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episode one confessional

[(Anonymous)]

ok, so, i was re-watching the confessional from episode one and it seemed a lot like when matt was talking about his dad letting the devil out that he was talking from personal experience and not just from having seen it happen in the ring. i might just be reading into something that's not there, but i was wondering if anyone else had similar thoughts or am i just a little crazy??

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[(Anonymous)]

Well, I know that there was at least one flashback in the comics where little!Matt beat up some of his bullies and went home and told Jack about it. Jack had always wanted him to study instead of fighting so that he wouldn't end up like him, and he had been drinking that day, so he got angry...and hit Matt. He realized what he did right away and apologized for it, but Matt was scared and ran. He spent some time alone thinking, and that was when Matt decided to become a lawyer.

The thing about this is that it's horrible and shocking and I don't think anybody really wants to think about it...but it really does make a lot of sense for Matt's character and paradoxical opinion of violence.

Now, that hardly matches the level of violence Matt was describing in the confessional scene, and who knows if the show's version of Jack Murdock would ever have done something like this. But there is at least some evidence in the comics for what (I think) you're implying.

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[(Anonymous)]

I didn't read it that way, but I can see how you could.

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[(Anonymous)]

I had similar thoughts when Matt told Claire something along the line of "My dad taught me that" or something when Claire comments that he can take "One hell of a beating". It actually came off a lot more sinister than I'm making it out to be here.

But yeah, when I commented on it on tumblr, mostly along the lines of how it would be a good kicking off point for one of those miscommunication sub lots (EI I was reading it as Matt not actually being abused) someone pointed out that "Ar Ar Ar You know he meant his dad taught him to box. Or to get back up again when hit" but erm.....

It really made me see that there's something beyond the mantra that Matt attributes to his dad. I don't know. Else I think he wouldn't mention anyone because so much of him taking a beating does seem to come from Stick. And I do mean that in the horribly abusive way. So I think this is open to interpretation.

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[(Anonymous)]

"All I know is you're very good at taking a beating."
"That part I got from my dad."

Whether or not there's anything else underlying it, based on the language ("got from" as opposed to something like "learned from") and the flashback, I believe Matt meant that the toughness was an inherited trait.

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[(Anonymous)]

Thank you for the quote! I didn't have very good internet at the time so I couldn't stream any video but yeah. That's it.

I mean, it is totally up to interpretation, but I some how don't think the writers meant it to be that way. You know?

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[lamashtar]

Yes, it was intended as inherited, but comic canon says Matt's dad, a BOXER, hit him hard enough to make him bleed. It may not have happened often, but it was an abusive moment.