Fan Creation:Maphne

Maphne

Maphne is the fan-coined term to describe the relationship between Matt Parkman and Daphne Millbrook.

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One of Us, One of Them

Matt, while somewhere in Africa, peruses Usutu's prophetic paintings of his life. He comes across one that hasn't happened yet, of himself with a blonde woman and a child. He asks about it and Usutu informs him that it no longer depicts the future. Slipping into a precognitive trance, Usutu paints over the image with a new one showing Matt crying and holding the woman's burned body. Deciding that he's found his reason for being brought to Africa, Matt asks Usutu to tell him how he can save her. Usutu brings him inside his hut and helps him to slip into a trance of his own.

I Am Become Death

Matt, having eaten a mysterious paste, has a vision of the future in which he is married to a woman named Daphne Millbrook. They are raising Molly Walker together and also have a daughter of their own, Daniella. Daphne, an agent of Pinehearst, convinces Matt to let her ask Molly to locate Peter Petrelli so they can finally take him out. Matt is reluctant, telling her that she needs to slow down now that she has a family, and she promises to do so after this one last assignment.

While fighting Peter, Daphne is caught in Costa Verde when Sylar explodes. Matt and Molly are anxiously watching news reports of the explosion back in New York City when they hear a knock at the door. Matt answers it, overjoyed to see Daphne again until she tells him that she wasn't fast enough and collapses in his arms, dead from massive burns to her back.

Waking from his trance, Matt tells Usutu what he saw and vows to find Daphne so that he can save her. Usutu tells him to find his totem animal to help guide his way, and Matt begins following a nearby turtle.

Angels and Monsters

Daphne receives her latest recruitment assignment from Pinehearst: Matt Parkman. Linderman (really an illusion created by Matt's father, Maury) explains Matt's power to her and she accepts.

Dying of the Light

Daphne is reconsidering attempting to recruit Matt, but Linderman convinces her to go through with it. Each looking for the other, the two almost immediately run into into each other at JFK Airport. Daphne is surprised when Matt calls her by name, and he agrees to go some place private to talk. She gives him her pitch for Pinehearst, but he notes that she doesn't seem too sure about the company. Brushing this off, she asks him how he knew her name and he describes his vision to her. Understandably wary, Daphne gives him her card and is about to leave when he tells her that they named their daughter Daniella, after her grandmother. Slightly more believing, she asks Matt to stay there while she finishes her assignments for the day and he gladly agrees.

Daphne helps Flint escape from Primatech and gives Sylar a Pinehearst card before returning to the airport to see Matt still waiting for her. She then attempts to recruit Mohinder, but is shaken when she finds Nathan and Tracy strapped to gurneys in a back room of his lab. When she returns to the airport to find Matt only just leaving, hours after leaving him there, Daphne tells him that he seems sweet and that Pinehearst wouldn't be a good fit for him. Matt warns her that, in the future, Pinehearst is going to get her killed but she tells him that she has to keep working for them. He asks her what her heart is telling her, and she replies that it's telling her to "keep running too fast to get caught". He asks her to come with him so he can protect her, but she informs him that he can't and runs away.

Eris Quod Sum

Daphne answers to Arthur about why she failed to recruit Matt. She nervously tells him that he just wasn't buying her pitch and asks him how she can fix things. Arhur orders her to kill Matt, much to Maury's outrage. When Arthur telekinetically snaps his neck for his protests, Daphne insists that there has to be another way.

Later, Matt answers the door of his apartment to find Daphne pointing a gun at him. She explains that her employers think she betrayed them and that she has to kill him in order to prove herself. Matt tells her to shoot him so that she can be saved, but Daphne makes him turn around first, which he does. He makes a final entreaty to her, describing their future together and after a long moment, she drops the gun. She begins apologizing for being unable to stop something and he reads her mind to learn about his father's death.

The next morning, she's explaining to him what's happening, and tells him that they'll be sending someone to investigate. Outside the apartment, Knox listens in on their conversation before bursting in. Daphne panics and tries to run, but Knox clotheslines her, audibly breaking her neck. Matt then digs inside his head to find his worst fear and kill him, but Knox just punches straight through Matt's chest. The two seemingly dead, Knox leaves, and the whole scenario is revealed to be a mental illusion created by Matt. Daphne kisses him on the cheek, telling him that what he did was amazing and that they need to run now. Matt tells her that he's going to stay and fight them. She tells him that it won't bring his father back, but he replies that it's his job to bring people like them to justice and suggests that they go to Primatech for help.

Memorable Quotes

"I had this dream, about the future. But it wasn't a dream, it was real. And you and I were... we were married. And I know about your speed ability, and we had this beautiful baby girl and this pet turtle and we were so, so happy. We're soul mates. I came here looking for you and what did I find? You were waiting for me, I mean, that's got to mean something, right?"

"Um, this is getting kind of stalky. So, um, I've got to go."

- Matt and Daphne (Dying of the Light)

"If I don't kill you, they'll kill me."

"Shoot."

"What?"

"Shoot me. Go ahead, if it's the only way that I can save your life, do it."

- Daphne and Matt (Eris Quod Sum)

"Matt, please. I made a mistake. I trusted the wrong people but I can't lose you. I love you.

- Daphne (to Matt) (It's Coming)

"We had a life together."

"In a dream."

"Uh, it was a spirit walk."

- Matt and Daphne (The Eclipse, Part 1)

"I came here because I know exactly who you are. You are smart, and beautiful, and funny. I don't even care if the spirit walk is all a bunk, I'm not gonna- I'm never going to give up because... because I'm in love with you."

- Matt (to Daphne) (The Eclipse, Part 1)

"Life just took a lot from you and you were trying to take something back. I get that. We're all flawed, powers or no powers. But when it counts, you're a good person. I know it and you know that I know it."

- Matt (to Daphne) (The Eclipse, Part 2)

"Haven't you ever had faith in something even though everyone else said not to?"

"(looks at Daphne) Yeah. I have."

- Ando and Matt (Dual)

"How do you know so much about Einstein, Einstein?"

- Daphne (to Matt) (Dual)