#kotlc marriage

[the-great-gullon-incident]

Elven Wedding Headcanons

The marriers wear dark blue while the guests wear yellow/gold

Only nobility can legally marry people

The rings go in their pointer fingers and normally have a jewel the color of the person’s partner’s eyes and an inscription on it

The marriers wear veils connected to circlets over their faces until they are officially considered married when they take them off

The veil circlets are often passed down through families and it’s a common way of the parents accepting the marriage for them to give their family’s one to their child’s partner

The marriers are walked from the sides in front of the guests by one, maybe two, honor attendants.

It’s considered bad luck for either marriers to see each other the day of the wedding and often stay in two different sets of rooms in the opposite sides of the house/castle

Weddings celebrations can often take weeks before the actual ceremony

[chronically-ill-psionipath]

Exile. Page 240.

No text version

[the-way-astray]

what if della used to be a councillor

[silveny-dreams]

“and the music there is incredible” SHE DID THIS FOR ME AND ME ONLY

[castleofravens]

can shannon write ya and adult books about the keeper adults please i want a fintante or finspera make out scene, gay people, literally anyone being able to say fuck because i think most of them deserve it, a deep dive into the vacker intergenerational trauma, grady beating up cassius, baby/little kid versions of the keeper crew, BACKSTORY AND WORLDBUILDING, whatever queer slightly toxic fucked up little thing like all the ancients we’re introduced to have going on, a confirmation that alden and della and quinlin and livvy are actually dating each other’s respective spouses, and at least one romance novel centering fintan and dimitar

like what if one short novella for each (major) adult (guys this won’t happen and i think for her own health physical mental and emotional shannon needs to take a break but a girl can dream)

[reader-104]

I hate whenever I think I came up with an original idea for a book but then realize it’s just made up of a bunch of elements from different things I’ve read.

[vackerary]

Fitz is my husband

Welcome to the fan club

. . . isn't he underage? and . . . *squints at your blog* aren't you underage?

wait. *checks lodestar* nevermind. it's legal to get married at sixteen in the lost cities. carry on.

[camelspit]

minus the capes, I think you could buy all these clothes in like. a kohls or old navy or some shit. like what.

[stellar-jay]

guess who made a very rough animation boys

cyrah and prentice get married and have wylie and cement tiergan into their new lives as parents. and uh oh black swan

[everliving-everblaze]

Absolutely wild that someone could read KotLC, a series featuring themes about systemic oppression and marriage equality—a series constantly talking about how polluted and toxic the human world is—a series with treaty negotiations that show how the elves are dominating and controlling the other species (almost like a country I know)—and come away thinking that it was conservative-friendly

[thesquid06]

kotlc head-cannons (I need to stop)

Warning: a lot about the war with Neverseen. Talk about death and dealing with trauma

Dex starts helping Elwin deal with all the war injuries. He absolutely hates it but desperately looks for anything that makes him “useful”/“valuable” to the group. Sometimes he thinks about his technology mistakes and thinks being a technopath isn’t enough. He’s got the alchemy experience which makes it an easy transition but hates the blood and pain that’s needed to heal.

The experiments Keefe was put through affect him more. For a while, he doesn’t talk at all. Slowly, he starts speaking freely but never again brings his voice above a whisper. As if the volume makes any difference.

So, Sophie gets louder. She tells dumb jokes in hopes that he’ll join in or at least start laughing. It makes her louder about facing the Neverseen, about calling out the discrimination in the elven world.

Biana picks up a sword (or daggers). She’s always been strongest when it comes to tackle bramble, knowing exactly how to knock down her opponents. Woltzer laughs when she asks him to start training her for more than just defense. She turns to Ro, the first person to treat as more than a delicate princess. She becomes an expert, desperately wanting to protect her friends/family.

She learns to take pride in her scars. Even the new ones.

She should have killed Vespera. The scene mirrors the first time they fought, the one that left her with the scars. Vespera and Biana are away from the others, in a rush to protect herself she slashes out with her knife. After all her training, the single slash hits its mark killing Vespera. She didn’t mean to, she swears. She was only protecting herself. Her first kill nearly breaks her, the rest come a bit easier.

Sophie expertly meets with the leaders of all intelligent species. They all enjoy having the Moonlark herself on their side. She becomes the face of the war, the leader. It breaks her heart to make the tragic decisions that come along with it.

Biana becoming her war general.

Somewhere in the books it hints at Sophie, Keefe, Fitz, Biana, and Dex taking over the Black Swan Collective. When it happens, nobody trusts Keefe enough (not even himself) so the position goes to Wylie.

Biana signs up for matchmaking and cries when Dex’s name isn’t on it. Even though she knew he never signed up.

Dex really makes Biana laugh. They tell stupid jokes and can talk about nothing for hours.

They recreate the entire matchmaking system (with the help of Marella, Linh, and Tam).

Biana “Bad Match” Vacker becomes the largest scandal. Even though she’s still too young to even think about marriage and there is an entire war going on. Dex offers to sign up for matchmaking but Biana won’t let him, knowing how much the matchmaking system affected his life.

Biana fell first (choosing Dex who has felt like he was the second choice his entire life) but Dex fell harder (loving Biana who was always chosen by others but for her fame and never for her personality).

It breaks Fitz’s heart to watch his sister choose love over her legacy. Right after he destroyed any chance with Sophie for the same reasons. He really did love her.

