#just the whole gisela reveal

[swans-chirping-in-the-distance]

Au where keefe casually asked sophie out pretty soon after meeting her and they started casually going out (marella convinced sophie to go) and they started actually really liking each other and dating before she got kidnapped and they spent the series together

[ultracrazy-trashpanda]

celebrations

Pairing: Finan x f!Reader

Summary:

The camp is celebrating a battle that you have won, and while they drink and dance together, you sit by a lake alone. Finan has some ideas of what you could do instead.

Warnings: SMUT - 18+ - oral sex (f receiving), p in v sex, fingering, riding, unsafe sex + creampie :D (enjoy) - plus words such as "cunt" are used to descibe reader's private parts. No use of Y/N, only petnames

Word Count: roughly 1.8K (posted to ao3, too)

You have won a battle again. All the warriors are celebrating, feasting and dancing around the bonfire. You had enough of it a while ago, and now you are sitting by the lake alone. You said to yourself it would be only for a short while, but it is not going exactly that way. 

“Is everything alright with ya’?” you hear from behind. You hum as you look up at Finan, who has a jug of ale in his hand. 

“Oh, I’m fine, Finan, don’t worry. I just...wanted a little calm and quiet.” you smile at the Irishman. 

“Ya wouldn’t mind some company, would ya?” he asks, and he doesn’t sit down until you tell him that you don’t mind him being with you. “You don’t have anything else bothering you, right?” 

“Nothing’s bothering me.” apart from maybe seeing so many people happily together, like Uhtred and Gisela, Sihtric and his wife... 

“It seems like something does...” he nudges you a little, and it makes you smile a little. “You should be celebratin’! We won! Feast! Drink ale! Dance! Get yourself a man to hump!” you laugh at his last suggestion. 

“As if there were available men in camp who are not only caring about their own pleasure.” you take his cup and a sip of ale. You didn’t have the best past relationship with men, especially your late husband, who has put himself before you in every situation possible. 

“I know at least one.” he raises his brows suggestively. You stare into his eyes, your cheeks reddening. You know what he means, but you are not sure in yourself. 

“Well, I don’t think he would want to be with me.” you say, teasingly, with a small smile. 

“That is nonsense, half the camp wants to be with you.” he chuckles. “It is irritating...” he starts but doesn’t finish the sentence. 

“What is irritating?” you ask, now hiding away your smile. 

“Listening to them. With the urge to beat each of ‘em up, but I can’t, because we need the numbers.” he rolls his eyes again. 

“Well, none of them dare come close to me. I am sure what you hear are only words, and nothing more.” you say to him, your smile coming through. “Now, this one man you know...you sure he is in that half of the camp who wants to be with me?” you say cheekily, and you are not sure if he is catching on. 

“Oh, I am very sure.” he turns to you, only now realizing that you have been staring at him the whole time. “Very, very sure.” he says, his voice lowering as he leans slowly closer. “Darlin’...” 

“Yes?” you ask back as your noses are touching. 

“May I?” he asks, quietly, only for you to hear, although it is not like anyone else is nearby. 

 “You may.” you say, cupping his cheek as he leans in closer, capturing your lips with his. You giggle into it, his beard tickling you. He gets on his knees, and starts kissing down to your neck, sucking on your sensitive skin, making you moan. “Finan, please...” 

“How do you want it?” he murmurs between shaggy breaths. “Do you want to lay down, and I give you everything, or should I lay down and you take everything yourself?” 

“Both. One after the other.” you gasp a little, pulling him in for another kiss. He pushes you back, so you lay down in the soft grass, with him lying above you. For a few minutes, he is just laying on you, kissing you sweetly, letting you wrap your arms and legs around his body. He himself holds you tight, finally having you all for himself. He grinds down on you, and you feel him get harder through all the clothes. 

He starts kissing down your neck, setting your moans free again. With one hand, he unties your shirt, revealing only the top of your chest just yet, and kisses all over what bare skin he can find. What gets him a little frustrated, is that there are no more knots on your shirt, or buttons, and he doesn’t want to sit you up, as you just laid down. 

“How much do you like this shirt?” he asks. 

“It’s nothing special.” and as you say it, he rips it apart right in the middle, making you giggle a little at his eagerness. It didn’t surprise you at all. He is fast to attack one of your breasts, kissing you and sucking there, while massaging the other, earning more and more moans and whines from you. 

To his dismay, he has to lean away from you to remove the rest of your clothing. He is on his knees, looking down at your bare form. He has to stop for a moment, to keep his composure and keep it slow at the beginning. 

“Don’t you think...you are a little over dressed?” you ask, just before you would shudder from a breeze. Maybe the two of you didn’t think it all through. He gets up, grabbing you and carrying you away. 

“Don’t worry, my tent is nearby.” he says with a cheeky smile, watching out for the others so they don’t see the two of you. You giggle, hiding your face in his neck. He walks fast towards his tent, setting you down on his bed, where you are swallowed by the furs, and a sigh leaves your lips at the warmth. 

He takes off his own shirt, too, and you prop yourself up on your elbows to get a better look at him. It is not the first time you have seen him shirtless, oh no, but this time, it is all for you. He looks deep into your eyes as he starts to untie his pants. 

“Ya like what ya see?” he asks, raising his chin a little. 

“I don’t know, I might have to take a closer look.” you sit up and help him to untie his pants, as he is struggling with it a little. He groans. “I really like what I see.” you smile up at him before laying back and watching him take the rest of his clothes off. Your eyes wander over his body, his muscles, his scars, his thick, hard cock. You swear, throwing your head back. 

He just chuckles at that, then crawls back onto the bed and above you. He smiles down at you as he moves to kiss your jaw, then your throat, and from then on down to your stomach... 

He has his hands on your hips gripping into your skin, but one slides down to feel how wet you are. You gasp a little, then moan as he circles your hole. He pushes a finger inside, not breaking eye contact with you as he does so, then another one. You moan louder with each thrust of his fingers. 

“Come on sweetheart, I can’t hear ya’.” he smirks, latching onto your pussy. 

“Fuck! Finan...” you let out, throwing your head back. 

He works you slowly, moaning at your taste. You sneak a hand into his hair, which makes him even more desperate. You stroke and pull his hair slightly, moving him where you most want him. A chill goes down your spine, and you shake in his arms, making him chuckle. 

