#matthew goode moodboards

[fearlesstarker]

wish i could synthesize a picture perfect guy.. six feet tall and super strong, we'd always get along. alright, alright

kind and ain't afraid to cry or treat his mama right. that's right, that's what i like 🍒

[thanks 🤍]

[braidlottie]

wrapped around your finger moodboard

[matthewsblue]

“As far as I can tell there are only two emotions that keep the world spinning year after year...One is fear. The other is desire.”

[amoviescreen]

“you seem like a smart young lad. you want to play a game with me?”

— the hatton garden job, 2017

[saintmurd0ck]

aere perennius | matt murdock x reader | drabble

series masterlist | main masterlist

summary: matt murdock's love for you can only be described as 'aere perennius', or more lasting than bronze

warnings: a little angst, brief mention of blood/matt typical violence, gn reader

a/n: inspired by the lovely em's (@marvelswh0re) comment on bun's moodboard (@pleasedin), as well as the most incredible fic, quintessentia by my love jace @murdocks-devil // releasing this while i work on the rest of my sleepover stuff because i’m feeling incredibly wholesome rn 😌

Matt thinks of you so much he worries it’s become prayer.

If you’d stopped him on the street a year ago, and told him what a life with you would turn out to be, he would’ve laughed. He would’ve simply arched his eyebrows, flashed you a non-committal smirk, and laughed.

But here you are, waking up next to him in his old Columbia sweatshirt, heart so full it feels like it could leap out of his chest, completing each other so perfectly he doesn’t even know where to start. On rainy days Matt smiles at the crinkle of leather echoing in his ears, as you sink down onto the couch, kicking your feet up with coffee and a good book. He joins you moments later, not fussing about his messy hair, his sweatpants tucked into his socks or the half-asleep state he’s in. He doesn’t need to worry about that stuff with you.

This just isn’t something he’s ever envisioned; that someone loves him for who he is, truly for every facet of his identity. And unlike Elektra, you bring out the very best in him, making him not only want to be the man he’s always striven to be, but the protector of his city it so desperately deserved.

Life with you is one filled with tenderness, akin to the gentle warmth of the first rays of sunlight filtering into your bedroom; the domestic bliss of slow dancing in the living room at three A.M. or voice messages left on each other’s phones.

Your relationship is also contoured by the darkness in which Daredevil thrives. This darkness, this call to protect Hell’s Kitchen; it’s fuelled by purpose deeply ingrained in Matt’s DNA. Sometimes this urge is overwhelming, one that takes ahold of his body, mind and spirit, but nothing, nothing compares to the feeling that slid in his veins the second he met you. Sure, he’s devoted his life to his city, but there is nothing he would more fiercely protect than you. You’re entwined in the fibre of his being, curling like a luminous thread that wraps around his body, sparking in his fists when he enacts his crimson justice.

He thinks of you, especially when the worry and frustration simmering in your gut grows too much, too heavy, further amplified by the tang of his coppery blood in the air and the bruises that mar his body. Matt knows it isn't easy, but still you accept him. Still, you love him more and more for all that he is; every gossamer layer of Catholic guilt, every scar inflicted, every single good day and all of the bad.

And so he wonders, in the confession booth, when he's on his knees in Mass, in every admission of guilt... he wonders what he's done to deserve you. Matthew Murdock; God's lonely soldier, His favoured one, the one He put the devil in, the person who always thought he was destined to be alone.

But then you came, and there you shine. A star so brilliant, so radiant, your heartbeat alone became his lifeline; its steady rhythm his tether to this world.

For you it feels the depths of his love knows no bounds, for you’re everything he could’ve ever prayed for. For he would choose you, in a hundred different lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality. He would always find you.

Because in the middle of his chaos, there you were.

And there you will always be.

[anna-hawk]

📞 One On One 📞

Moodboard/gifs done for me by the amazing @darlingshane. I can't get over it 🧡

Frank Castle x Matt Murdock

Summary: Frank is divorced, but doesn't want to start dating again. He doesn't want meaningless sex, either. He calls a phone sex line after joking about it with Curtis and ends up meeting an operator called Matthew.

Rating: E 🔞 WC: 53k Status: 10/10

Tags and warnings: Alternate Universe – No powers, Phone sex Operator!Matt Murdock, Handyman!Frank Castle, Phone sex, Dirty talk, Voice kink, Slow burn, Mutual pining, so much smut

Ch. 1 – Ch. 2 – Ch.3 – Ch.4 – Ch.5 – Ch.6 – Ch.7 – Ch.8 – Ch.9 – Epilogue

Excerpt:

“You got a shot, Frank.” Curtis elbows Frank in the arm and nods his head in the direction of the group of women sitting at the other side of the bar, one of them openly staring at Frank with a coy smile. 

