#kotlc character analysis Masterpost

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KOTLC Masterpost

Fanfiction:

Perfect Match (a yet unfinished multi-chapter Kenralie backstory)

Councillor Matchmaker (a Kenralie one-shot told from Bronte's perspective)

Project Moonlark: The Origin Story (a finished, six-chapter fic about Oralie agreeing to participate in Project Moonlark)

Christmas Kenralie Drabble

Headcanons:

Kenric and Oralie

What if the Council apologized for the ability restrictor?

When the Council finds out Oralie is Sophie's mother

Councillor Clarette and Councillor Noland

The Council's actions before/after the confrontation in Exile

The Council after Kenric's death

Bronte mentoring Sophie

Alina joining the Council

The Council's relationships with each other

Oralie and Bronte

What if Kenric was alive?

Analysis:

Least favorite KOTLC character

Were Alden and Della right to give Alvar a second chance? / Who is the evillest character? / How should the Council have handled the pyrokinesis deaths? / Is the Council evil?

Why didn't Sophie realize Keefe, Fitz, and Dex had feelings for her? / How old is Councillor Bronte?

My opinion on the Council

Characters Who Might Die

The Empath ability

Top Five Kenric /Oralie moments

Essays for Roison's Reading Rumble (in case anyone wants to read those)

The role of light in the Lost Cities

The theme of helping each other

Bronte's role in the plot

Fitz and Dex comparison

Sophie's Relationship with Grady and Edaline

Sophie and Biana's friendship

How Grady displays grief

Foreshadowing in the first chapter

Oralie Presentation (30+ slides of analyzing her character development)

Character Ask Game: (which is always open for more asks)

Vespera

Dex

Grizel

Sophie

Grady and Edaline

Marella

Fitz

Juline

Rayni

Bronte

Maruca

Stina

Alina

Jensi

Oralie

Kenric

Tam

Alden

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Character Analysis Masterpost: Main Characters

don’t see a character/topic you want? Send me an ask!

reminder: all these posts are just my opinions and observations. They are not absolute and you are more than welcome to disagree with me. There’s no right way to interpret a character

Sophie:

Bonding with Dex over Keefe

Sophie is Elsa pt. 1 and pt. 2 and a later pt.3

Sophie doesn’t think like an elf

Sophie already reached her breaking point

Why did she want to find her parents?

Her new Moonlark Symbol

What if Sophie put a tracker on Keefe?

What's next for her? Will her Unlocked development stick?

Sophie had essentially no one her entire childhood

She doesn't have the option to run away like Keefe does

How did she go a decade without ever feeling guilt?

Could she spy on Keefe with her spyball?

It's icky how she told Tam about Keefe's mom

Sophie doesn't pick her own clothes and pt. 2

She has been watched her entire life and its creepy!

Gisela's effect on her as a character (and a little bit of Keefe)

What if she pretended to know where Keefe was to mislead the Council?

How would her being a shade impact her character?

Sophie inflicting on Forkle, my beloved

Why was everyone so immediately mad about the storehouse and not Fitz killing Alvar?

She's the opposite of ELF (the movie)

What if she just...snapped :)

Will others think she knows where Keefe is?

It takes forever for her to get clothes she actually likes

Sophie is very genderfluid/enby/genderqueer coded

Surprise! She actually isn't oblivious

Is she right to call it a war?

The reaction to her match status in Legacy upsets me as an aromantic person

Going from the top to the bottom as a smart kid is awful

Telepathy in a hospital is traumatizing

What if Grady or Edaline died?

Does she struggle with communication?

How did she adjust to the elvin world so easily?

I personally don't want her in a canonical queer relationship

What about a corruption arc for her?

Keefe:

Keefe Never Wanted to Change

The ending of Unlocked was in character, actually

Keefe cares about Sophie and That’s It

Keefe’s Trauma

What next for him?

He’s based his entirely identity on Sophie

Dadwin? Maybe? Canon?

What's his role in this "War?"

The process for testing his new ability was awful to read

Despite being an empath, this boy cannot emotion

What might he do going forward?

This boy has a weird relationship with sedatives

Where might he try to hide? (and an additional reblog with more info)

Keefe and physical touch...incredible

Keefe as a healer

Him running away is going to be a whole ordeal...

Will he try to contact Amy?

Keefe is a private person

What if he just...goes numb and snaps?

Keefe corruption arc?

Is he more of a main character than Sophie?

Fitz:

Fitz is under a lot of pressure, okay?

