#brant kotlc

[lezabeththetheodoraimposter]

jolie really said “i can fix him” and died trying

[tomatohorse]

Brant 🔥🔥🔥

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[book-lover85]

ok so the obvious parallel is Brant as Keefe and Jolie as Sophie

but what about the opposite

Sophie losing her sanity because Keefe died (or she thought he did)

Keefe being her moral compass, her only connection to some shred of sanity and goodness

his death being the final straw

Keefe calming down a Sophie who's not fully there

[clarissaweasley-10]

Dynasty by Miia is so KOTLC coded..re-blo if you agree

[camelspit]

hes a funky little guy

@skylilac @callas-pancake-tree @arson-anarchy-death @neverseen-nevermore @steal-nightmares-leave-dreams @abubble125 @purplesoup-lad-le @gay-otlc @thefoxysnake @keeper-of-the-lost-dadwin @ravs6709 @remember-me-in-another-time @kamikothe1and0lny @you-have-been-frizzled @presidentroarie @even-if-in-another-time @that-glasses-dog @nyxpixels @slozhnos @katniss-elizabeth-chase @sofia-not-sophie @treehouse-arson @lemon-girl-in-devil-town @three-bunnies-in-a-trenchcoat @purplesoup-lad-le @just-a-honey-badger @florida-preposterously @loverofallthingssmart @antisocialdork @stopstealingtomatoes

[send-up-my-heart-to-you]

FINALLY, ive finished 25% of exile, the second book in the kotlc series. here are some thoughts i had :)

tags: @aylin-hijabi, @that-multi-fandom-hijabi, @tastetherainbow290, @nerdy-girl3791 (im tagging everyone who asked to be tagged in my notes for book one, but lmk if you wanna be tagged too / dont wanna be tagged anymore)

first off, why are second books in a series always the ones that take the most time / are harder to start? ig it could be that we've already established the worldbuilding n main characters, but its still that dragging stage between *where you already know mostly everything in the universe* and *where the climax builds up in anticipation of the "final battle" or the beginning of the third act, usually*. nothing to do w the book itself, just an observation

second off, alicorns are so much more important than being just "another species to save", im sure of it. theres wayyy too much of the council getting involved n talk abt how alicorns are sooo important. to anyone whos read percy jackson it kinda reminds me of the ophiortaurus (bessie) from sea of monsters, who seemed to be a recurring animal side character who turned out to have a lot of significance to the very universe they were in. im expecting smth similar, why else would everyone go to such lengths to ensure alicorns dont go extinct? or maybe im overthinking it lmao but what gives it away is the heckses literally tryna kidnap silveny-

speaking of the heckses, who the fuck tries to steal an alicorn. stinas parents are the whiniest bitches ive ever seen, and im a fifteen year old girl. like cmon ive seen some drama queens over the years, but those two- also, fucking stina. i mentioned before that i hope to see some character development w her, so shes not just the boring one-dimensional mean girl thats prevalent in literally every piece of media thats come out since mean girls w regina george. clearly not yet, tho, but im waiting on it (if it does not happen i will be majorly disappointed)

also, delving into theories now. its kinda far-fetched, but, was brant w the black swan ? i mean, it would add up pretty decently. it would explain why his guilt for jolies death runs so deeply (since grady rlly rlly seems to believe that the black swan killed her) because he would be with the literal organization that killed her. it would also explain reeeeaaaaalllllyyyy well why he recognized sophie. the fact that he knew her was wayy too emphasized to mean nothing. idk JUST A THEORY, its not based off of anything other than it would fit nicely w everything else.

but also if grady is so adamant that it was the black swan, and (hypothetically) brant is w the black swan, then would it be improbable to assume that he killed her? which would explain the guilt even MORE. but then again, he does seem to love her, so that last part is added very tentatively. (maybe he killed her by accident... but then would the note to grady three days before her death just be a coincidence? im sure that has some deeper meaning.)

maybe it wasnt the black swan who sent those notes to grady...

to end on a funnier note: alicorn poop. sophie faceplanted into alicorn poop. it happens to all main characters, it always has to be someone walking in at the worst moment. i thought id be the vackers w keefe who show up n embarass her, but who better than the council to get humiliated in front of ? i dont hate sophie i just laugh at her pain

i think thats all for the 25% mark, im gonna keep reading today. im gonna go to my grandmas house so maybe i can get a couple hundred pages in !!!

