Re: uh

(Anonymous) 2015-06-19 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
SA: I take that back, they also edited my summary. guys. can we not?

Re: uh

(Anonymous) 2015-06-19 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
SA: they also. added tags. um. please can we like, discuss edits we want to make over here first, at least? i'm very nervous and freaked out now, i know it's a shared account but like. i kind of assumed there were some inherent boundaries in place and we wouldn't just change each other's stuff.

Re: uh

(Anonymous) 2015-06-19 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Hrm, that is troubling. Hopefully whoever did it is around and they can talk this out with you?

Though if you want to edit it or remove it, I'm sure no one would fault you.

Maybe bring it up to the mod? Maybe she can come up with some rules for this situation that we can all agree to.

Re: uh

(Anonymous) 2015-06-19 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
AYRT: that is a good idea, i will head over to the mod post. thanks.

like, i'm not mad at whoever did it or anything, the edits they made were clearly intended to be helpful, i just. would like that to not happen again, haha.

Re: uh

(Anonymous) 2015-06-19 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Fuck. Sorry anon, I'm the idiot that did the edit. I am very bad at social boundaries sometimes (most times?) and most things I think are helpful turn out to be opposite of helpful.. This is one of those times, I understand immediately after seeing your note. Shit. >.< Very sorry for causing you to panic attack! :-(

Re: uh

(Anonymous) 2015-06-19 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
Ahhh no worries! Thanks for letting me know, I figured whoever did it was just trying to help. I am not great at social boundaries either, no hard feelings <3

Re: uh

(Anonymous) 2015-06-19 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
<3

(Anonymous) 2015-06-19 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
OH. THANK YOU!

Just a sort of off topic shot in the dark

(Anonymous) 2015-06-19 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
Um...I'm masochistic, apparently, and I want to maybe look at some big bangs so that I can work on some of the fic ideas I have if they fit and not feel bad about it, but I'm having a hard time finding any open big bangs (I've definitely looked at bigbangindex).

Does anyone know of any multifandom big bang challenges that are open?

SORRY, I'm desperate.

Re: Just a sort of off topic shot in the dark

(Anonymous) 2015-06-19 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
What's a big bang fic?

Re: Just a sort of off topic shot in the dark

(Anonymous) 2015-06-19 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, it's a fun challenge that people do in fandoms where you're challenged to write some kind of fic, but it has to be a certain amount of words--generally, the required word count is either 10,000+ or 15,000+ (so, longer fics) and then you're matched with an artist who does some kind of art of your story. It's really neat!

(Haha, sorry I assumed everyone would just magically know what it was, I shouldn't have.)

Re: Just a sort of off topic shot in the dark

(Anonymous) 2015-06-19 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't found any either :( I'm annoyed with myself cos I signed up for a big bang with another fandom and now I've kinda lost interest cos of this dumb show haha and I don't really have time to write a long fic for daredevil :/ I might have another look when I get home later though...

Re: Just a sort of off topic shot in the dark

(Anonymous) 2015-06-19 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I love big bangs. ;_; I've done ones for Inception (I did two for one round, it was pretty impressive for a sixteen year old, tbh) and for The Social Network and for Pacific Rim and for Marvel (I did the MCU Avengers). They're funnnnnn

Re: Just a sort of off topic shot in the dark

(Anonymous) 2015-06-19 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
AYRT

They are super fun (if stressful hahaha) tbh I'd love to do any kind of daredevil fic fest ugh <3

Wow two for one round??? That's amazing woah. I did one when I was 16 as well and it was fucking ridiculous, like ended up around 100k???? I had a lot of fun but also now a fair amount of regret lmao :'))) this year will be my third one if I manage to commit to it properly :/

Re: Just a sort of off topic shot in the dark

(Anonymous) 2015-06-20 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know any right now and also I am so so ready for a Daredevil Big Bang right now like you don't even know.

Which of your favorite pairings (if any) would you like to see become canon?

(Anonymous) 2015-06-20 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
In most of my fandoms I tend to ship pairings that I don't ever expect to happen in the show. That's most of the fun for me, exploring relationships in ways that I would never see in canon. If a pairing shows up in canon after I start seriously shipping it I might feel uncomfortable and vaguely pandered to. Often I end up dropping the pairing.

Daredevil examples:

Matt/Foggy - this is my primary pairing and the one I never want to see in canon. Hookup maybe, but not in an OTP way. Matt is already so socially isolated that becoming more involved with his best friend is a recipe for disaster all around, and not in the fun way. Also this would break the long and glorious cycle of all Matt's girlfriends being terrible for him and I just ... can't deny him that grinder. I've been a comics fan for too long.

