. . . AND THIS IS WHAT THE DEVIL DOES!! an 18+ med-low activity rp blog for MATT MURDOCK: lawyer and daredevil of hell's kitchen. penned by ren/cloud! rules & more info under the cut. crossover + oc friendly!
IMPORTANT NOTE: the muse's portrayal has a loosely defined origin point within the 2015 daredevil netflix tv show (disregarding born again) but the mun does not read comics, does not keep up with the cinematic universe, and would rather explore the muse through the lens of FILM NOIR with emphasis on telling a story themed in frameworks of VIGILANTE JUSTICE and LEGAL DRAMAS. in short: that's right baby this is my OC now.
dossier. list of verses.
hi, i'm ren and/or cloud. i'm 26. they/he please! also found at @/fortruechaos (shadow the hedgehog), @/heartinhands (multi), and @/songsofreason (vergil dmc).
!! : matt is blind. i am disabled with similar-ish vision problems. i would like to center matt's disability in a way i feel the show doesn't and struggles to. please don't be weird about this... there's a lot of infantilization of matt and it sucks! i'm honestly not a fan of the lengths the show (and the comics too i presume) goes to to define matt's 'radar vision.' you can read this post to see how i interpret matt's blindness.
21+ only. dark and adult themes will feature on this blog however i am uncomfortable interacting with people who write things like incest, graphic depictions of sexual assault (this is different from writing a character impacted or traumatized by it or simply mentioning it), people who ship adults with children, etc.. look i'm an adult, i'm comfortable with dark content but i can tell when people are romanticizing/condoning this stuff instead of giving it the space it needs/deserves to be actually explored with courtesy and nuance. don't be weird.
i WFH M-F and it is when i'm most active because it's when i'm at a computer. i don't tend to be very active in the evenings or on weekends. i do not have tumblr mobile!
feel free to ask if you need anything tagged. my tagging system follows "cw word" guidelines. nsfw is tagged "usft //" and generally suggestive material is tagged "suggestive //".
on the note of triggers: matt is deeply catholic. i am not. however, if catholicism and themes of catholic-rooted religious guilt and religious imagery are triggers for you, this is probably not gonna be the blog for you.
iconless. i use very minimal formatting. if my partner doesn't use small text, i won't either. my dash icon was made by ddmmcomics--thank you!
i don't follow people who use overly fancy formatting. stuff that is hard for me to read includes: font size changes, fancy fonts that aren't screen-reader friendly, excessive spacing between words, and certain font color changes (i use tumblr's dark theme).
i don't follow people who post lots of ooc negativity. a vent here and there is fine but please be reasonable.
i prefer longer, more literate replies. i set a (very) soft limit on threads i have with people; a pet peeve of mine is having threads get dropped after 1-2 replies in favor of another thread that gets 1-2 replies in before it gets dropped. i know not every thread is going to be a banger but i like to try and get threads at least somewhat going instead of starting new ones all the time. at some point i will probably stop sending asks or liking starter calls to incentivize replies on already existing threads.
if you are around/active/post a lot, especially ooc without engaging with any of my posts in return, and we can't seem to get anything going/there doesn't seem to be any interest in actually writing together i will sb or hb after a certain point. i prefer a sb but i know some people prefer a hb. if i have sbed you or hbed you and we used to be mutuals and you're wondering what happened, we probably weren't able to get any interactions going.
mutuals are always welcome to send unprompted asks, write unprompted starters, etc. if you want to write, you can just toss me an ask or a starter, you don't have to wait for me to rb something or make a call.
because the muse is comics-ish in origin but not in development i prioritize crossovers and oc interactions and verse-making. hell's kitchen is a neighborhood in new york. matt is a lawyer there and he also happens to be a vigilante there. that's all that's needed to interact with him in any flavor of modern or urban fantasy verse; it also makes him easy to drop into other urban-based universes as long as you're OK with this guy potentially running around your muse's city at night lol.
shipping is multiship with emphasis on chemistry. shipping is not a priority on this blog for dynamics and i tend to ship with people i am close friends with. i don't interact with affiliate or main calls; i also do not interact with dynamic calls or shipping calls.
@/spirestar and i are dating and live together; they inevitably will get priority in replies.
AS AN IMPORTANT REMINDER! i don't read marvel comics or dc comics or really any sort of superhero comic! i stopped keeping up with the mcu since infinity war part 1 came out and i have zero interest in watching any of the new cinematic universe releases or TV shows. i play marvel rivals and sometimes watch a standalone release (i.e. logan, batman 2022, superman 2025) and that's about it as far as current engagement with comic book media goes for me. if you want to write in a world or with a portrayal that is heavily rooted in comic book specific lore that is therefore reliant on me possessing knowledge of specific comic runs or keeping up with active releases of the cinematic universe: THIS IS NOT THE BLOG FOR YOU! and that's okay :]
i am interested in exploring this character through the lens of film noir and legal dramas, taking special inspiration from media like: CHINATOWN, IN A LONELY PLACE, JOHN WICK, COLLATERAL 2004, ANATOMY OF A MURDER, THE NAME OF THE ROSE, BETTER CALL SAUL, DRIVE, et cetera et cetera.
i'm not interested in shoving matt explicitly into avengers tower or pitting him against godlike universe-ending threats like thanos or something, i want to talk about what justice means when you know the law can't protect everyone and what you do to make up for the failings of the system when you know the city will swallow up everyone you care about if you don't take matters into your own hands; and where the line between justice and vengeance is. "do i want to do this because i believe in it or do i just want an excuse to hit someone?"
thank you for reading all of this. i know it's long as hell but i appreciate it!!!

















