Thank you for this. I know you say you struggled with it, but it doesn’t show—at least not in a way that is detrimental to your story telling. What does show is how you've overcome it, I think. This story is really well done. This chapter is also in line with that. I can only imagine your difficulty with it, but it came out rather well and you have me on tenterhooks with what will happen next.
I honestly had not expected you to update so soon, otherwise I would have been on this much faster than this! Anyway…
… the chore of having to justify his behavior at every turn is becoming exhausting. I happen to think that it’s just the novelty of having to explain common sense that’s exhausting Wesley. And Matt. He’s just a genuinely exhausting person, sometimes. But something about greater rewards and somesuch comes to mind.
In another life, perhaps. If not this life, what other life do you speak of, I ask you? And just how Wesley checks out Matt but quite easily turning back to business. Guh! Although, I suspect that’s a lot of miscommunication waiting to happen—Matt having difficulty reading Wesley.
Ooh! Matt likes Wesley’s apartment…hmm…I wonder what manufactured reasons Matt, not Daredevil (I think even his parkour skills will be less than sufficient), will have to visit? Or will Wesley go out of his way to meet with Matt so that he has the comfort of the constant noise of the city?
Oh, poor Wesley. Being pleased that Matt ate the food left for him as a last resort. Well, I guess he’s an optimist.
Wesley had also been supplying the locations and identities of criminals and suspect individuals to Murdock. Ah, Wesley + calculating competence is my jam! But Wesley supplying names that he knows Matt would have no problem bringing to justice—which leads me to think that he’s probably withholding the names of the white collar criminals that he knows of.
And I don’t necessarily think that it’s “directness” that Matt’s terrible at. As was witnessed in an earlier chapter with the accountant, Matt does not know or understand the definition of subtlety. I am also curious as to how Matt is to deal with women, though. With Gao he just ineffectively menaced her, expecting her to cooperate with him until she beat him handily. Literally. :-P
He is a tiny vessel left adrift, struggling to stay afloat as he is buffeted on all sides by forces that hope to drag him under. Guh… I love your imagery! Your metaphors remind me of how Wesley speaks on the show—smoke in a room, a city clinging to skin, just…his whole speech pattern. I love that you seem to be carrying that through your writing!
Wesley’s words make sense to Matt, and he doesn’t know if he’s more angry or relieved for the fact. It really should. Matt’s a lawyer—he’s aware of the justice system having its failures, otherwise he wouldn’t be a vigilante in the first place. But the concept of offering a plea or wiring up the dealer to get the supplier should not be a foreign concept to him. And yet…I can’t help but wonder about how well he really did in school on the show.
… furious, incredulous that someone can be so misguided in their beliefs… I like this statement because my mind supplied adages like ‘pot to kettle’ and mirrors darkly.
Matty, Matty, Matty… So naïve and it seems he’s hit Wesley’s breaking point...
These sharks will tear each other apart until someone ruthless enough emerges to take that vacant throne. Guh…I mentioned your use of imagery, right? Beautiful. I love you.
I also love the almost adversarial tone their interactions have with one another. But more than that, I love how it seems like Wesley knows exactly what he is, what he’s become, and what he once was. He isn’t deluded—he knows that he’s not a “moral man,” but a “practical one.” And his practicality can see not only the big picture, but the details that comprise it. Matt on the other hand…he’s only starting to get that they are fairly similar (though Wesley is more effective, in my opinion) and well…okay, I will cut him some slack. It is a rather steep learning curve and Matt…he’s cute, but stubborn (and just a little bit dumb).
You have to forgive me, Mr. Murdock, if I find your stance hypocritical. At least Wesley’s asking for forgiveness. I’m not—I’m sure you’ve noticed how overly critical I tend to be of Matt’s…logic? I guess that’s what it is.
Uh-oh! Francis. Oh, poor Wesley. Matt really is nothing but trouble for him. I do wonder how Wesley can extricate himself from this situation. Have the blind man hide in the closet?
And I’m sorry. I think this has turned less into a review and more a rehash of your chapter, even if I am gushing in between. I don’t think I’ll stop, but I just thought I’d tell you that I am cognizant of what I am doing. :-D
Anyway, as I’ve said, this was wonderful. I do hope you continue updating this fill. You write beautifully and I love this so much. I love that you also see that Matt is a very flawed character and you not only address it, but you use it! Thank you again!