“Finan...” 

“Let it out, darlin’.” he says against your skin, picking up his pace as he feels you getting closer to your peak. You curse and try to close your legs, locking him in place between your thighs. He moans, rolling his eyes out of pure pleasure. He feels like he just ascended into a heaven he will never get into. 

You are soon arching your back, reaching your high, crying out his name. You pant, feeling as your legs give out, with a hand over your lips. He is still licking up your folds, but he is much gentler than he was before. 

“Heavens...” you sigh. 

“That good, ha?” he crawls up to look down at you, some of your juices glistening in his beard. 

You smile then laugh. “Very good, yes. Very good.” you nod, trying to clean his beard, even though you think he looks really good like that. “Can’t wait to have you inside of me...” you say quietly, and he groans, hiding his face in the crook your neck and leaving kisses there. 

“The things you say, you filthy heathen...” you laugh as you push him away and down onto the bed. You straddle him, your wet cunt making contact with his hard cock. You feel him twitch as you slide your folds over his base. 

He sits up, grabbing into your hips. You are on your knees, doing your best to help him guide himself inside you. He kisses you gently, as he pushes inside. You let out a long moan, which he devours instantly. 

You lean away to look him in the eyes. Into his pretty, dark eyes. You smile, giving him a peck on the lips as you caress his cheeks. 

“So handsome...” you say with a grin on your face. 

“Says the most beautiful creature amongst all people.” he huffs out. “Ya have no idea, just how heavenly ya look. If someone said to me ya are an angel, I would believe them.” 

You chuckle. “Give me a minute and you will think of me differently.” 

He hums with a smile. “Perhaps ya are a devil in disguise?” 

You kiss him, moving your hips faster. “Perhaps.” you murmur between kisses. You grab his shoulders for leverage, as you start riding his cock even faster. 

“Oh, fuck...” he moans. He bucks up into you involuntarily, making you cry out his name. He kisses down to your neck and sucks, leaving red bruises all over your skin there. “Darlin’...” 

“Finan!” you cry out his name before you reach your peak again. Your cunt clenches around his cock, making him release his seed deep inside you. 

He holds you close as he rests his head on your shoulder, grabbing into your hips with a vice grip. You pant into his ear, giving him some featherlight kisses. He holds his own lips against your skin, not exactly kissing, but just keeping them there. 

You run your hand through his hair, tugging gently, encouraging him to look up at you. You peck his lips, and he smiles fondly at you. He pulls out and you groan, feeling as his seed flows out of you. He grabs a cloth and cleans both of you off. 

“Everything alright?” he asks as you lay down on the bed and he sits down next to you. 

“Yes, my love.” you smile. “Now, come and rest with me.” 

And he does, laying down next to you and enveloping you in his arms, almost instantly falling asleep next to you. 

The next morning, you let Finan sleep in, and you walk out of his tent, just to be greeted by the other three, who are joined by the hip. 

“I told you so.” says Osferth. Uhtred rolls his eyes and Sihtric tosses silver coins at his head. 

[lotusishere]

Unraveled spoilers!!!!

I think whatever Keefe did in the human world should stay in the human world. That entire plot line was for him. It wasn’t for Sophie, or Fitz, or his mom, and or Alvar. It was suppose to be a self discovery mission for him to figure out himself, his feelings and what he wants and can do.

Obviously he bumped him Alvar and that could be a major issue. (And I hope Alvar doesn’t pull any shenanigans in the 10th book and he stays in the human world eating pancakes where he belongs.) But even if it is outed he was “hanging” with Alvar. That originally wasn’t the plan and I hope Fitz doesn’t make it seem like Keefe ran away to be besties with Alvar, because that’s not what happened. Keefe was trying to find a way to manage his own powers and looking for evidence on Eleanor and her father. That was the whole point of him being gone (along with wanting to protect people from his new power just in case his mom was going to use him).

Alvar being there was a coincidence. Alvar was deadass just chilling in the human world and I’m (I hope) think he wasn’t lying about his ability being in and out. I also don’t think he was lying about wanting to ditch Keefe if he had known about the tracker. I genuinely think this man just wants to eat his pancakes and have sheet masks on his face. (Which him clown me in the 10th book and have people believe it was a trap a long. I would be so pissed. Not for just myself but for Keefe.) 

And Keefe does get better with his ability. He learns more about it and sees how it works. He was able to manage himself being around other people and figuring out how to calm himself from being overwhelmed. He learned how to talk again without being scared he was going to accidentally do anything. 9.5 was a beautiful book to reveal his progress by himself. Yes Alvar was there but they deadass didn’t do anything crazy except get room service, go to Australia, get frustrated with time zones, and talk. That’s literally it. I don’t think it would benefit ANYONE to have them know he was with Alvar. It wouldn’t do anything.

The only thing I can POSSIBLY see as a problem is if Alvar is in fact lying. Then he would go to Gisela and tell her what he learned. But even then- it wouldn’t do much. Keefe is working with Grady now. He’s already gotten a handles or sense of his power. And the way boom 9 ended on a cliff hanger. I doubt that Elysian (whoever she is) is gonna care about Keefe. She’s probably pissed the fuck off that these grown ass adults are fighting children like it’s a Black Friday sale in the 2011’s era.

[ruewend]

BOOK 10: ELYSIAN SIGN UPS

ALRIGHT! I HAVE ENOUGH INTEREST, IT IS TIME!

First off, the outline of everything we will be using in our creation of book 10, or Elysian (Endgame is a great name, but Marvel), as I call it.

Next, everything I'm using in Elysian.

I am also tagging everyone who has helped me come up with ideas, as well as edited, since we share one braincell, and have a lot of similar things.

