I think part of Matt's odd friendship with Frank is that he understands exactly where Frank is coming from. All versions of Matt lost his father violently which means the empathy flows freely when it comes to Frank's family. But Matt also understands that isn't just about losing the people you love and who loved you back; it's about the fires of rage that those deaths lit under both of them and the lengths it drives them to. Matt found a decent way to channel that in his law work but Frank was only ever a soldier and he didn't have Matt's youth and adaptability when the wife and kids died. So on that level the partnership works - Matt can't bring himself to turn Frank away and Frank can't leave the only kindred spirit that he's ever found. (I mean, I read The Omega Drive too and I know Frank has a sidekick/partner in that one but she leaves. Matt would never do that to Frank, at least not while they're on the job. Which brings me to my next point...)
I've thought for a while that Matt is really Frank's overworked and underappreciated Work Wife. "Fraaaank I told you to bring rubber bullets for this one!" "Oh fer Christ's sake Matty it's always somethin' with you!"
If these two were to actually start courting it would be something like out of an 80s movie. Frank is that guy who pulls up on his motorcycle in front of the house at three in the morning and calls Matt out. "You comin' out altar boy?"
"My father told me about you Frank Castle! I know what kind of a man you are!"
"Yeah. But are you comin' out?"
And Matt scuttles down the drain pipe and snuggles up behind Frank in under a minute. For some reason he's wearing shoes imagine that!!!!
Re: Matt/Frank: How plausible is it really?
I think part of Matt's odd friendship with Frank is that he understands exactly where Frank is coming from. All versions of Matt lost his father violently which means the empathy flows freely when it comes to Frank's family. But Matt also understands that isn't just about losing the people you love and who loved you back; it's about the fires of rage that those deaths lit under both of them and the lengths it drives them to. Matt found a decent way to channel that in his law work but Frank was only ever a soldier and he didn't have Matt's youth and adaptability when the wife and kids died. So on that level the partnership works - Matt can't bring himself to turn Frank away and Frank can't leave the only kindred spirit that he's ever found. (I mean, I read The Omega Drive too and I know Frank has a sidekick/partner in that one but she leaves. Matt would never do that to Frank, at least not while they're on the job. Which brings me to my next point...)
I've thought for a while that Matt is really Frank's overworked and underappreciated Work Wife. "Fraaaank I told you to bring rubber bullets for this one!" "Oh fer Christ's sake Matty it's always somethin' with you!"
If these two were to actually start courting it would be something like out of an 80s movie. Frank is that guy who pulls up on his motorcycle in front of the house at three in the morning and calls Matt out. "You comin' out altar boy?"
"My father told me about you Frank Castle! I know what kind of a man you are!"
"Yeah. But are you comin' out?"
And Matt scuttles down the drain pipe and snuggles up behind Frank in under a minute. For some reason he's wearing shoes imagine that!!!!