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from the writers to the producers to the actors to those fandom accounts farming engagement off every little interaction… i’m tired of everyone involved in this nonsense dynamic.

and no i’m not apologizing for saying it.

so what exactly are we supposed to believe here?

why does karen always have to be the one calming frank down even in hallucination scenes? why does frank keep projecting his wife onto her? where is this even going? what is the point of this relationship narratively?

is the endgame supposed to be karen leaving matt for her “real impossible love” frank? frank screaming every 2 episodes while karen stands there trying to emotionally regulate him?

like okay. enough already.

fisk losing it and killing everyone in his way absolutely terrified me again, that man is ruthless. but honestly, i’m fine with them making a deal again. i get that matt, no matter what, refuses to kill or let people be killed. it’s just so him.

and the indian restaurant scene?? okay i won’t even deny that i teared up. seeing them talk and giggle like that was amazing, it’s exactly the karedevil i have in my head. i was lowkey expecting a proposal at the end but i’m not gonna be negative about it lol, maybee we’ll just see them already marriied in s3 who knows…. i’m just so happy we got another "i love you" and that door detail? chef’s kiss. 😍

also, luke and jess are such a cute family

no fucking way… i’m not okay

what WAS that karen this episode??? her anger, hesitation… that whole war going on inside her, i could literally feel it. when she said she still has nightmares about wesley??? and then still completely losing it when dex said foggy’s name… like that was so real, so human it actually hurt

and matt… after he knocked the gun out of her hand, that breakdown??? the way she started crying??? after holding it together for so long and then just having nothing left in their hands… the exhaustion, hopelessness… god

oh my god just give DAW ALL the awards allready

also… i’ve really missed foggy. his energy completely shifts the tone of the show in the flashbacks. the contrast is actually pretty striking- it almost feels like two different shows at times. the lighting, locations, dialogue length, camera work, even the way the internal conflicts are handled all feel noticeably different.

i have nothing to say about vanessa drinking pineapple juice or buck’s backstory.

anyway, i’m really curious to see karen yelling at matt in the next episode.

AND WE FINALLY GOT THE “I LOVE YOU”!!! From Matt!!! For the first time!!!

Karen’s soft little excitement?? i’m done. the way matt said it; no fear, no hesitation, just completely honest… and Karen feeling that, being sure of him and answering without holding back… yeah, i’m not recovering from this.

I was literally smiling like an idiot, breathing with them, just sitting there like “okay… this is it”

and thank you for giving us a scene that was just theirs ; uncut, complete and honestly… the fact that it was unexpected made it hit even harder.

in DdBAs2, the first scene where matt and karen are together again- when matt comes out of the river and returns to josie’s- starts so well. it’s soft, warm, building… and then it just cuts. we don’t get to see what comes next. i really wish that after 10 years, they had given them longer, more meaningful scenes.

the training scene is probably my favorite because for once it actually focuses on just them. you can feel nelson, murdock & page again.

and that walking scene from the set photos last year??? the one where they leave holding hands after getting a call? yeah… basically gone. either cut completely or reduced to a few seconds with awkward transitions where you can barely see anything. that was one of the most anticipated moments for fans and it just… isn’t there.

the coffee scene in episode 2 was fine, at least it wasn’t painfully short. but the dance scene… i’m still not over that. it was in the trailer, marvel even posted edits of it and in the actual episode it lasts maybe two seconds. i really wanted to sit with that moment, see it properly. it just feels wasted.

i did like the conversation before the dance but cutting it with fisk and vanessa felt unnecessary. the transitions were messy, even the audio was overlapping at times.

the megaphone scene; where matt gets overwhelmed and drops,  could’ve been so much more impactful. you can tell it affected his senses but it’s rushed through so quickly that it barely lands.

indian restaurant scene was genuinely great, i loved the setup. but then again, the hug is shot from such a bad angle and it’s so dark you can barely even see matt. if it wasn’t for Charlie’s voice - that shaky “where were you” - the emotional weight wouldn’t even come through properly.

at this point i’m convinced there were longer, more dialogue-heavy, more physically intimate versions of these scenes written and filmed, and for some reason they just chose not to include them.

that’s the part that really makes this frustrating.

their scenes are so short, constantly cut off, or interrupted by action. and when they do talk, it’s always about plans, fisk, cases — never about them.

and i get it. shorter episodes, a lot going on. but you cannot convince me there’s time for fisk’s weird propaganda videos every episode, and not enough time to show two people who’ve been apart for so long actually reconnecting.

like… where is the first real hug after months?

where is the first night they spend together?

where is the conversation where they finally sit down and talk about everything — what they went through, what it did to them?

i wanted to see them break. i wanted to see them be vulnerable. even a simple flashback — something that shows the weight of their longing, the way they missed each other, emotionally and physically.

because right now, it just feels glossed over.

and that’s the frustrating part. matt and karen have always been a slow burn — built on suppressed feelings, shared pain, and that quiet pull toward each other. but here, you have to work to see it. you have to read between the lines. and most viewers won’t.

and they shouldn’t have to.

without those grounded, emotional moments, their relationship just doesn’t land the way it should.

and then you add frank, and elektra coming back, and suddenly everything feels even more scattered. it becomes harder and harder for people to actually believe in matt and karen as a couple.

i really hope the remaining episodes prove me wrong. i want to be wrong.

because i love them. i love their dynamic, their chemistry, their story.