I can take care of myself.

"We are all lonely. I sometimes think that that is all that life is, we’re just… fighting not to be alone." Dependent Karen Page for @echospringshq loved by Ashley

[ofkarenpages]

"We are all lonely. I sometimes think that that is all that life is, we’re just… fighting not to be alone."  ― Karen Page, Daredevil 

It’s me, back again with another muse because I have absolutely no self control. Karen Page holds a special place in my heart and I forgot how much I missed her until I wrote her biography and began to look at her gif sets. I made a couple of changes between her canon life and her life in Echo Springs but she’s still the girl who cannot keep her nose out of trouble. 

Name: Karen Page Fandom: Daredevil / MCU tv FC: Deborah Ann Woll Age: 33 years old Pronouns: She/her Occupation: Waitress / Nurse for the Dregs

Biography: 

Karen’s childhood comes in bits and pieces. She remembers the diner that her parents owned and the closet that she pretended was a rocket ship. She remembers wanting to be an astronaut. She remembers playing basketball as a kid and beating up the other boys in her neighborhood. There’s her brother Kevin and she remembers looking out for him. Then everything changes once her mother gets sick and dies a few months later. Karen decides to go to college for nursing to honor her mother. She still works at the diner with her father on the weekends to keep everything up and running. It isn’t long before she’s burnt out, meets the wrong guy, and begins to rely on drugs and alcohol to get her through the days. The death of her brother is a blur and Karen spirals more until she’s kicked out of the nursing program weeks before graduating. Echo Springs is supposed to be a fresh start. She distances herself from her father, her ex-boyfriend, and the town that caused so much grief. She gets a job as a waitress at the local diner, but trouble seems to follow her. That, or she’s unable to keep her nose out of it. It isn’t long before she’s illegally nursing for the local gang in town; patching up their wounds and putting her nose where it doesn’t belong.

Memories: 

Driving with her brother in the car while intoxicated. Flipping the car and killing her brother on impact. The guilt. Her father kicking her out of the only home she’s ever known.

Being kidnapped right outside of her apartment. Shooting Wesley point blank after he underestimated her. The blood on her skin.

Nights at a shitty bar with her friends. The beer that was watered down. Laughing at jokes that aren’t truly funny. Feeling like she belongs somewhere.

[karazoreldanvers]

❛ It’s not, strictly speaking, legal. ❜ || @ofkarenpages​

Kara’s eyes widened a bit at the comment. Karen had come to her with a hint of a story and Kara was the one willing to look into it. But now, things were getting fuzzy in the legal department. Kara took a deep breath before replying. “Just how illegal are you talking?” she asked. “No one would get hurt, right?”

[ofkarenpages]

Sometimes Karen was sure that she’d been some sort of journalist in her past life. She had the knack for danger and she always put her nose where it didn’t belong. Perhaps that was always why she found herself in some sort of trouble. The story that she brought to Kara was...risky, but weren’t the best ones always dangerous? “Only a little bit,” Karen replied vaguely with a shrug of her shoulders. “No, I don’t think anyone will get hurt.” 

[kazofdirtyhands]

closed starter → @ofkarenpages​

Keeg weighed a ton, but Kaz was just grateful that the man was clothed from head to toe and was short and stocky, so no part of him touched Kaz’s skin. It had been bad enough when Gorka had gotten drunk and he’d had to carry him back to his apartment with Teapot. He’d been twelve, hadn’t bought gloves yet - he’d been able to avoid skin on skin back then, as much as possible, but that was the night it had gotten to be too much. When he’d had to choose between permanently covering his skin, or spending every moment in fear someone would touch him and he’d descend into sickness.

Gorka had been drunk that night, but tonight, alcohol wasn’t the culprit. Keeg had gotten a particularly bad knife to the side, and Kaz had every intention to call in the favor he’d intended to keep in his pocket for a little while longer - information about a certain nurse-to-be, whose drug and alcohol habits would make good leverage. 