Sorry for cut it's LONG

@moonlarked

Marellinh

Council gets overthrown

Sophie gets to kill Mr Forkle

Alvar dies in Fitz’s arms

Sophie starts an human outreach program

Jensi remains Talentless and helps other Talentless

Exillium gets to be relevant

Tiertice adopt Tam and Linh and Rayni

Fedex

Ruy appears and does something idk

Trix joins up with the gang

@the-great-gullon-incident

Biana, Stina, and Dex team up

Biana has a sword

Sophie teaches the rest of the keeper gang about lgbtq+ people

Crazy fights

Gethen and Ruy show up to do stuff

They/them Elysian

All the mysteries are finally revealed

@stopstealingtomatoes

Lady Gisela to die

Amy to have a bigger role

Lord Cassius to either formally apologize to Keefe or else shove a stick in it

T h e r a p y

Ships to finally sail

@amandayetagain

Elysian’s big naturals

frognate rings

explicit language

vertina pagetime

more void lore

Sophie strikes out on her own and forms her own group

we learn about Keefe’s human friends

Details on some of the parents top secret missions (mentioned in their unlocked files)

Embarrassing middle name for keefe

foot power

Sophie channels someone’s heart/skull, or uses telekinesis on someone’s neck (it’s them or her friends. And she’s already lost enough.)

Biana and Sophie commit arson again (Neverseen)

@you-have-been-frizzled

JENSI PAGE TIME

the triplets

Kesline

Elwin officially adopting Keefe

Biana kills somebody (can we just bring Vespra back so she can kill her)

Tam gets hurt and Linh goes batshit

Bronte with curly hair

Sophie eats sweet and sour chicken to everyone’s horror

MORE ARSON

Alina redemption arc (literally wouldn’t suggest this but Ciara is the one running it and they’re part of the Alina deserves redemption club)

Dex losing an arm (his name means right handed it’s ironic oaky!)

Tiergan punches Quan song when he tries to say something to the twins

Sandor and Giselle scenes

KESLER AND GRADY BROMANCE I CANT BELIEVE I FORGOT ABOUT THEM

Juline and Edaline being sisters

Keefe and Grady bonding

Alvar isn’t dead and gets redemption

Caprice is relevant other than just being the crazy lady

@official-kenralie-fanbase

Sophie loses it during a battle to fulfill the whole "the moonlark could tear this whole place down" thing

Sandor finally has to dance in sparkly pants

Someone punches Alden

Or Cassius

Or both. At the same time.

More of Grady's mesmerizing please and thank you

Gradaline moments

Sophie's dad reveal (maybe do a poll on who people think that should be? I'm hoping for Fintan)

Oralie actually fights in a battle

Someone finds out about Oralie and there's a bunch of drama with all the people

@ever-blaze

more jensi, dex and rayni

jensi not manifesting an ability yet playing more roles in the story (eg. fighting the neverseen with a weapon or something)

keefe and fitz friendship moments/actually being best friends again

MORE OF THE TRIPLETS !!!

more backstories? tinkers maybe?

blur or wraith or tinkers identities

the return of the amazing amy foster

keefe’s human friends (hoping at least one is a celebrity) and human world adventures

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Next, breaking this up. Anyone can join, I just need people to help organize this, and the plan is we sort it up by character/group, and eventually break it down into chapters, ordered by what would make sense in a basic plot structure. Then we will start figuring out technical things such as who is writing what.

Simply send me an ask or message if you're interested in helping me organize this!

And, if you have any and all suggestions, feel free to tell me!

REBLOGS >>>>>> LIKES

[cecebookworm]

I’m just going to drop three KOLTC theories down here quick because I’ve had them on my mind forever and I’m hoping with the graphic novel coming out in a few days we’ll also get news on the next book.

Theory 1: The mysterious person mentioned on page 527 of Unlocked who Oralie can’t remember is going to be revealed to be Prentice. We know form Stellarlune that I seems likely that Prentice did end up working with Kenric, on what? Don’t know.

NOTE: I also can’t help but feel like whatever he was doing with Kenric is what got him arrested but that’s more of a blind suspicious dart than a definitive theory.

Theory 2: This is more of a statement than a genuine theory but I think Keefe has already sort of reached the height of his ability. At least when Sophie is enhancing him. On the bottom of page 50 of Stellarlune Lady Gisela says, “I don’t know. Do you think he’ll (Keefe) be able to influence someone’s emotions?” Keefe’s dad replies with, “No Empath can do that.” We’ve seen Sophie Enhance Empaths other than Keefe a few times before (Stina and Oralie mainly) but what Keefe describes (Being able to tap into someone’s emotional center and “guide” there feelings) is never brought up expect with him. You’d think during the whole “Learning to control her enhancing” thing with Oralie in Legacy Oralie would have brought it up, but she doesn’t really seem to notice (or have it.) Leading me to believe that this is a Keefe exclusive thing. Having nothing to do with the strength of the Empath, and more to do with Stellarlune. Which means that the only way Keefe can ever reach his full potential and complete his “legacy” is if Sophie (or some other enhancer but that’s no fun) is at his side. :)

Theory 3: I have had this theory wading around my mind since the night Unlocked came out and I scimmed through the files on all the Intelligent Species. It states in the one about goblins that no goblin has defected to join the Neverseen yet but doing so would, quote on quote, “If they did decide to break their treaty with the elves, it would be disastrous— particularly if any bodyguard turned against there charge.” Hmmmm… hmmm… HMMMMMMM. Now, obviously this is foreshadowing but the two main goblin body guards present in the series (Sandor and Griziel) are so loyal it can’t be them. But not every bodyguard is as loyal as them, particularly when there charge, shall I say, enjoys vanishing and running off? Yes, I am referencing Biana and Woltzer. Now, I can acknowledge that merely having a bad charge who constantly runs off isn’t enough to build that kind of resentment (I mean seriously, look at Sophie and Sandor. Girl has done that a lot.) but, at the bottom of page 498 of Stellarlune (which really just solidified this theory in my mind and left me screaming) when there loosing there collective minds over the dropping of the trolls treaty and they bring up the goblin treaty Woltzer says, “Is this peace? Or forced submission?” AND SANDOR IMMEDIATELY SHUTS HIM UP! *cue the “I am telling you! That mfer— that mfer” meme*. So yes, he is definitely the goblin traitor who will defect first and get a bunch to join him.

All around… seems like the next book is going to be interesting.

