#he's a really good lawyer

[courtforshort15]

The Really Good Dumbass Lawyer

Pairing: Matt Murdock x GNReader

Other characters: Foggy Nelson

Word Count: 600ish

Summary: Matt caught a brick. Reader isn't happy.

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“You did what?”

Matt winces at your tone; it's the one where you honestly can’t believe what has come out of his mouth, and that you need him to repeat what he said because there’s no way he could possibly be that stupid.

“I...uh...caught a brick.”

“You caught a brick.”

“Yes.”

"You caught a brick that came flying in through the window."

Matt nods reluctantly.

There’s a deep sigh that Matt knows is typically a bad sign for him. “You caught a brick that came flying in through window and someone else saw.”

"...do you want me to lie and say no this time?"

He can practically feel the look of incredulity you’re sharing with Foggy, who continues eating his sandwich in the conference room. 

“Just one person saw?” 

He winces again. “No.”

“How many people, Matthew?” He swallows loudly. You only use his full name when you’re either mad or when he's said or done something you find charming.

There’s no way you’re charmed by what he’s telling you now, so he knows he’s fucked.

“Three.”

“Three?” Your tone is almost shrill. Foggy snorts from his seat. 

“Uh…yes.” He licks his dry lips as he stands there in the lobby with you.

Matt feels the shift of movement indicating you’re pinching the bridge of your nose between your forefinger and your thumb, a move you make when you’re doing your best not to scream. “And to be clear…you catching the brick was absolutely necessary.”

He doesn’t say anything.

Foggy laughs. “That’s a no.”

Matt doesn't need to see your face to know you're currently thinking of the best way to murder him in his sleep.

Yeah, he’s fucked.

“So, it wasn’t absolutely necessary?”

“Not…exactly.”

Matt can hear your teeth grinding. “What do you mean not exactly?”

“I mean that Peter technically could have…caught it…himself?”

“Peter Parker? Spider-Man?”

“Him, yes.”

“You caught a brick that was aimed for Spider-Man?”

“Yes.”

“You caught a brick for the one fucking person in the room who could have caught it himself?”

Foggy laughs harder.

“I…yes? That’s what I said.”

Matt can hear your hands clenching at your sides.

“You realize he’s no longer going to think you're just a boring, blind lawyer, right?”

Matt objects to that. “Boring? I’m not–”

“Answer the question, Matthew.”

Foggy sounds like he’s having trouble breathing, and Matt can taste the salt of the tears that are leaking from the man’s eyes.

He shuffles his feet, shifting from side to side. “Yes.”

“Yes, what?” You’re ruthless.

“Yes, I realize he’s no longer going to see me as just a blind lawyer.”

“You forgot the boring part, Matt,” Foggy pipes up not-so-helpfully, still gasping for breath. 

Matt flips him off.

You take a deep breath and he can hear your lungs expanding as if you're preparing to yell. “What did you do after that?”

“I told him I’m a really good lawyer.”

Matt hears you slap your hand to your face in exasperation.

“You may be a really good lawyer, but you’re an incredibly stupid man.”

Matt gulps. “That’s…fair.”

"He's going to have a ton of questions, Matt."

"I know that."

"And have you considered how you're going to answer them?"

"I...haven't thought that far ahead yet."

"I'm absolutely shocked by this information." Your voice is dry as dirt.

Matt licks his lips again. "I could maybe try talking to him?"

"And say what? That he imagined things? That you didn't mean to catch that fucking brick?"

Matt stays silent.

You sputter. "Were you really--? Did you honestly--?"

Foggy's shaking his head as he continues to laugh. "You're good at gaslighting, Matt, but not that good."

Matt opens his mouth. "In my defense--"

You shriek in frustration. "No!"

"No?"

“No! I don't want to hear it! Go to your room, Matthew.”

He hesitates. “...do you mean my office?”

“GO!”

Matt’s never been so grateful to be dismissed, and he makes a beeline for his office, shutting the door before you can change your mind.

Still in the conference room, Foggy’s trying and failing to calm down. “Did you just send him to his room like he’s seven?”

“I did.”

“Mad respect.”

Matt hears you grunt as you sit in the chair across from Foggy. “He’s an absolute menace.”

“He’s in the doghouse tonight, isn’t he?”

