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

[the-way-astray]

here is a shitty fic i am writing as I type this in your inbox (its 2am hELP)

Stira couldn't believe her parents had wanted Keefe over for dinner. When she told them she had met a boy at school, they took that too literally. When she said "met him," she meant he was in some of her classes and annoying, NOT that they were friends.

Oh well. she had a plan...

A while later, Keefe rang the doorbell, his messy blond hair disheveled, like he'd been in a rush to get here.

"Hi!" He greeted Stria's parents, following them to the dinner table.

Stria got the family (and Keefe) glasses of water before joining them. His was a little.... special.

Her parents asked Keefe where he was from, how school was, and other such questions. Eventually, her parents left to clean up, and Stria took Keefe up to her room. He looked a little pale, and she sweetly asked, "What's wrong?"

"I...I don't feel well," he answered, crumpling to the floor. "What did you do to me?"

"Just a little poison in your drink," she said, noting the horrified expression on his face. He tried to push himself up, but it was like the feeling in his arms was gone. He was completely paralyzed, it felt like.

"You should be feeling some discomfort," Stria mused.

He opened his mouth, making a strangled sound.

The last thing he saw was Stria's confident gaze and she punched him in the nose.

Keefe died

the end :)

beautiful fic . . .

out of character for me to tell my parents this kind of stuff and out of character for my parents to care but oogh

why would i take keefe to my room. i want him to die in the basement

“you should be feeling some discomfort” took me out

ME PUNCHING HIM IS KICKING HIM WHILE HE’S DOWN FOR REAL

“keefe died. the end :)” HELP

in conclusion, this is a masterpiece

[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.

[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.

[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

[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

[flibbetygibbetsbro]

None of ya'll are ready to admit the fact that 9.5 (IF DONE WELL) is the perfect way to finally put a greater focus on the problems of Elvin Government, matchmaking systems, etc. Like???? Can you imagine Keefe finding out that most juveniles cannot be tried and treated as adults in some countries and wondering how beneficial a system like that would have been for, like, YOU KNOW, Lihn?

[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?'

[chainlxnk]

migrainecore

[the-way-astray]

why is everyone so shocked at how cringy the unraveled line is, though. like this is par for the course when it comes to keefe. i could pull like sixteen different lines from various books that are at this same level of cringe. this is what he consistently sounds like

[clarissaweasley-10]

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

[book-lover85]

Stay at home dad and artist on commission Keefe

[imobsessed123]

Woah Keefe is so emotionally manipulative. Not like he got raised in a horrible household where being emotionally abused was the norm. Not like half of his ‘insulting’ things were just bad attempts to make people laugh because in his mind that’s one of the only things he’s good at. Not like he probably cries thinking about all the times he hurt people without even meaning to. Not like he says things that come across as manipulative without him meaning it to because again, saying things like that are normal to him. Not like he would do anything for his friends. Not like most of his decisions, in his mind at least, were to benefit everyone else. Not like he would probably rather die than be like his father. Of course not, that’s ridiculous!

[lucyshypemaster]

keefe was actually insane for this