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biblically accurate kingpin

Marvel Graphic Novel - Issue #24 (Daredevil: Love and War)

Miller | Sienkiewicz

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they are SO annoying

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daredevil as tumblr text posts pt 1/ pt 2/ pt 3

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the man without fear & the world's greatest assassin

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Daredevil cameo in X-Men 97 episode 10.

Inspired by a treasured Daredevil fan @xycuro-illuminati

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practising drawing comic layout (practising drawing franks tits)

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just remembered that the defenders were not the found family i’ve convinced myself they were to be. like wdym they don’t all reluctantly get together on thanksgiving. wdym colleen and matt don’t occasionally team up or chat on rooftops while they’re on patrol. wdym karen and jess don’t become close friends. wdym luke and danny don’t hang out often. wdym they all didn’t get together for colleen and danny’s wedding. wdym foggy and luke aren’t kind of friends. wdym colleen misty and claire don’t go to bars together.

wdym that they aren’t the definition of “anyway don’t be a stranger.”

like i literally convinced myself theyre like the crows in soc but like .. it’s simply not true and i. ☹️

will literally start posting found family au / post defenders fix it fics soon here i swear i cant do this. pls send me little scenarios with defenders you want to see written because i will do it

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literally

the defenders saga, wasted friendship potentials, and a potential fix-it

marvel’s defenders saga had so much potential in creating friendships outside of canon-typical ones. although we did get duos like misty & colleen and luke & danny, we completely missed out on pairs like colleen & matt, danny & matt, karen & jess, and so on.

soooo in an effort to a) indulge in my defenders brainrot and b) not let all these fantastic characters go to waste, i am likely going to invest time into a defenders fix-it fic!

everyone cheer ‼️

it’ll function in the same way books like six of crows does in the way that it’d be relatively lengthy and have multiple perspectives and plotlines going on at once. the main difference would be that it would focus more on oneshots with developing plots/relations throughout the chapters, rather than spending the bulk of the story focusing on one major plot.

although i already have a couple pairings / plots in mind, i’m always open to ideas or requests. if anyone does actually request smth and i follow through with the fic, credit will obviously be given. (you can request either by replying here OR doing to that little “ask me anything” thing)

more info to come if this is something that i don’t end up deleting, haha. 🫶

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“Land of the Blind” and Sam Chung’s "Selfish” Heroism

    We are rapidly moving into the “Mayor Fisk” Legacy arc of Soule’s DD run, but we wanted to take a minute to reflect on the previous arc, “Land of the Blind”, as it marks a turning point in Sam’s story. 

    A major recurring theme so far in Sam’s development as a hero is the idea of selfishness. He struggles– in an all-too-relatable way– with the reality of what it really means to risk your life for others. It’s easy to claim selflessness, but much more difficult to muster the courage to actually perform it. When Sam found himself alone against Muse earlier in the run he made the choice to stand his ground and act as protector for Muse’s victims, and this choice ended up costing him his sight. Having disappeared from the story for a while, he returns in issue #26 having made some peace with this failure– through having his vision restored, but also by deciding that he can live with being a little bit selfish. 

Sam: “I told you it was worth it. But what was I supposed to say? I’d have traded all those people I saved just to keep my sight? Maybe just one of them? Or ten? Lying in that bed, bandages on my eyes, that’s all I thought about. How many? Three, Mr. Murdock. That was the number I came up with. I would have let three of those people die to save my eyes from Muse.”

Daredevil vol. 5 #27 by Charles Soule, Ron Garney, and Matt Milla

    The Sam who Matt encounters in China is a bitter, angry, unrepentant version of his former student. Forced to come to terms with the destruction of his idealized dreams of being a superhero, and embroiled in Hand training and ideologies, he is now angry at Matt’s failures as a teacher and willing to accept his own perceived flaws. Sam sees himself as a fallen hero, and thus is willing to behave in a non-superheroic manner to avoid further suffering.      

Sam: “I’m sorry, Mr. Murdock. My mother made a deal with the Beast for my eyes. I made another deal for her.”

Matt: “N-no. Sam… the Beast is… evil. Don’t give it your… soul…”

Sam: “I didn’t give the Beast my soul, Mr. Murdock. I gave it yours.”

