It's so weird when the Daredevil fandom decide to throw nuance out of the window and just unequivocally decide that Matt's destructive behavior is because he's inherently an asshole, and in the process invalidate his own trauma. Meanwhile Karen is afforded by the fandom all the reasons for her behavior, "oh she has trauma from her bad experiences in the past, from killing her brother (which was literally of her own doing by the way), that's why it's reasonable that she acts the way she acts. Yet the same grace and understanding is not afforded to Matt for some reason.
You all realize that Matt has his own trauma too, right? He literally had to hear his father get shot in an alley, abandoned by his mother who wanted nothing to do with him as a baby, all after getting blinded at a young age. People don't realize the trauma that comes with suddenly getting a disability, especially at such a young age. But what can I expect with a fandom who outrightly dismisses Matt's disability by saying ludicrous shit like "he's not even blind" or a fandom that keeps making insensitive blind jokes about him all wily-nily.
The truth of the matter is, the Daredevil fandom is disgustingly ableist and dismissive of Matt's disability. That's why Karen's trauma and PTSD (literally stemming from her own recklessness but I digress) is valid but Matt's trauma from disability at a young age is something that can just be shrugged off. Y'all don't even stop to consider how much it would mess up a child's psyche being blinded and being orphaned within a span of a few years. Then have someone come into your life as emotionally abusive as Stick who then immediately abandons you.
This is not to instigate trauma olympics but it's truly weird and suspicious why Karen is afforded all the reasons and understanding in the world because of her past (some of y'all are legitimately infantilizing her, y'all are so weird, that's a grown fucking woman) but with Matt y'all are "he's such an asshole!". I'd want to delve into the ableist angle even more because it's literally freaking apparent with this fandom but it'll be too long to write up.
