#kotlc amy foster

[analyzingkotlc]

Does anyone else miss the interactions between Sophie and her human sister Amy? They had such a wonderful relationship going on in Nightfall, and I really wish I could see that again.

[the-witch-of-woods-beyond]

“Just because I don’t have fancy powers doesn’t mean I’m useless.”

- amy rose foster, natalie freeman: nightfall, chapter nine

[thatonesongyouretryingtoremember]

HC that When Amy starts high school she occasionally brings up stories about her older sister, since it's now believable that a sister only three years older had already moved out. She tells her friends that they can't mention her around her parents bc they didn't get along. She says that Sophie goes to "some fancy school" because she's super smart, and that's why she's not around, all of which is technically true.

[winwin17]

I forgot that the first chapter of KOTLC book 1 says that kids' thoughts were particularly "high-pitched" and "stinging" for a telepath (Sophie). Maybe that's part of why she used to find Amy so annoying. Never thought of that before.

[frizzle-mcshizzle]

when a mind is wiped the emotions stay, when Sophies family's minds where wiped, they where not going to forget how they love her, they forgot who she was,

Did Amy ever get board one day and absentmindedly go to the extra bedroom in their new house like there was someone in there she could talk to. only to realize the bedroom is empty, then she wonders why she expected anyone to be there at all. because she doesn't have any siblings

did her mom ever set four plates for dinner, only to look at the table and realize there was an extra and not understand why she put four plates down in the first place.

did she lay awake at night with a feeling in her soul that she had another child, one that she didn't miscarry. one that she used to hold and laugh with, one that she had kissed goodnight. did she feel insane first laying in bed late at night, scratching her brain trying to remember who this child was, because she swears up and down the hole she felt in her chest could only be made by a missing child

did she talk to William, and tell him about it, did he agree with her, tell her that he felt the same way. that sometimes when he comes home from work he expects one more person to greet him, that he feels a pang in his chest when he sees the extra bedroom in their house acting as an office.

where they haunted by the ghost of what their family had once been? did they wonder why they all act as if theres a extra person in their family when they where acting on instinct? did they feel a tightness in their chest when they saw a stuffed elephant?

did they wonder why it felt like their there was a empty spot at the table, in the car, on the couch?

before they shake it off and remind themselves that only have three people in their family and there had always been three people in their family, even if their hearts seemed to think otherwise.

[myfairkatiecat]

I have a headcanon where whenever the black swan goes to Amy for help (it happens more often in my head because it SHOULD) she refers to Sophie exclusively as the mockingjay and Sophie is the ONLY one who gets it. Amy refuses to elaborate

[camelspit]

what if amy had been dead when sophie found her in nightfall. would that be crazy or what.

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[swans-chirping-in-the-distance]

I want batshit sophie using her five abilities to wreck stuff up I want batshit fitz ready to use his anger as a weapon I want batshit biana ready to fucking obliterate anyone who hurts someone she cares about I want batshit keefe finally snapping I want batshit dex using his technopathy and being relevant I want batshit tam using his love as a weapon I want batshit linh proving she's not in her brother's shadows I want batshit marella giving in to the flames I want batshit wylie refusing to lose anyone else I want batshit stina sick of being looked down upon I want batshit jensi for every time he's been underestimated I want batshit rayni for everytime she's been forgotten I want batshit maruca proving she was never weak in this essay I will

[drama-llamaaa]

I wanna see more of Amy. mainly, I want Keefe to see more of Amy. I doubt it'll happen in unravelled, since Keefe is in London and Sophie grew up in America, but what if.

what if he, for some reason, lightleaped to where Amy is and they just, y'know, talk? I want them to have a sibling-like relationship. and since sokeefe is pretty much official, keefe can be like Amy's older brother, like "this is my girlfriend's lil sis, and now she's my lil sis too"

because omg protective older brother keefe

I want to see it happen nowwww

[the-great-gullon-incident]

*When Amy was living with them*

Quinlin: Um… You want a beer?

Livvy: She’s 11!

Quinlin: I don’t know! What am I supposed to do with her?!

[strawburrymeadows]

amy and eleanor should meet and become besties in book 10

[cynicalclairvoyantcadaver]

Alden Vacker was horrible for this

Ok, listen.

Is anyone going to talk about one of if not the most disturbing thing in KOTLC?