“Tonight? Try the doghouse for a week, minimum.”

Foggy cackles. “Poor Matt.”

“I’m putting him on a leash. Do you hear that, Matthew? A LEASH.”

Honestly, Matt thinks he got off the hook easily. At least you hadn’t threatened–

“AND NO SEX.”

There it is.

#daredevil #matt murdock #human disaster matt murdock #foggy nelson #peter parker #spider man #spider man no way home #he's a really good lawyer

[reallydifferentcaptain]

SPOILERS FOR DD 2022 ISSUE #7

Here are my fave Mattlektra moments from this issue:

Their pet names for eachother make me 🥰 even if it is sarcastic sometimes

And here are my fave of Matt being himself:

He's just a really good lawyer

And finally we have just the baddest bad ass of them all, the greatest villain, DD'S archnemesis: Stiltman 😂 for the win:

#best redemption arc right there #srsly tho #love mattlektra #he's a really good lawyer #my queen #my love #cuties #mattlektra #matthew murdock #matt murdock #elektra natchios #daredevil comics

[wearecrowley]

Crowley's hands 1 of ?

#good omens #crowley #aziraphale #goodomensedit #my gifs #tvgifs #tvedit #hands #I just really like hands okay #@lawyer-margo #there will be a part 2 for sure and maybe a part 3 #he doesn't talk with his hands as often as aziraphale but when he does I take notice #hands gifsets

[mattmurdeaux]

LYING 101 with MATTHEW MURDOCK How to be a totally "convincing" liar!

#daredevil #matt murdock #charlie cox #he may be a really good lawyer but he definitely isn't a good liar #bless his precious attempts

[themirokai]

Suits Season 3 Episode 2. In which Louis literally talks about Harvey and Mike’s relationship as romantic. To quote:

Louis: I need the 411 on the breakup.

Donna: Are we in high school?

Louis: Life is high school. And I need to know if the prom king and his boy wonder are still an item.

Donna: What high school did you go to?

Louis: Donna, it's a simple question. Did Mike and Harvey break up break up, or did they take a time-out and, like, say to each other, "Hey, let's see other people and make sure that we're sure."

#but also #i really love Louis at this point in the show! #he’s such a good character! #they’ve developed him so well! #I was so sad for him at the end of the episode #and I think Mike would do really well to be mentored by Louis #because Louis was absolutely right #that Harvey does not love law #Harvey loves beating people #and obviously he’s very good at it #but that’s real different from being a good lawyer #and honestly Harvey is a shitty lawyer #ahem #organizational tags: #miro does suits #marvey #suits #suits tv

[thebrazenshame]

the way my character can just Walk into some courtroom and pretend to be a lawyer really says a lot about FLondon society

hey timothy the fucking director of the railway wants to represent you for your murder trial. no she doesnt have credentials. good luck.

#text post #fallen london #my mithridacy makes it a 70% chance on average #which i choose to interpret as mx rin being really good at lying but also not knowing anything about lawyering #timothy voice 'wasnt he busy bodying sharks just yesterday'

[mariocki]

Patrick Troughton guests as ruthless racketeer George, out to silence the man who can identify his brother as a murderer, in Dial 999: Key Witness (1.26, ABC, 1959)

#fave spotting #patrick troughton #dial 999 #doctor who #classic doctor who #two #abc #key witness #1959 #as with other Dial 999 posts‚ the episode number and year of transmission are more in the way of educated guesses #tho two separate sources identify this as ep 26 so that's good enough for me #yes it's been a while‚ i got very distracted and wandered away from Dial 999 but I'm mopping it up now #this was a very pleasant surprise‚ not least because Pat had already made two appearances in the series: a minor role as a heavy in 1.5 and #an uncredited appearance as a tramp in 1.16 (both can be found if you follow the fave spotting tag) so i wasn't really expecting him to #turn up again. but he does! and he finally gets a real meaty part! he's the villain of the week‚ a criminal of vague occupation (he has #something to do with gambling? race tracks maybe? idk it kind of gets glossed over) but when his kid brother kills a rival and is easily #apprehended‚ Pat decides it's time to silence the witness... cue a tense cat and mouse as Pat and goon tail their mark as the police tail #them. genuinely one of the most enjoyable episodes of this funny little series i think‚ and a lot of that is down to Pat giving it his #all as a dangerous gangster. he lounges around in a dressing gown‚ he slaps his bro around‚ he jeers at the cops and he #threatens his lawyer with a watery sack grave. he's gone full villain! and it's delightful!

