seemed ridiculous that he be privy to everything, especially as sharing such information could have been intercepted by the opposing side. He was absolutely horrified by Harry’s resurrection and his stomach rolls every time he even thinks about it.

Never produced much of a talent for offensive magic and wouldn’t resort to those methods unless he had literally no other choice, not a front line fighter by any means. His talents with strategy, healing and his perseverance with defensive magic meant that he was an ideal candidate, in his head, to have the singular daemon amongst the Order and to test all of their hard work. Then the prophecy was slowly unravelled, silver spool of damning words in a pile at his feet.

Is in a strange place in that he can’t simply stop loving people he’s always loved whilst working simultaneously to strangle any potential for more people to be added to the list as frantically as he can. Tends to just try and put the prophecy out of his mind otherwise he stares at Cleo for too long and his hands start to shake.

Very nearly lost his apprenticeship due to his intensity over developing and refining the magic of the patronus charm. It was an all-consuming obsession, he went so far into the zone that he was a bit of a liability for a while there. He would turn up at any hour to other Order members for their opinions on an obscure theory, an element of the magic, the importance of ritual and their thoughts on his experiments with dementors. Alot of people were like you’re a bit young to be doing this aren’t you love? And he was like I’m not going to tell you to fuck off, just explain that I will not let this go and if you exclude me I will continue working on it alone.

[ DEATH TW ] Although this can be said for anyone possessing a daemon, he is protective of Cleo to the point of neurosis, the magic was experimental at the time of her manifestation and he felt every single layer of his soul flayed away and the creation of atoms from a matter that he still doesn’t quite understand. Only that it came from him. They have managed to limit the bitter, burnt iron taste that lingered at the back of his sinuses for two weeks, the numbness of his fingers and toes and the burst blood vessels in his eyes on other subjects. Oh and the part where he stopped breathing for nearly an entire minute. By the time he performed it successfully he wasn’t sure he wanted anyone else to ever experience it, the spell basically consumed his life for several years and when the research was finally over he was stood there blinking owlishly with no real concept of where the last couple of years had gone.

Always had somewhat fragile health tending toward sickly. Hands are never warm. Bruises like a peach and scars so easily.

Views quidditch as a good fly spoiled.  

Is a very skilled pianist.

Has a fabric sling that he wears across his torso that Cleo is often curled up in. Looks like a single dad at Order meetings, toad on his shoulder.

While very eloquent and well spoken, he is markedly less posh than when he first arrived at Hogwarts.

When he isn’t prone to bouts of insomnia he can take a nap pretty much anywhere. He was once found in a tree after several frantic hours search.

the stillness of the world the moment you take the first step into fresh snow, cashmere and fine wool, the pearlescence of dreamless sleep draught, the scratch of a quill on parchment, faintly tremoring fingers, a shiver up your spine in a warm room, the exhilaration of a problem solved, a thunderous grey overcast sky, the bite of a stitching charm, sleeves rolled up to the elbows, petrichor, the burn in your eyes before a well of tears.

[mavspeed]

Hello there, you seem to have a good taste in things :) , what sort of tv shows do you watch? :)

THANK YOU OMG AND OKAY!!!

I think I have a wide taste in shows??? like if the show is good, with solid writing and at least Some gay I’m in. im not watching a lot of shit currently because i’m extremely lazy but here’s a list of shit I’m currently watching:

lucifer (season 3 is AWFUL but season 4 is so fucking excellent it actually more than makes up for how bad season 3 was)

brooklyn 99 (again season 6 is awful but earlier seasons literally changed the game)

on my block (I stopped mid season 1 but I plan to pick it back up again)

sex education (I have my issues with season 2 but still it’s good)

daredevil (I don’t think, genuinely, any superhero tv show can ever top this one and yes this includes all the cookie cutter shit Disney plus is putting out)

mindhunter (I stopped mid season 2 but I’m gonna continue it again)

patriot act (hasan minhaj is hilarious although his humour is v niche but also he has a very good way of making tough political issues easy to get)

ragnarok (its on netflix and its kinda slow but it also does kinda slap. also features actually gay loki)

big little lies (i stopped mid season 1 but im planning to continue this one as well)

and here’s a list i’m actually planning to watch eventually because ive heard good things and not to flex but my predictive taste is impeccable:

hunters (nazi hunters! logan lerman! al pacino!)