Frank glances up from his beer glass to look towards where Curtis indicated, only to stare into his drink again and shrug. 

“‘m good,” he mumbles loud enough for Curtis to hear him over the many voices, and takes a few long pulls of his beer. 

It’s Saturday evening, and Frank and Curtis are sitting at their favorite bar, watching a football game with a large crowd around them that has been cheering or booing depending on what’s happening on the large TV screen. 

Curtis breathes out a long sigh but doesn’t say anything. They’ve had that talk often enough by now that Curtis knows that Frank won’t budge. 

“It’s been over a year, man,” Curtis finally does say, but claps Frank on the shoulder kindly. 

Frank only nods a few times to say that he’s aware of it and that he knows that Curtis only means well. 

“Maybe you should call one of those phone sex numbers. Get the edge off at least,” Curtis chuckles at his own joke and grins as Frank snorts in amusement and shakes his head. 

Continued on AO3

[fearlesstarker]

a poet, a healer, a scientist, a spy, a warrior, an assassin – all of these titles have belonged to king matthew. he has several vulnerabilities, including his anger, arrogance, and a profound quest for redemption and forgiveness.

at one moment a dangerous and deadly fighter, he is at the same time nurturing and protective gentleman.

the king never admitted that deep down he was very lonely. matthew was too arrogant to confess his love to anyone.

until she showed up.

[matthewsblue]

“Matthew shook his head ruefully. “I’ve missed you, Miriam.”

“Don’t. Because the next time I see you, I’m going to bite you so hard you’ll have the scar for years.” Miriam’s voice shook. “You should have killed Benjamin long ago. You knew he was a monster.”

“Even monsters can change,” Matthew said softly. “Look at me.”

“You were never a monster,” she said. “That was a lie you told to keep the rest of us away.”

[alastairstom]

In ur HC, what novels and fandoms would AU Modern day, Historical TSC be into rn?

Follow up, if each of them had a Tumblr , what would their blogs about be and why?

I'm just going to do my favourite characters, hope that's alright!

MATTHEW

Tumblr handle: @/wilde-wanderer. He posts travel content and dog pics a lot, and there's a lot of crossover with his travel Instagram. He also is in the Oscar Wilde fandom for sure and posts a ton of Ben Barnes thirst traps (@belle-keys, thinking of you).

5 books he'd love, because he's a romance and fantasy lover like me (queer books are blue):

The Charm of Magpies seriously. It's got Wildean weird vibes and also is just genuinely an oddball series unlike any other.

Don't Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma Alban (this is NEW btw and incredibly good, an immediate favourite

By Any Other Name by Erin Cotter

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

The Carnivale of Curiousities by Aimee Gibbs

ALASTAIR

If he had Tumblr, I think his handle would be @/grumpycatcarstairs. But he'd post minimally and just let it sit and sit forever. Periodically, Thomas would remind him it exists. He'd just post aesthetic paintings and cPTSD content.

5 books he'd love, because he likes mysteries and philosophical works that make him think:

The Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo

The Scythe trilogy by Neal Shusterman

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Sins of the Cities series by KJ Charles

Not really modern, but after his time. I think Maurice by EM Forster would hit him hard in the solar plexus.

THOMAS

His handle is @/thomas-the-tree. He's a pretty active Tumblrina and he posts a lot of his own content, mostly aesthetics and moodboards. Maybe some stimboards ala @caterpillarstims. He also posts a lot of positivity for people with mental illness.

5 books he'd love because he loves both action and comfort literature:

The Sum of All Kisses by Julia Quinn

Two Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian

The Heartstopper comics by Alice Oseman

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

Stalking Jack the Ripper series by Kerri Maniscalco

CORDELIA

I am of the strong belief that her handle would be @/kickitwithcordy and she'd have a sideblog for Cortana pics called @/kickitwithcortana. She and Alastair would also have a joint blog called @/kickitwiththecarstairs, but it's mostly on YouTube and they just have gossip videos. There's a full one where they roast Matthew's famous travel Insta.

5 books she'd love about kickass women:

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong

The Divine Rivals duology by Rebecca Ross

Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir

The Rhapsodic series by Laura Thalassa

James, of course, always reads them aloud to her even when they're not to his personal taste. <3

[im-a-matt-girl]

"Make sure that you are 100% being your authentic self, 'cause no one does it better."

