"The Most Terrible Loneliness Is Not The Kind That Comes From Being Alone, But The Kind That Comes From

Put me in a room with Deborah Ann Woll and Jon Bernthal I need to know which one came up with the idea of Kastle having each other's phone number first

good morning is it 2026 yet

Not to be a High School English teacher on main but:

His heart beat faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips’ touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete.

And I think it describes at least one of the reasons that Frank keeps pulling back right where Karen is ready to kiss him. We know that he feels like he’s dangerous to be around and he wants her to be safe and believes that means being not anywhere near him. We know that he feels like he is supposed to be dead, shouldn’t move on from his family’s murder and specifically from still seeing himself as married to his dead wife. But I also think that he’s terrified to kiss Karen because he knows that it will change him if he lets her in.

Right now his grief is effectively a super power: he’s driven, reckless, accepts no rules but those of his own heart/internal compass. No one can stop him because he’s a dead man walking. But if he lets Karen in, lets her breath new life into him, he will be a living breathing man again with something to lose. He is terrified to be human like that again.

(Not that he’s not already being impacted by this: he does care what she thinks, he does experience the panic of impending loss when she’s threatened. But he’s trying, so hard, not to let that transform him.)

As a bonus, we know that Frank and Karen both read that book (every high school student in the United States was assigned it in 11th grade at the time they were teenagers and there is evidence that both of them actually did their English class readings).

So it’s entirely possible that Frank might even make that connection for himself. They could even argue about it (I don’t think Karen would appreciate being compared to Daisy, even if that’s not actually the point Frank was trying to make).

that one hurt his feelings

love when fictional men are so devoted to their partner it makes them dangerous and insane. very slutty behavior keep it up king

Just here to remind everyone that Frank is Karen's emergency contact.

That's it. That's the post.

matt had to pack a box of foggy's things. he had to run his fingers over the avocados at law desk nameplate and put it away forever. that's enough now. give foggy nelson back. matt murdock's suffering knows no true bounds but that's enough.

It says a lot—a lot, a lot—that Karen and Frank didn’t get closer than a couple feet from each other this whole episode. The chemistry is too strong and would’ve blown up the “triangle” once and for all, let’s be honest here.

I'll be damned if this rewatch hasn't made me into a Matt/Elektra shipper

And just to be clear: this is a rewatch, so I know she's going to be revived.

Bonus points to Kastle bits:

a flirty banter between frank and karen must involve being held at gunpoint, being shot at and actually taking a bullet or two so they can laugh about it over coffee.