superstore

schitt’s creek

fleabag

killing eve

black sails

the untamed (its a kdrama and usually i detest kdramas but hear me out. its gay and both the stars are very pretty)

high fidelity 

[dracox-serdriel]

Daredevil + Bullseye and Season 3

Okay, so, it’s only a matter of time before Bullseye shows up on Daredevil. Bullseye can use virtually anything as a projectile. (Some thoughts on Season 3 possibilities.)

Under the cut for spoilers for the comics and all episodes of Daredevil and Defenders. (Also, some spoilers for events in Iron Fist.)

Bullseye is Bad News for Love One of the reasons I’m not hoping for a romantic relationship for Karen and Matt any time soon is because Bullseye will likely turn up on Daredevil in Season 3. In the comics, Bullseye kills Elektra (who is resurrected) and, later, Karen Page (who isn’t resurrected).

Of course, prior to that, Karen leaves NYC (and Matt) to become an actor, only to descend into addiction, eventually being so desperate as to sell Daredevil’s identity to support her drug habit. I don’t really see the Karen Page of the show doing any of this. She’s found her calling as an investigative reporter, which means she’s not likely to go off in search of some other career, regardless of what events transpire in her romantic life.

Bullseye also goes after Milla Donavan (Matt’s girlfriend - and later in the comics - wife).

Basically, Bullseye is a recurring villain, and one of his recurring themes is him attempting to kill/killing Daredevil’s significant others. (Though, arguably, his reason for killing Elektra isn’t Daredevil.)

Which means when Bullseye turns up, it’s very likely that he will kill (or nearly kill), whoever winds up being Matt’s current love interest.

Here’s the thing: According to the mythos of the Hand’s resurrections, individuals will spontaneously resurrect so long as they retain their heads. (This is what happened to Harold Meachum after his son stabbed him to death and left him in a lake.)

Bullseye doesn’t have a habit of decapitation. He’s a sharpshooter, but he also stabs/bludgeons as the need arises. That being said, there’s really no way for Bullseye to find out that Elektra will spontaneously resurrect so long as he head remains attached. Which means if Elektra is Matt’s love interest/girlfriend/partner-in-beating-the-crap-out-of-criminals-at-night AND Bullseye turns up, he will probably kill her. But he won’t know to cut off her head, so her death with (again) be temporary.

While that would be awesome in its own right (especially because there’s no reason Matt would know about the spontaneous resurrection thing, which means he’ll feel her loss... again), I think it’ll read/play as a cop-out. No matter how compelling her (temporary) loss might be, I think the audience will be tired/wary of that same story line.

I suppose the show might change up Bullseye’s character so he winds up killing mostly by head-shots. (Or maybe, if he does wind up kill Elektra, it will somehow be by decapitation...) But she’s already had her iconic Bullseye death, albeit at the hands of Nobu. So that doesn’t seem likely.

What is likely, however, is that when Bullseye turns up, he will injure/maim/kill Daredevil’s current love interest. And I really don’t want Karen to go out that way.

Born Again/Wilson Fisk There have been numerous comments on Daredevil Season 3 adapting some part of the Born Again story line, which includes Kingpin/Wilson Fisk discovering Daredevil’s real identity and going after Matt Murdock. You can imagine that this doesn’t end well for Matt... for example, he gets disbarred and becomes homeless.

