Update 04/04/20: Hi, friends. A few of you have been checking in on when the next chapter will be posted, and I wish I had an answer for you! I am working on it, but slowly. These are strange times. I work an 'essential' job in a major city, dealing with a public that isn't taking this seriously enough, and the stress is frying my brain. I am checking messages and reviews, but I don't often have the energy to reply. But please know I do see them and I appreciate them! I've been writing when I can, and I'll try my best to get you guys a new chapter soon. I hope everyone is staying safe.

My email, for those who don't have an FFN account to PM but still want to talk: AshevillainFanfic at Gmail

Fan Creations for What They Wouldn't Do:

(The hyperlinks don't work on certain browsers, so you might have to copy and paste the link. Sorry!)

Art

BrittWitt16:

The first artwork anyone made for this story, with Alexis Bledel as the face claim: /post/125877750243

Misery's-Toll:

Based off Chapter 11 (The Storm) when Matt finds Sarah in the dark at Orion: /post/131394134104
A scene from the same chapter, in which Matt stitches Sarah up: /post/131321802434
The color version of the scene above:/post/131329349619
A scene from Chapter 19 (Surprise) where Matt and Sarah sit in the windowsill after the attack on the roof: /post/140776480869
A photo edit of Sarah, Matt, Foggy, Lauren, Ronan, and Mitch! /post/148671030989
This one is really interesting; it's of a scene that was never actually in the story, but that the reader thought up on her own as a possible next scenario, so t's kind of like fanfiction of fanfiction, which is amazing: /post/149019722329
A drawing of the long awaited Matt/Sarah First Kiss from Chapter 31 (Revelations)!!/post/165026960314

whodahoe:

A Photoshop banner for the story with Willa Holland as the face claim: /post/133854400023

NicBarnes:

Based off the scene in Chapter 15 (Games) where Sarah is in the police station waiting for Officer McDermott and sees her name on the list on his desk: /post/134553384083

MashedBraintatoes:

Some awesome edits made by two friends who are both fans of the story: /post/135419454062
A really cool color-themed edit of Sarah and Matt: /post/141640489877

HannahBananasxx:

Some fantastic drawings of a few different ideas she had for how Sarah looks: /post/140501610497

BurningThroughTime:

A writer on Ao3 made some really, really awesome edits for the story:/post/137788907735

WinchesterDixonBros:

A super cool edit with Felicity Jones as Sarah's face claim and Mackenzie Davis as Lauren (the first fan art to feature Lauren!):/post/144919764974
Another Felicity edit! Matt and Sarah being cute and couple-y: /post/155985366614
The very first character banner that has all of the main/secondary characters on it! It has the canon characters along with Sarah, Lauren, Mitch, Ronan, Jason, and Greg:/post/155985210864
GIFs!! Excellent ones! A few of Matt and Sarah being their usual angsty selves, and one of Matt and Lauren, too! /post/166855931404

Khaleesis-Fire

An edit just for Sarah and Lauren!:/post/145591196291
A great photoshop of Matt and Sarah using one of the main series promo photos:/post/145580010491

Salisima

This reader made a ton of excellently edited gifs of Matt and Sarah, with Phoebe Tonkin as Sarah! She somehow found just the right clips to make it look like Sarah and Matt are in the same scenes together, and the result is fantastic. They can all be found on her tumblr here: and I linked the individual posts below:
/post/165546963093
/post/165551479183
/post/165551358928
/post/165561071518
/post/165667328778 (This one has Lauren in it!)
/post/165667403793 (Lauren AND Foggy in this one!)
/post/165667468088
/gifs/3ohhwJVZQweuzlEcM0
/gifs/l1J9tk9LgXH6A21X2
/gifs/3o7aCUfYnRvvcZ6jug
/gifs/l1J9tA4Fkbh8kwO52
/post/165684842218
/post/165802662698

mindDesco

A really great sketch of Sarah herself: /post/168010693376

lucipherer

An awesome ballpoint drawing of Matt and Sarah being flirty in the diner:/p/BcqbIRjgimv/

LeShyWolf

Two really excellent drawings of Matt and Sarah in the aftermath of Chapter 11: /post/174140365234

DarkMousyRulezAll

The newest addition to amazing drawings of WTWD scenes! This one is Sarah in her fancy date night dress from Chapter 28, with a tiny Matt in the corner: /post/177752192051
Another drawing, just as adorable as the other one! This one features Lauren and (I think for the first time in a fan drawing) little baby Noah! /post/177821539156

Ravenskills

A talented reader drew this really detailed drawing of the first time Matt and Sarah 'met' (AKA Sarah hiding underneath an office desk) and I love it! /ravensskill/art/The-Beginning-774945137?ga_submit_new=1