[lover-of-mine]

Seven(ish) Sentence Sunday!

I was tagged by @disasterbuckdiaz @daffi-990 @wikiangela @try-set-me-on-fire @steadfastsaturnsrings thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think the Eddie begins missing scene fic is almost at a point where I can stop writing it, but, to be honest, I don't know because they refuse to do what I want, so I'm just typing things out and hoping this thing is gonna end before I end up writing Eddie showing up at his lawyer's office lol I am having a few moments where I'm like "is this too much for the point in time they are?" but then I remember Eddie gave Buck Christopher after this and Buck was clawing at the mud trying to reach Eddie while screaming his name and I am making the executive decision that even if it is, it just means they won't talk about it, and they really don't talk about it so it's fine lol anyway, have a little bit of Eddie's disconnected thoughts after he made Buck get in the bed with him (I'm trying my hardest not to let Eddie think the word love so I keep having to backtrack his train of thought lol) prev snippet.

"It's okay, it's okay," Buck says, adjusting around in the bed for a few seconds, before turning to his side, tugging lightly on Eddie's arm, and he blindly moves again, chasing the warmth of Buck's chest. He half expected to panic, this isn't something they do, but he's too comfortable to worry. Besides, it's Buck.  Everything about him is familiar. Even if this is something they have never done before. It's just warm.  Buck is warmth. But it's not only heat.  This is… safe? Eddie doesn't know.  And he doesn't have the energy to find out. Or the presence of mind.  He's just letting the feeling wash over him as he drifts off.

No pressure tagging 🩷: @eddiebabygirldiaz @bucks118 @honestlyeddie @watchyourbuck @housewifebuck @giddyupbuck @wildlife4life and anyone else that feels like it!!

#the trauma fic verse #writing #911 wip #buddie wip #seven sentence sunday #i mean #the canon of the trauma fic is that eddie is aware of something he cant name since the well #i think im doing a good job at that but i don't know #anyway #eddie is gonna wake up to buck getting chris ready and then he's gonna realize he needs to talk to his lawyer and hopefully the fic will en #but who knows? #definitely not me #eddie does what he wants im just a vessel trying to get him to follow a script he doesn't really feel like following lol

[courtforshort15]

That's it, that's the whole show

But seriously: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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*whispers* can we please bring back the original hair stylist?

#daredevil #matt murdock #human disaster matt murdock #foggy nelson #karen page #i love him your honor #marvel #people started crying #it's me im people #catholic guilt #he's a really good lawyer #charlie cox #elden henson #deborah ann woll #vincent d'onofrio #thats it thats the whole thing #matt murdock's perptually screwed up life has me DEAD

[jimmyspades]

JAMES SPADER as William Ashbury SHADOW OF FEAR (2004), dir. Rich Cowan

#this movie SUCKS. truly so bad don't watch it's not worth it. but he plays an evil lawyer it's really hot <3 #so gorgeous. I think the last thing he filmed before joining the practice #jim whispers literally the entire movie it's so funny girl speak up!!!! #james spader #shadow of fear #* #not my fave genre anyway but this did have squandered potential. the concept was there. could've been good #if it was written like 207% better #the stuff with william and his feelings(?) for wynn was SO underplayed. #not just saying that bc i'm a james girlie who wants to see him romancing. actually yes I am! #but idk it could've been great motivation instead it was one scene where he verbalizes it and the rest of the time he's just like 👁️👁️ #I wish he was my weird family friend who was maybe in love with me and showed up in my yard talking about treehouses

[tentacle-therapissed]

SvS is great because Janus's argument is simultaneously so well crafted and also so deceptive and manipulative. Look at him go. He really fits the lawyer role to a tee