[squish36-writes-and-draws]

23 November: Unraveling

Word Count: 733

TW: 1 fairly mild swear, unreality cameras

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@callum-hunt-is-bisexual @callas-pancake-tree @hi-my-name-is-awesome @katniss-elizabeth-chase @sillyguy-supreme

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Another Keefe Transcript

    This time, Keefe is frolicking through the streets of Florence. Which is to say, he’s sat on a street corner the entire time looking sad. He hasn’t even gone exploring the tourist traps, and it’s not like those are difficult to find. He’s literally two blocks away from some big giant dome building that probably has a horribly fancy name based on the sheer vibes it gives off. 

    He just sits there. It is difficult to know how to feel about this development as it is of his own doing, but it is understandable why he came to the conclusion he did. It is an incorrect conclusion, but still a reasonable one. Gisela has this whole shadowflux magic thing to keep tabs on him, but the delay is still a bit annoying. There is a nonzero chance that he chooses to leap to a new icty and throw himself in front of a bus before the alarm goes off, and he is increasingly looking like that may occur. 

    This would be a tad bit unfortunate for scientific research purposes. Rerunning the experiment would be quite a hassle. Then again, a sample size of one is almost worthless in the larger picture. 

    Enough waxing poetic about the pointlessness of even bothering to write down these records. It is not as though it will be useful at any future point in time, and yet it is still a task to be completed. And, as such, it shall be completed. 

    It seems as though yet another human has taken an interest in Keefe. What reason she may have is as of yet unknown, but considering how this has played out twice in the last three weeks, it is not difficult to see how it might go. That, of course, is presuming that Keefe and Florent’s dynamic was of a romantic nature, which is currently still up for debate. It would, however, not be particularly surprising if it were, given the available evidence and Keefe’s marked tendency to disregard elvin cultural norms when it is convenient for him. 

    This new human has not revealed her name quite yet, which makes transcription more difficult, but anyone who is willing to walk up to Keefe and nearly get into a fistfight is worthy of a modicum of respect. Unfortunately, the speakers are not of the greatest quality, and the topic of the argument currently remains undetermined, but knowing Keefe, it was probably something incredibly inconsequential. 

    The only audio that was able to be parsed was the human, after roundly winning the fight, asking Keefe if, “You want to go get some coffee?” 

    Keefe refused this offer. It is unclear whether this is to avoid personal attachments or because he was trying to protect his own ego. Both may have played a role in his decision. It is quite likely that Keefe will be filling out a diary entry directly based on this event, which may have more information to provide further insight into these events, as soon as it is within the field of view. 

Keefe Sencen's Journal

    It is quite often that I am taken aback by beautiful people and, in doing so, I start the stupidest arguments to ever occur. Case in point: I had a fun time trying to defend my opinion that Stracciatella is the only gelato flavour to exist. I no longer acknowledge the existence of any others. 

    Anyway it’s my luck that I managed to find Lodo, who is apparently just as determined as I am to cause problems on purpose. 

    And, to top it all off, they asked me out afterwards. Like I have the emotional bandwidth for that. I really did want to accept their proposal though. It would’ve been absolutely lovely. We would’ve gotten into so many pointless fights. 

    They’re also just unfairly pretty. I do level that criticism against most everyone, but that does mean it still applies. I hope I never see them again. I may be a stubborn bastard, but I am also so bad at sticking to decisions I've made when the other option would be far stupider and far, far more entertaining. 

    I’ll be fine. I’ll figure it out. 

    I think I just want to make myself feel something again, even if that something is hopeless longing for a relationship I’ll never be able to attain in the way I want it. It’s been a long few days.

[shithead-123]

Kotlc collecting habits Pt.1

Basically what I think various kotlc characters (mostly the kids) would collect. other than prattles pins bc we all know everyone collects those so.

this is inspired by my own habits of picking random shit up and stuffing it in my closet.

Sophie: she doesn't rlly have the time to like exclusively go out and collect things she wants. I think she's rlly causal act what she keeps. if she see's a pretty rock? yoink. some nice smelling flowers? she'll pluck a few to maybe sundry when she's not busy saving the world lmao. I do think she would collect garden gnomes tho. Bc of mr. forkle's human house having the gnomes (the most weird or scary looking ones ofc, shoppes a weirdo 100%). It reminds her or her human past, and it also srsly weirds out like everyone who comes Havenfield which is is plus. Like just imagine a whole line of creepy ass gnomes lined up right outside havenfields entrance. She names them all too. they all human names ofc ofc. like bob. and carl. and other such things.

Keefe: I think he collects things based off of ppl if you know what I mean. Like he see's a bottle caps that reminds him of Sophie's exact eye color and adds it to his Sophie collection. Or if he see's like idk a purple rock that reminds him of like that one time Biana painted his nails the most vibrant and gaudy purple color she had, he adds it to his collection of things that remind him of Biana. maybe he adds little pieces of art he did for each person he collects stuff for. idk. Omg and maybe someday like he has all these collections and like the gang happens to fid out, and they start going through that shit. Keefe's so embarrassed and low-key scared they'll be mad, but they all love it. Fitz finally reunites with his long lost Bramble Jersey! Keefe immediately steals it back tho dw. he's such a people person fr. Especially bc of his empathy. He doesn't have collections for his parents. He used to for Gisela but when she was revealed to be a part of the never seen he showed her's into some dark corner of the house and hasn't looked back.

Biana: ikkkk ppl are gonna say that she collects hair pins and like jewelry and makeup and other stuff like that. And she does, She has an entire closet dedicated to dresses and shoes she has over the year. Like this is canonical. But her most prized and valued collection, is her stick collection. She has so many sticks. She has such stick fight vibes. She used to beat Keefe and fitz up with them. She organizes them by height. She lovingly pets them all. No one is allowed to touch her sticks. Biana = stick girl. One time when the gang was like idk practicing fighting with their bodyguards, she found the biggest most beautiful stick ever and literally screamed. No one knew why Biana, the girliest of girlies (said lovingly ily Biana) was so worked up over a stick. It's ok Biana, sticks r amazing fr.