Daredevil vol. 5 #27 by Charles Soule, Ron Garney, and Matt Milla

    Accepting his “selfishness” informs this whole arc; Sam’s mother offers the Beast her soul to restore her son’s eyes, and then Sam offers up Matt’s soul to save his mother’s. It’s a jerk move, and he knows it– but he values his mother’s life more than the so-called heroics that dropped him into this situation in the first place. One of Sam’s other main themes is family, after all, and protecting his is his priority.

    All of this sets up for Sam’s big change of heart– the regret for what he has done to Matt, and the realization that he can’t actually live with being quite this heartless. Ultimately, he makes the decision to try heroism one more time– maybe not for the sake of being a Hero™, but because despite the disaster with Muse, Sam still values his partnership with DD and– most importantly– he thinks of Matt as family. Once more, he takes that impossible risk of placing someone else before himself– and once more, it has disastrous consequences. Losing Daredevil as payment, the Beast consumes Sam’s mother instead, resulting in the most stunning sequence in the story arc: 

Daredevil vol. 5 #28 by Charles Soule, Ron Garney, and Matt Milla

    So far, it seems Sam has two choices: to protect his personal interests, or to become a superhero. The narrative has not yet allowed him to do both, and that’s heartbreaking. But for the moment, he has accepted his connection with Matt once more, if only because Matt is now some of the only family he has left. As painful as it was, he made a choice, and that choice might be seen as somewhat of a superhero origin for him. It will certainly inform where he goes from here. 

Sam: “I designed an invisibility suit. I should have sold it to some tech company for a billion dollars. But I didn’t, because I’m not legal in the U.S. I thought they’d take it away from me, cheat me. I figured if I became a hero, one of you guys might help me. Tony Stark, maybe. I didn’t become Blindspot to help. I did it because I’m selfish, to become valuable.”   

Matt: “Valuable? Sam, you were always–”

Sam: “You don’t see it. You’re from there. You take it for granted. I could lose everything at any time. Get deported, lose my whole life.”

Daredevil vol. 5 #28 by Charles Soule, Ron Garney, and Matt Milla

    The story then circles around to the theme of “selfishness” from a new angle. Sam struggles to think of himself as a hero, of reaching that idealized image that superheroes once embodied for him, because he can’t risk not placing himself first. As an undocumented immigrant he is in danger simply by existing. Thus, any step he takes into the spotlight as Blindspot, no matter how small, is an act of courage and selflessness. Sam is fighting for his own legal and symbolic personhood and significance (to make himself “valuable”, as he puts it)– a goal both heroic and inherently “selfish”– which is a powerful concept for a superhero. The story cuts off abruptly to make way for the “Mayor Fisk” arc, but we are excited by where Sam has ended up, and eager to see how he handles the fallout of this plotline when it is picked up again.          

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“Land of the Blind” and Sam Chung’s "Selfish” Heroism

    We are rapidly moving into the “Mayor Fisk” Legacy arc of Soule’s DD run, but we wanted to take a minute to reflect on the previous arc, “Land of the Blind”, as it marks a turning point in Sam’s story. 

    A major recurring theme so far in Sam’s development as a hero is the idea of selfishness. He struggles– in an all-too-relatable way– with the reality of what it really means to risk your life for others. It’s easy to claim selflessness, but much more difficult to muster the courage to actually perform it. When Sam found himself alone against Muse earlier in the run he made the choice to stand his ground and act as protector for Muse’s victims, and this choice ended up costing him his sight. Having disappeared from the story for a while, he returns in issue #26 having made some peace with this failure– through having his vision restored, but also by deciding that he can live with being a little bit selfish. 

Sam: “I told you it was worth it. But what was I supposed to say? I’d have traded all those people I saved just to keep my sight? Maybe just one of them? Or ten? Lying in that bed, bandages on my eyes, that’s all I thought about. How many? Three, Mr. Murdock. That was the number I came up with. I would have let three of those people die to save my eyes from Muse.”