But that story line requires Kingpin discovering that Matt Murdock is Daredevil. Though we saw Fisk’s interest peeked near the end of Season 2 after Matt’s visit to the prison, it’s a far cry from Fisk knowing (as in, with 100% certainty) that Murdock is Daredevil. It’s likely that part of Season 3 will be Fisk’s agents trying to confirm Daredevil’s identity. Whether or not Fisk is still in prison.

So, how does this happen?

The people who know Daredevil’s identity:

Karen Page

Foggy Nelson

Claire Temple/The Night Nurse

Frank Castle/The Punisher

Elektra Natchios

Stick (deceased)

Murakami (deceased? former Finger of the Hand)

Madam Gao (deceased? former Finger of the Hand)

Jessica Jones

Luke Cage

Danny Rand (possibly also Coleen Wing)

Nobody on this list seems likely to sell Matt’s identity to Kingpin, with the exception of Murakami and Madam Gao, who might be dead (though, as Fingers of the Hand who didn’t die on screen via decapitation, I decided they should remain on the list). I think it’s fair to say that however Wilson Fisk finds Daredevil’s identity, it won’t be due to betrayal/someone talking. 

Heck, maybe Fisk will say “Matt Murdock disappears after a building falls on Daredevil...” BOOM! Identity confirmed!

Personally, I think that Matt’s identity will be “revealed” in Season 3, only to be promptly protected. We’ve already seen that Danny Rand is ready to step in and be Daredevil. As a semi-famous dude, he’ll need to cover his face. This almost certainly means he’ll be donning the Daredevil suit (or an adaptation of it).

This opens the story to a favorite/common masked vigilante trope: the “I can’t bilocate” defense.

Simply, Matt gets brought in for questioning RE: being Daredevil, and while he’s in custody, Daredevil is kicking ass on the other side of Hell’s kitchen. The fact that it is easy to medically verify his complete blindness will likely push the cops to free him--after all, him being Daredevil is a hard-sell to begin with. The fact that Daredevil is active while he’s in custody will make their case too weak to argue.

BONUS: Though I doubt it’ll happen,  I’d really like to see Matt and Danny on important business (as Matt Murdock, lawyer and Danny Rand, CEO) when breaking news of Daredevil doing stuff happens. The mental image of them acknowledging one another and either silently wondering or whispering, “WHO THE HELL IS THAT?!” amuses me immensely.

Wilson Fisk’s Death While he has numerous “deaths” in the comics against various foes, including the prison being bombed, I think Wilson Fisk will either be killed by Elektra or, more likely, by Frank Castle/The Punisher. (The promise Frank made to Fisk in prison seemed too real to be a generic “I’ll shot you if I see you again” thing.)

Arguably, Elektra would have more reason to go after Fisk (regardless of whether she’s with Matthew/Daredevil in Season 3), because he will be out for Daredevil’s blood upon his return. I suppose if Karen died on Fisk’s orders, this would give Frank all the reason in the universe to go after Fisk. But again, I don’t want Karen to die, so... maybe Frank bumps into him while in NYC? Or maybe he feels responsible for Murdock’s identity being revealed because he’d “helped” Fisk in prison.

Will Fisk’s death happen in Season 3? I don’t know. But I think it would be interesting to have the Born Again arch which Daredevil thinking that he can save himself by putting Fisk away again--only to find that all his problem still exist after Fisk is dead and gone--would be a good way to adapt the (seriously depressing) story line and giving Daredevil/Matt Murdock that extra bit of challenge.

It’s also entirely possible that the show will take a different route. That Fisk will go after Daredevil with everything he has... leaving Vanessa / their son (who doesn’t exist on the show yet, but I’m assuming) vulnerable to his own enemies, who abduct them and use them as leverage over Kingpin. Daredevil saves Vanessa and the child (because they’re innocent and because... he’s Daredevil, damnit), ultimately leaving Kingpin in his debt. Either Kingpin leaves with his family or he returns to prison... either way, he lives and leaves crime behind.

That’d make a solid redemption arc that supports Daredevil’s worldview of not-killing-bad-people.