Dex: I feel like before he became a techno path, he would collect like plant ingredients for different potions and elixirs needed at slurps and burps. He likes the idea of being useful, bc all his life he's been seen as a mistake. He's trying to prove his worth constantly. Kesler happened to ask him to get a like plant in front of a noble, and the noble complimented Dex on being such a good kid, so now he's like oh, I'm a good kid! which makes me so sad. But also he collects like useful things exclusively bc of the triplets. Like he can't bring shiny rocks or shells that he finds on the beach bc the triplets will get to it so fast that he won't even be able to like have a collection to adds things to. Instead, he collects pieces of scrap metal, herbs, wires, wood pieces, etc. so that he has the excuse of saying that this is material he needs for gadgets and elixirs and whatnot, so the triplets can't steal/break anything. he collects pens too( he is anti pencil).

Linh: Because of her being banshed for like 3+ years, I can't say that Linh is a big collector, neither is her brother. She didn't have the means to have things simply for enjoyment. Whatever little she owned went to keeping her and her brother alive and fed. It's hardcoded into to only take what she needs and nothing more bc of her previous life style. But now that she lives with Tiergan (NOT choralmere I REFUSE), I think she might start buying like little trinkets. Maybe stickers or small bracelets, or charms. keychains. Friendship necklaces. She would definitely buy lotttttts of excess things for princess purryfins. Like fancy collars, or little animal clothes. combs to brush her hair. Linh spoils her sm I swear. I wish is was Princess purryfins fr. I also think she would invest in a lottt of water proof clothing/goggles/etc. Like overly so. More than she needs. it's a way of calming her anxiety act her ability. Even if she messes up and loses control, at least she and everyone in Tiergan's house (I forgot what hi should is called) will stay dry. She hasn't fucked up completely.

[askuhtredragnarson]

Uhtred takes a deep calming breath trying to control the rage simmering just below the surface. His thoughts of the King’s deceit towards him in regards to Gisela making it very hard to keep a level head. He has to remind himself not to lose control, there are more lives hanging in the balance than just his and his wife.

Uhtred can’t help the cocky smile he flashes the older warrior. There is a hint of gratitude in his eyes towards Steapa for revealing the secret of his wife’s existence. Even though they play like they don’t like each other, Uhtred has a deep respect for Steapa, and he considers him a friend. He would just like him a whole lot more if he wasn’t the King’s guard dog. 

Reluctantly Uhtred pulls Serpent’s Breath from it’s scabbard, handing the sword to Steapa. He then pulls out his seax, Wasp Sting, from it’s sheath at his waist handing it over. Bending down, Uhtred pulls a knife hidden in the top part of his boot. Standing back up, Uhtred tilts his head to the side. “That should be all….unless you want to check…” Uhtred raises an eyebrow in challenge to Steapa, but when the guard makes no move, Uhtred shrugs his shoulders.

Before Uhtred walks past Steapa, he looks the man in the eyes. “Thank you…” He softly whispers, not needing to say anymore for the guard to understand.

@alfredofwessex69 @theladyofmercia

Following his conversation with Lady Aethelflaed, the King got very little rest, kept awake with thoughts filled with utter regret and repentance. As the morning hours come, he resolves to ready himself for a conversation he will likely dread, but he prays that it will lead to a greater peace— a new beginning, perhaps.

At the King’s order, Steapa instructs the Lady of Mercia’s guards to reserve the Hall for privacy, instead being ordered to the outside of it to stand by. Lord Uhtred and his men have arrived— though Alfred would like to speak to Uhtred alone, with Steapa at his side to likely buffer any risk of Uhtred taking a sword to him here and now. Steapa instructs Uhtred’s men out of the Hall, despite Uhtred’s knowing glare.

“My Lord,” Steapa nods at Uhtred, reaching his hand out. “Your weapons.”

@askuhtredragnarson @theladyofmercia @asksihtrickjartansen

[crymeariveronceagain]

Favourite headcannons?

Heck yeah!

If you want me to expand on any of these, feel free to send another ask, but I think most of them are self explanatory.

Aro-Ace Linh Song. I will die on this hecking hill.

Sophie Foster has a crippling caffiene addiction. It's what's keeping her alive at this point.

The Hekses are French. That's it, that's the whole headcanon.

Alden Vacker is among the crappiest parents to walk the face of this planet <3

The Vackers are not white, anyone who tells you otherwise is probably lying. They're at least half Desi. I don't make the rules.

Keefe has Freckles.

Alden Vacker and Fitz Vacker are both unregistered Beguilers. Alden would never cheat on Della. He'd do just about everything else, though.

Dex hosts movie nights for the whole friend group, and they watch Barbie movies and Disney Movies and Harry Potter and Teen Beach Movie and Steel Magnolias and Titanic(which makes all the boys scream at the scene) and Keefe and Sophie and Dex and Fitz have to translate for the rest of the friend group and they all assign each other different characters and treat it like it's Shakespeare.

Speaking of, BianA VACKER. IS THE WORLD'S MOST HUGEST. SHAKESPEARE NERD. SHE LOVES THE BARD SOOOO MUCH. I think if she died tomorrow she'd want a line from King Lear(her favorite play) on her tombstone.

The Alenfar Family. I love this headcanon so much. Like, imagine, Edaline, Bronte, Juline, Wylie, Tam, Linh, and Glimmer all having a family with one cool dad who gives them hugs?!?!?!?! I could cRY.

Alvar Vacker is Wraith, and Alden Vacker is the leader of the Neverseen.

Kotlc is actually a dystopia written under the guise of a utopia and Shannon's actually aiming for something really deep and dark with the series and the way she's approaching it.

Sophie is amazing at flirting, but she never notices that she's flirting, and so everyone else is in love with her but she never actually noticed and she's just an oblivious little bean and I'd die for her.

Keefe is super hecking touch starved, and his love language is physical touch, and so he doesn't know how much he needs a hug until he's sobbing in somebody's arms.

Gisela dies at the end <3

Fintan is Sophie's biological dad. I can't wait for the angst fire that that's gonna be when it's revealed.

Glimmer has albinism!

Tam Song is an absolute fool for Biana Vacker.

Biana Vacker loves that Tam is an absolute fool for her.

Biana Vacker can run in heels in a ankle-length dress up a flight of stairs while carrying a sword.

Keefe's full name is Cassius Keefe Sencen. He hates it with everything in him.

Stina and Dex hate each other because they're trying to ignore their feelings for each other. *romantic tension*

Mr. Forkle actually doesn't know what's going on at any given moment and kind of thinks he can fake his way through it.

I honestly have so many more, these were just the favorites I could think of off the top of my head.

