#KEEF THE THIEF

[masturbatress]

Neil Druckmann's view on generative AI _is_ very much in line with Naughty Dog's style of games, relying on production luster and unoriginal stitchjob writing.

[tam--lin]

Books For People Who Liked Leverage and White Collar

I've always been a big non-fiction reader, and I'm particularly fond of frauds, scams, and white collar crime. Ever since I finished White Collar last year, I've been meaning to pull together a collection of related books. As you'll quickly learn if you dive into this list, the truth is often wilder than fiction. (A lot more FBI agents yelling FUCK YOU!! at each other across board room tables, for one thing.)

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Category #1: Stand Outs and All-Time Favorites

Bad Blood reads like a thriller, and I genuinely mean that. It's gripping, it's incredible reporting, it's just a jaw-dropping story. Theranos was one of the biggest corporate frauds in history, and Carreyrou masterfully details its rise and fall. Not to spoil what could be considered the book's big twist, but there's no one better to write it, either.

Empire of Pain is also masterful reporting by a well-regarded journalist, but it leans more family drama than thriller. This details the personal machinations that helped create the opioid crisis in America. [Leverage: Redemption 1x1, which IIRC was actually written before the Met removed the Sackler name from their exhibits. Also goes well paired with The Fall Of The House Of Usher.]

Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks is a collection of Radden Keefe's writing for The New Yorker. It explores wine crime (Leverage 5x13 and White Collar 1x12 directly draw from this), a passionate defense attorney, whistle blowers, hit men, and international organized crime. While I recommend the book, much of this content is available for free at newyorker dot com / contributors / patrick-radden-keefe (you can use paywallreader dot com to legally get around the paywall).

Number Go Up moves quickly and is full of fascinating characters and unexpected celebrity cameos. You've got your cringe rappers, your coke-on-a-yacht billionaires, your Harry Potter rationalist poly cult. Seriously, I wish I could read this again for the first time.

Category #2: Odd, "Cozy", Strange

The Feather Thief covers a unique crime by a 20-year-old obsessed with fly fishing.

The Art Thief tells the story of Stéphane Bréitwieser, the most prolific art thief of all time. He stole during the day, from museums full of people, again and again - over 200 times, in fact. He kept his treasures in his bedroom. A fascinating portrait of a strange criminal.

Category #3: Grab Bag

Including stuff that's more adjacent to the topic but still of interest, books I got part way through, and books that are still on my TBR.

Chickenshit Club I'm part way through and enjoying, Never Split the Difference is GREAT and includes lots of true hostage negotiating stories, Fancy Bear Goes Phishing I couldn't get into but that could be because I don't need two pages of text explaining what a string is. (I'm planning on giving it another go.)

Anansi's Gold and The Corporation are both on my TBR; Con Queen of Hollywood is a riveting con story for the first half but gets a little bogged down in biography in the second half.

The Confidence Game is on my TBR and is a classic of the genre, Molly's Game is one of my partner's favorite books, and The Gospel Of Wellness does a great job at exposing how scammy the entire wellness industry is.

Genuinely there are SO many more books I could have included, and I might do another post at some point. Some books were left off intentionally, because I didn't care for them or because another book did it better. Some books were left off simply because my white collar/fraud/cons TBR is extensive and I can't include everything! And some were left off simply because I don't know about them. I'm always looking for quality non-fiction - please do share any related recommendations in the notes.

[myfairkatiecat]

KOTLC White collar au part 4: Sophie!!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64480303

Summary:

Sophie still remembers how she and Keefe got together. She remembers the way for the first year of their relationship, she hadn't even known his real name. She'd thought he was someone he wasn't. It wasn't until they lost everything that she learned he was a con artist. She learned his real name was Keefe Sencen. She learned he was a thief, a forger, and a liar. But even through it all, he swore he loved her, and Sophie believed him, because she loved him too. Now, for the sake of both their safety, she needs to recover something he stole a long time ago. But circrumstances have torn them apart, and Sophie is running out of ways to reach her criminal boyfriend. (White collar au: Sophie's side of the mystery)

Tag List

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[thebestsencen]

Why did you have Mrs. Stinkbottom once in your bedroom?? Hm??

Are you a thief??

You already robbed Keefe of a decent childhood and now you wanna steal his stuffed animals too?? One of the few things that bring him joy and comfort??

Were you jealous that it was given to him by Elwin?? Keefe’s REAL dad -_-

Hm?? Were you??

What do you mean? Who is 'Mrs. Stinkbottom'? I've never heard of her. Oh, wait, a stuffed animal? Keefe sleeps with one of those? Childish.

Uhh...Elwin..? fuck I barely know the healer. I don't see why I would feel any sort of jealousy, after all I have seen Elwin give out a variety of stuffed animals to many people. It obviously isn't a special thing.