Daredevil vol. 5 #27 by Charles Soule, Ron Garney, and Matt Milla

    The Sam who Matt encounters in China is a bitter, angry, unrepentant version of his former student. Forced to come to terms with the destruction of his idealized dreams of being a superhero, and embroiled in Hand training and ideologies, he is now angry at Matt’s failures as a teacher and willing to accept his own perceived flaws. Sam sees himself as a fallen hero, and thus is willing to behave in a non-superheroic manner to avoid further suffering.      

Sam: “I’m sorry, Mr. Murdock. My mother made a deal with the Beast for my eyes. I made another deal for her.”

Matt: “N-no. Sam… the Beast is… evil. Don’t give it your… soul…”

Sam: “I didn’t give the Beast my soul, Mr. Murdock. I gave it yours.”

Daredevil vol. 5 #27 by Charles Soule, Ron Garney, and Matt Milla

    Accepting his “selfishness” informs this whole arc; Sam’s mother offers the Beast her soul to restore her son’s eyes, and then Sam offers up Matt’s soul to save his mother’s. It’s a jerk move, and he knows it– but he values his mother’s life more than the so-called heroics that dropped him into this situation in the first place. One of Sam’s other main themes is family, after all, and protecting his is his priority.

    All of this sets up for Sam’s big change of heart– the regret for what he has done to Matt, and the realization that he can’t actually live with being quite this heartless. Ultimately, he makes the decision to try heroism one more time– maybe not for the sake of being a Hero™, but because despite the disaster with Muse, Sam still values his partnership with DD and– most importantly– he thinks of Matt as family. Once more, he takes that impossible risk of placing someone else before himself– and once more, it has disastrous consequences. Losing Daredevil as payment, the Beast consumes Sam’s mother instead, resulting in the most stunning sequence in the story arc: 

Daredevil vol. 5 #28 by Charles Soule, Ron Garney, and Matt Milla

    So far, it seems Sam has two choices: to protect his personal interests, or to become a superhero. The narrative has not yet allowed him to do both, and that’s heartbreaking. But for the moment, he has accepted his connection with Matt once more, if only because Matt is now some of the only family he has left. As painful as it was, he made a choice, and that choice might be seen as somewhat of a superhero origin for him. It will certainly inform where he goes from here. 

Sam: “I designed an invisibility suit. I should have sold it to some tech company for a billion dollars. But I didn’t, because I’m not legal in the U.S. I thought they’d take it away from me, cheat me. I figured if I became a hero, one of you guys might help me. Tony Stark, maybe. I didn’t become Blindspot to help. I did it because I’m selfish, to become valuable.”   

Matt: “Valuable? Sam, you were always–”

Sam: “You don’t see it. You’re from there. You take it for granted. I could lose everything at any time. Get deported, lose my whole life.”

Daredevil vol. 5 #28 by Charles Soule, Ron Garney, and Matt Milla

    The story then circles around to the theme of “selfishness” from a new angle. Sam struggles to think of himself as a hero, of reaching that idealized image that superheroes once embodied for him, because he can’t risk not placing himself first. As an undocumented immigrant he is in danger simply by existing. Thus, any step he takes into the spotlight as Blindspot, no matter how small, is an act of courage and selflessness. Sam is fighting for his own legal and symbolic personhood and significance (to make himself “valuable”, as he puts it)– a goal both heroic and inherently “selfish”– which is a powerful concept for a superhero. The story cuts off abruptly to make way for the “Mayor Fisk” arc, but we are excited by where Sam has ended up, and eager to see how he handles the fallout of this plotline when it is picked up again.          

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welcome back to watchmojo where we are counting down ren's top 5 mike murdock moments

5. Killing Bullseye that one time

so, technically this didnt ACTUALLY happen (or itd be my number one lmfao), it was in a dream Matt was having while he was dying. but listen, okay, mike was still so real for this. bullseye was this close to killing Matt and Mike comes outta nowhere, declares his love for Karen Page, and boom shoots the guy right off a fuckin skyscraper how could i NOT talk about this, okay?