-Nicolas Sturniolo, 2021

"You never know who's having a good day, and you never know who's having a bad day, so..."

"... so treat everyone like they're having a bad day."

-Matthew and Christopher Sturniolo, 2022

(her/she) i'm an adult ♡

tags i use:

#aes = an aesthetic/moodboard that i made

#ask = this was an ask that i answered

#bgh = this picture is, or has been, my background header

#edit = this is an edit i made

#fic = this post is a work of fiction

#gif = a gif post

#hc = a headcanon that i have

#link = this post has a link that will take you to a different website

#mus = a music post

#op = i am the original poster of this on tumblr

#pfp = this picture is, or has been, my profile picture

#pic = a picture post

#poll = this is a poll that you can vote or could have voted on

#rb = i reblogged this post from someone else

#rpl = someone commented on my post and i replied to it

#txt = a text post

#vid = a video post

some of my favorite Matt x reader fics that i've written and posted:

"Boundaries"

"Clavicles"

"Come"

"Compliments"

"Control"

"Covers"

"Dark (Stargazing)"

"Fall"

"Half-Asleep"

"Heal"

"Hickeys"

"Hot"

"Hours"

"Lonely"

"Lovely"

"Makeout"

"Marks"

"Matchmaker"

"Minivan"

"Missed"

"Necklace"

"Needy"

"Nothing"

"Now"

"Now pt. II"

"Puzzle"

"Rooftop"

"Secret"

"Sleeptalk"

"Smear"

"Truth"

[bropunzeling]

24. Share a moodboard for (one of) your current WIP(s)

and/or

29. Share a bit from a fic you’ll never post OR from a scene that was cut from an already posted fic :)

alright here is some stuff from a draft like, that was supposed to be about matthew getting slapped and falling in love, except i never got the tone right and the plot beats feel too similar to some other stuff i have. BUT. there is some good kissing in this gdoc so:

The utility room is how Matthew remembers it. Small, crowded. Not much space to move. As soon as they’re inside, Leon’s pressing him up against the door, one hand still hot around Matthew’s arm. His eyes are bright and glittering as they search Matthew’s face. “The fuck is with you?”

Matthew glares back. Should be pretty fucking obvious what’s with him, if Leon thought about it for half a second.

Leon’s mouth twitches. “Thought you want this.”

Matthew shrugs, because he does, but also he knows that will get right under Leon’s skin.

True to form, Leon gets in closer, eyes narrow, fingers pressing so hard into Matthew’s arm that there might be a mark later. His other hand drifts up, sliding along Matthew’s shoulder, his neck, his jaw. “We don’t have to do this,” he says, though he can’t seem to stop looking at Matthew’s eyes, his mouth. “If you’re not in the mood.”

Matthew could give in, then. Could lean forward, could kiss Leon the way he remembers, the way he’s been thinking about for weeks, ever since Leon called him after the Oilers lost to the Islanders on New Year’s Day. Ever since he’d said, irritable and sharp-voiced, that Matthew should get a hand on his dick; that if he was there, he’d fuck Matthew up. Matthew could ask Leon if Leon had meant it, if Leon will do that now. If Leon will make this hurt, if Leon will make this last.

But asking doesn’t feel right for this; the thought of putting into words what Matthew wants becomes much more impossible when he’s looking Leon in the eye. If Matthew asks, it doesn’t count.

Matthew breathes in through his nose, then tilts his chin. A challenge for a challenge. A moment to see which one will break first.

Leon studies Matthew’s face for a long moment. Long enough that Matthew’s stomach starts to swoop and dive; long enough that he wonders if this is it, if this is the time Leon will pull back.

“Jesus,” Leon says quietly, “you’re so fucking—”

And then he’s kissing Matthew, and Matthew’s so grateful for it that he can’t keep holding out. He has to kiss back.

[wysteria-clad]

1900 followers celebration 🎀

You guys!!! thank you <3

I know I said I don't take requests now, but, to celebrate 1900 followers, I'm opening my requests again ^^

Celebration event [Nov 10 - Nov 17]

1) ship requests (mention which fandom(s), your sexuality, bit about your interests and personality traits)

2) moodboard requests

3) drabble requests (you can send your own or send a prompt from the lists below)

4) ask me anything

prompts:

1. cozy/sleepy prompts

2. not appreciating the gifts their so got them (ooh yes, do I sense some angst?)