Matt/Fisk/Vanessa - this is really about Matt and Vanessa, but Fisk and Vanessa come as a set so Fisk is there by default. Matt wants to rescue Vanessa, Vanessa finds Matt cute and naive. Would never happen since threesome.

Matt/Karen/Foggy - I wouldn't mind seeing this! But again, threesome.

Karen/Foggy - ok? I expect to see this on the show so not that interested, but I get the potential.

Matt/martyrdom - not really a pairing but this is the true OTP! Not the prideful self destructive kind, although Matt does have some of that in him, but the real kind. Where you fight a war that's already lost before you even started. Where all the consequences of your choices fall on you like a ton of bricks. Where you devote yourself to an ideal and for that choice you pay. and pay. and pay.

What's the feeling among you, nonnies? Do you want your pairings to become canon? Do you think fan favorite couples influence showrunners? Should they?

Re: Which of your favorite pairings (if any) would you like to see become canon?

(Anonymous) 2015-06-20 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
I agree with your points on Matt/Foggy, but I still want it to be canon because I would love to see the hissy fits that certain fanboys would throw if Matt Murdock dated a guy.

On the other hand, I think Matt/Frank Castle would make even more dudebro heads explode, so that is the ship I want most to be canon.

Re: Which of your favorite pairings (if any) would you like to see become canon?

(Anonymous) 2015-06-20 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
(not the first anon)

"it will piss off dudebro fanboys" is probably one of the best shipping motivations out there tbh. how many heads would explode if Matt and Foggy kissed?

Matt's Age

(Anonymous) 2015-06-20 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
I thought this would be interesting for reference, but Charlie Cox spoke briefly about Matt's age during an interview yesterday:

“The way you bring a character to life is in the details—in the little nuances here and there, and so in order to find them, you need to really immerse yourself and discover who that person is. In this case, it’s a man who was blinded at the age of nine and so has grown up with nine years of sight and is now 28 or 29—twenty years of being physically blind.

The full interview is here:

http://www.themarysue.com/charlie-cox-afb-awards-interview/

Re: Matt's Age

(Anonymous) 2015-06-20 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
CONCRETE DETAIL HALLELUJAH

Re: Matt's Age

(Anonymous) 2015-06-20 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Eh, I wouldn't consider that canon since I think he is just roughly estimating, not going on anything the showrunners told him.

Matt being 28 actually conflicts with canon, since he said Stick had been gone for twenty years, and we know he at least nine when he met Stick. He could be 29, but only if he learned braille and did all his training with Stick in less than one year, which seems unlikely.

Re: Which of your favorite pairings (if any) would you like to see become canon?

(Anonymous) 2015-06-20 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
I would love for Matt/Foggy to become canon, but I'd love for Matt/Claire to happen too.

My biggest notp is Matt/Karen, so I would hope Karen would end up with Foggy (or nobody, that also works for me because I actually don't like Karen all that much) and Matt would end up with Claire.

Purely fantasy-land pairing I'd also like to see is Matt as the filling to a Vanessa/Matt/Fisk sandwich, because whoever it is that's been writing those delightful predatory!Vanessa/Fisk/Matt fics has brought me over to the dark side, lol. (anon, if you see this, please write more of those haha)

Re: Matt's Age

(Anonymous) 2015-06-20 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
OP - I actually picture Matt as being 30+ exactly because of the reasons you stated. I just wanted to post this here because, for some bizarre reason, I've seen Matt written as being anywhere from as young as twenty four (24!!!) to 27 in people's fics, which... no. XD

Re: Matt's Age

(Anonymous) 2015-06-20 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, yeah, I've seen that too. XD I figure the authors are probably rather young, so they tend to see characters as young too.

And thanks for sharing the interview, anon! Charlie interviews are always a delight.

Re: Matt's Age

(Anonymous) 2015-06-20 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
yeah, twenty-eight sounded...young, to me? but I was desperately hoping for some kind of timeline that made sense. (or that i could SHOVE INTO SOME KIND OF SENSIBLE FRAMEWORK.) nevermind, i'll just keep guesstimating the boys as "very early thirties-ish" and karen as "slightly younger, depending"

(not even trying to be mean, just surprised, but: twenty-four? boggles but HOW would that even WORK. college. law school! SOME KIND OF NEBULOUS INTERNSHIP CRAMMED IN THERE?!?)