4. Being thrown to the ground

listen, he looks good a little roughed up, alright? what are you, a fuckin cop or somethin? aint it my right as a living, breathing, human being to enjoy pretty boys being thrown around a lil sometimes? damn

for reference: the first photo was when he was pretending to be Matt, trying to deal with some mob bosses. one of them got angry and pushed him down. the second was when mike was first introduced in the soule/noto run. bad guys bust into the bar hes at and matt throws him behind cover lmfao

3. this EXCELLENT reintroduction in the 2020 annual

the 2020 annual is when we get mike's whole backstory and THIS is the first panel we see him in. this is genuinely poetic. mike murdock wouldnt exist without first being made-up by matt (and matt pretending to be mike). we all know the story of matt losing his eye sight, he pushed a person out of the way of a van that was carrying toxic chemicals, blah blah

well. here we are yet again. except everythings flipped on its head. mike is pretending to be matt. he's jumping in front of this van to make the guys think theyve hit him so he can help rob them. he isnt saving anyone but he sure as hell is putting himself in danger. it sets the tone for his whole character. its just. yeah. this was fantastic, honestly.

2. his reaction to butch assualting hammerhead

okay so this was the moment in vol 6 that genuinely caught my complete attention. this was the moment i realized just how different and special mike was.

murdocks are known for, well, violence. jack was a boxer, he wanted matt to grow up and be nothing like him. he didnt want matt to fight only for matt to become daredevil later in life. we are led to believe there's almost this inherent violent streak to being "a murdock"

this is after a mob boss meeting, mike is watching hammerhead (a boss) from the shadows, helping butch keep track of him. he lets butch know where hammerhead is. butch proceeds to threaten hammerhead, bash his head into a car, yell at him, then gouge one of his eyes out.

and, well. this was mike's reaction.

this is the first time we are given a glimpse of mike's morals, his values. besides how much he cares for the people close to him, we find out he has an aversion to violence. he's a career criminal, i'm not saying he doesnt know how to throw a punch, but he goes out of his way to avoid it.

he's repeatedly shown to be a voice of reason, a mediator, and every time a violent solution is brought up, he immediately protests and wants to figure out a different way. that's fascinating to me.

he's breaking the mold of being "a murdock" in the most unexpected way. we think he must be so much like jack to so easily get involved in crime (with even jack saying so himself), but here we are shown that's wrong.

i wish we could've gotten his and butch's convo directly after this. also, another thing, mike's reaction to people he cares about doing something he doesnt approve of isn't to get angry, it's to worry. which, again. fascinating. admirable, even.

when he finds out matt's "in rehab" he's worried, and yeah a little angry, but mostly concerned for his brother. even after this incident, we are seen mike being very worried later. he's concerned for butch's mental state and wants to stop him from making any rash decisions (ie killing someone)

but, yeah. sorry for the damn essay (and heres another) anyways

trying to save wilson fisk from being assassinated

christs sake hes so fucking gorgeous. also ignore matt being an asshole here because that's all he ever did when mike was around.

this was another very interesting moment in which we see mike's strong morals on full display. we are repeatedly told mike isn't the kind of person to be trusted, he doesnt take things seriously, he's morally ambiguous yada yada. and yet.

as soon as he finds out butch is planning to maybe (which he later find out he's correct about) put a hit on wilson fisk, wilson fuckin fisk, he wants to stop it. mike is under the impression that killing someone is not a line you can cross and come back from. he's deeply concerned about the path his friend is headed down.

In this scene, he's coming to visit foggy in the hospital to talk to him about maybe getting butch out of jail while also hoping to catch daredevil there. he does, obviously.

his full intention is to team up with daredevil to try and take fisk down. mike thinks if he can take fisk down it'll stop butch from trying to kill him.

him going to daredevil also shows his ability to extend his compassion to others. he has no fuckin reason to trust daredevil. daredevil has done nothing but insult mike, yell and argue with him, and even rough him up a couple of times. and still, mike decides to reach out because he knows daredevil is supposed to be a good guy. he also knows daredevil is supposed to be matt's close friend.

he brings it up more than once that the reason he trusts daredevil is because of matt being his friend (despite mike and matt supposedly not being close).

so, yeah, i got a little off-topic, but that's why i love this scene so much. it shows not only how deeply mike cares for people, but also his compassion and aversion to violence. he's trying to take care of his best friend and trust daredevil despite their differences. he's showing how good of a person he is and how dedicated he is to his cause of a "bloodless" coup.

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if you made it this far fuckin THANKS, mike is my favoritest most specialist boy lmao and this turned into a character study high key but im not mad about it