#keefes human bf

[lotusishere]

I’m going to talk about Fitz Vacker in this post because I’m shocked I haven’t shared my feelings about him yet. So here we go. I don’t think it should be a shocker to literally anyone but I actually don’t like Fitz. But I don’t hate him for no reason and I don’t hate him for just his aggression. I just don’t like him as a person but I appreciate his character. He’s a middle child and a golden child at that. He’s was born to live up to highest expectations compared to his brother. Not to mention the legacy itself is tough to keep in good spotlight. I know having his title would make it hard for him to find real friends, as everyone would want to be friends with him because of his family name. He’s smart, attractive, snarky. But as he has good traits he has bad ones too. He’s occasionally aggressive and frustrated (and frustrating). But let’s talk about it.

Before Sophie he seemed to be living in bliss. His family’s name wasn’t in ruin. He was in the highest place he could be. He might have been struggling to find good connection and felt the pressure of trying to hold his families name; but it definitely wasn’t like the stress he has now. His brother is literally a terrorist. His great great (a couple greats) grandmother used to experiment on humans and cause trouble. Right now everyone is looking at their family and it’s messing up the Vacker Legacy. Something that he not only has pride in but something that he worships and holds in his heart. I feel like because he was raised (and kinda forced) to be in a big spot light all the time it made him feel like if he wasn’t he wasn’t good enough or failing his name. He was raised to be perfect. He was perfect but I feel like all that perfection caused cracks he didn’t see.

Fitz is a beautifully flawed character. He has passions, beliefs, BIG flaws but most importantly he has feelings. We see it throughout the entire book. He’s emotional and wears what he’s feeling on his sleeve. When he’s angry you’re gonna know. When he’s sad you’re gonna know. He was raised for his family name not tough situations that are in light now because Sophie is in the elf world. He wasn’t raised or prepared for the betrayal of his brother. He wasn’t ready for the breaking of his father. He wasn’t ready for the emotional drain of his mother not being able to let go and move on. He reacts because well because he’s a teenager. I feel like a lot of people forget that he’s also a kid. He might be older but it doesn’t mean he’s any less of a child. He’s hormonal, emotional and going through a lot of stressors in his life. I bet his life is entirely different from what he planned or imagined and he’s trying to hold everything he can to keep it from changing more but is failing. To go from Mr popular to everyone gossiping about his family in a negative way is a big change. I feel like the social pressures of having to be a Vacker gets to him a lot. He wants to rebuild the name they had. He wants to live up to his family title. He doesn’t want to wear it down more than what certain family members has done.

Can you imagine living your entire life based on being perfection for a perfect title only to have both taken away? I know his ass is going through an identity crisis. And it’s sad because I wish people gave him recognition that he’s more than a Vacker. He’s Fitz. He’s his own person. He’s not just Sophie cognate. He’s not just Sophie’s bf or Sophie’s ex. He’s not just Alvar’s little brother. He’s not just Biana’s older brother. He’s not just Keefe’s “best friend”. He’s not just a Vacker. He’s Fitzroy Avery Vacker. He is temperamental, caring, occasionally a good friend. He is selfish but he’s also compassionate. He may not understand things and might be ignorant to a lot but he tries with what he is given. Do I feel like he has acted inappropriately at times? Oh absolutely. Book 2, Exile, with how he treated Sophie. Calling her “broken” absolutely unacceptable. I’m also upset because I feel like they don’t really hold Fitz accountable to just how much what he says or does hurts people’s feelings. He has constantly hurt Sophie’s feelings by saying the wildest stuff to her. She legit began to be afraid to even share her emotions or things with Fitz because she was scared of him being angry at her.

Which is crazy. Especially because they were dating. I feel like because Fitz was drawn out to be Sophie’s love interest it took out what made Fitz in the book couple of books Fitz. Do I like how he treated other characters? No I did not. His relationship with Keefe is something I hold deeply to my heart. Because (not sure if anyone agrees but) Keefe and Fitz were never best friends. At least not real ones. They were best friends by situation. It is said AND shown multiple times that they actually don’t know anything about one another. Or at least it’s one sided. I feel like Fitz was so focused on himself that he couldn’t see Keefe struggling. Which is crazy cuz his ass is abused as hell and for him to know literally nothing to how his parents treat him or what he’s been through is crazy. What’s crazier is that the second Keefe joined Neverseen the switch up Fitz had was crazy. That’s your so called best friend. But at the same time his reaction was slightly justified because his brother betrayed him too. So he has a right to be on edge and to be upset.

It’s just heartbreaking because I feel like Fitz could have been so much more if he was flushed more as a character. I wished he interacted with characters (positively) more. For example I wished Keefe and Fitz were able to develop an actual and genuine friendship ON their OWN terms instead of being friends by situation. I wished i could have seen a mutual respect for Dex and Fitz. Especially after that moment they shared where Dex almost accidentally killed Fitz. I feel like he’s been so condensed to this angry teenager who is hormonal and jealous that it has replaced the good qualities he has. He has a right to be jealous because he’s never had anything of his own before. Sophie sees him for more than just his title. He’s never had anyone like him genuinely like that before. And I know he feels jealous because he wants to be like Keefe while Keefe wants to be like Fitz. But to make that majority of his character and flush him out and make him a douche bag? Do I believe match making papers are important to fitz. Yes I do.

