#Mr Forkle

[loveydovey-leviathan]

another thing i'll always love abt kotlc is the way that there isnt a redemption arc for the abusers. i feel like there's too many pieces of media where the abuser is forgiven because you find out that they had good intentions or that they actually loved their victim-- but in kotlc, those aren't excuses.

you find out that linh and tam's mother misses them and regrets what she did, to the point where she becomes more forgiving and lenient; painting awkward portraits of her children because she's beginning to forget what they look like. but despite the pity, none of it is framed in a way that tries to excuse her and her husband's actions. tam and linh will always be the ones who decide whether or not to forgive them, but the narrative doesn't push the idea that they should.

it's revealed that cassius does love his son deeply, and every time he laughs and joke, a tiny part of him is happy when he sees his son smile. but instead of formulating sophie to feel bad for him, she's furious at the idea that him loving keefe will ever make up for the years of neglect his son had to go through.

it's told time and time again that gisela believes that what she's doing will be good for the world-- and therefore good for keefe. but the story doesn't even entertain the notion of understanding gisela for what she did to her child because nothing would ever justify the lies and manipulation.

i wouldnt say mr forkle is an abuser-- but i will always love how sophie never forgives him or trusts him fully. it's not even considered. yes, he did all those things for a good reason; messing with sophie's memories, making her feel alienated, giving her limbium-- but shannon never writes kotlc in a way that makes sophie feel like she should forgive forkle

[art-isnt-arting]

best lodestar moment imo

[cuethesolareclipse13]

The scene in Legacy where Forkle says that Sophie, Fitz, and Keefe should do trust exercises together to figure her enhancing or smth and Dex is like “you want them to do trust exercises??” And Forkle’s like “it’ll be enlightening” and Dex goes “oh it definitely will be”

[waining-crescent-moon]

i think that mr. forkle can mentally slap people and that’s what he did when gethen tried to kidnap sophie in the human world at the beginning of book one

[cavennmalore]

the fact that one of forkles secret identities is male gynecologist

[potatus-et-molassus]

When I call a character a “bitch ass hoe” or something to the same degree, I don’t mean it unless I’m talking about Mr. Forkle

[kale-of-the-forbidden-cities]

Forkle is the last person who is allowed to say no to that question

[to-just-float-in-your-orbit]

When the elves die, they plant their wandering seed...but what happens to the bodies?

In the series, all the dead characters didn't really have their bodies retrieved. Kenric and Jolie died in a fire, Cyrah faded, and Vespera exploded, and Umber...well we all know how that went.

But what happened to her body? And Mr. Forkle's? Where did they go? what do they do with them? I doubt they burn them or anything like that?

Do they throw their bodies into a beam of light and let them disintegrate? Like what happens??

[clarissaweasley-10]

Guys l am lowkey concerned for Keefe, what if he forgets to thank Beyonce!!!

[myfairkatiecat]

Mr. Forkle canonically being Loki is one of the greatest things to come from kotlc

[art-isnt-arting]

Sophie is the gun.

They both reached for the gun.

The Black Swan and the Neverseen.

The Vackers and the Ruewens.

Mr. Forkle and Lady Gisela.

Fitz and Keefe.

Jolie and Amy.

Edaline and Oralie.

Foxfire and Exillium.

The Collective and the Council.

The Lost Cities and the Forbidden Cities.

They all reached for the gun.

[sophiefostersno1stan]

i know it’s inevitable but a part of me will die when sophie isn’t on the unravelled cover

[cuethesolareclipse13]

[waining-crescent-moon]

the black swan all drawing what they think sophie will look like and joking about her having brown eyes because she’s part horse

the room was very quiet when forkle and livvy got back from her birth

[periwinkle-the-11th]

I think my favorite kotlc fic that i've ever written is the one where young Sophie catches Mr. Forkle sneaking into her house (a thing he canonically did to mess with her mind) and she just. pepper sprays him. straight in the eyes. dead on.