Kastle really taught me what it means to have an OTP - and I mean a literal "One True Pairing," not just one of a bunch of ships you ship that you all call OTP's like that "O" doesn't stand for something.
Every other thing I watch? In the back of my mind I'm low-key mulling over how Kastle would fit in it as an AU.
Every other thing Deb & Jon do? I sit and think about how Kastle would fit in those other things, or how their characters from different projects could ship together as a slant on Kastle.
Every other romance I consume? I sit there and read or listen how this couple is so into each other when they've barely gotten to know each other that they'll sacrifice everything for each other and feel that it rings hollow, because their attraction basically boils down to straight beauty or sexual attraction, not a real emotional connection between two isolated people who have endured horrifying losses and blamed themselves for them, then - against all odds - found kindred spirits in each other that they can't stand not to pull out of whatever hell they find themselves in.
I'm inspired by how Frank & Karen would handle real world events (admittedly sometimes one more than the other). They're a comfort when everything feels like it's going to hell. I think about them every day even when I'm too busy or distracted to really be in the fandom and it's been years since their shows ended. They are so complex and nuanced and can be taken a hundred different ways and still work. Basically, they ruin everything else, which is fine because they're enough all by themselves.
