Deborah Ann Woll As Karen Page Daredevil: Born Again, S01E09

He is, father

Ms Woll herself just decided to start a lil ship war over on twitter so, go vote if any of you still have accounts on that hellscape app.

So I wrote fanfiction for the first time in almost two years (not traught sorry guys 🥲) but I’ve been obsessed with the Kastle ship for years and after seeing Frank and Karen back on my screen the obsession is full force. So please check out my first ever Kastle fic!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65127175

One of my favorite things about this season is the quiet moments between Frank and Karen. There are just some really beautiful scenes between them.

WOLL: One of our favorite moments is in one of the very first scenes, when she hugs him, out of the blue. I liked that because, in reading the first two episodes, you’ve been through so much and learned so much about all of the horrible things that have happened to him that by that moment, the audience wants to give him a hug. You want to reach out to him and be like, “It’s okay! You don’t have to kill!” I liked that, in that moment, I could speak for the audience. I could reach out and treat him like a human being, in a way that a lot of the rest of the world won’t. [x]

i'm really intrigued by how bad frank is doing. he had the 'hipster' look going, he's taking some kind of prescription pills, now that he's shaved we can see he looks older and really worn down, he's extra impatient with matt when they talk, and his fighting style was focused way more on brutality than previous fights where we saw him being a lot more tactical and efficient. this man is straight up not having a good time without karen

This is franks declaration of love, he wants the favor to mean something, his version of 'as you wish'

Extremely sad puppy dog eyes as a bonus

Karen Page in Daredevil season 3 feat Frank Castle

Still kinda crazy how kastle is this completely unplanned ship that was brought to life by the chemistry of Jon and Deb, and became so popular to where it's now in a love triangle with the comicbook canon ship. That's insane. And how? Before dd:ba, it was **mostly** subtext and tension; loaded looks, heavy silences, things not said and pure unadulterated yearning... And it's crazier when you remember that despite the emotional depth, Karen and Frank actually share a few scenes together compared to the other ships. But with those few scenes, they created a very compelling dynamic and forged a bond so layered and deep, so complex and emotionally intense that you forget they haven't really had much time together. We actually get to see their connection build on raw honesty, recognition, respect, darkness, and their willingness to just sacrifice for each other and it's undeniable. And the show runners saw all that and were smart enough to get with the program and recognize it in canon, endgame or not.

Honestly, major props to Jon and Deborah cos not many actors can do so much with only subtext and so little screen time together. With a few scenes and acting restrictions (they couldn't even kiss, their kiss scene was cut), they delivered on "show, don't tell". That's some A+ talent. They really did that. I'm awed.

On when did Frank started falling in love with Karen.

I wonder at point the realisation hit him, when did he finally choose to acknowledge it. Because to be honest I don't even think denial was an option for him, it seemed like the smoothest fall ever, I can't pinpoint when it happend since he goes puppy mode the second he sees her.

I often think of how that troubled him, probably disgusted him as it certainly felt like a betrayal to Maria, as the "human/emotions" part of him, he associated to her and their family, it was reserved to them only and to see him processing that would've been so interesting.

Karen has been a constant in his life for nearly a decade now, regardless of how little they've communicated during that time, his reaction/dedication to her hasn't lessend in the least. It's quite the contrary seeing as he ran to her the second she called.

He tried in his way to extend an olive branch only to be turned down, understandably, but I'd like have an insight of his mindstate/feelings and how they affected him and how he dealt with the loneliness of his choices.

The art of conversation

Kastle have a CRAZY amount of non explicit love confessions. They're so embarrassingly incapable of hiding it. Incapable of being normal about each other ever.

It is genuinely embarrassing that they cannot contain themselves, at all. Like, absolutely zero control of removing the love from their faces. Mortifying behavior lolol