Name: Jan Age: 25 Contact Info:cantito, aim: anpanjan, discord: Smokey#9413 Other Characters: n/a
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Name: Matt Murdock Canon: Marvel-616 Age: Mid 30s (comics don't ever age!) Gender: Male Canon Point: Volume-4, issue 14 Background Link:Marvel Wiki, but to sum up Matt's canon point, he fucked up a lot in Volume 2 and decided denial and cheer were the perfect solution to dealing with all that in Volume 3. Volume 4 continues the "cheerier" Daredevil arc, with Matt's cheery facade taking hit after hit as the world (or The Owl) continues to prove his ideals wrong. Inventory: Matt is arriving in his awful red suit, so that includes: - his BRIGHT RED 3-piece suit (including accessories, gloves, belt buckle, shoes, etc) - his walking stick, stripped of all the cool extras - his actual Daredevil suit (the spandex one) which he wears underneath all those layers Matt, you are so dumb. - his cell phone - a stack of "Matt Murdock (Daredevil) Attorney at Law" business cards
Personality: Matt Murdock's life is suffering. Literally, fans complained about Mark Waid's run being "too lighthearted" when it dealt with things like Matt's depression and his best friend's cancer. His powers give him headaches on the regular-- but you try having super senses and living in New York City, that's enough to give anyone a headache. But yeah, with Matt's past, the fact that he moved forward instead of wallowing in his guilt was considered light for Daredevil. He's got baggage.
So this is Matthew Michael Murdock, A.K.A. Daredevil: a masked vigilante who believes in justice and goodness and never kills despite how much his enemies might deserve it. Sure, he lost his father as well as his sight, but Matt hasn't once lost sight of what's important him: doing the right thing, helping the weak and doling out justice. In essence, making the world a little nicer for the nice guys and a little scarier for the bad ones. He stubbornly clings to this to get him through most days, believing someone has to do it, and that someone is him.
Backed by his ideals, Matt is relentless-- fighting for justice in an unfair world. He is stubborn, proud, prone to theatrics and a little self-absorbed thanks to his Daredevil persona taking up such a big part of his life. This is Matt with a long, long history of comics behind him and a legacy of fighting criminals and helping police catch killers. (Yes, the Silver Age stuff did technically happen. It's embarrassing. Don't ask.) He's got a brand to maintain, and that brand comes with an ego to match. He may put the greater good above himself in every instance he can, but it still wounds and nags him if someone calls him out on the whole "Man Without Fear" bit.
See, despite his claim to being fearless, Matt has very real fears. He worries about his loved ones, strangers, his friends. This usually ends up with him believing he knows what's best for people and how to keep them safe (it doesn't always work.) His intentions are good, but Matt can be over-protective and overbearing and often has to be kept in check by Foggy to keep from making poor decisions. He's not winning any awards for self-preservation, but when it comes to other people, Matt will not take sacrifice for an answer.
Matt's also really, really big on guilt. He blames himself for every mistake, every fault, every injury placed on his friends or every failed relationship he's ever had. If guilt had scholarly merit, Matt would have a PhD. Even when he tries to be cheery and optimistic, deep down, Matt blames himself for everything wrong with his life and the lives of his loved ones, or at least worries that he might be somehow to blame. (Yes, he tried to blame himself for Foggy's cancer at first, Foggy just wouldn't have it.) There's plenty of reasons for it, too. Matt was raised Catholic, so he's got Catholic guilt from the start; he really was to blame for most of Volume 2, so it's not unfounded when he was just awful for so long; and he's a superhero, so being targeted by super villains makes his fear of endangering his friends that much more likely. Still, he tends to slump in this and pull away from people when the guilt gets too bad. He tries to hide it and tries to fight it, but he has good days and bad days.
Snowblind is probably not going to give him very many good days.
Flavor Abilities: Matt has enhanced senses that make up for his lack of sight, as well as a fifth "radar sense" that allows him to detect the shape of things surrounding him. He cannot perceive facial features, printed designs or read digital displays. His senses are strong enough that he can perceive people's expressions usually by their body language or sound/smell, but unless something is written in ballpoint pen or etched/engraved, he straight up can't read it. For the purposes of Snowblind, I am reducing his radar sense to work only in whatever direction he's facing (as discussed) and because it is a "sense" I hope to one day take it from Matt if he dies :3c
Suitability: Matt is in a unique place in the Marvel universe where he's both known by everyone and yet rarely involved in the major events/players of the world. That said, he's got History with Natasha so finding her and being stuck with her is going to be a big surprise for Matt. Outside of canon CR, Matt is a hero first and foremost and will do his best to help people and figure out who or what is behind the mess at Norfinbury. He's stoic and suffers silently when it comes to his own pain, so I expect he'll be well suited for exposure... of course that means that by the time they start to really affect him he will snap and be awful, which I'm looking forward to. Matt's been to dark places in his canon and while he'll try not to regress, it's a slippery slope.
