vietnam cat

when frank, sitting on lisa's grave, says, "I think maybe you were with me today, baby," because he saved that little girl and she was kind to him without judgment - imo there is a heavy parallel with karen and maria. obviously, that she wears his sweater in the hallucination confirms that he has felt maria's presence through her whether he faces it or not. its strong enough to snap him out of a spiral and do what needs to be done. also, his hallucination of karen comforting him by reminding him that she is "always here" is almost a torturous self-admission on frank's part. its not the person of karen actually there to promise she will always be there - or even wishful thinking that she would - its just a fact that she is ever present in his psyche. frank castle's mind is saturated by a small handful of things and karen page is one of them.