I wait with bated breath for the continuation! Cheers!
Re: [FILL] He Who Fights Monsters 7d/? (Re: Matt/Wesley - Good!Wesley, Undercover)
I honestly had not expected you to update so soon, otherwise I would have been on this much faster than this! Anyway…
… the chore of having to justify his behavior at every turn is becoming exhausting. I happen to think that it’s just the novelty of having to explain common sense that’s exhausting Wesley. And Matt. He’s just a genuinely exhausting person, sometimes. But something about greater rewards and somesuch comes to mind.
In another life, perhaps. If not this life, what other life do you speak of, I ask you? And just how Wesley checks out Matt but quite easily turning back to business. Guh! Although, I suspect that’s a lot of miscommunication waiting to happen—Matt having difficulty reading Wesley.
Ooh! Matt likes Wesley’s apartment…hmm…I wonder what manufactured reasons Matt, not Daredevil (I think even his parkour skills will be less than sufficient), will have to visit? Or will Wesley go out of his way to meet with Matt so that he has the comfort of the constant noise of the city?
Oh, poor Wesley. Being pleased that Matt ate the food left for him as a last resort. Well, I guess he’s an optimist.
Wesley had also been supplying the locations and identities of criminals and suspect individuals to Murdock. Ah, Wesley + calculating competence is my jam! But Wesley supplying names that he knows Matt would have no problem bringing to justice—which leads me to think that he’s probably withholding the names of the white collar criminals that he knows of.
And I don’t necessarily think that it’s “directness” that Matt’s terrible at. As was witnessed in an earlier chapter with the accountant, Matt does not know or understand the definition of subtlety. I am also curious as to how Matt is to deal with women, though. With Gao he just ineffectively menaced her, expecting her to cooperate with him until she beat him handily. Literally. :-P
He is a tiny vessel left adrift, struggling to stay afloat as he is buffeted on all sides by forces that hope to drag him under. Guh… I love your imagery! Your metaphors remind me of how Wesley speaks on the show—smoke in a room, a city clinging to skin, just…his whole speech pattern. I love that you seem to be carrying that through your writing!
Wesley’s words make sense to Matt, and he doesn’t know if he’s more angry or relieved for the fact. It really should. Matt’s a lawyer—he’s aware of the justice system having its failures, otherwise he wouldn’t be a vigilante in the first place. But the concept of offering a plea or wiring up the dealer to get the supplier should not be a foreign concept to him. And yet…I can’t help but wonder about how well he really did in school on the show.
… furious, incredulous that someone can be so misguided in their beliefs… I like this statement because my mind supplied adages like ‘pot to kettle’ and mirrors darkly.
Matty, Matty, Matty… So naïve and it seems he’s hit Wesley’s breaking point...
These sharks will tear each other apart until someone ruthless enough emerges to take that vacant throne. Guh…I mentioned your use of imagery, right? Beautiful. I love you.
I also love the almost adversarial tone their interactions have with one another. But more than that, I love how it seems like Wesley knows exactly what he is, what he’s become, and what he once was. He isn’t deluded—he knows that he’s not a “moral man,” but a “practical one.” And his practicality can see not only the big picture, but the details that comprise it. Matt on the other hand…he’s only starting to get that they are fairly similar (though Wesley is more effective, in my opinion) and well…okay, I will cut him some slack. It is a rather steep learning curve and Matt…he’s cute, but stubborn (and just a little bit dumb).
You have to forgive me, Mr. Murdock, if I find your stance hypocritical. At least Wesley’s asking for forgiveness. I’m not—I’m sure you’ve noticed how overly critical I tend to be of Matt’s…logic? I guess that’s what it is.
Uh-oh! Francis. Oh, poor Wesley. Matt really is nothing but trouble for him. I do wonder how Wesley can extricate himself from this situation. Have the blind man hide in the closet?
And I’m sorry. I think this has turned less into a review and more a rehash of your chapter, even if I am gushing in between. I don’t think I’ll stop, but I just thought I’d tell you that I am cognizant of what I am doing. :-D
Anyway, as I’ve said, this was wonderful. I do hope you continue updating this fill. You write beautifully and I love this so much. I love that you also see that Matt is a very flawed character and you not only address it, but you use it! Thank you again!
I wait with bated breath for the continuation! Cheers!