I am floored, author!anon. This was perfect in every respect, primarily in the pace and tension. Matt's feeling of dread through the whole story - first for of a possible terrorist attack, then for Foggy's safety, then being trapped in a shelter, thinking about the people he isn't being allowed to help ... Oh man. Poor Matt, but also perfectly characterized Matt.
I love the idea that the Battle of New York was a defining moment in Matt's journey towards vigilantism (hence the prompt) and I'm so glad you ran with that. You also simultaneously hit two of my most precious headcanons: the Incident is what inspired Matt to begin attending church again, and Matt is intensely bitter toward Tony Stark/the Avengers (it may not have been their fault directly and Stark did try to help in the aftermath, but mostly by throwing money around and enabling men like Fisk to get their claws in)
Stick was an asshole. But that didn’t mean that he was wrong. Despite the hate he gets in a lot of fic, I really like Stick as a character and Matt's tempestuous relationship with him, and you did both justice here.
Basically, even though it wasn't what I asked for, it was exactly what I wanted. All my love, all my AO3 kudos, this is fantastic thank you :)
Re: FILL 4/?: "The Incident"? Is that what we're calling it now?
I am floored, author!anon. This was perfect in every respect, primarily in the pace and tension. Matt's feeling of dread through the whole story - first for of a possible terrorist attack, then for Foggy's safety, then being trapped in a shelter, thinking about the people he isn't being allowed to help ... Oh man. Poor Matt, but also perfectly characterized Matt.
I love the idea that the Battle of New York was a defining moment in Matt's journey towards vigilantism (hence the prompt) and I'm so glad you ran with that. You also simultaneously hit two of my most precious headcanons: the Incident is what inspired Matt to begin attending church again, and Matt is intensely bitter toward Tony Stark/the Avengers (it may not have been their fault directly and Stark did try to help in the aftermath, but mostly by throwing money around and enabling men like Fisk to get their claws in)
Stick was an asshole. But that didn’t mean that he was wrong.
Despite the hate he gets in a lot of fic, I really like Stick as a character and Matt's tempestuous relationship with him, and you did both justice here.
Basically, even though it wasn't what I asked for, it was exactly what I wanted. All my love, all my AO3 kudos, this is fantastic thank you :)