Hey fellow OAU-ers, DEVLIN said we could each take two characters. So I took Daredevil to go along with The Punisher. Seeing as it's Alternate Universe. I'm setting up Hell's Kitchen as an actual city unto itself. Not just a part of New York. The reason is that Spidey and multiple other heroes patrol the streets of New York. Which would mess with my story because there is a certain symbolism that I am using for Daredevil and Punisher that would be interfered with if Spider-Man, Cap, Cage and others were roaming around too.
The following is the opening to Guardian Devil, a series I'm currently in the process of writing. It is an excerpt from Guardian Devil #1. Thanks for reading and tell me what you think.
"Not a single day goes by where I don't grieve for what is happening. Not a single day goes by where I don't long for a better world. Not a single day goes by where I don't feel the pain of all the families, all the husbands and wives and the sons and daughters of the murderers and the murdered. Not a single day goes by where I don't cry for this wretched town. With every passing day more murders are committed, and more lifelong killers are born. With every passing day more children go cold, hungry and fatherless. With every passing day more unwanted and unloved babies are left crying in the streets. With every passing day more suicides are committed, and more drugs are given to those who feel...out of place, alone and helpless...Another day, another rape...another cry...another call for help. I feel, homesick. I long for the happy world I thought existed when I was a mere child. I long for those times when innocent thoughts ran through my head about superheroes and basketball teams and boxing champions. I long to gain back the time spent with my father, I long to regain the world I once knew. Before some mobster, some criminal decided to rip all of that away. And introduce to me the world I live in, a world where dead bodies found in a dumpster is just your average 6 O'clock news. A world where rape and murder are just another aspect of life. A world where kids don't even play outside anymore because of what's out there. That's the real problem with this rotten city, no one feels safe. And I don't blame them, there's nothing safe about this town. This town where organized crime is the number one employer. Where mobsters kill and extort whomever they please, and pay off the judges to let them go free. This town where rapists and psychopaths run amok, and no one does anything to stop it. Where there is even talk of a skull bearing madman who roams the streets brutally murdering whomever he feels deserves it. There is no safety here....but that's why I've risen up, I've come to grips with who I am. I've come to give them hope where there was none, to give them hope that one day this town might actually be a safe place to live. I have come to bring all the frightened people something they have never had before: peace of mind. I come to give them the hope that there is someone out here, watching out for them, protecting them. I am their guardian angel...or should I say their guardian devil. Who am I? My name is Matt Murdock, and this town I speak of is Hell's Kitchen."
Thanks for checking this out, sound off below and tell me what you think.