Fitz and Sophie are still close; their story isn’t over

Should he have read Keefe’s mind in Unlocked?

he is The Gifted Kid and it hurts

Is Fitz an asshole?

Could anything bad have happened to him in the Forbidden Cities?

Why does he own multiple pairs of the same pajamas?

Why is he a telepath when Sophie already is a powerful one?

Fitz with an anxiety disorder

Does he has anger issues?

His relationship to Tiergan

Was his character killed by the love triangle?

He was upstaged by Sophie and is handling it really well

Tam:

Glimmer reminds him of Linh

Tam’s Trauma

Tam isn't like his stereotype

Why does he wear black?

He smiled at Sophie once and I loved it

His time with the Neverseen

He’s a burnt out gifted kid

His portrayal in canon is frustrating

This just in: kids with undiagnosed anxiety relate to Tam and pt. 2

He feels like an actual person, and I want more of him

Why did he break so many bones in his childhood?

He'd fall in love so quickly and hate it

He doesn't really have friends

Tam doesn't take a lot of initiative

Why hasn't he shadowtraveled more than once?

He doesn't know how to have friends, but wants them

He is so genuinely kind and considerate it's amazing

Could he have undone Lady Gisela's bonds?

[when-wax-wings-melt]

I’m Summer!! (previously @summer-waves9764, @the-whispers-of-moonlight, and @if-only-wishes-were-answered) Hi, nice to see you!! talk to me and send me asks <33

cis, she/they, bi, jewish, american (dm me for my discord!)

Links:

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My Writing Masterpost (includes kotlc, rrverse, spop, amphibia)!

My keefitz longfic: A lesson in running away (the art of returning)

Roisin’s reading Rumble: Fitz and Alvar Dynamic Manifesto || Keefe Playlist || Dex Fanon vs Canon Essay || Broken Minds & Guilt Explanation || OC: Orson Riggs

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Keefitz Week 2023 Masterpost

Stina analysis

KOTLC analysis (Sophie, queer-coding, beauty standards) + accompanying presentation

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Fandoms I Post the Most for:

Keeper of the lost cities (primarily)

The owl house

The raven cycle

Grishaverse

Riordanverse

Miraculous ladybug

Other assorted fandoms you might see stuff about:

The folk of the air

Arc of a scythe

Star wars

The ever afters series (of giants and ice, etc)

The lunar chronicles

Willow (the show)

Avatar: the last airbender/Legend of korra

She-ra: princesses of power

The dragon prince

Hunger games

The witcher

Aru Shah

And also more

My favorite dynamics are the unhealthy/complex ones! Keefe and Fitz, Fitz and Alvar, Brant and Jolie, Jolie and Vertina, etc, as well as non-kotlc ones.

bigots, exclusionists, pro-lifers, anti-vaxxers, jerks, etc, this is not the place for you! Fuck off! Also, hp fans don’t interact! this includes marauders fans. that’s still hp and is an instant block.

So yeah that’s me

Talk to me and send me asks, please!!

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Hello, if/when you're not busy, could i maybe please get a link to any fitz or dex analysis maybe both of them together with their dynamic in general, idk- but i know you've done some before and i can't find them at all jfhshshsj sorryy

of course!! It's no trouble at all, and your ask actually gave me the motivation to go through and update all my masterposts--usually I leave it for several months and then it's a whole hassle, so thank you!!

also I know that my masterposts are a little confusing, there's just so many posts and links over the years that I've been analyzing the story that it's gotten a little muddled. In case it helps, both Dex and Fitz are under the Main Characters (dex is in pt. 2), and anything about their relationship would be under Pairings.

i really need to find a better way to organize things

you'll find that these span over a year, so my manner of speech has changed and might seem really different in some, so that's why. I've copied and pasted these all directly from my masterposts! hopefully this helps!!

all Fitz analysis posts:

Fitz is under a lot of pressure, okay?

Fitz is jealous of Keefe 👀

Fitz and Sophie are still close; their story isn’t over

Should he have read Keefe’s mind in Unlocked?

he is The Gifted Kid and it hurts

Is Fitz an asshole? My personal opinions can be found here

Could anything bad have happened to him in the Forbidden Cities?

Watch me overanalyze the meaning between owning three pairs of the same pajamas (spoiler it's to make him Distinct)

all Dex analysis posts:

Bipolar Dex

Bonding with Sophie over Keefe

Dex’s reaction to Keefe leaving

He deserves a stuffed animal like now

He’s different from the rest of the group

He’s never the most important thing

What will happen when the triplets find out what he knows?

