#THE VACKERS THE VACKERS THE VACKERS THE VACKERS THE VACKERS THE VACKERS THE VACKERS THE VACKERS THE VACKERS THE VACKERS THE VACKERS!!

[the-way-astray]

cracking up forever and always at the way sophie always describes alvar as "hot, but not as hot as fitz and biana"

[chainlxnk]

I don't have a joke for this one aur naur

[lotusishere]

Where did you see unraveled? (Referring to the post that said it was smaller than you thought it would be) and could you possibly show a screenshot or something 🥺 (no pressure tho)

I got youuuu

[queefsencen]

yeah

[fucked-up-mover-shaker]

not team keefe or team fitz but team grady (sophie shouldnt be dating when there are multiple conspiracy groups after her as well as the government, a love triangle is the last thing she should be worrying about)

[telugu-girl-13]

Eugh Sophie sleeps in a reception hall

Oh fitz is gonna have a Winnowing Gala

Oop I just KNOW Sophie’s gonna go running home and be like “Edaline can I register for matchmaking no reason but pretty please 🥺”

[everliving-everblaze]

Fitz's characterization is so interesting and so hard. He's both very kind AND a bit of an entitled jerk, and most people only manage to capture one of the two.

I think this is well-illustrated in the first few chapters of the series. Fitz and Sophie spend a lot of these chapters rolling their eyes and sniping at each other, because they both have an attitude about the whole thing. In particular, Fitz has his attitude about elvin superiority, and Sophie immediately responds to that negatively.

He'd never heard of Albert Einstein? The theory of relativity was dumb? She wasn't sure how to argue. He seemed so ridiculously confident—it was unnerving.

On the other hand, it's very clear that Fitz's heart is in the right place (or at least, a well-meaning place). He has his attitude of elvin superiority, but he's thrilled to welcome Sophie into it as well.

Fitz nudged her arm. "Hey. It's not your fault. You believed what they taught you—I'm sure I'd have done the same thing. But it's time you knew the truth. This is how the world really works. It's not magic. It's just how it is."

(And undoubtedly, he's right. He would have believed what he'd been taught—he did, just different beliefs!)

The thing is, Sophie doesn't particularly want to jump aboard the elvin superiority train that he's so excited about.

"Well, it's like you're saying, 'Hey, Sophie, take everything you've ever learned about anything and throw it away.'" "Actually, that is what I'm saying." He flashed a smug grin. "Humans do the best they can—but their minds can't begin to comprehend the complexities of reality." "And what, elves' minds are better?" "Of course.

Fitz reads as a total jerk with what he's saying! He's completely ignorant of the fact that his belief that humans are stupid and evil is like, gonna hurt Sophie's feelings. Because that's what he's been taught!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Fitz's character is hugely about prejudice, about people who believe what they are taught, even though it's wrong. And his character is about those people who then have to relearn their beliefs!

Fitz makes so much progress throughout the series in combating his own prejudice, largely through befriending Sophie. His character arc is one of my absolute favorites from any media, ever. I've gone through a lot of the same things he has, having to learn about prejudice and deal with my own biases, the lies that I was taught. His character is very meaningful to me!

But I think that's a piece that so often gets missed when people try to capture Fitz's character. Some people only see the bad parts and choose to portray him as totally evil. Some people focus on the good parts and portray him as more of a victim.

But I don't think either interpretation is totally right. Fitz is nuanced. He means well and truly tries to be kind within his worldview, and once he truly starts to realize his worldview is bad, he works on it! That's way more than a lot of people do. But he he makes a lot of mistakes along the way.

That's a fascinating, relevant character. And that's why he'll always be one of my favorites.

[siennamakeschaos]

okay guys this will probably consist of 3-ish polls?

@thesfromhms @multi-fandom-lunatic @thishumanformislimiting

your opinions? :3

[alaydabug2]

Dominant hand headcanons because... why not

Sophie: right handed

Keefe: left handed

Dex: ambiDEXdtrous (ook ill leave now 💀)

Fitz: right handed

Biana: right handed

Tam: left handed

Linh: right handed

Marella: left handed

[officially-shannon-messenger]

Shannon...I NEED for Sandor not to, like, die. But Fitz can, like, explode into the sky for all I care

fitz is going to kill sandor

[the-way-astray]

"he's one of the council's top emissaries" he hasn't even been emissary for a century bro

[autumnfostervacker]

Biana Vacker has a 80 step makeup routine

Keefe Sencen has an 80 step hair care routine and Fitz Vacker has an 80 step skin care routine pass it on

[elgatoarcoiris]

For the kotlc cover contest!!

Finished this since last month but forgot to post it here😭

[lotusishere]

People need to write Sophie into the nerd she is. She likes Marvel, (some DC knowledge and XMen), Harry Potter AND Percy Jackson. You can’t tell me she’s never opened ao3 or fanfiction.net on her free time. Or reading big ass books in her room.

[inkcapjester]

i need more baker fitz appreciation

[chrissabug]

Fitz Vacker

commission for Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger

Sketches and linearts on my Patreon