[bookwyrminspiration]

My kotlc theory that I won’t accept not becoming cannon is Sophie breaking Gethen’s mind. This series started with those two and it’s gonna end with those two. Sophie has always focused on him and pushed for the Black Swan and Council to interrogate him and push him to see what he’s hiding. In the Unlocked Neverseen section she stated that she believes he’s the villain they should be focusing on the most and she wants to break into his mind. The buildup to this has been left in breadcrumbs this whole time and I would cut off my left arm to see this happen for real.

Oh Nonsie now I am just as invested as you are in the completion of the circle for the two of them. For some reason my brain went "this started with Gethen bit by a dog and it should end with Sophie biting him this time." Um. Maybe she shouldn't bite him but like let's maintain the sentiment, you know?

I mean, of the antagonists whose names we know he's one of the only ones we haven't really explored. Yes there's also Trix, but Trix was introduced a lot later and we've never talked to him. But Gethen has always been there and yet we know so so little. Who is he? Why did he join the Neverseen? What's his goal among all of this? Fintan is in prison, Gisela's focused on Keefe, Vespera doesn't want to be associated with Gisela and has her own goals. Where does that leave the rest of the Neverseen?

It'd also be absolutely fascinating to see the immediate lead up and repercussions of Sophie making that kind of decision to break someone's mind. Not even necessarily her going "I'm going to break him" but her pushing so hard that it happens anyway. Because she has exerted truly impressive amounts of energy in someone's head without breaking them, so the level of anger or indignation she'd have to get to to reach that point. Then she's faced with the question of whether or not it was worth it, whether he deserves to be healed. Because no matter what anyone else decides, it's her that makes it happen.

I think whether or not she breaks his mind, we have to have a scene where she's in his head. The number of times she's been told not to search his mind and how eager he's been for her to do it...we have to see what happens when she finally does it! What she learns, what she finds, what it's like, why people tried to get her out.

If we go with the theory that Gethen, a powerful blond telepath whose identity reveal would shake their world, is her father, then I suggest a scene where upon finally disregarding what everyone else says about reading his mind, she goes all in and finds the secret he's been hiding--that he's her bio father and that's why Mr. Forkle has always insisted that he be the one to search his mind. Not just because she's important and Gethen is dangerous, but because inside his mind Mr. Forkle doesn't have control and he can tell her anything he wants, share any secret information Forkle has sequestered away. It could be like a power play. Gethen never says it out loud, he lets Sophie find it for herself as she thinks she's about to unlock some secret to defeated the Neverseen, and then also shattering her trust between Forkle and her because how could he pick Gethen, how could he not tell her?

We've got two books left and there's been reasonable build up specifically around Gethen and Sophie, Nonsie. There is not only a possibility but almost a necessity to address it in order to tie up the trail. I don't know if we'll get a broken mind, but we're getting something!!

[swans-chirping-in-the-distance]

for the songs

New Person, Same Old Mistakes by Tame Impala

Killer Queen by Mad Tsai

Villain by Stella Jang

(ack sorry if these aren’t the best— they were the first songs from the top of my head 😔)

Ooooh okay

Maybe biana about her crushes? Like first she liked Keefe and then maybe her liking Tam or smth but feeling like it's unrequited

"Feeling it overtake/ All that I used to hate" she hated not having someone care for her like that other than surface level

"Wonder what if we trade" like she doesn't want to like someone who doesn't like her back

"All the signs I don't read" they're not interested right (although Tam kinda is in canon but maybe it's dex who is also kinda interested in canon??? Yk what. It's Keefe biana and insert person biana could have a Keefe situation with)

"Going with what I always longed for" she wants love

"Feel like a brand new person/ (But you make the same old mistakes)" she's changed sm but like same situation

"I don’t care I’m in love/ (Stop before it’s too late)" poor bbg

"I'm thinking it's worth the fight" she's trying tho

"Man, I know that it's hard to digest/ But baby this story ain’t so different from the rest/ And I know it seems wrong to accept" this sums up like biana having to go through that again

Gisela omg

"There was this girl/ The most beautiful in the world" leaving this here

"She would walk the halls/ And everyone would whisper and talk/ 'Cause all the girls in town wanted to be her" maybe kid Gisela??

"She's a devil in disguise/ The prom queen has blood on her hands" Gisela is so sweet idk what yall are talking about (lying)

"Every boy and girl she dates" very few believe in straight Gisela

"Disappears without a trace" she's just silly like that

"So be careful when she asks you to dance" if Gisela asked me to dance I would wake up to vesperas ghost torturing me

"She's a motherfucking killer queen/ A psychopath at seventeen/ A beauty in a blood-stained dress" she's so lovely wdym

"She'll fill your heart with kerosene/ And light you up 'til you can't breathe" soooo this is what she does to keefe

"If you cross her path you just might end up dead" *cough* vespera *cough*

"There was this girl/ Who was broken by the world/ 'Cause everyday at school they'd push and shove her/ But she had a plan/ One day she would get her revenge/ And those cheerleaders and jocks would be six feet under" this kinda sums up my theory for how she went batshi

"But behind those angel eyes/ Lies a devilish surprise/ The prom queen has killed for her crown" VESPERA

"Every boy and girl she seeks/ Never comes back in one piece" Cassius is fucked in the head and vespera is fucked in the existence

"She's dancing by herself" bro just left the neverseen

Omg this is Alvar to biana hear me out

"We all pretend to be the heroes on the good side/ Some things are black/ Some things are white/ You shouldn't look through colored lenses/ You're the good guy/ He's the bad guy/ Your boring world is in black and white" just the whole vacker legacy thing and how he's against the black swan

"So many shades of gray" He's trying to manipulate her

"Think twice before you like me" the reveal

"Because/ I'm a villain/ What makes you think otherwise?/ You don't know what a wicked little devil I am" basically the reveal

"You're a villain/ What makes you think otherwise?/ The villain you failed to notice breathes within you" this is so smth he would say to her

"I'm killing someone maybe/ You're killing someone maybe/ I'm killing you maybe/ You're killing me maybe" its so him!!

"We all pretend to be the heroes/ On the good side/ But what if we're the villains/ On the other" vacker legacyyyy

"The person you hate the most/ Is somebody's beloved child" he would!!!