Dex and his trauma

all Dex x Fitz posts:

They are the embodiment of so many tropes

I don't have any other analyzes of their relationship that I can find right now so here's an old drawing just for fun

I think this is what you were asking for, so hopefully that helps!! There may be a few things out of place on this list, as I have gone from one to six masterposts for this kind of thing and some things got messed up in the shift, but I don't think that'll cause too much of a problem.

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Character Analysis Masterpost: Pairings

note: not necessarily romantic

Sophie's ships are listed first, and then all others are listed alphabetically

don’t see a character/topic you want? Send me an ask!

reminder: all these posts are just my opinions and observations. They are not absolute and you are more than welcome to disagree with me. There’s no right way to interpret a character

Sophie x Keefe:

Could sokeefe be endgame?

What’s going on with her and Keefe now?

Could they become canon?

Sokeefe mirrors Jolie and Brant's relationship

With the limited time we have left, how can Sokeefe work out?

How would everyone react if Sokeefe becomes canon?

Sophie x Fitz:

Sophitz has a future, just not romantic

So that painting from Fitz, huh?

What will she do with that teal heart necklace?

Would the Vackers encourage this relationship?

Sophie x Tam:

Her and Tam would make a cute couple��

Platonic Sotam, my beloved

Their friendship is based on trust

The contrast in their characters that their friendship is built on...beautiful

Sophie x Linh:

Will they get close in the next book?

Biana x Tam:

Okay but him and Biana? Very nice

They're more similar than we realize

Is Shannon hinting at their relationship?

Dex x Fitz:

They are the embodiment of so many tropes

Dex x Keefe:

Keefex, my beloved

That time Keefe put his arms around Dex's waist...

Dex x Stina:

Could Dex x Stina be possible?

Dex x Tam:

If they were in a QPR, they'd be wonderful

QPR part 2: electric boogaloo

Fitz x Keefe:

They're complimentary and I love them

Fitz x Linh:

Just imagine…her and Fitz

Them please and thanks

Their platonic relationship has so much potential

Fitz x Tam:

Those older brother characters gotta stick together

Keefe x Tam:

them as literary foils/mirrors

they're like reflections of each other

Linh x Marella:

They have the most queer potential to become canon

Prentice x Tiergan:

He and Prentice kinda similar tho

Why aren’t Prentice and Tiergan cognates?

Ro and Others:

Fitz and Ro

Ro and her relationship with Keefe

Sophie and Ro

Ro and her perception of everyone else

Ro and Cadfael

Ro and Bo in a qpr

Chaotic Ships:

Kenric x Sandor

Flori x Nubiti

Ro x Keefe

Grizel x Ro

Tam x Grizel

Kenric x Bo

Tarina x Della

Dex x Bo

Grizel x Ro...again!

Sandor x Bo, enemies to lovers

Misc Romantic:

The Neverseen and their different goals

Tiergan x Elwin…nice   

Dex and Amy

Oralie and Kenric are very rebellious 

Keefe x Marella and Keefe x Dex x Biana

Fallon x Bronte and Fallon x Fintan, a two in one special

Ravioli (Ruy x Alvar) and letting down masks

Dex x Biana x Tam

Biana x Dex or Biana x Tam?

Which Sophie ship do I personally think will become canon?

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I am gerald. Do you like Kotlc🎩

Well, lovely to be introduced to you, Gerald! I'm Quil, and most people call me Quil. Unless you're my old comm skills teacher, who thought my name was Crow.

And yes! I do like kotlc! It is the primary focus of my blog, though not the only one; I post about whatever I like and it just so happens I've found myself deeply entrenched in the fandom for a very long time. I first discovered the series about six years ago, and have been on tumblr talking about the series for four.

I have been dubbed the canon/analysis person, as when I talk about the series I focus almost entirely on canon! Things like character arcs, the components of a character, worldbuilding, thoughts on where things may go, etc. And because I'm so familiar with canon (though my knowledge is not without its gaps and faults) I'll also help explain how things work when I can, supplementing with my own assumptions and experience as a writer to figure out what Shannon was doing when she created everything.

I've got a confusing mess of a masterpost (which is very out of date at the moment because I'd like to change systems but haven't figure out how/what to change to yet) with a couple hundred analysis posts linked! I'm also the author of the longest keeper fic on ao3! though one day someone may write something longer, and if they do I can't wait to see what it is! Though at 270k words and counting that may take a while.