#he runs circles around thomas while interrogating him and its insane to watch #and then he's like 'the only reason you don't speed is to avoid a ticket' #and cuts off thomas when he tries to go 'or maybe its because i don’t want to die in a fucking car crash' #the whole max stirner bit is really good too cause again it's so well presented and you wanna be like ok ok go off #but then its like oh ur just gonna gloss over the relevant details of him not practicing what he preached? for the sake of ur argument? ok #+his reaction to thomas saying the trial is unfairly set up is basically just 'uhhhh ok but its not that serious though' #as if he didnt set up the entire scenario in the first place and give a whole ass Joker monologue at the witness stand like ok sure buddy #i love him he's so slippery and slimy and manipulative and charismatic #the anti hero ever #i think patton not knowing wtf he was doing also made janus look a lot smarter by comparison to be fair #he also ran circles around patton to the point where patton's interrogation of him straight up ended with janus interrogating patton instea #janus sanders #sanders sides #selfishness vs selflessness #ts janus #deceit sanders #ts deceit #and yes this is subtle lawyer shade LMAO #ive never met a lawyer that wasnt shady and corrupt af

[dontmixpaintinyourcoffee]

Finally started playing Great Ace Attorney, absolutely loving it so far, but I think I've become too familiar with the patterns of the games lol. After the first case I thought to myself "Wow, these two are such a great team. You can see all the bits and pieces that Phoenix is going to embody in the future, and it's nice to see a protagonist (excluding Phoenix) actually have a friend with some pre-established backstory and a sense of history with each other. Kazuma is sharp, funny, confident, his boldness contrasts really well with the nervous energy Ryunosuke has. He's a supportive friend, he has detailed goals and high hopes for the future... He's not surviving the next case is he"

#AND LO AND BEHOLD #Mia came into the afterlife and Kazuma was like “you too?” #Also how hilarious is it that both Ryunosuke and Pheonix switched their majors to law after being accused of literal murder #Pheonix was fully an art major and then he ate glass and found out his gf was a serial killer #and apparently Ryunosuke was an English major who basically got dragged into being a lawyer by circumstance and happened to be REALLY GOOD #also herlock sholmes is a dumbass and im enjoying his presence immensely #ace attorney #great ace attorney

[thesorrowoflizards]

listen the mastermind job has flaws but i kind of. love it?

#yes his ability to make people magically fall asleep--alphas theory aside--was ridiculous #but my god. there's both some really funny moments #and genuinely good emotional beats #the whole thing about sophie not being in the book #and honestly i just really like the character of the fake mastermind guy hes so funny. scrungly. #and the whole insight into nate being the only one to appreciate the accountants at IYS #and this guy being like 'he was so supportive! and kind!' and they'r elike #'NATE? NATE FORD? WHO TALKS TO YOU LIKE YOURE DUMB?' #'always there with a nice pep talk....' #'HIS PEP TALKS LITERALLY MAKE PEOPLE CRY YOU FUCKING LUNATIC!!!' #and how he's genuinely so earnestly like 'no let that guy go! threaten me all you like but don't hurt him!' #and everything about harry being kidnapped #getting the goons to fucking unionize basically lkgjfgkhjgh #and nate being so proud of them.... #there's so much going on that is excellent #i get why it gets back flack for really being a highlight of a persistent problem in l:redemption (ie the sillier tone #/stretchier reality/more librarians-esque shenanigans versus more grounded og leverage) but like. i genuinely really like this episode lfkg #i love this silly little character i love the crews interactions etc #im only halfway through my rewatch so i may have forgotten something #gertspeak #leverage redemption #leverage #'i make lists. groceries mostly.' - harry the funniest lawyer alive

[silence-between-seconds]

Sirius black as a lawyer

Sirius: Dear mothers and fuckers of the jury......we are gathered here today,to cancel a bitch

☆☆

Sirius: do you swear to spill the tea, the whole tea,and nothing but the tea?

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Sirius: uhh your DNA was literally on the murder weapon but go off I guess

☆☆

Sirius: objection your honor

Judge: what is it?

Sirius: *blows kiss*

Judge: *blushes* overruled

#sirius black #marauders #marauders era #hes a really good lawyer trust me #sirius orion black #got out of prision and became a lawyer lmao #incorrect marauders quotes #incorrect black family #moony wormtail padfoot and prongs

[shreck]

just a little treat for myself

#stardew valley #stardew valley elliot #my art #that's my guy niall he's on state ordered farm leave because he did crypto crimes but he had a really good lawyer #this is his redemption arc with his extremely good husband