"You don't know what wicked little devils we are/ We're all villains/ What makes you think otherwise?/ Look at us, the devils we failed to notice" eeekkk

[huntlowstan]

Kotlc ending and stuff

(mild stellarlune spoilers)

@officially-shannon-messenger this is for you.

don't want the end of the series to be super simple and the last line is something stupid like "We won." I feel like after a decade it would be a really disappointing ending. So hot take here. What if the last line of the next book is "We lost…" (Best/Worst cliffhanger ever)

BOOM another book about the new dynamic with the neverseen as a ruler maybe there's a thing where they wipe everyone's memories and everyone seems so ridiculously different and OOC because to them the neverseen is all they've known and they have fuzzy spots in their memories.

If someone finds out what they've done they get their washer and there's like scenes where they show them wiping their mind and it's absolutely terrifying because after the person just goes about normally as if they didn't just go through something traumatic. Sophie might not even be the main character here it could be someone else.

But regardless something triggers a memory and the whole book is trying to get everyone else to remember each other as they were and getting back to their old life. But there's someone who doesn't want to go back because their life was awful.

*cough* Keefe *cough* and he becomes the new villain. I mean how epic would Villain Keefe be? Especially with his new ability, he could be an incredible dictator.

He needs a way to control his ability so this could also be a way for the solution to be found where the others have a way to make themselves immune so that way Keefe wouldn't be numb forever.

He could've been controlled by Lady Gisela this whole time or at the very least influenced until at an epic battle he sees sophie and all his memories come flooding back because not plot twist he's a good person. He fights back against his mom killing her and the world somehow doesn't go back to normal. So they work.

They work to make it even better than before so something like this never happens again and Sokeefe lives happily ever after along with everyone else.

There could also be other things like Dex being relevant, the cover art would be sick and just imagine the ships that could come from it or the things that could be revealed

This is probably never gonna happen but I want this fanfic.

[uni-seahorse-572]

okay but consider: what if the Black Swan and the Neverseen were one and the same?

They're all elves willing to make the hard choices to create change, and so their plan is simple: the Neverseen acts like terrifying villains in order to make the Black Swan look better, setting them up as the only people who can keep everyone safe... unlike the Council.

They plan everything together, from Sophie's kidnapping to Jolie's death to the Oblivimyre fire, all to create the perfect villains.

some interesting possibilities here:

Jolie was treated like a necessary sacrifice for the cause

Fintan and Mr. Forkle were the two main leaders, which could also lend credence to the Fintan is Sophie's dad theory

Sophie and co. endure all they do in order to use children to make the Black Swan look more innocent

Lady Gisela joins, but with a plan of her own, and it's through her influence and manipulations that the two groups start to truly split

The gnomish plague wasn't supposed to happen - the Neverseen decided that they needed a way to create a more severe impact, but the Black Swan thought it was wrong to harm innocent gnomes, and that worsened the divide

Eventually, especially under Lady Gisela, they broke apart - the Black Swan had to turn to working with the Council more and more, because things were no longer going to script

Also adds an additional angst level to Alvar - he was really joining the same side as his siblings, in a way, it's just that he was assigned to play the villain (with the reasoning that a Vacker turning could have serious impact on the pristine elven reputation) but his siblings didn't understand that, and since Alvar's allegiance was more strongly to the Black Swan that's why the Neverseen begins to turn against him as he starts to regret the evils he now knows he committed for nothing

(also all three groups in the series would be massively messed up)

The sheer impact this reveal could have... the betrayal... I think this could absolutely fracture the whole series and I love it

[sugarshackpeasant]

sophie and her friends: too predictable or do they have a spy

so i don’t think that shannon will have one of sophie’s friends betray her but this is who i suspect if shannon did:

so lets use the process of elimantion for this, in sophie’s main-ish group (i’m counting maruca and marella as part of the main group) there’s keefe, fitz, dex, tam., linh, biana, wylie, marella, maruca

keefe: obviously its not keefe, most of his character is about not wanting to be like his mom

fitz: i kind of suspected fitz in the earlier books, but his reaction to alvar being a traitor was way too strong for him to be a part of the neverseen

dex: he got tortured and kidnapped in book one, he’s definitely not a spy

tam: we say from his pov in the legacy short story and he hated being a prisoner of the neverseen, he’s not the spy

wylie: not the spy, he was tortured by the neverseen, the neverseen killed his mom, and prentice and tiergan are in the black swan 

marella: i think it would be too much like the brant plotline if marella was a neverseen member, and the whole evil pyrokinetic thing has already been done twice

maruca: hasn’t had enough page time, for her betrayal to be impactful and wylie’s her cousin and the neverseen literally tortured him

that leaves two main suspects: biana and linh

when i started writing this post i was leaning towards biana and i’ll make a case for her, but first let me address linh

i’m writing this while i’m in school (lol) but the more i thought about ti during english class the more it made sense

let’s break it down:

linh was banished and sent to exillium

wouldn’t that make your blood boil if your parents just let the council banish you for an accident instead of not taking a hydrokinetic under the ocean

being banished under circumstances like that would make you pretty angry at the council and your parents right?

angry enough to want revenge?

linh and tam were already treated horrible by elvin society because they were twins and wouldn’t you hold a grudge for that?

at exillium it seems like it would be pretty easy to recruit the kids for the neverseen

a bunch of angry and powerful kids and being anonymous is enforced all the time

and we know tam is more openly bitter about linh and his banishment, but couldn’t linh just be putting on a front when she’s around other people because she doesn’t want them in her business

okay so lets just assume that the neverseen recruited linh a little before the gnomish plague got spread

lets think about why the neverseen would recruit her: she’s banished and angry, she was already discriminated against before she was banished, she’s very powerful and she’s more likely to follow orders than her brother (remember that tam doesn’t like being told what to do by anyone), and she and tam lived right by wildwood (i think, but i know that they lived where the plague was)

okay the neverseen’s recruited her and she lives by the perfect spot to spread the plague, so they do the thing with the tree and now the plague is out in the world

and i know that you’re probably thinking that fintan made alvar reveal he was a spy so why wouldn’t he make linh reveal herself too?