All that to say yes I do like keeper! I have been deeply engrossed in this series for many years at this point, as it's a special interest :)

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Character Analysis Masterpost: Other

don’t see a character/topic you want? Send me an ask!

reminder: all these posts are just my opinions and observations. They are not absolute and you are more than welcome to disagree with me. There’s no right way to interpret a character

The Black Swan:

Working with the council had a negative impact

Creating Sophie as a solution to their problems was entirely unfair to her

They used Emma unfairly

They aren't "good"

Sophie is hurting because of them

Respect for Sophie? Don't know her

What could Livvy's ability be?

The Neverseen:

Leaving Umber's body behind

None Of Them Like Each Other

Could Gethen be Sophie's biological father?

They are incredibly dysfunctional

Why have their methods changed so much?

Is there a reason why some members have code names and others don't?

The Council:

they are definitely not gonna be happy about that arson thing...

More about Sophie's arson

Oralie and her reveal

If Sophie were presumed dead again, what would they think?

Their change was inevitable

The Council doesn't seem to be doing their job

They're incompetent and a little strange to read

Oralie is acting like the victim and Sophie is justifiably pissed

What would I change about the council if I could?

Did they know about Keefe's home life and choose to ignore it?

The Elven World:

Why don't we see Grady and Edaline's extended family?

The elves and others' views on humans

How do phasers' ability work? and part two and also a part three

I don't like that Banshees are animals in this world

Elves don't have any hobbies or past-times! And it's weird

Elves and music

How do they view substances?

What's up with the waste management and those buildings?

Elves and the slavery period

Possible side effects of abilities (mostly me having fun)

Why do so many of the kids look so strongly like their parents?

Exillium is horrific and a part two

Do they have any food that isn't goopy fruit?

Do they dance? What about the music?

The Elven World is stagnant and pt 2

Elves as a whole

Exillium was more to shock Sophie than actually make sense

Do telepaths actually follow the rules?

The adults don't really act like adults

Could the elven world have inspired Greek mythology?

Festivals and Food!!

Do elves have free speech?

Do elves have religion? Probably not but they're kinda spiritual

The economy makes zero sense

The body diversity falls short

Timezones simply don't work

Are elves really smarter than humans?

Prattles pins, so confusing

The school system as a whole

Could empaths block emotions?

Other Leaders:

Queen Hylda’s hatred is out of hand

Queen Nubiti and King Enki

Why was King Enki sent to the somnatorium?

King Dimitar's name meaning explained (not clickbait)

Misc:

Representation in kotlc and token characters

everyone is morally grey

Why is Unlocked my favorite book in the series?

Kotlc is meant for kids, and they love it <33

What does dwarven music sound like?

This series gets so much hate sometimes

Why are there so many italics in Legacy?

Could any of the humans have been changed by experimentation?

Stellarlune's cover!!

The whole series happens in only a few years

Sophie's high school experience confuses me

That field trip from book one is inaccurate

Gnomes are hardcore

Why does the fandom forget about Lodestar?

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Is Quil still tagging Unraveled spoilers? Yep!

masterpost

things I make: tagged “quil’s quill”

ao3: bookwyrminspiration

My KOTLC Timeline (imperfect)

Shattered Upside Down Masterlist: A KOTLC wings au; multi-chapter; no romance

other tags: kotlc character analysis, kotlc worldbuilding, search by character name

I tag suggestive things “kinda nsft” or “nsft” and tws as "tw [trigger]"; ask to tag

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I don't know if you're going to see this but I'm new to the keeper fandom (I'm a heathen that doesn't read the source material because it's expensive and it's funny having no content) but I absolutly /adore/ this account and am currently going through each post because I crave detailed analyses of different media and characters and you deliver wonderfully! I am also very interested in your wings Au but I've got so much school work and haven't got around to reading it, but what you you rate it on an agnst scale to someone who. Doesn't read angst?