[taylorswiftfostersitagain]

my schools lowkey crazy but f it we ball✌️

“What doesn’t kill your eligibility makes you stronger.” - Biana

“I don’t wanna go to court, bro!” - Sophie

“Harry Potter’s cooked, bro! His son hates him!” - Keefe

“I don’t know my lefts and rights!” - Dex

“My husband’s a thief, you crapper!” - Keefe

“Watch this Master Class performance.” - Dex

“You had to be funny in six seconds to be famous on vine.” - Sophie

“Oh, it actually is illegal.” - Sophie

“My thing is, I hate everyone.” - Tam

“Hashtag women in men’s fields!” - Biana

“That’s ‘cause I’m regular, what’s wrong with you?” - Fitz

“As the saying goes: Figure it out yourself.” - Marella

“Maybe he threw out his back jumping on a mattress.” - Linh

“It says it was made by me but my name is spelled wrong.” - Dex

[crymeariveronceagain]

Keefe, texting Alvar: I’m a theif. Alvar: Thief. Keefe: Theif. Alvar: I before E except after C. Keefe: Thceif. Alvar: NO.

[when-wax-wings-melt]

Sokeefe Week 2024 Prompts!

Sokeefe Week begins on January 1st and ends on January 7th, but creations will still be accepted and compiled for months after the date!

Prompts:

Day One: Royalty

This is a good day for soldier/poet/king in any combination, if you are so inclined. Thief, rebellion, bodyguard/knight, servant, arranged marriage/alliance, ball/cotillion/coronation, whatever you please!

Day Two: Escape/Return

Maybe Keefe is running away, or maybe you’re exploring a swap where Sophie does instead. Maybe it’s literal, or maybe they’re finding an escape in each other, or something else. Secret hideouts, Unlocked/Stellarlune fix-it, prison break, breakup/second chance, anything you want! Escape can be about running away, cowardice, terror, or acceptance. It’s about leaving, but can also be about coming back.

Day Three: Meet-Cute

First date (blind date?) or coffeeshop au, maybe their friends introduce them in college or school or work, same class first day of school, or even a rewrite of the canon first meeting?

Day Four: Enemies

Rivals in school or work, competing cafes or stores or businesses, opposites attract, born and altered and raised to hate, Neverseen vs Black Swan... you could probably slip some soulmate action in here too.

Day Five: Lies/Truth

Think about foundations. This is a good day to explore childhood, confessions, and secrets— all of which Keefe and Sophie have in multitude. Tearful or sweet or angry, this day can be about broken promises and kept ones. Growth and stagnation: two things that very clearly define our lovely ship.

Day Six: Fix-It

Is there a scene in canon that doesn’t fit? The characters don’t feel right, the scene is slightly off, the situation isn’t realistic? This could apply to any time Sophie and Keefe have a scene together or any time they didn’t: what can you change to explore new possibilities?

Day Seven: Free Day

Whatever you didn’t do before, do now! The possibilities are endless: soulmates, tattoo artist/flowershop, artist/musician, nightmares/dreams, cowboys, mermaids/pirates, mythology au, historical au, crossover fic, injuries, healing, dragons/shapeshifting, switched bodies or abilities, human au, college roommates, and anything else that comes to mind!

Guidelines:

Tag your host when you create writing, art, animatics, poetry, gifs, aesthetics, moodboards, songs, playlists, or anything that happens to inspire you! Tag the post with #sokeefe week 2024

Take the time you need to complete the prompts, no matter what the “dates” are!

Reminder: The prompts and ideas are suggestions, not constraints. Go wild!

[the-way-astray]

a ballad of keefe and stria

cuz I don’t have the energy to write an entire fic rn

There once was an elf named keefe

Of many a heart he was a thief

But could never find one that gave him life

til he realised ‘twas the one that gave him strife

Sit back and relax as you read the tale of striefe

They met at school, foxfire

and in his heart she did start a fire

not just a fire but arson

in his thoughts, distortion

but all he felt from her was ire

to be continued…

this is actually good. unfortunately, it’s about strieefe, so . . . 6/10

[librarycards]

I didn’t do as much reading as I wished this year, but the best books for the year are Between Two Fires by Beuhlman and The Great Mortality by Kelly

WHOA ok between two fires is on my tbr but very much not my typical fare but i'll try!!

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke

The Child Thief by Brom

[lotusishere]

Try: from the lightning thief the musical but imagine Sophie and her friends.

“The weight of the worlds on my shoulders,

Like atlas is crushing me down,

We’re not brave, we’re not strong, weren’t not soldiers,

My heart is just a drum and damn does it pound. “

Don’t tell me this doesn’t sound like Sophie and Keefe trying to talk one another to keep going.

