#keefe this keefe that it’s like I get it

[valewritessss]

If I’m being completely honest… and please don’t hate me for this I thought this a long time ago and I don’t know if I still do but… I stopped reading Kotlc when it became too much about angsty/sad Keefe and not enough everyone else

Edit: this is not an anti keefe post. I love keefe.

[camelspit]

can you draw more girl!keefe? the lesbian in me craves her

fun fact: if u don't think a character of the opposite gender from u that is said and drawn to be hot is rly that hot until u see a genderbent version, ur gay!

source? i made it the fuck up.

250 notes and i draw fem!keefe sokeefe kiss 💛

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[midasx9]

i don’t care if you don’t like fitz as a character. i really don’t. you’re allowed to dislike a character.

but if you hate him just because he’s getting in the way of your sokeefe it’s ON. SIGHT.

[cavennmalore]

with the amount that the main series dunks on the forbidden cities i would just love for unraveled to be just an unabashed celebration of humanity. like yes there is poverty and pollution and crime but also there is dancing and music and rollercoasters and scary movies. let keefe discover the beauty here! the first book was all about the wonder of the lost cities but unraveled could be all about the wonder of the forbidden cities

[crescentpaws]

KEEFE STAN ON PINTEREST IS TRYING TO TELL ME I HAVEN’T READ ALL THE BOOKS LMFAOOO

(also i literally just said he was annoying like. in no way did they reply with anything that would invalidate my point 😭😭)

[bookwyrminspiration]

It's fun to bemoan the odd lines and such, and I was gonna make a joke, but I do think it is genuinely sad how much of Unraveled's promo is leaning so heavily into shipping.

Not because I hate sokeefe or Keefe, but because this is such a massively popular story that has so much to offer outside of a single ship, and it's such a disservice to the years of work Shannon has put in to crafting these characters' stories and world. And to the countless fans who adore the story and characters outside of this single ship.

Both Sophie and Keefe are more than sokeefe, and the way this story about injustice, and rebellion, and loss of self, and grief is being overshadowed by a relationship? See the kiss scene! sokeefe art! foster-related quote! These things themselves aren't bad, but there's no balance; they should be part of more, not the whole thing. KOTLC deserves to retain its complexity in marketing! The readers, including young, deserve to have the story not watered down for them when it's being pushed!

There's also something about how publishers told Shannon KOTLC wouldn't sell because Sophie's a girl, and she pushed through that, only for Sophie to become almost an accessory to Keefe's story here? Making appearances that focus on what Keefe thinks of her instead of Sophie herself. I don't have this fully articulated, but hopefully you see what I'm getting at

Shannon's said for years she hates love triangles, didn't mean to write one, and tries to stay firmly Team Sophie. And I believe her, which makes it worse seeing how despite Shannon's efforts, her story about a brave, stubborn, reckless, passionate girl trying to find herself and do what she can to right the wrongs she sees in the world is getting pared down to a love story.

Now we do have six more weeks to go, so we could get some variety in the future. it's just frustrating so far, and as fun as it is to make silly little jokes about it, I do think there is a genuine critique here of publishing and marketing and treatment of female led stories (yes, unraveled is about keefe, but Keeper is about Sophie), and I wanted to say something

[queefsencen]

lodestar

[myfairkatiecat]

Rereading neverseen to distract from illness and stumbled across this daily reminder that keefe definitely absolutely 100% infantilizes sophie because that is definitely what’s happening in this image. Look at him totally treating her like a helpless child. An argument that makes lots of sense for sure.

[chellodello]

It’s my birthday and I can share it with Zim if I want to!

[synonymroll648]

after fitz cools off a little bit about sophie and keefe being a thing, he should drop tidbits about keefe (mostly during trust exercises) that he thinks she might find helpful since they're dating.

the thing is, instead of just stuff like, 'keefe loves frogs, so he might appreciate a gift or trip related to them, idk' he also drops things like 'btw if you just hold his hand in your hands - specifically towards the back of his head, just behind his ears - while you're talking to him, he'll probably melt haha. also his scalp is sensitive, do with that what you will, but make sure you're gentle'.

bonus points if sophie asks keefe about why every single tidbit fitz gives is correct and he goes tomato red for the first time ever and sputters out something like 'i gave fitz the lord of the snuggles title based on personal experience - he's clingy when he's tired, ok?'

[the-way-astray]

strieefe writers have not yet incorporated the fact that i don't think keefe's middle name is that bad into their fics yet

[book-lover85]

Stay at home dad and artist on commission Keefe

[camelspit]

alvars so so so interesting to me. he hated his brother and his family because he was overlooked. he let the neverseen do whatever they wanted to him and did whatever they told him to do because he thought they cared about/needed him, something he didnt have before.

they left him to die. all he wanted was somewhere quiet to do it after everything. he gave up. but despite all odds the humans found him and gave him a second chance. and he hasnt looked back because he finally realized the neverseen didnt give a shit abt him.

i dont think it was ever actually about changing the world or doing good or whatever. i dont think he had any strong ties to the cause, he just wanted to be worth something to someone, and the neverseen gave him that feeling. he doesnt really regret anything he did, but thats because he never had any strong emotions about it to begin with. he only cut ties and moved on with his life after he realized that the neverseen wouldn't actually give what what he wanted. that they never cared about him.

hes selfish and apathetic but i think maybe the humans changed that a bit. they gave him a chance. they healed him. he has a new start and its because of them and hes making the best of it.

[killerchickadee]

This still from season 4 is so funny to me cause like, Keefe's really out here wearing his tits out roast beef jacket to church.

[chainlxnk]

migrainecore

[clarissaweasley-10]

reblog if you love both Keefe and the other characters equally (or to an extent equally).