I just realized that in the pilot for Knights of Guinevere, the scene with the girls at the claw machine is Frankie’s memory of the event.
This explains why it takes place in a dark void: all that exists is what was important to Frankie. Herself, Andi, her hacking device, and the claw machine with plushies.
And the Princess.
Which also means that the audience is seeing Frankie’s perception of Guinevere here.
Which… doesn’t alway match other what other people are seeing.
It’s obvious that Frankie and Andi didn’t meet just any Guinevere gynoid that day.
They met the Gwen, broken and tortured, on one of her brief escapes.
Which is why Frankie needed to fix her glitching finger.
(potentially, that specific finger is the only one missing on the remaining hand in the current day because Olivia realized someone else had fixed Guinevere, and removed it in anger or because it had become “tainted” by another’s hand)
This would also explain why that memory is so strangely significant to Frankie.
Now, the question remains if Frankie’s perception of reality is linked to Gwen specifically (i.e. they share a visual perception), is just influenced by Gwen but there is a connection between the two, or only coincidentally similar to Gwen (as in, based in Frankie’s love of fantasy and not connected to Gwen at all)…
(based on the pilot, I’m currently headcanoning thar Frankie would have hallucinations regardless of her connection to Guinevere, either from trauma or disorder based reasons. however, because of her specific brain issues she is able to form this connection, which brings her psychotic perceptions in line with the reality Gwen creates to cope with her own trauma)