Sigh

[myfairkatiecat]

KOTLC white collar au part 1!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63934537

Summary:

“I wish I knew what his game was,” Fitz said, gritting his teeth. “He serves most of his sentence, then breaks out, then lets himself get caught again, and now he wants to be my CI? What is he playing at?” Keefe Sencen is the talented forger and thief that FBI agent Fitz Vacker finally caught almost four years ago. Now, Keefe is hoping for a deal between the two of them in which he uses his criminal expertise to help Fitz catch other criminals. Fitz is wary about trusting an infamous con artist such as Keefe, but there's something about the near-friendship between the agent and criminal—perhaps fate—that brings them into a shaky, distrustful partnership.

Tag List

@bookwormgirl123 @thatrandomlemononyourcounter1 @a-lil-rats-art @imobsessed123 @jedikeeper @randomity-101 @stunning-mess @lucentstarss @justalunaticfangirl @alaydabug2 @nowjumpinthewater @swans-chirping-in-the-distance @permanently-stressed @periwinkle-the-11th @personnotofintrest @aspenaspenaspenaspenaspen @sketchy-potato @theleopardstalker @2857142 @sharksinyourswimmingpool @lostwarllock @ohmygoly @sophieswundergarten @rosenightmares @the-oracle-at-delphinitely-not @f1gure-skater @cuethesolareclipse13 @thishumanformislimiting @blooky8 @sophiefostersno1stan @keefe--sencen @doodle-do-wop @ryasunshine @winterfireice @ase-worm-on-a-fandom @milo-igidk @daggernamedhope @iggydancebreak

[swans-chirping-in-the-distance]

KotLC and PJO- A Masterpost

Last Updated: August 2nd, 2024

Help from: @moonrose18 @labaguetteisdabest @awful-amatuer @queenpiranhadon @ad-woof @beautifulenemychild @yourtwistedlies @softmoonlightmelody @sabrine-bree-the-bravery @in-every-reality

PJO -> KotLC

Percy- Hydrokinetic because of his water abilities.

Annabeth- Talentless because she usually relies on her smarts and has expressed wishing she had abilities like the others.

Jason- Guster because of his wind control and Charger because of his electricity control.

Leo- Pyrokinetic because of his fire powers and Technopath because of his tech/ electronic control.

Piper- Beguiler because she can use her Charmspeak to make someone listen to her.

Hazel- Conjurer because of her summoning of jewels and Mesmer because of her use of the Mist and how she can affect what people see. Mesmers affect people's actions, and how Hazel can say "look at the wall" and suddenly there's a wall seems more Mesmer than Beguiler.

Frank- Phaser because they can change their form and Polyglot because they can speak ANYTHING.

Nico- Shade because he can control shadows.

Thalia- Charger because she can control electricity.

Reyna- Enhancer because she can enhance others' abilities.

Will- Flasher because he can light up (I think?? Not finished with the series.) He could do something like Elwin and use his Flasher abilities to be a doctor.

Grover- I have three options for him. A Gnome because of how much Satyrs love nature, a Telepath like Fitz since he found Percy like Fitz found Sophie, or a Hydrokinetic so he has the same ability as Percy when he finds him, which is what happened with Fitz and Sophie.

Rachel- Human aware of the elves' existence.

Tyson- Ogre because of Ogres (like Cyclops) being seen as monsters, and while some are, not all are.

Calypso- Descryer because of Ogygia's magic. Heroes (who, of course, have potential if they're heroes) wash up on shore.

Clarisse- Inflictor because of her abilities being able to cause pain on others (I think).

Juniper- Gnome because she's like a Wood Nymph or something so part tree or something like that like gnome are, or if she was to be an elf, then a Guster because it's the closest to an earthy ability.

Hylla- Telepath because of being a leader and Beguiler because of leading the Amazons (think of how they have their men).

Connor- Conjurer! You know, thief, conjurer.

Travis- Same as Connor.

Bianca- Shade because of being a daughter of Hades and Empath because it fits her vibe, and I just feel like she would be.

Ella- Dwarf because she gives Dwarf vibes.

Zoë- Psiniopath because of leading and protecting the Hunters.

Silena- Beguiler because of her possible Charmspeak and love magic.

Beckendorf- Technopath because of his tech and electronic abilities.

Festus- Two options: Technopath because he's literally a piece of tech and Pyrokinetic because he could breathe fire, or a Spectral Mirror like Vertina because he's not alive but he almost feels like it.

Drew- Beguiler because she Charmspeaks.

Meg- Four options: Conjurer because of her plant control, Teleporter because of her plant teleportation, Mesmer because of controlling Apollo, or Flasher because yes.

Chris- Conjurer. For fun. And also Hermes.

Luke- Conjurer!!

Katie- Guster is the closest to an Earthy ability.

Estelle- Human little sister of Percy's, like Amy is with Sophie.

