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[crippling-pages]

EEEEEEEE GUESS WHAT

So there's this girl in my grade; I've known her since last year, but I've never really talked to her that much, not more than a few sentences.

BUT today!! today me and my friend were talking about kotlc and then she (the girl, let's call her K), overheard and K's like "wait r you talking about keeper of the lost cities??" and then my friends like "yep!" (btw K and my friend, lets call Z, are friends already), and then she says "I LOVE that series!"

and so me being obsessed with the series goes "AHH YES ANOTHER FAN" (mostly internally... mostly-) we 3 talk a little bit and stuff, etc etc. but I have so many questions i need to ask, and the first one is "what are your ships??" and she says "sokeefe, obvisouly"

GREEN FLAG

thats good. Take note.

Then we take a pause(we were in the lunch line so there was a pause + the principal was there soo), and then me and Z go back to her and I ask her if she likes Tam

She hesitates for a little bit. Not for like, a second, but like for 5. She starts to say "he's okay, i guess" and stuff like that So I get the logical reaction and am about to have a heart attack,

BUT.

BUT.

The reason I'm not in the hospital right now is because she said ONE THING that literally saved everything (for me at least)

"I do like Tiana though!!"

and I literally fall to my knees and i cheer silently to Z (she's just laughing her butt off inside lol)

but anyways

GREEN FLAG

lets go to my history cuz K's in my history class, and i'm just waiting for her, so i speed walk to her, trying not to look too eager (i think i failed tbh- no defo failed) and i'm trying to make conversation and not look to eager

eventually i go back to keeper and i ask her again to be sure that she likes tam and this time, no hesitation, she says YES with a confident nod, "i like tam, yes :D"

GREEN FLAG

so im like 'okay good thats really good'' and then i say "so what about dex?"

(TW for any dex lovers i am so sorry.)

then she hesitates. not for a second, not for 5, but like for 15. FIFTHTEEN. and she says "...not really??"

RED FLAG

and im like... i might have another heart attack-

next she says "he's okay, but i don't really like how he and sophie interacted in the first book..." and i nod, because respectfully, it was a bit awkward there (and because im trying not to scream)

BUT she does agree that Dex needs more page time.

GREEN FLAG

And then the teacher is like 'time to get started' and that ends the conversation etc etc

So.

I just needed to get this out somewhere, but yeah.

And for anyone who skipped all that because... yeah- here's a summary:

Summary: Found kotlc fan. She ships sokeefe. Likes Tam. Ships Tiana. Doesn't really like Dex though, but agrees that he needs more page time.

What are your guys thoughts on this?

[elgatoarcoiris]

For the kotlc cover contest!!

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

[chrissabug]

Dex Dizznee

commission for Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger

Sketches and linearts on my Patreon

[slightlypoisonedtea]

Unpopular opinion: Shannon Messenger makes way too many little plots then abandons them, I'm literally only in it for the sokeefe at this point.

Mr. Forkle was SO meant to die. Shannon just got cold feet and made up a little nonsense explanation out of nowhere.

And love-interest-age-gap was receiving hate? Oh no worries Sophie is actually one year older than we thought she was.

And I'm pretty sure Keefe was meant to be with Biana in the beginning, before Shannon decided to switch to sokeefe and dexiana endgame bc of what the audience wanted. !!NOT THAT I'M COMPLAINING I LOVE SOKEEFE!!

And then oh haha Vespera was the main villain all along! wait no this isn't working, let's just kill her off unsatisfyingly. Same with, like, all of our other villains teehee

dex? who's that? oh haha that guy well we couldn't have him mistaken for a love interest so, yk, *poof*

prentice who--

Omg guys we forgot Marella existed quick make her important

Keefe can sense whether or not Sophie likes him?? Which makes it so that Sophie can't have her cute lil love confession? oh hahaha not anymoreeee (unexplained magic malfunction)

theres more but I forgot and yes this rant was absolutely necessary

[queefsencen]

happy fall 🍁

[sunflowers-and-scales]

a request from @sparklenarniawizard !!

(i do not have super clear images of these guys in my head sorry but i hope it vibes with u!1)

[lezabeththetheodoraimposter]

there are two types of dex fans

“dex is so sweet and innocent. such a little baby who would never do anything wrong!! he’s just a cutey pie”

“dex is actually a drug overlord”

[thelavendernarwhal]

The full gang is here :D I’m really happy with how this came out and thank you so much for all the love towards these drawings.

(Available as a print here)

[art-isnt-arting]

best lodestar moment imo

[camelspit]

kotlc hand hcs!!! <3

@skylilac @callas-pancake-tree @arson-anarchy-death @steal-nightmares-leave-dreams @neverseen-nevermore @abubble125 @purplesoup-lad-le @gay-otlc @thefoxysnake @keeper-of-the-lost-dadwin @ravs6709 @i-loved-while-i-lied @kamikothe1and0nly @that-glasses-dog @presidentroarie @even-if-in-another-time @nyxpixels @slozhnos @katniss-elizabeth-chase @sofia-not-sophie @moontoastt @lemon-girl-in-devil-town @three-bunnies-in-a-trenchcoat @purpleunicycle @just-a-honey-badger @loverofallthingssmart @antisocialdork @tamsong @cutebisexualmess

[skulls-and-wishbones]

Hey do you guys remember when dex tried to give Sophie homebrew steroids and nearly killed her when they were both twelve? What was up with that?

[onemoreattempt]

Someone’s gotta do it!

Portraits by @chrissabug :)

[alwaysakookie]

Dex!!!!

I haven’t had much time to do the other kotlc drawing so I drew this quick sketch in the meantime :3

[telugu-girl-13]

When he repeated Dex’s name and was internally praying that he wasn’t the victim 🥹

[queefsencen]

kotlc lineup redone !! (notes below cut)

also @exvelovly // @sleepysketchess basically co-created this

notes !!

- sophie has keefes hoodie !! i imagine its some sort of sports hoodie. maybe hockey or soccer. or bramble

- ^^ his number is 7 for seven by taylor swift

- fitz & sophie have cognate rings

- sophie & tam have matching lyrics written on their shoes (birds of a feather by billie eilish)

- maruca was inspired by leah jeffries & annabeth on circe’s island

- stina’s second outfit was originally biana’s

- dex’s shirt almost said b99, criminal minds, young sheldon, and scream queens

[cosmxc-ars3hol3]