I've seen only a few posts talking about this, and every time I think about it, I feel so odd about it. It's one of the most depressing things in the series. And almost everyone glosses over it.

What is it?

It's the fact that Sophie chose to erase her family's memories of her, their whole life, and have them be given new memories and start elsewhere.

Do you know how messed up this is?

Sophie's family had a life. They had friends. They had a house and a social circle and an entire damn life in San Diego, and all of their memories are just wiped and they move to another place because of one decision.

They don't have any autonomy in the say. The elves don't give them any. They don't explain what happened, they don't tell them anything.

No, instead they follow the rushed, not properly thought over decision of an immature, terrified twelve year old girl who was forced to leave her entire home and life behind. Hell, when I was younger and closer to Sophie's age, I thought that it was a good decision too. Now that I'm older, I can clearly look at this decision and say-

What the absolute fuck.

Now, do not think for a second that I am blaming Sophie here.

As I said, she was a terrified, panicked, immature TWELVE YEAR OLD who was forced to leave her entire home, life and family behind. If I had to that at twelve........well, I'm not as brave as Sophie.

I'm not blaming Sophie. I'm not blaming that scared twelve year old. She might have suggested it, but it was in the heat of panic, pure panic at having her home and everything she knew ripped away from her.

I'm blaming Alden. I'm blaming the Washers. I'm blaming the Council and literally everyone who agreed to this.

Alden should have sat Sophie down and explained all the consequences of this decision. He should have told Sophie that mourning the loss of a daughter was infinitely better than having all their memories wiped and their lives ripped away with absolutely no autonomy in that.

He should have firmly refused to do that, no matter how much Sophie begged and cried and yelled and pleaded.

Instead...........he did it.

IMHO, this really darkens Alden's morality. I mean he is still a light shade, but he's a light shade of gray.

He might be a good father figure to his children and Sophie, but let me tell you, this was the one thing that made me blanch at him and dislike him.

Alden pros can harp on all they like, but no KOTLC fan should ever forget this.

(It would have been really interesting to see Amy react realistically and hate Alden. That would have been the perfect ground for angst.)

[lotusishere]

You know what scene we don’t talk about much in the keeper fandom? The fact that Bronte allowed Amy, Sophie’s human sister, to touch his ears. HIS EARS!

[thatonesongyouretryingtoremember]

Eleanor and Amy should have a humans-who-know-about-elves support group

(aka I FINALLY FINISHED UNRAVELED!!! TIME TO UNBLOCK SOME TAGS!)

[winwin17]

KOTLC future headcanon

When Amy Foster grows up, she goes to college and studies psychology and its related fields to become a therapist. Because of her good standing with Bronte as well as her connection to Sophie, a special contract is made which grants Amy permission to travel to the Lost Cities and provide therapy and counseling services for the Elves.

Amy goes on to have a successful career in the human world, but her primary and most beloved work is her top secret regular travels to the elven cities. Over time, with Sophie and friends now also adults, some changes take place in leadership positions, whether that be new Council members, members of the now openly recognized Black Swan, or other organizations, and steps are slowly being taken to make some level of reconnection between the human and elven worlds.

But Amy Foster is sadly still mortal, and some of the elves realize that one day she will not be there to continue providing the services she's introduced to the elven world and which have started to make a positive impact on the mental and emotional health of their people. So Rex Dizznee takes it upon himself to sneak off to the human world and dig into this world of psychology and mental health studies himself. At first this is a secret act of counterculture rebellion, but eventually it is endorsed by some of the new leadership, and they help provide resources and protection for his mission.

And so it is that the talentless and once socially scorned Rex Dizznee is the first pioneer among elves in bringing the mental health movement to the Lost Cities. Because of his fame, talentless people are now not only accepted (thanks to the influence of people like Sophie and Dex and Keefe) but also applauded and admired. Rex is even appointed as leader of a group commissioned to collect and transfer academic resources from the human world to improve the elves' own study of psychology. (Keefe might be able to help with his photographic memory, and maybe they could store some of the information in caches for safekeeping, as it's groundbreaking material for the Lost Cities.

So Amy is the first human and recognized professional therapist in the Lost Cities, and Rex is the first elven psychologist, commissioned researcher to the Forbidden Cities, and the first talentless elf to become famous for something good.

[black--butterflies]

I love art of Jolie, Sophie, and Amy as not biological siblings.