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devilsavocado) wrote2015-08-14 12:42 am
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OOC INFORMATION
Name: Jan
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Other Characters: Prince Hans
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Matthew "Matt" Murdock (alias: Daredevil)
Age: Late 20s/early 30s
Canon: Marvel's Daredevil (MCU)
Canon Point: Post-Season 1
Character Information: wiki link
Personality:
"We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear." ---Matt's favorite quote Thurgood Marshall
No matter who you ask, they'll tell you Matt Murdock is a good guy. Outwardly, Matt is charming and smooth—an amazing defense attorney, but always on the side of the innocent. He believes in compassion. In helping people, good people who others might overlook or avoid when they're too poor to cover a proper defense attorney when the evidence is stacked against them. A charity case, maybe, but Matt could never stand to witness injustice, so while he might just look like a regular (albeit blind) law abiding citizen, that's no surprise.
See, Matt knows people. With his enhanced senses, he doesn't need to see. He catches things many don't, be it the smell of someone's sweat or a hitch in their voice. He can play people, working juries with finesse and appealing to their ideals and compassion. He knows what most people want to see or hear from him, so he often pretends; whether it be playing up his blindness or flirting with whatever women he meets. Strangers are easy. I mean, he's a lawyer. Is it any wonder he's such a great liar?
Honesty, that one's a little harder. There are very few people Matt trusts. (We're talking 4 people max by the end of the first season.) Growing up blind, fatherless and hypersensitive in every sense of the word, (his asshole-ish ninja mentor abandoning him didn't help either,) Matt built walls around his emotions that you could take a sledgehammer to and barely make a dent. Unless your name is Foggy Nelson, of course. Then you get an all-access pass to the Matt Murdock Emotional Experience (with audio description.) But that's Foggy. (Okay, honestly, he does open up to people he trusts, it just takes time for that trust to really build.)
The truth is that when he's honest Matt leads with his face. It's not like he's seen his reflection in the last twenty years. When he's with his friends, Matt smiles and laughs with all his heart. When he cries, his sorrow shows on his whole face. Good thing he doesn't let most people in that far, because underneath his stoic 'handsome duck' look, Matt is truly and deeply damaged and the hardships in his life weigh on him more than he lets on. He's guarded and aggressive when he doesn't get what he wants, but as long as you're not a criminal or a murderer, he's perfectly polite and amicable. He even plays off most questions or shortcomings that stem from his blindness with humor. He's had a lot of time to get used to it. Better to laugh it off than snap at every person who expects him to know when they've shrugged.
In a way, Matt's both fueled and weighed down by his past. More than twenty years later, his father's death still haunts him. When his dad told him to focus on his studies and avoid getting into fights like him, Matt went on to graduate summa cum laude at Columbia Law. (That is to say, top honors in one of the hardest law schools in the country. Christ, Matt.) Even after being abandoned as a child by Stick, hesticks keeps to many of his teachings and does as his old mentor says, almost without question. He may not trust easily, but once that trust is earned, Matt is nearly blind in his devotion. Not enough to completely sacrifice his morals, but it's close.
Matt sticks to his convictions as an adult in the same way he did as a child, with a determination that borders on naive. Matt is endlessly hopeful. It seems almost hypocritical to say about a man who turned to beating on criminals when the law failed to punish the deserving, but in his heart, Matt wants to believe good can win. He's Catholic, God-fearing and finds comfort in his religion, so of course this keeps him from killing. He believes people are good, but can be corrupted. He often worries of being corrupted himself. That fear, of becoming like Fisk, of enjoying a villain's pain, is something Matt has mostly moved past from, but struggled with for a long time. Thanks largely to frequent talks with his priest, he comes to accept the role of Daredevil as a force for good. His actions as Daredevil sure don't scream "good Catholic boy," but sometimes the law isn't enough. Not guilty doesn't mean innocent.
Speaking of guilt, Matt has the Catholic-guilt bit down pat. Apathy and inaction are his worst enemies. He blames himself for what he couldn't do, just as much as what he does. Catholicism teaches us to do the right thing, help others, be the good Samaritan. Matt lives this every day, and with his enhanced senses picking up every car alarm, raised bell and mugging in a multi-block radius, his turn to vigilantism was not a matter of if, but when. He sees it as the logical progression for himself: he has these powers, these skills. He can help, so why wouldn't he? He can operate outside the law and bring to justice those who evade the law. Standing by with all he knows is simply not an option.
Every now and then, something inside of him snaps. Grandma always said, "be careful of those Murdock boys, they've got the Devil in em." Matt's eyes go dead and he starts walking real slow, hands at his sides like he isn't afraid of anything: he lets the Devil out. Matt gets angry, and when he gets angry, it is violent. For his father, it was sweeping, often blinding rage that people saw in Jack Murdock when he turned his fights around. For Matt, it's a white-knuckled grip on his cane, quiet, reserved fury hidden behind dark glasses and false smiles until he snaps, usually resulting in broken furniture or broken faces, depending on the kind of night it is. Snapping is bad, Matt isn't unaware that his rage is a problem, so he uses it instead. Before turning to vigilantism, Matt managed his rage through boxing and keeping up Stick's training. Now he punches drug dealers instead of sandbags. He sleeps better on nights like those than any other.
