just as a clarification here: i do not condone stalker behavior, especially thinking that it's romantic or sexy. i'm just saying that foggy's behavior was understandable (from a friend perspective! not even from a romantic one!) because karen was sneaking around, acting incredibly weirdly, etc. you gotta remember that the circumstances of karen's release was based purely on the fact that foggy and matt were able to poke holes in the corrupt police force's reasoning for keeping her locked up in the first place.
logically? even if karen isn't considered a target anymore, i'd be similarly worried about her (which would also explain why foggy was following her around with not only a softball but an entire bat, jesus christ foggy. he figured she was in significant enough danger that he might actually have to crack some heads with it). i mean sure, it's totally normal for karen to feel weirded out by the fact that her boss is trailing behind her with a weapon but i just can't really fault foggy on that since he seems like the type to give himself an ulcer worrying over people.
there is one thing that i will absolutely fault foggy on, though, and that's the fact that he doesn't understand how dangerous it is to be a woman in new york city, god love him. that conversation he has with karen in the bar where she says "i just see dark corners" and he replies with something along the lines of "but not everything is out to get you? look at these surly ex-cons sitting around, they're actually good people"? terrible. you don't tell a woman who feels uncomfortable in the city after hours that sort of thing. and later on when foggy says "did you know karen carries mace on her keychain? sometimes i worry about her": no shit, dude, most women over the age of 17 carry pepper spray or mace because they have to. most girls leaving for college get pepper spray from their parents because they need it.
overall? i think foggy doesn't really realize that some of the things he says or does can be construed as creepy or oblivious because he doesn't know what it's like to be walking the streets of new york as a woman, y'know? i think it's just that the stuff he does is out of good intentions but he just doesn't know.
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logically? even if karen isn't considered a target anymore, i'd be similarly worried about her (which would also explain why foggy was following her around with not only a softball but an entire bat, jesus christ foggy. he figured she was in significant enough danger that he might actually have to crack some heads with it). i mean sure, it's totally normal for karen to feel weirded out by the fact that her boss is trailing behind her with a weapon but i just can't really fault foggy on that since he seems like the type to give himself an ulcer worrying over people.
there is one thing that i will absolutely fault foggy on, though, and that's the fact that he doesn't understand how dangerous it is to be a woman in new york city, god love him. that conversation he has with karen in the bar where she says "i just see dark corners" and he replies with something along the lines of "but not everything is out to get you? look at these surly ex-cons sitting around, they're actually good people"? terrible. you don't tell a woman who feels uncomfortable in the city after hours that sort of thing. and later on when foggy says "did you know karen carries mace on her keychain? sometimes i worry about her": no shit, dude, most women over the age of 17 carry pepper spray or mace because they have to. most girls leaving for college get pepper spray from their parents because they need it.
overall? i think foggy doesn't really realize that some of the things he says or does can be construed as creepy or oblivious because he doesn't know what it's like to be walking the streets of new york as a woman, y'know? i think it's just that the stuff he does is out of good intentions but he just doesn't know.