Years after the war, after matchmaking was fixed and prejudices were destroyed, Fitz still can’t bring himself to stop being the “golden child.” He becomes a councilor.

Principle Keefe Foster

All of them having to deal with the tragedies of war.

Dex has panic attacks.

Biana hates to sleep alone. She calls for sleepovers all the time. Everyone hated them until they started to realize why. At home she makes Fitz sleep on her floor. At Black Swam hide outs Iggy is her pet more than Sophie’s. On the worst nights she sneaks into other people’s (usually Dex or Sophie) rooms. It’s against the rules so Forkle pretends not to know.

Linh cries all the time and Tam can’t force himself to.

Sometimes Sophie forgets she’s dealing with real people. She makes ruthless decisions until someone takes time to sit down and remind her that everyone’s human.

Including herself, who she forgets to take care of.

Too many emotions make Keefe dizzy. When tragedy strikes, he locks himself in his room until he can calm down. Sometimes spends days in there.

Sometimes it happens for happy feelings too. He celebrates winning the war away from the rest. Eventually Sophie sits outside his door and they celebrate with the wood between them.

Give! Dex! A! Gun! He hates the power it holds and vows to never touch one again. But he did what he had to in order to protect those he loves.

When Marella falls for Linh, she refuses to be quiet about it. Even with the discrimination. She tells Linh all the time that’s she’s amazing and absolutely mesmerizing. She keeps saying these things until Linh learns to love herself. Eventually forgetting her fears and admitting that she’s in love with Marella.

Elwin adopts Keefe after the war, even though he’s old enough that he doesn’t need a guardian. They have family game nights and weekly dinners.

Linh is taller than Tam.

[lotusishere]

Side rant: Argument I had on TikTok/Reddit

ARGHHHHH. BARK BARK BARK!!!!

How many times do I have to explain to people that I don’t HATE Fitz Vacker?! Do I hate him sometimes? YES. But that does not mean I hate him entirely. NO! I have broken down his character for years (since I was in middle school). I have an entire google doc with every character in kotlc with a deep understanding explanation of everyone’s lore and struggles. You are not going to look at me in my AUTISTIC EYES and tell me I hate him because he’s a meanie face to Sophie and that’s it. I have explained on multiple platforms that I don’t like Fitz. And I don’t hate him because of the shipping nonsense. I have never liked this man. EVER. Since book one I didn’t really like him and in book two it confirmed why.

My dislike for Fitz is more than his relationship with Sophie. And the mischaracterization I see people do with him is even worse. Fitz is just not a character I would like. But that does not mean I hate everything he does and stand for. Does he crash out? Yes. Is he an asshole sometimes? Yes. Is he sometimes self centered and only focuses on his own struggles sometimes when the situation is bigger than him? Yes. But he’s also a good guy (when he’s not crashing out). He handled the Dex situation well when Dex explained to him that he didn’t fucking like him. He cares about not only his family but his friends. He’s loyal to who he sticks with. He’s protective. Majority of his anger issues is because he doesn’t want himself to be hurt or other people. That is something I have observed by reading the series and ripping it apart.

I don’t like Fitz but that doesn’t mean I don’t respect him as a character and a person. The only time I can say I crashed out over his character was in Exile and Legacy (mostly Legacy). I don’t know what crack cocaine Shannon put him on but that was not Fitz. It was his evil twin brother or something. People might disagree with me for saying that but i genuinely don’t feel like Fitz would have crashed out THAT bad. Do I believe he would have crashed out? Yes. But he was diabolical in Legacy. He was so bad my friend who is Fitz’s NUMBER ONE SUPPORTER had to look to the left and to the right. She didn’t even know how to begin defending him and I’m glad I wasn’t her because I didn’t know where to start either.

Blame his teenager hormones or whatever you want to say to justify his actions. I think he was going crazy in Legacy for NO REASON. I felt like I was reading an elf version of Hamlet and he was about to make Sophie the next Ophelia. The whole Alvar thing fine okay, I can see why he would be upset. But the matchmaking bullshit? Don’t piss me off. I just don’t understand why that was a problem in the moment. Isn’t matchmaking for MARRIAGE?! You can date whoever you want. It’s who you marry that matters to the system. I don’t get why matchmaking was so important at the time because THEYRE CHILDREN! They literally just STARTED dating. Unless Fitz was under the impression that once they got together (dating wise) that Sophie was the one and he was going to marry her. But I feel like that’s a discussion people HAVE with their partners during their relationships if NOT BEFORE! I just wish I knew what was going on in his head because I have tried to understand his nonsense in that book and I could only level with 2/6 of it.

Anyway that’s how I feel about Fitz again. He’s a goofy guy with desperate need of a rage room and a life time therapy session. All the elves need it. Jesus Christ they make me want to pop a Xanax.

[imobsessed123]

hi you’re my first mutual :D

who’s your favorite KOTLC character

Hello!! Mines Dex i have marriage papers with him but besides that im normal about him hbu?

[the-way-astray]

alden, della, grady, and edaline are all in one giant polycule, actually.

[silveny-dreams]

A Casablanca reference I love her 😭

[myfairkatiecat]

Are you and isa dating or is it just a bit

we're cognates lol

The marriage thing is just a bit, we're just friends, but we tend to complete each other's sentences and have all the same thoughts, so we call each other our "cognate" because in kotlc two telepaths with a special telepathic relationship are called cognates.

So no we're not dating but it's more than a bit, we're just close friends who like to be silly

can't legally date her anyway lmao

@permanently-stressed