5-10 Key Character Traits:
Determined
Compassionate
Selfless
Hypocritical
Perceptive
Argumentative
Just (as in, you know, Justice)
Reserved
Angry
Would you prefer a monster that FITS your character’s personality, CONFLICTS with it, or EITHER? EITHER (though I'm leaning toward FITS)
Opt-Outs: Kelpie, Naga, Manticore, Arachne, Shade
Roleplay Sample: Test Drive Meme
Name: Jan
Contact:
Other Characters: Prince Hans
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Matthew "Matt" Murdock (alias: Daredevil)
Age: Late 20s/early 30s
Canon: Marvel's Daredevil (MCU)
Canon Point: Post-Season 1
Character Information: wiki link
Personality:
"We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear." ---
No matter who you ask, they'll tell you Matt Murdock is a good guy. Outwardly, Matt is charming and smooth—an amazing defense attorney, but always on the side of the innocent. He believes in compassion. In helping people, good people who others might overlook or avoid when they're too poor to cover a proper defense attorney when the evidence is stacked against them. A charity case, maybe, but Matt could never stand to witness injustice, so while he might just look like a regular (albeit blind) law abiding citizen, that's no surprise.
See, Matt knows people. With his enhanced senses, he doesn't need to see. He catches things many don't, be it the smell of someone's sweat or a hitch in their voice. He can play people, working juries with finesse and appealing to their ideals and compassion. He knows what most people want to see or hear from him, so he often pretends; whether it be playing up his blindness or flirting with whatever women he meets. Strangers are easy. I mean, he's a lawyer. Is it any wonder he's such a great liar?
Honesty, that one's a little harder. There are very few people Matt trusts. (We're talking 4 people max by the end of the first season.) Growing up blind, fatherless and hypersensitive in every sense of the word, (his asshole-ish ninja mentor abandoning him didn't help either,) Matt built walls around his emotions that you could take a sledgehammer to and barely make a dent. Unless your name is Foggy Nelson, of course. Then you get an all-access pass to the Matt Murdock Emotional Experience (with audio description.) But that's Foggy. (Okay, honestly, he does open up to people he trusts, it just takes time for that trust to really build.)
The truth is that when he's honest Matt leads with his face. It's not like he's seen his reflection in the last twenty years. When he's with his friends, Matt smiles and laughs with all his heart. When he cries, his sorrow shows on his whole face. Good thing he doesn't let most people in that far, because underneath his stoic 'handsome duck' look, Matt is truly and deeply damaged and the hardships in his life weigh on him more than he lets on. He's guarded and aggressive when he doesn't get what he wants, but as long as you're not a criminal or a murderer, he's perfectly polite and amicable. He even plays off most questions or shortcomings that stem from his blindness with humor. He's had a lot of time to get used to it. Better to laugh it off than snap at every person who expects him to know when they've shrugged.
In a way, Matt's both fueled and weighed down by his past. More than twenty years later, his father's death still haunts him. When his dad told him to focus on his studies and avoid getting into fights like him, Matt went on to graduate summa cum laude at Columbia Law. (That is to say, top honors in one of the hardest law schools in the country. Christ, Matt.) Even after being abandoned as a child by Stick, he
Matt sticks to his convictions as an adult in the same way he did as a child, with a determination that borders on naive. Matt is endlessly hopeful. It seems almost hypocritical to say about a man who turned to beating on criminals when the law failed to punish the deserving, but in his heart, Matt wants to believe good can win. He's Catholic, God-fearing and finds comfort in his religion, so of course this keeps him from killing. He believes people are good, but can be corrupted. He often worries of being corrupted himself. That fear, of becoming like Fisk, of enjoying a villain's pain, is something Matt has mostly moved past from, but struggled with for a long time. Thanks largely to frequent talks with his priest, he comes to accept the role of Daredevil as a force for good. His actions as Daredevil sure don't scream "good Catholic boy," but sometimes the law isn't enough. Not guilty doesn't mean innocent.
Speaking of guilt, Matt has the Catholic-guilt bit down pat. Apathy and inaction are his worst enemies. He blames himself for what he couldn't do, just as much as what he does. Catholicism teaches us to do the right thing, help others, be the good Samaritan. Matt lives this every day, and with his enhanced senses picking up every car alarm, raised bell and mugging in a multi-block radius, his turn to vigilantism was not a matter of if, but when. He sees it as the logical progression for himself: he has these powers, these skills. He can help, so why wouldn't he? He can operate outside the law and bring to justice those who evade the law. Standing by with all he knows is simply not an option.
Every now and then, something inside of him snaps. Grandma always said, "be careful of those Murdock boys, they've got the Devil in em." Matt's eyes go dead and he starts walking real slow, hands at his sides like he isn't afraid of anything: he lets the Devil out. Matt gets angry, and when he gets angry, it is violent. For his father, it was sweeping, often blinding rage that people saw in Jack Murdock when he turned his fights around. For Matt, it's a white-knuckled grip on his cane, quiet, reserved fury hidden behind dark glasses and false smiles until he snaps, usually resulting in broken furniture or broken faces, depending on the kind of night it is. Snapping is bad, Matt isn't unaware that his rage is a problem, so he uses it instead. Before turning to vigilantism, Matt managed his rage through boxing and keeping up Stick's training. Now he punches drug dealers instead of sandbags. He sleeps better on nights like those than any other.
5-10 Key Character Traits:
Determined
Compassionate
Selfless
Hypocritical
Perceptive
Argumentative
Just (as in, you know, Justice)
Reserved
Angry
Would you prefer a monster that FITS your character’s personality, CONFLICTS with it, or EITHER? EITHER (though I'm leaning toward FITS)
Opt-Outs: Kelpie, Naga, Manticore, Arachne, Shade
Roleplay Sample: Test Drive Meme