think about it, if you were fintan and you were deciding who you wanted to reveal themselves as a spy to sophie and her friends would you rather reveal alvar who can spy on alden (that’s about it) or linh who is now trusted by sophie and the black swan?

make sure to remember that sophie doesn’t tell alden everything, the people she normally goes to first are either her friends or the black swan

linh is in the better position here and why would fintan want to reveal both of his spies, instead he could reveal alvar to fuck with sophie and her friends head while still keeping linh who is in a better position to gather intel

also lets not forget that everyone else in the friend group has been injured or had severe psychological trauma from the neverseen

sophie and dex were kidnapped and tortured, keefe’s had his ribs broken and his mom’s been emotionally abusing him his whole life, fitz was tortured by umber, wylie was tortured, tam was taken prisoner and forced to do a lot of fucked up shit (you really think that wouldn’t leave any trauma at all?), and biana has permanent scars and almost died

marella and maruca haven’t been majorly injured but they’re also a lot newer to the group than linh

linh has been with the group for a while now and nothing major has happened to her that i can remember

also maybe linh was another factor in gisela wanting tam in the neverseen, maybe linh just wanted her brother safe and on the winning side

and maybe that’s why linh doesn’t want to be around glimmer because she doesn’t want glimmer recognizing her or her voice

lets assume that linh probably had a code name 

so what do you think, is linh a spy for the neverseen?

alright, so i said that i also thought that biana could be the spy, but after everything i just wrote, i think it’s less likely, but it’s still a possibility, so here’s why is supect her:

biana vacker always being used to get closer to fitz, never the golden child, always in fitz’s shadow

she always just kind of gave me a vibe in the first three books that maybe she was in the neverseen

think about it, alvar was a member of the neverseen and he thinks that biana is the sibling that would understand why the vacker legacy is fucked up

so maybe once she manifests as a vanisher he recruits her

but idk biana also got scarred and almost died from vespera’s attack and that would take a lot of commitment to a cause to let them almost kill you just to maintain your cover

so personally i don’t really think that biana’s a spy anymore but if you can think of more reasons on why she might be, feel free to tell me

so what do y’all think is linh a spy or is biana a spy? or do you think that it’s someone else from sophie’s friend group?

[cecebookworm]

I finished Unraveled a few hours ago and here are my intial thoughts. Spoilers obviously:

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SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT

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- I really loved it. Keefe’s internal monologue was surprisingly not obnoxious (I love him but he can be low key exhausting) and I was impressed by the more overall mature tone of the book.

- The twists were insane in a way that felt like they should have been obvious. I’m not including the Alvar reveal considering we all more or less figured the guy in the cover was either Alvar or Gethen, but the twists involving him were intriguing.

- I feel like Shannon is setting him up to be redeemed in the sense that he’ll die in some heroic death saving Fitz in the final book. He comments so many times in this how much he loves Keefe but hates Fitz and I just don’t believe it.

- I was sick reading this book and the vibes of the book were so immaculately cozy it made me feel better whenever I read it.

- There were TWO QUEER CHARACTERS (a gay man who helps Keefe in London and a sapphic women in Australia who help trick Keefe and Alvar [Good for her]) and apparently that was enough for people to be furious about “liberal propaganda”??????? Bruh, just say your feelings some feelings you don’t want to talk about. 🙄

- Though the notable thing about this is that the way that Keefe and Alvar talk about it implies that homosexuality has not happened publicly in the Lost Cities because of matchmaking (which makes a whole lot of sense because matchmaking is basically eugenics.) I wonder if Shannon will bring this up when the matchmaking system inevitably topples in the final book. (Marelinh 👉👈?)

- The twist with Lord Cassius had me face palming to myself. Tell me why my dumbass heard Cass and my first thought was, “Is Keefe gonna meet an old granny and actually feels some parental love? 🥹” Um no, Shannon Messenger can not let him be happy for two minutes.

- I really loved all the discussions about mental health in this book. The way Keefe had to navigate the complicated feelings about his mother, his life, what has happened to him because he finally HAD the time to deal with it was really well done.

*though I’m unconvinced that Alvar didn’t get a therapy license while in the Forbidden Cities.

- SPEAKING OF ALVAR’S TIME IN THE FORBIDDEN CITIES; I don’t know how, but I guessed he was in Seoul by the way Keefe talked about the library where they met. I thought the description matched a library I’ve seen on Instagram a lot and low and behold when Alvar talked about hotteoks I realized he had in fact been in South Korea! Oh the joys of spending a lot of time obsessing about leaving the country and finding landmarks from it.

- Eleanor’s story is stressing me OUT. WHO showed up at your door after your father’s death?!?!?! (My bet is on Kenric and Prentice. Zero evidence, pure gut feeling) WHAT are you hiding?!?!?! (Please God let it be extra crystals.) WILL YOU BE RETURNING?!?! (Come on girly, we both know you can’t resist getting back at Gisela for being a psycho.)

- Anyway, all of this book explained Keefe’s odd behavior in Stellarlune so I find that interesting. Honestly, after rereading a few of the last chapters I don’t think this was a cash grab. Shannon REALLY couldn’t have conveyed a lot of this from Keefe just telling a story back to Sophie. She did the right thing.

- This book has officially become my emotional crush until May.

[tamsong]

like you said, the black swan would be a lot more interesting if they have actual goals they're working on outside of just...sophie saving the world. like. it feels strange that they're all so centered around sophie when they're supposed to be this far-reaching rebellion that does tons of work behind the scenes, and we dont even get real goals from them. its mostly just "yeah make the world better" but it never specifies. if they had specific goals like "get rid of the matchmaking system" or "reintroduce humans to the lost cities" (doesnt have to be those, they're just examples) i feel like they'd be a lot more engaging to read about and discuss.

FOR SURE DUDE like fintan had his “put all humans in a sanctuary” thing and lady gisela has her… well that’s a little more more vague but she’s Doing stuff, like messing w keefe’s abilities and the whole nightfall thing. the black swan feels less active and more REactive, just trying to stop whatever the neverseen is doing. i think the series could benefit from the vibe of the earlier books where the black swan was a bit more spooky and info was being revealed in chunks at a time (but multiple chunks per book) because rn it seems we’ve hit a wall with the information we’re getting