Do I believe he would have made it a big deal causing emotionally turmoil on Sophie? No. Idk some people might disagree but I feel like he wouldn’t have done that. I feel like as much as he WOULD want her to it wouldn’t be pressure. Him getting angry and causing scenes like come on. He’s better than that and I know that. I know he wants to better his family image but book one Fitz would have never said or treated Sophie half of the way he did in the lastest 2 books. I believe the second he would have realized it wouldn’t have worked he would have talked to her and put up with an agreement to pull back. Or at least wait until everything is over to start a relationship. I see the good in Fitz. I do. I know he has it in his heart to be caring even if he doesn’t agree with people. I know he has his own judgements and beliefs and that’s fine. But I don’t think it’s in his character to shame everyone else’s ideas because of it. If it was he would have shamed Dex a LONG time ago but he didn’t. He keeps his opinions to himself (majority of the time). He gets a little quirky during the day sometimes.

But these are just some of my feelings about Fitz. There are more but this post is already long lmfao. Tell me how yall feel? Hate him? Love him? Neutral feelings? Again I don’t love him but I don’t hate him. He’s a good (kinda) neutral character. He’s just not the character for me.

[myfairkatiecat]

Ok so my thoughts on a Keefe POV book are as follows:

Look, I love Sophie too and the plot has definitely shifted to include a lot more of Keefe. But I always saw this coming. He slowly is becoming more and more important to the plot. I predicted this sort of thing since the ending of a Everdeen with Keefe’s “betrayal.”

Keefe is computed enough to have his own series, but KOTLC has to be about Sophie because she is the better protagonist. She is the one who grew up in the human world and is a project designed to change the world—yet half the change she wants to see is in the broadly accepted aspects of culture in the Lost Cities.

Two things I think justify writing this much from Keefe’s POV. 1. He’s become monumentally important in Sophie’s life, not just as her best friend and bf but also as the person who should theoretically be her by nemesis. 2. He has all these erased memories and a unique perspective (his new powers) as well as so many moments and adventures that happen off-screen in a Sophie POV that in order to find out what’s going on with him and understand his story for a greater understanding of what will actually be book 10, we NEED a Keefe POV. Because otherwise, Keefe just has to tell Sophie for us to figure it out—and story-wise, it might be better for her not to know as much as we do.

So yeah. I’m gonna miss Sophie in the next book. But I think that with Keefe’s development as a character and the fact that we need to know things about him and his adventures that Sophie can’t know, a POV book is the right move.

She does acknowledge that this is not a “full book,” just yet another .5, which also makes me feel better about the POV. She’s not turning this into Keefe’s series, but allowing Keefe to play the role he needs to play in Sophie’s life and allowing us to see what’s going on without her knowing everything immediately.

So yep, I’m excited for 9.5, and yes, I think it’s necessary! I’ll definitely be being a copy in November!

[stellarune]

so youre telling me that polygot keefe sencen wouldn't pretend to learn how to sign bc he wants his boyfriend to still secretly sign cute things at him while keefe pretends he doesn't understand?

yes. yes he owuld youre absolutely right.  “i love you”

“oh, i didnt quite get that. say it again ?”

[stellarune]

wait you may have said this already but how do keefe and nathan meet

ok so this is with librarian keefe bc fuck it i love librerian kefe. i mea, he has photographic emory, hed know where all the books are : nathan is always there, every week, same seat same time, and keefe has never seen him with anyone else. sometimes hes studying, sometimes hes just readin for fun. sometimes he has coffee with him, and normally thats forbidden, but honeslty ? hes an adult, and he doesnt seem like the rambucious kind so he leaves him be. one day, nathan goes up to him and hands him a little note saying "hi, i looked in the data base, and it says the book is at a certain place and it isnt but maybe you could help me find it ?" keefe signs back, and the rest is history.

[stellarune]

you know how you said nathan rips his jeans and shirts and stuff? keefe embroidering the jeans with just, flowers and stuff. or maybe the nb flag-

oh ok thats adorable and such a keefe thing to do. fae starts small embroderies first, just little bees and flowers. but soon ? soon they make m a s t e r pieces. and nathan is like “babe. babe how.” and he now has a jean jacket with a poppy field on the back

[stellarune]

Bonus points if the books Keefe was looking at in the library were guides or whatever on how to do asl

dfrtgyhuji a w w 

[stellarune]

okay but once nathan explains about their he/they pronouns keefe just goes "wait you can do that?" and starts using he/they as well as a few neopronouns and nathan is so happy for him-

neopronouns keefe ?? yes ??? please ????? he switches between them so often because verytime he sees a new set he likes hes like “bABE !!!”

so no one knows at nathan job if he just has that many queer friends, because every week they start tlaking ab smeone with different pronouns. “oh yeah, do you know what my partner did last night ??? aur stappled a chicken to the ceiling !! thats fucking bonkers eileen !!”

[stellarune]

Yo what does Keefe’s human bf look like

oh thats a good question hmmm ok so lemme make a picrew real quick

his name is nathan

[stellarune]

Is he taller or shorter than Keefe

he's toller, he gives forehead kisses ::DDD

[stellarune]

keefe and his human bf gives me so much serotonin omg i have been blessed. his bf plays the violin. keefe is in love