In a universe with daemons, Matt was kidnapped and raised by the hand as a kid, and as an adult is a dangerous lawyer, Murderdock style. He is separated from his daemon, which is kept hostage by the Hand as insurance.
+ for Matt keeping a giant aquarium with a shark in his office, and pretend it's his daemon as a cover + for someone, at some point, killing the shark, and it starting a rumor that he doesn't have a daemon at all + if Matt, at least at the beginning, is genuinly loyal to the Hand due to being brainwashed since childhood, and slowly breaking throught his conditionning throughout the story + for Matt having a weird friendship with someone, involving lots of dubious morality + for frank castle stumbling into this mess and being stuck in it + for frank's reaction upon learning that Matt was a child soldier + for brett + for BRETT's reaction upon learning that Matt was a child soldier
Earth-65 twist, with daemons
+ for Matt keeping a giant aquarium with a shark in his office, and pretend it's his daemon as a cover
+ for someone, at some point, killing the shark, and it starting a rumor that he doesn't have a daemon at all
+ if Matt, at least at the beginning, is genuinly loyal to the Hand due to being brainwashed since childhood, and slowly breaking throught his conditionning throughout the story
+ for Matt having a weird friendship with someone, involving lots of dubious morality
+ for frank castle stumbling into this mess and being stuck in it
+ for frank's reaction upon learning that Matt was a child soldier
+ for brett
+ for BRETT's reaction upon learning that Matt was a child soldier