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Age: 25
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Character Information
Name: Matt Murdock
Canon: Marvel-616
Age: Mid 30s (comics don't ever age!)
Gender: Male
Canon Point: Volume-4, issue 14
Background Link: Marvel Wiki, but to sum up Matt's canon point, he fucked up a lot in Volume 2 and decided denial and cheer were the perfect solution to dealing with all that in Volume 3. Volume 4 continues the "cheerier" Daredevil arc, with Matt's cheery facade taking hit after hit as the world (or The Owl) continues to prove his ideals wrong.
Inventory: Matt is arriving in his awful red suit, so that includes:
- his BRIGHT RED 3-piece suit (including accessories, gloves, belt buckle, shoes, etc)
- his walking stick, stripped of all the cool extras
- his actual Daredevil suit (the spandex one) which he wears underneath all those layers
Matt, you are so dumb.- his cell phone
- a stack of "Matt Murdock (Daredevil) Attorney at Law" business cards
Personality: Matt Murdock's life is suffering. Literally, fans complained about Mark Waid's run being "too lighthearted" when it dealt with things like Matt's depression and his best friend's cancer. His powers give him headaches on the regular-- but you try having super senses and living in New York City, that's enough to give anyone a headache. But yeah, with Matt's past, the fact that he moved forward instead of wallowing in his guilt was considered light for Daredevil. He's got baggage.
So this is Matthew Michael Murdock, A.K.A. Daredevil: a masked vigilante who believes in justice and goodness and never kills despite how much his enemies might deserve it. Sure, he lost his father as well as his sight, but Matt hasn't once lost sight of what's important him: doing the right thing, helping the weak and doling out justice. In essence, making the world a little nicer for the nice guys and a little scarier for the bad ones. He stubbornly clings to this to get him through most days, believing someone has to do it, and that someone is him.
Backed by his ideals, Matt is relentless-- fighting for justice in an unfair world. He is stubborn, proud, prone to theatrics and a little self-absorbed thanks to his Daredevil persona taking up such a big part of his life. This is Matt with a long, long history of comics behind him and a legacy of fighting criminals and helping police catch killers. (Yes, the Silver Age stuff did technically happen. It's embarrassing. Don't ask.) He's got a brand to maintain, and that brand comes with an ego to match. He may put the greater good above himself in every instance he can, but it still wounds and nags him if someone calls him out on the whole "Man Without Fear" bit.
See, despite his claim to being fearless, Matt has very real fears. He worries about his loved ones, strangers, his friends. This usually ends up with him believing he knows what's best for people and how to keep them safe (it doesn't always work.) His intentions are good, but Matt can be over-protective and overbearing and often has to be kept in check by Foggy to keep from making poor decisions. He's not winning any awards for self-preservation, but when it comes to other people, Matt will not take sacrifice for an answer.
Matt's also really, really big on guilt. He blames himself for every mistake, every fault, every injury placed on his friends or every failed relationship he's ever had. If guilt had scholarly merit, Matt would have a PhD. Even when he tries to be cheery and optimistic, deep down, Matt blames himself for everything wrong with his life and the lives of his loved ones, or at least worries that he might be somehow to blame. (Yes, he tried to blame himself for Foggy's cancer at first, Foggy just wouldn't have it.) There's plenty of reasons for it, too. Matt was raised Catholic, so he's got Catholic guilt from the start; he really was to blame for most of Volume 2, so it's not unfounded when he was just awful for so long; and he's a superhero, so being targeted by super villains makes his fear of endangering his friends that much more likely. Still, he tends to slump in this and pull away from people when the guilt gets too bad. He tries to hide it and tries to fight it, but he has good days and bad days.
Snowblind is probably not going to give him very many good days.
Flavor Abilities: Matt has enhanced senses that make up for his lack of sight, as well as a fifth "radar sense" that allows him to detect the shape of things surrounding him. He cannot perceive facial features, printed designs or read digital displays. His senses are strong enough that he can perceive people's expressions usually by their body language or sound/smell, but unless something is written in ballpoint pen or etched/engraved, he straight up can't read it. For the purposes of Snowblind, I am reducing his radar sense to work only in whatever direction he's facing (as discussed) and because it is a "sense" I hope to one day take it from Matt if he dies :3c
Suitability: Matt is in a unique place in the Marvel universe where he's both known by everyone and yet rarely involved in the major events/players of the world. That said, he's got History with Natasha so finding her and being stuck with her is going to be a big surprise for Matt. Outside of canon CR, Matt is a hero first and foremost and will do his best to help people and figure out who or what is behind the mess at Norfinbury. He's stoic and suffers silently when it comes to his own pain, so I expect he'll be well suited for exposure... of course that means that by the time they start to really affect him he will snap and be awful, which I'm looking forward to. Matt's been to dark places in his canon and while he'll try not to regress, it's a slippery slope.
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