3. the domestic good stuff

4. smut prompts

5. found family prompts

6. random prompts

the fandoms/characters I write for

moon knight

werewolf by night

the sandman

the man from the u.n.c.l.e

bridgerton

eddie brock

matthew murdock

frank castle

the rules:

- I only write female reader x male character

- It goes without saying but please be polite, demanding & impolite requests will be deleted

example request:

"Hi! Can I get a Anthony x reader with the prompt x? Thanks!"

"Could I request a drabble with Jack Russel with the prompt x?"

- You can send more than one request

- I can't promise I'll write every single request I get, but I'll try my best

- My writing maybe slow cause I'm in the middle of studying schedule, please bear with me

- Specify if you want it to be romantic or platonic

[deputyash]

👪  for  a  moodboard  of  my  muses  family  dynamic + dove :3

Thanks for sending one in! @derelictheretic also sent this one so here's a tag! :3

👪 for a moodboard of my muses family dynamic

Dove’s childhood was actually very pleasant. She was very close with her older brother, Matthew. She would always follow right behind him as they went on their adventures out in nature.

Their parents loved them both very much and wanted only the best for them, unfortunately that desire for the best ended up being too much of a good thing. As the two of them grew older and began to find their individual interests and hobbies, their parents began to have higher expectations of them.

Dove’s interest in art and photography didn’t impress her parents and as a result their relationship became more estranged as time went on. She says she still deeply loves and cares about her family, but inside she feels incredibly pressured to succeed rather than find what she truly wants to pursue.

However, her brother, who was able to gain lots of success in law, continued to be her biggest supporter no matter what their parents said. Unfortunately neither of them have really confronted their parents about the issue... (yet)

[televinita]

Library Triage

All right, after a worrisome 24 hours I remembered that nothing can kill my obsessive Need 4 Read actually, so I spent all weekend immersed in books. And yet still have so many I'm acutely excited about that I have to actually try and structure my reading plans to ensure I can finish as many as possible before even more show up and knock these out of the way.

CURRENTLY READING

Daughter of No Worlds - Carissa Broadbent: first in a fantasy trilogy - "Televinita since when do you read fantasy???" there's a long story here that got lost because this happened on November 8th and the post about it got kicked out of the queue, but tl;dr someone reblogged a moodboard with a quote from book 2 that really tickled my fancy, I investigated, my brain immediately said "hey Sylvie, Loki," and of course that didn't actually transpose well in the slightest BUT the first 5% of the book so quickly hooked me on its own merit that here we are.

I'm 2/3rds done now so unless something goes horribly wrong, I expect to continue and/or finish the trilogy as soon as I can get ahold of the next books. Interlibrary loan vs. Libby audiobook, who's gonna get here first...

ON DECK

2. A Haunting on the Hill - Elizabeth Hand: I am so annoyed this new release didn't get here one week earlier, because now I'm yearning to go in new directions, but this one has a long request list so I kinda have to read it in the next two weeks or give it up 'til next year. And on the bright side, this "authorized return to Hill House" looks like the book I wanted Shirley Jackson's book to be.

3. Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous - Suzanne Park: I was in the YA section to pick up a different book (that I ended up not finishing) when this caught my eye. I feel like it has been an eternity since I tried such a bright-n-shiny/upbeat/cute/fun read like this, and seeing it made me realize I am in desperate need of a palate cleanser.

Anyway, back to dark-n-serious...

4. Dream To Me - Megan Paasch: Another random pull from YA -- the cover caught my eye, it looks kiiinda spooky? or maybe more like eerie, as the back makes comparisons to Twin Peaks -- and it's blurbed by Ashley Schumacher as also a book about grief, so cool. Good November-mood stuff.

5. Forgotten Trail - Claire Kells: Third in the National Parks mystery series I so enjoy, it was released last week, so I'm just waiting for the library to finish putting all its stickers on before they give it to me. Could be anywhere from a few days to another 2 weeks.

6. If We Were Villains - M.L. Rio: the inspo went like this --

Me: I have no interest in this book. The Internet: here's a list of books Loki would read. Me: okay sold (literally, I bought it at a used book sale after 1 week on the library waitlist and deciding it was worth $2 to shift the wait to my own terms)

That said if don't get to it before my brain switches back to David Tennant mode, it's gonna go back on the shelf until I switch back.

7. The Work of Art - Mimi Matthews: The good news is, when the David Tennant mode reactivates, so will this book. (The library copy I wanted in September is still missing, but it turns out the branch that just reopened after ten months of remodeling had a Secret Copy in storage so now it's here. And yet, it must wait still longer.)

Plus a few more I'm juggling on the waitlist, mostly on pause until I get through more of these.