KotLC -> PJO

Sophie- Two options: Ares because she starts out looking weak but turns out very strong and has many abilities that would make her terrifying to fight or Zeus because she's a natural leader and her Inflicting looks a lot like lightning.

Fitz- Three options: Aphrodite child because of how the Vackers are perceived, descendant of Venus because of how his whole family is beautiful and charming, or a satyr since he found Sophie like Grover found Percy.

Biana- Same as Fitz, or maybe Iris because of her vanishing.

Keefe- Four options: Hermes because he gives off the vibes, Ares because he's good with weapons, Apollo because he's artsy and bold, or Athena because he's an Empath and can read people.

Dex- Hephaestus kid because of his tech.

Tam- Pluto at Camp Jupiter because their strictness reminds me of Exilium and he's a shade.

Linh- Poseidon (sometimes you can have twins with different parents, albeit rare).

Marella- Hephaestus kid because she would be a Firestarter.

Wylie- Apollo kid (Flasher).

Maruca- The same as Wylie because Psiniopath's make light force fields.

Stina- Hermes vibes, but also Athena because she reads and is an Empath like Keefe.

Amy- Oracle because she isn't an elf, so she wouldn't be a demigod.

Jensi- Unclaimed because he's Talentless.

Rayni- Two options: Apollo like Wylie or Hecate. She joins the Neverseen (A.K.A. the bad guys) and in this universe, the bad guys are people like Luke. It makes more sense for her to be a child of a minor god than someone as important as Apollo. She also gives off Hecate vibes.

Jolie- Either Pluto like Hazel because she conjures things, Aphrodite because she's flirtatious and pretty, or Iris because it fits her vibe.

Rex- The same as the Song twins with the twin-god thing. He's the oldest triplet and Unclaimed because he's Talentless.

Lex- Either Poseidon because he has frost powers (and Khione doesn't have kids) or Hermes because he feels like a Hermes child. He's the youngest triplet.

Bex- Ares middle daughter triplet because I said so, and also, she's a Phaser like Frank.

Alvar- Actually Biana and Fitz's half-sibling. He's a kid of Hermes and a forgotten child. Think of how he has to try to look good.

Fernan- Hermes because yes, Mars because he's a Phaser, or Apollo because Jensi could feel in his brother's shadow.

Brant- Hephaestus because Pyrokinetic.

Vertina- Either a Harpy because it feels right, or if she were a demigod, Aphrodite because her whole thing is makeup.

Ruy- Phoebus (Roman Apollo) because he's a Psiniopath and uses light.

Gethen- Athena because he's a Telepath.

Trix- Jupiter because of his wind abilities.

Umber- Pluto because of her shadows.

Ro- Bellona because ogres are all about war.

Sandor- Mars because goblins are raised for war.

Grizel- Bellona (not Mars; she's dating Sandor).

Lovise- Mars.

Woltzer- Mars underdog who gets bossed around by Sandor.

Bo- Mars (married to Ro).

Flori- Descendant of Ceres (Roman Demeter) because she's a gnome. Calla and Yuri and the others are her family.

Nubiti- Trivia (Roman Hecate). Feels about right.

Brielle- Bellona, trained for war.

Cadoc- Mars I guess.

Tarina- Mars because Minerva doesn't have kids.

Eleanor- Mortal with sight vibes.

Cad- Mars??

[ruthimages]

[night-zaveri]

Golden Inferno

Home was a thing that the golden child never understood. He never knew right from wrong, boy from girl, happy from sad, bravery from arrogance. So how did she get this name, the golden child? He gained it on the worst day of her life. Slow, was her brothers death, and how he watched in desperation as her kin was slowly deprived of function. Never had them lived in a house. Never had them known the love of a parent. And so because of this, Death took its pity and gave the brother home in the afterlife. One one side, he was glad; no longer would his brother have to starve. Yet on the other, she was afraid. No one had taken them in, who would dare waste their time on a scavenger? The golden child found the answer on the same day. Bandits are ruthless people. Harsh. Cold. Merciless. But it would appear one missed the memo. As the town the golden child had suffered in for so long finally razed in an inferno, a stranger found the child, desperately scouring for food within the rubble. And the poor child, having finally been liberated by a golden flame, pleaded to the stranger, begging for him to take her life. And oh how the thief denied denied him. Instead the thief decided to take the golden child, and unto give her a name. He would be called Free, the Golden Child.

What’s this? Original Writing? More likely than you think.

[cowboypossume]

no ok hi i’m back on my bullshit:

keefe: coffee

sophie: hot chocolate

fitz: tea

olive theory this, soulmate au that,

where is my rep for hot chocolate fan x tea fan x coffee fan and they physically hate each other’s drink.

hmm? 

[yamirosenkreuz]

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