He got into the little apartment building without much trouble, glad that it wasn’t a particularly great neighborhood and no one seemed to bat an eye at the man carrying a half-conscious man with him. He banged on the door with one gloved - and slightly bloodied fist, unable to pick the lock to the door when he had Keeg’s weight on him, ready to cash the information he had on Karen Page.

[ofkarenpages]

Her shift at the diner had been early. She’d had to deal with the breakfast crowd and the diner always seemed to be the busiest in the mornings. People were grumpy without their coffee. That was something that never changed. Back in her home town, she remembered people griping about getting their coffee in her family’s diner too. Before she knew it, her shift was over and the blonde didn’t hesitate to head home immediately. There wasn’t much else on her to do list. She’d just gone grocery shopping the day before and the fridge was stocked. Karen clocked out and headed back to her apartment. 

The late afternoon passed without much fanfare. She watched the news. She ate some takeout and ignored the groceries in her fridge that sat judging her. Karen wasn’t sure when she passed out on the couch, but she startled when there was a pounding on her door. What time was it and who the hell was at her door? 

Knowing her .380 was where she could reach it, the blonde rubbed her eyes, before getting up to answer the door. When she found a man holding up another on the other side, she rose an eyebrow. What the hell? “I think you have the wrong apartment,” Karen muttered, her eyes narrowing at the both of them. 

[ofkarenpages]

💗💋

sex + romance headcanons

💗 Has my muse ever been in love?

If you asked teenage Karen, she would say yes, of course. She loved her ex-boyfriend. Looking back, she knows that it was just puppy love. It wasn’t real love. At this point in her life, she isn’t sure that true love exists. If it does, she hasn’t found it yet. 

💋 How many people has my muse slept with?

Karen has slept with a handful of people in her life. She’s had 2 serious boyfriends and then 3-4 one night stands over the years. 

[ofkarenpages]

👎 Would my muse ever cheat on their partner?

sex + romance headcanons

Her initial answer is no, of course not. Karen grew up watching her parents who had a very strong relationship. They were devoted to each other and to their business and family. It was sort of idyllic. She hasn't cheated in any of her relationships thus far, but she can't say yes or no until it were to come down to it.

[batwan-deactivated20220318]

Women of The Defenders → Karen Page

[ofkarenpages]

@ravenzinthos​​ + echo springs public library

Karen couldn’t remember the last time that she’d stepped foot inside a library. It was certainly before she’d moved to Echo Springs. Probably when she was attending college and looking for somewhere quiet to study. Back when her focus was on the nursing program and not on something else entirely. Her father and the family diner had been a large distraction. It was difficult to study within the diner because she was often serving the people who walked in on a whim. After her brother’s death, studying was the last thing on her mind. Then, it wasn’t long before she no longer had a reason to study. 

Today, she didn’t plan on studying. She was looking for a book on medical procedures. Something to brush up her knowledge. Something to help make her useful. Karen walked into the public library and immediately felt overwhelmed, her eyes flickering around the large stacks of books. “Shit,” she swore under her breath, “How is anyone supposed to find anything in here?” 

[noturweaponx23]

Location Prompts

made my own meme inspired by this one

LOCATIONS PROMPTS.

Send a number for a starter at that location or send [RANDOM] for a randomly generated location for a starter.

the church of greater echo area

the echo diner

a coffeeshop

echo springs public library

an abandoned house

an alleyway at two in the morning

the town docks

echo springs university

an empty parking lot

springs lounge & bar

the emergency room of echo springs hospital

on a fire escape

the side of the highway on the edge of town

outside the police department

the movie theatre

a graveyard

the edge of the forest

echo park

the gas station

the town square

[ofkarenpages]

tag drop !! 

[stormbun]

What is it, to be a hero? Look in the mirror, and you’ll know. Look into your own eyes, and tell me you are not heroic. That you have not endured, or suffered, or lost the things you care about most… and yet, here you are. A survivor of Hell’s Kitchen, the hottest place anyone’s ever known. A place where cowards don’t last long, so… you must be a hero. We all are.

FEMALE AWESOME MEME » [5/5] non-warrior characters: Karen Page

[sbidey]

karen page and her constantly distracting hair