[jeannefostergoriot]

My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys x Jolie Ruewen on her way to death.

“Oh, here we go again, the voices in his head”: Brant has probably always been insecure as hell, being classified Talentless and a bad match didn’t help.

“Called the rain to end our days of wild”: this is Jolie talking about how he tried to make her go away when he started to feel dangerous. I’m sure he did.

“The sickest army doll, purchased at the mall”: Jolie herself, her multiple fights to try and change that world.

“Rivulets descend my plastic smile”: Jolie probably cried a lot at the unfairness. She spent all her time with Brant and suddenly they couldn’t see each other anymore, except sometimes on weekends…

“But you should’ve seen him, when he first got me”: from what we get. She’s his joy.

“My boy, only breaks his favorite toys”: only me. He cares only about Jolie.

“I’m queen, of sand castles he destroys”: Jolie trying to built up trust and durability, despite being away, locked in Foxfire, while he is getting deeper and darker into his loneliness.

“Cause it fit too right, puzzle pieces in the dead of night”: that line is about Jolie trying to understand. Discovering the Neverseen. Infiltrating. As recomposing a puzzle of what’s going on.

“I should’ve known it was a matter of time”: before she’d go down in flames cause she played with fire.

“There was a litany of reasons we could’ve played for keep this time”: all the love they shared. All the power they had. All her sweetness. But this didn’t work enough to take him out.

“I know I’m just repeating myself”: each time she goes to see him, saying the same words over and over again, he is not alone, she won’t abandon him.

“Put me back on my shelf”: more time passes, less effective her words of reassurance are.

“But first pull the string”: she loved him till the end, even knowing, even playing double-agent, so she still asks him to tell he loves her.

“And I’ll tell you that he runs because he loves me”: Brant just running away cause he doesn’t want to put her in danger, but he is danger.

“Cause I knew too much”: definitely. She’s been executed on order of the Neverseen probably, she knew too much of the organization and was seen as a traitor, a threat.

“There was danger in the heat of my touch”: *his touch. There is danger in them. In their situation, in how the world treats them.

“He saw forever so he smashed it up”: forever can be scary if you’re not used to real love, and I doubt Brant got the knowledge outside of what the Ruewens gave him

“Once I fix me, he’s gonna miss me”: she never get the chance to fix things. But he still misses her. Every day.

“Just say when, I’d play again”: never letting him down. Never. Just waiting to see him. To play with him as children.

“He was my best friend, down at the sandlot”: they’re childhood friends, childhood lovers, they were best friends before lovers.

“I felt more when we played pretend, than with all the Ken’s”: he is her special person. Her love. So whatever, even if she had the galas for her lists, she feels more with him. Even though they couldn’t get married.

“Cause he took me out of my box, stole my tortured heart”: Brant loved her too. I think he fell first, she fell harder. But he loved her. They had love.

“Left all these broken parts”: as long as they were together, till the last day, it was ok. It would be fine. The broken pieces and the sadness could be forgotten.

“Told me I’m better off”: when he tries to dissuade her to continue. Tries to push her away.

“But I’m not”: without him she doesn’t live. But with him, she died…

[frizzle-mcshizzle]

a playlist for..... Brant?

i put a lot of work into this one, it starts with meeting Jolie and ends with his death

[mynamisfab]

Happy Brantday (National Holiday) everyone ❤️❤️❤️

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Adiahjahdsjdhjs I’m putting this version here bc I’m really proud of the skin so you all have to deal with it <3

ignore that little bit there aha

[fefe-the-cat]

I am rereading Exile and the Ruewens’ visit to Brant, especially their conversation catching him up on the past year, hits different when you read it knowing that Brant is a member of the Neverseen.

