#life is a greek tragedy if youre matt murdock. smh.
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STEPPIN’ INTO FATE WHERE LEGENDS ARE MADE. a pjo/hoo au ≫ random headcanons !
matt could’ve been part of the hunters, only if he didn’t decide to stay back. it’s to honour his presumably mortal dad and the world he lived in, and at a young age while he’s still mourning and filled with grief & rage, the idea of living with strange magical maidens for the rest of his life when he didn’t even know how to act around ( like having a mother, because he didn’t have one && also, he’s not even sure if he’s just dreaming this up to cope ) did not really sit well with him. artemis: lastly, recite the oath. matt: 'i pledge myself to the goddess artemis. i turn my back on the company of ... men? accept eternal maidenhoo-’ wait. but i’m not really a girl. and this sounds fishy. can’t you provide a legit copy of- artemis: just do it. matt, groaning: fine.
his canon abilities still remain and ARTEMIS’ BLESSING on him is limited since he’s not physically with her and allied to become part of the hunters officially: he still can get sick but that won’t kill him, can still somehow understand and communicate with wild animals, and enhancing his physical prowess translated to steadier and longer endurance than any demigod, mortal or nymph ( extremely high pain tolerance ).
STICK is still a canonically part of his life, teaching him ways to survive, and also leaving matt when matt begins to form attachments. he somehow knows about the monsters other than men that matt fights, to which he wouldn’t give direct answers to. matt learns archery from stick; and losing artemis’ blessing later on made it a bit difficult for matt to relearn it manually.
as matt grew up, he never fails to visit and train himself in his dad’s former gym especially after stick gave up on him. matt tends to spar sometimes with a person he can’t ever beat, and that person disappears the day after matt is able to defeat him in a mock fight. turns out it’s ARES. it’s unknown yet if he revealed this info to matt, that he’s been keeping tabs after jack’s boy after being made aware that artemis had taken matt in already. ares might or might not have admired jack’s prowess in carrying out natural violence in him, so he might or might not be curious to see how matt will end up as.
artemis checking up on him sometimes meant sending random birds or other animals his way whenever, wherever. the first time she had contact with him is when he was around 9-11 years old, and the last time she contacted him personally is after she learns that college junior matt broke the oath. she’s Disappointed But Not Surprised. she did try to give him a choice not to follow his mother’s footsteps since she does acknowledge matt has potential even if he’s a boy, and if anytime that he’s keen to magical gender changes, then artemis would more than be happy to take him in.
even if matt did become one of the hunters of artemis by exception, APHRODITE would’ve still send elektra his way, fulfilling part of his destiny to fall out of artemis’ blessing.
yes, he still goes on to become daredevil. except he also fights monsters now after artemis’ protection is gone, 24/7.
matt and ARES, as connected through Jack, has a neutral / casual relationship. matt finds him annoying more than helpful sometimes, but is silently relieved that at least, the god of war has been kind to his mortal grandmother though matt is still upset that ares has been absent until the god finds it amusing that matt leans towards violence, after all. ares seems to have high expectations of him as his grandson, and somehow, matt seems to like doing the opposite just to prove the old man wrong.
the last contact he has with ares, who warned matt not to be on his bad side, shit went down in hell’s kitchen ( AROUND OR POST - DD S1 ). matt seeks help, resigned to finally accepting that gods and goddesses are real and they’re annoying, only to be found by ATHENA. being one of her reserve champions gave him the stability he’s looking for, in treading this real myths business.
athena directs matt to camp half blood, immediately claims him as her own, which might or might not have offended ares. artemis’ blessing, stick’s training and ares’ occasional meddling helped him survive to thirty years of his life, which is a very rare case so it’s a miracle really. however, he does sport scars, bruises, fractures mended, etc. through the struggles of growing up and beating up literal monsters.
matt later learns that stick’s involvement in his life is not coincidental; he’s been sent by someone else. because when matt questions ares about stick, he denied any connection. tracing that lead, he finds out that STICK is a descendant of the aeolian tribe of warriors, the LAPITHS ... and the war with THE HAND might be something more than mystical crime syndicates wanting immortality for themselves. but matt doesn’t want to participate in any war as much as possible as he works on his own causes independently, so that’s why he agreed to ally himself with ATHENA.
matt learns about the truth of his lineage around DD S3 when he meets sister maggie. maggie, also known as creusa, sent stick to help him back then. ( TBA )
concept: matt has no idea how camps work but becomes an occasional camp staff, if not staying as a visitor every once in a while. he works well in teaching unarmed / armed combat more than archery ( ironically, he can do it but he doesn’t prefer to ). he also enjoys following on capture the flag games, and offers insights on tactical and strategic approaches to the campers ... most especially on how to apply the theory out there in the real world outside camp.
can’t help but look after ares’ kids and providing them with socio-emotional support that ares can’t give, most often. just matt empathising and listening to children, who are given stereotypes and having to ‘toughen up’ because it doesn’t help much when their dad is the god of war. it doesn’t limit to ares’ cabin since matt is open to anyone needing his support.
respects chiron. a lot. even if their ancient people had disagreements a long time ago, matt is pretty chill with chiron.
matt still doesn’t like large bodies of water, ironically provided that his mother is a naiad. it dulls his senses when submerged.
EDIT : matt gives offerings, equal halves to artemis and athena for their support. even if matt is not part of artemis’ hunters anymore and artemis might or might not still be disappointed with him, matt still gives his gratitude for her assistance. when matt’s in a good mood, thinks that ares deserves it or matt just wanna see what the god is up to, he sometimes places offerings for his asshole grandfather too.
#that boy has got the devil in him. / headcanon.#v11. STEPPIN' INTO FATE WHERE LEGENDS ARE MADE. / demigod.#cw long post#me: im gonna do drafts#also me: ok but what if i do these hcs first#its been AGES since i last read the books. like. im literally too old for it but still stan the og books that made me who i am today.#life is a greek tragedy if youre matt murdock. smh.#I FORGOT SOMETHING LMAO
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