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Daredevil Age Head canons
My friend @marvelvibess and I were talking about how old Matt, Foggy and Karen are in the first season and honestly the timelines for the NMCU are really fucked up so this is is what we came up with. (This was posted with their permission) (Also spoilers for all seasons of Daredevil)
Karen: She’s 19 in 03.10 (I think) and it seams like she left pretty soon after that. We decided she's 22 giving her three years to get sober, move to NYC and get a job. She maybe drifted around for a year or year and a half working odd jobs and trying to get back on her feet. She finally moves to New York, it probably takes her 6ish months to find a stable long term job (Union Allied). She works there for a year before she finds the damning information and is framed for murder and meets Matt and Foggy.
Matt: So I know I know he’s supposed to be born in 1985 or something but I’m disregarding that because its my head canon and I do what I want. I personally think it would be really important to Matt that he does school on time. His dad drilled into him that he needed to go to school and make something of himself so it was probably important to him that he did school the traditional way. So he starts undergrad at 18 and graduates Columbia Law at 25.
Foggy: In the college flashback in 01.10 when Matt and Foggy meet Foggy says “I heard about you when you were a kid! What you did, saving that guy crossing the street.” To me this sounds like Foggy is a few years older than Matt as he remembers what happened. He also says when “you” were a kid not when “we” were kids. So we decided that he’s 29 in season 1. It probably wouldn’t have been a big deal to him or his family if he did school on time so he probably took undergrad slower and worked at Nelson’s Meats or something to save up.
The date on Foggy’s computer in the flashback in 2010. I seem to remember that someone said something about “The Incident” being about 2 years ago in 01.01. This would kind of line up. Matt and Foggy started Law School in 2010 Matt is 22 and Foggy is 26. The Incident happens in 2012 and they graduate in May 2013. They work for Landman and Zach for 9ish months (they had to be there a while to be considered for the promotion) then quit and created Nelson and Murdock in early 2014.
In summery. Karen: Born in 1991, 22 in season 1
Matt: Born 1988, 26 in season 1 (his birthday is in January I think thus he’s 26 instead of 25)
Foggy: Born 1985, 29 in Season 1
These are just @marvelvibess and I’s head canon. We tried to use dates that match up with the TV show but honestly that timeline is fucked up so we ignored/disregarded some facts. If you disagree that fine!
-Phoenix
CURRENTLY THINKING ABOUT KAREN PAGE, MATT MURDOCK, AND FOGGY NELSON DURING THE BLIP.
Imagine one of them survives the blip, doesn't really matter who, they wouldn't be able to go into their office. The Nelson Murdock & Page plaque being a constant reminder of the other two. Matt would become vengeful/angry, Foggy would become sad/depressed, Karen would be numb and try to act like nothing happened. They blame themselves even though they knew Thanos was at fault.
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Now imagine two of them survives the blip, again it doesn't matter who, they couldn't be in the same room as each other. Seeing each other would be a constant reminder of the one they lost. I imagine there would be more arguments leading up to them not talking anymore.
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Now imagine they all reunite, Matt's sense's are overwhelmed with everyone returning. Karen wouldn't feel so empty anymore. Foggy would have his bestfriend(s) back. They could go, more or less, peacefully back to work at Nelson Murdock & Page.