Andromedastrain

Here's the two newest fan works, and they're amazing! These ones have Emily Rudd as an excellent casting choice for Sarah:

/post/183324665442

/post/183331222097

Videos

onehandfeel

The newest fan video for Matt and Sarah! Alison Brie as an amazing face claim who fits in remarkably well with the Daredevil footage: youtube.com/watch?v=NJLbYoLtcpQ

AmyIssen:

An Ao3 author made the very first fan video for this story, using 'Young God' by Halsey for the song and Eva Green for the face claim, and it's amazing: /post/141232673568

Eliasfw:

An audio read through of WTWD, which is a really awesome idea for a story that deals with a blind main character: youtube.com/watch?v=g--8Wi2zC_0

Hardlife:

Two more audio recordings of WTWD; I love that people have enough interest to read the story out loud and her where they put their own emphasis on things! Recording One: youtube.com/watch?v=EQbCw3xkDm0
And Recording Two: youtube.com/watch?v=kkJqUPjp_K8

Playlists

All of these playlists are fantastic, and should be listened to immediately!

YoungInexperiencedHopefuls:

/advancingtheplot/what-they-wouldn-t-do

ClockworkHare:

/clock_work_fox/what-they-wouldn-t-do

Misery's-Toll:

/bottlewish/what-they-wouldn-t-do

theschuysthelimit

/talesandtea/what-they-wouldn-t-do

mUSIC777

/dancinginthedark13/what-they-wouldn-t-do

Other

dmcreif

AO3 author dmcreif made a TV Tropes page for WTWD, and it's so amazingly detailed! If you like tropes and like the story, check it out here: /pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/WhatTheyWouldntDo

I'm Ashevillain! My real name is Shannon. Nice to meet you.

The pen name comes from when I used to live in the city of Asheville, North Carolina, a magical hippie mountain city that everyone should visit. I now live in California, and while I love it here I do miss Asheville terribly, so this is my small tribute to it.

I'm 25 27 (how did that happen??), and I enjoy writing fanfiction as a way of avoiding the fact that I'm supposed to be doing adult things.

I'm currently living the cliche: pursuing screenwriting in Los Angeles. Television writing, specifically. So far it's not going as soul-crushingly bad as people told me it would, so that's good! Because of this, a lot of my writing tends to play out episodically in terms of scene cuts and dialogue.

FAQ

Q: You haven’t updated in three weeks, have you abandoned the story?

A: No! Never! I try my hardest to update every two weeks once a month no longer than three months apart, but sometimes real life just throws me off schedule. But I will absolutely finish this story, and possibly even post a sequel (who knows). If you want to know when I’ll be updating next, you can always feel free to PM me and I’ll try to give you an estimate, or at least let you know I’m still alive and checking my FFN account.

Q: I found your story re-posted on WattPad, should I report it?

A: Several people have either asked permission to repost the story or just gone ahead and posted it. I did originally ask people not to repost it, but at this point as long as they give credit to the original story (preferably with a link) I don't really care. WattPad confuses me, so if people reposting it means the story reaches a wider audience, then I'm okay with it. If you see someone posting it and claiming it's their own work, however, please let me know!

Q: Will your story remain T-rated, or will you bump it up to M? Know what I mean?

A: I get this question a lot because you guys are all dirty-minded perverts. The answer is that it will probably remain T simply because it makes it more accessible to a larger audience. But I will probably post at least one (maybe more) M-rated one-shot with some racier content that will supplement the main story without creating confusion for readers who choose to skip it.

Q: Why is Matt wearing his black suit if the story is set after Season 1?

A: For one, a lot of the scenes I had planned out required Matt to be more easily injured, and two: a large chunk of the story revolves around Sarah finding him very intimidating at first. Personally, I think the black suit is sexier scarier, so it fit with that theme. He'll upgrade at some point in the story, don't worry.

Q: Did you mean to give one of your villains the same name as one of the villains from Guardian of the Galaxy?

A: No. I’m dumb. I named Ronan before I saw GOTG, then immediately kicked myself, but it was too far into the story to change it.

Q: Will you be incorporating Seasons 2 and 3 of Daredevil or Season 1 of the Defenders into your storyline?

A: I won't be incorporating any of those storylines into WTWD, but I might pick and choose bits of each to work with for the sequel.

Q: Will you read my story and give me some feedback?

A: My answer to this question always used to be yes! But I've gotten so busy lately that I barely even have time to write my own story, much less read anyone else's and give any sort of solid, thoughtful feedback. If this changes in the future I'll let you guys know! And when I do get the time to read things I always try to review.