Also I hate you now /I'm/ thinking about the waste management /j

But in all honesty I feel like they would leave it to the gnomes to sort it out, maybe they have a team that just shoves it in human dumps so that they can rid their hands of it and continue to thrash the humans reputation towards elves?

hello, heathen! i am going to see this! welcome to the fandom, it's always fun to have new people. honestly, fair enough about not reading the source material. not everyone has access to libraries and buying an eight and a half book series isn't always cheap--I mean, the keeper series probably cost me at lest 200 dollars in total over the several years I acquired them, and that's with owning several of them in paperback! definitely not cheap! but it can also be a lot of fun just trying to puzzle things together and knowing some of the basics but nearly none of how things work (that's how I am with bnha. my sister is really into anime right now and watches it with the whole family, but I don't really care for it and just look things up and get spoilers all the time and I love it. same with demon slayer and promised neverland)

but ahh!! thank you!! I adore you in return, nonsie. you sent this a few days ago so hopefully you enjoyed your stroll through my numerous posts about keeper! oh damn this reminded me that I need to update my character analysis masterpost. I've been meaning to do that for several days. but back to what you were saying! I love doing detailed analyses of niche aspects of these characters, so I'm glad you like reading them! I mean, i literally did a post theorizing on why Tam actually likes to wear black and once wrote several hundred words debunking a single inaccurate line from one book (Neverseen) just because it bugged me so much. so if that's up your alley, you're definitely in the right place! I simply do not know how to shut up /pos

as for the wings au: don't feel pressured to read it if you don't want to! if you stick around, you may notice me talking about it a lot, but that's just because it's a pretty big project and I like sharing it (in fact, I was working on it just before I started answering this ask), but you can absolutely interact with me and any of my content without paying attention to the wings au stuff at all. and it's pretty long, so completely understandable that you haven't gotten around to reading it! honestly don't even know if I would have time to read my own wings au...but moving on! for the angst thing, you might actually be able to find a few asks about it a little further back on my blog (I can't find it at the moment but I know it's there). one person said that as they are someone who prefers fluff, the wings au is the angstiest thing they've ever read. I don't think the au is downright bad, and there are certain things I can guarantee (like I can tell you right now none of the crew will die in this au), but there's a lot of other things that are up in the air. I can say that there is a warning before every chapter listing all the common triggers I can think to list (and if anyone has any personal triggers they are more than welcome to ask me to tag them). so even if a chapter is more dramatic than some of the others, you wouldn't be going in unprepared. i tag things like panicking, fighting, blood, mental spiraling, getting injuries, mentions of medical things, but it not much worse than what's in canon.

i think a lot of the angst comes from Sophie's introspection and attempts to understand herself and less from just reckless relationships and a desire to get hurt, if that makes sense. I guess overall I would say that it is angsty. not the angstiest thing out there, so if you've read angst maybe a 3 or 4? but if you've only read fluff before I'd knock it up to a 5 or 6. then again these are my personal opinions, and as I am someone who has read more angst my ratings are probably skewed.

so if that seems daunting you don't need to read the au if you don't want to! the only thing that would really affect your time here (if you choose to stick around! no pressure!) is that every other sunday is usually dedicated to the au, both with me posting the newest chapter and then prioritizing asks about it because it's relevant. doesn't mean i won't accept or answer other asks, just that they're usually not the first thing on my mind. so aside from that, reading or not reading the wings au shouldn't affect your ability to vibe and interact on here <33

but also like my waste management question is legit--what is their system? I've never heard Sophie mention a trash can before, so do they have them?? and then there's also the whole thing with sewers. all the houses have running water and functional bathrooms, but a lot of the houses are also in the middle of nowhere, so do they just...have their own filtration system?? or however that works? but seriously do they even create waste at all? I know they use paper, but what do they do with it?

it does feel like one of those problems the gnomes would be portrayed as being happy to solve because "the lost cities are out home" and they love helping and they don't need sleep and they're super efficient. and the elves would be very grateful and take advantage of them. idk I just think it's weird. and your idea of them dumping it into human landfills to make them seem worse fits well with the idea nilnaea brought up a few days ago about the elves not actually helping the humans with all that historical stuff, just taking the credit.

to summarize: welcome to the fandom! I'm glad you're here and flattered you like my blog! I'm here essentially all of the time, so feel free to send asks about anything and everything to do with the series and things you just like in general (I may be very kotlc focused but my propensity for talking ceaselessly does not end with this series). I hope you enjoy your time here!!

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wait is it quil appreciation hours? ok ok wait

you're such a cool person to have on this platform, and you're so nice and not at all scary, and your writing is just so wonderful, in your character analysises and in your fic

seriously- you answer asks in such a nice way and you're really cool about it, even when people send like literal essays into your inbox, and you write like full paragraphs of things whenever people send you art, which is insane and wonderful and i can't believe it /pos

being a newer member in this fandom can be a little bit scary at times because there are so many really big blogs and a lot of them have been around for a while so that's kind of intimidating, but your blog is really nice and welcoming and really cool!

and your analyisises are super well written and thought out, even when people send you like random headcanons or jokes or whatever, they're all super interesting to read through

and the wings au! i have no words to express how much i love the wings au- it's a full kotlc book but with better characters and WINGS and so many interesting little tidbits, it's wonderful

anyways i'm bad at english and adjectives but i love your blog so much

i--quil appreciation hours. you've named it now. apparently it is?? so many people have sent so many nice asks over the past few days and I'm just sitting here like :0 (i mean this in a fun way! i'm just flummoxed as to how I keep getting so many compliments!)