[lezabeththetheodoraimposter]

petition to call fintans half of the neverseen (brant, ruy, alvar, and gethin) the cuntistadors

[the-soul-of-jolie-ruewen]

I like this..

No offense to @brant--redacted

Original owner @mayura-stalker

[the-great-gullon-incident]

More Neverseen actor au headcanons?

The filming team had a field day with trying to keep Ruy’s face out of focus during all his scenes

Gethen is the most calm and collected neverseen member

Gisela bleached her hair for the first couple of seasons but slowly let her hair be its natural brown it later seasons

Vespera has to spend forever getting her ears done

Rayni has broken the most props out of all them

They play card games to pass the time

Trix is the best and Brant is the worst

Vespera normally plays in historical romance and kotlc is far outside her comfort zone but has adapted well

Nobody knows what happened to Alvar after he disappeared. Not even his actor.

The cat statue is the only prop Rayni has been aloud to hold and not break, she considers this her greatest achievement.

They’re all meme lords and love interacting with fans

[castleofravens]

grady and edaline are probably terrified at the idea of sophie dating because their other daughter was killed by her partner, like yeah they know all of sophie’s friends but they thought they knew brant too

[camelspit]

alvar voters just don't get it. brant is the most pathetic man in keeper, hands down. alvar may have older sibling syndrome, but at least he didn't accidentally blow up any of his three weed smoking girlfriends.

brant has his ability banned. he gets manipulated into joining a rebel orginization by a guy who views him as nothing but a vessel for his own ambitions. he accidentally joined the opposing group to his fiance.

this boy only really had one person in the world. the ruewens loved him only because jolie did. he was only ever hers. she was his only somewhat healthy outlet.

and then he killed her. i don't think it was on purpose, and that makes it even more pathetic I think. the one person, probably the only person, he's ever had a true connection with.

and she betrayed him, in his eyes. so he let his anger out. and he will always regret it.

and at least alvar was able to somewhat carry the guilt of his actions? if he had any? not brant.

brant just. everblaze is so interesting because even when its revealed he's not fully broken, he's still so cracked and messed up. he has nothing to live for but his own desperate attatchment to the neverseen and what fintan offered him when he joined.

he's in too deep. he killed jolie (accidentally) in part because of them. if he hadn't joined them, it probably wouldn't have happened. if he goes back, if he gives up, it will have been for nothing.

so instead he clings on to his last shreds of sanity and does whatever they ask of him.

and he fucking loses it when he sees sophie. the symbol of the orginization that helped destroy him. one of the main roots of his anger. and she looks just like jolie.

he is haunted by a ghost that just fucking appeared in front of him.

and then oh god. grady and his hand. his scars in general. he's covered in burns from what I can only assume is everblaze, which is fascinating. everblaze is insanely hard to summon. so either he felt just that deeply about jolie, or he did it to himself to cover up the murder.

either way, it's pathetic. it's sopping wet. it's cat-like behavior.

and then grady does even more. he takes one of his hands. he almost drives him off a cliff. and this is someone who, at one point, cared at least a bit for him. even if it was only because of jolie, he looked after brant for years.

but you can't even feel bad because he did this to himself. he is a victim in his own story and a villain in everyone elses. except perhaps the one person he destroyed.

in the process of trying to fix his life (joining the neverseen), all he did was destroy it even more. he turned himself into a fragmented version of what he once was.

he is drowning, and he's been doing it for so long that he doesn't even remember how to swim anymore. doesn't even know if he even wants to.

and then he proceeds to have the most forgettable death in keeper, barring brielle.

go vote brant guys 👍 for me. also. brant day is may 1st. don't forget.

[the-way-astray]

how many people am i gonna piss off with my kotlc villain opinions

morally gray: bronte, oralie

sympathetic villain: fintan, brant, ruy

anti-hero: mr. fucking forkle who i hate

anti-villain: gethen (to me, once shannon does something with him i will have more to say), vespera, gisela

just plain annoying: FUCKING ALVAR