This gets anti K*stle. DLDR
I understand shipping K*stle to some extent. They're both attractive, both have similar traits, Karen believes in Frank and tries to help him but it honestly feels like that's all she'll be if she finds herself in a relationship with him: a crutch to help him get over losing his family.
I try to be realistic here, and I can't help but wonder what kind of life she'd lead if she's with him. I don't care for any ships, but I just feel like it'd be such a betrayal of her character and her needs to allow her to be with Frank.I don't wish that on Karen. If they get together wouldn't she have to always be on the run, on the lookout? Is that the kind of life she deserves? And that's without thinking that Frank is virtually the same character he's always been.
Is it fair to demand that of Karen? To demand she gives up everything that makes her who she is for him? I wouldn't wish that on myself or anyone else. That's a heavy burden to bare. She can't and shouldn't be responsible for Frank's happiness. That's not her job. Frank will never be happy if he doesn't allow himself that, and he won't allow himself that.
Unless he grows a lot which I don't see happening, I don't think he could or should be in a relationship.
I want Karen to have a life that is hopeful and that flourishes and that allows her to be an investigator, a friend, a woman, a protector. I don't want her to be have to give up everything or to have to be hold responsible to be someone's "after".
Karen likes wild men, and I think part of her attraction to Frank comes from both this trait of his and her desire to save him but that's not all she strives for.
Karen wants connection, companionship. She wants someone that understands every part of her and wants someone she understands every part of.
And even if I don't ship Karedevil, at least I can say that there's gentleness in ever scene they're together. Karen is always surrounded by light, they both are, whenever we have scenes of them both, and I think that's the light they both deserve to have.
I think Matt finding a relationship where he can be himself, where he can be vulnerable and open and to have the relationship not be toxic is actually quite good storytelling and I don't agree that it wouldn't make sense for the character.
Matt might not trust easily but he strives for connection, he wishes for love he doesn't have to explain. I wish people stopped assuming that just because he jumps from woman to woman that means he doesn't want a serious, stabler relationship. I think he does, is just that the secrets and Matt's issues always end up playing a part in how bad these relationships go.
And Karen clearly wants a relationship too, she feels lonely but I believe she's finally learning she doesn't need to settle for second best and that she deserves true happiness.
In a story surrounded by darkness and grief, both Karen and Matt deserve light.
That's not to say Frank doesn't deserve it, he does. But I fear he might not want it or be ready for it.
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