I have a lot of fun being on this platform, so I'm glad you like having me here! i hope to continue being nice for the rest of time--your compliment means so much to me. you're all equally as kind and interesting to be around and interact with, so it's delightful to know its reciprocated!

and you're complimenting my writing! ah!! thank you! literature and writing is a big part of my life and how I express myself sometimes, so it's very rewarding (and sometimes nerve-wracking) to be able to share it with all of you and just vibe together. just so many thoughts in my brain all the time and I can make them make the most sense when I type them out and oftentimes it feels like I haven't fully explained myself--especially when it comes to the character analysis--and yet you all are so supportive and encouraging anyways. it's just really cool to be part of this whole community <33

I try to be nice when I answer asks and just generally be encouraging of other people's ideas!! and I try to reciprocate and give everyone the time they deserve, because I want to explore all the avenues of their idea! I probably average between 15-30 minutes on each ask, but it really just depends on how distracted I get in the process and whether or not I need to reference a book or anything (fun fact! there are currently three keeper books just laying in my bed). and people sending literal essays just means there's more to talk about! and they've given me a lot of different perspectives to approach their thoughts from! I can't help but laugh a little about your comment on my paragraphs of art comments when i literally just did that before answering this one. but yes!! I know just how much long, in depth comments on art (including writing/edits/gifs/other medias) can mean to an artist, so i try to spread that and make sure when I'm complimenting someone, I'm genuinely complimenting the specifics of what they've done. i can be general and just say it looks cool or I like it (which is also fine! there's not one right way to comment and all comments are appreciated!), but I just prefer to let them know that I noticed some of the details and I understand the time that was put into their work. people's creations are so cool and I want to encourage them to keep creating as long as it makes them happy <33

I honestly don't remember my new tumblr days, but I do know that in the kotlc fandom it can feel like there are these big, established blogs and everyone just flocks to them and there's all these relations and connections going on that you just feel like you're missing out on. things like casually using other's names and referencing other things can make you feel really out of the loop--I've been here for years and it still happens to me! so I love that my blog feels welcoming. I try to be! don't fully know what I'm doing but i'm trying! it often involves a lot of exclamation marks. i should probably tone it back on those, it's getting excessive

oof you've just reminded me that I need to update my masterpost on character analyses--but thank you! I have a lot of fun writing them and just thinking them all through and they're one of the first things that really stood out as a specifically me thing in the fandom, so it's always exciting to hear people enjoy them as much as I do. (this isn't to say I invented character analysis or that I'm the only one whose ever done them, I just have no memory of anyone else really focusing in on that aspect within the fandom until I did it, but I could be wrong about that!) all the random headcanons i get give me the opportunity to apply a lot of what i've analyzed in these characters already, taking it from pulling them apart to trying to put together the pieces in a way that's consistent with how I understand them, so i love to go more in-depth on those. and they give me more of a chance to ask questions back to you all!!

and then the wings au! I say it all the time but I genuinely surprises me a lot when people just mention they've read it and i just go :0! my wings au?! my writing? that's the one you like?? and you're right! it does actually qualify as novel length, so it could be another book! except I just wanted to add wings and more drama and monsters, and I wanted to ignore the romantic drama for a while. there's so many elements of the characters that I feel get pushed to the side in favor of exploring the romance in canon, which just isn't personally for me. i really just went "i can fix them" and rewrote them just slightly to the left. but I think it's a lot of fun! and i'm very glad you're enjoying it, because there's still a lot to get through! it's not ending anytime soon! luckily for me tho, we've still got another year before the next book is released and completely changes how I could need to structure my worldbuilding. i'll probably finish it before then...no promises tho!

i'm thrilled you like my blog!! I have so many posts and just so many things I love to talk about so I'm ecstatic you'd want to listen! I'm just as verbose irl as I am online--my partner can attest to that. nearly every time we see each other I just talk at them for hours! english and adjectives can be very complicated, even with experience, but I love you so much (/p) and am very glad you're here!!