#lord cassius

[tourmalinaer]

kotlc thought I had back in fifth grade:

keefe totally should’ve snarcastically called the shores of solace “the shores of snores”

the opportunity was right thereeeee apwiehqlwxbcu

[nowjumpinthewater]

Kotlc characters as my phone autocorrects them

Fitz- Fits

Dex- See

Keefe- Keefe

Biana- Bana

Marella- Marcella

Tam- Ram

Linh- Long

Wylie- While

Stina- Sting

Elwin- Spain

Cassius- Chassis

Mr. Forkle- Mr. Forums

[cavennmalore]

the dynamic between the sencens is so endlessly fascinating to me — especially with the idea that they do love each other. like they are three people who are forever tied together even though they cannot stand each other and underneath that they care about each other so much they despise it. lord cassius is the cruelest and most callous man in the lost cities and when you look into his subconscious it’s filled with love for gisela and keefe. keefe hates his parents and still grieved when he thought gisela died. gisela did nothing but use her son and husband relentlessly for her own gain and still was upset when they discovered her identity bc it meant losing the pretense of family. your family are the worst people you know but also the ones you can’t let go of.

[lezabeththetheodoraimposter]

lord cassius: *gets all dressed up for an event*

sophie: your dad looks like he’s about to go round up 22 other guys to stab one of the councillors

keefe: sophie wtf

[the-way-astray]

shannon loves to do this thing where she'll describe a teenager as looking uncannily like their same-gender parent (fitz and alden, keefe and cassius, dex and kesler). there's even a memory from cassius's past where sophie describes young cassius as looking uncannily like keefe at that age. this has some pretty hilarious implications. since elves don't age past adulthood, it implies that these kids and their parents will look like identical twins when the kids grow up.

imagine the triplets (as adults) trying to prank dex but they end up targeting their father instead.

imagine adult biana accidentally calling alden "chandelier head" because she thought he was fitz.

imagine if the forkle twins were actually father and son

[thepumkinmoth]

Look I know Cassius is a horrible dad but remember that scene in lode star where Sophie realizes that he slept with keefe’s stuffed animal after he ran away like that was actually sad

[swans-chirping-in-the-distance]

Tam breaking book-real life barriers after I call Cassius and unfuckable bastard loudly at school:

[lucyshypemaster]

now let me say I'm the biggest hater I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk, I hate the way that you dress I hate the way that you sneak diss, if I catch flight, it's gon' be direct we hate the bitches you fuck, 'cause they confuse themself with real women and notice, I said WE, it's not just me

[waining-crescent-moon]

keefe and cassius have definitely yelled at each other from different levels of the house bc they just didn’t want to see each other

[fangirlingovernothingg]

Thinking about Keefe Sencen's horrible parents and how badly I want to drop kick both of them

[onemoreattempt]

POV: you’re trying to create a super-son (Keefe) w/ your spineless husband (Cassius [pictured in back])

[famousinfamous]

no because what is Gisela’s motivation? Like has she wants power we know that but do we know what she’s going to do with that power? Is she going to take over the world and became a dictator? Is she going to abolish the council and make reforms? Or is she just going to sit on a stupid little throne somewhere all like “I am the most powerful! I have all the power!” And then not do jack shit? I don’t know! I was just listening to a podcast (the head and the heart a keeper of the lost cities podcast go check it out)(unless you don’t like sokeefe)(or just aren’t interested in the main characters)(I mean maybe check some of it out just pick and choose your episodes) and they brought this up and had a whole rant about it, so there’s not much i can say that they don’t so just go listen to the episode it’s called Sencen family therapy and plot ranting

[im-too-emotionally-involved]

How do we feel

[wtfarethese]

Reasons I Hate Cassius

Keefe does not deserve such a shitty father 2. Look at him 3. He a bitch 4. So rude 5. He only cares about himself 6. He should be dead 7. He's manipulative 8. He acts to stuck up 9. Somehow respected 10. His name sucks. (Pls add more I'm just out of brain power)

[the-way-astray]

theory (there's a tldr at the bottom):

so we know that in legacy, lord crustius tells sophie and keefe that gisela wanted a very specific type of child. she wanted a son who would be a powerful empath, which she got. now, at the beginning of the series, we're told that the elves don't have sexism, like at all. so why would gisela want a son in specific when it's established that the elves don't have any sort of gender prejudice? (side note: they obviously do have gender prejudice. but that clearly was not intentional on shannon's part, so i'm just gonna roll with it for the sake of the theory.) what could a son offer that a daughter wouldn't be able to in a society that values both equally?

the answer ( . . . which is very homophobic, but i think we've already established that the elves are not exactly lgbtq+ allies):

a boy can be in a romantic relationship with a girl. (once again, i'm not saying this is actually true, i'm just saying that this is how i think gisela would view it. you know. since she lives in a homophobic society.)

but why would gisela want a child that could be in a romantic relationship with a girl?

because she'd found out about project moonlark and had somehow found out that sophie was a girl. so, she wanted a son who she hoped she'd be able to encourage into a romantic relationship with said girl once they were of a reasonable age. but why would she want that? so she could spy on the black swan. by continually using keefe and erasing his memories, she'd be able to use him to unknowingly wheedle information out of the girl (sophie) for her own purposes. which would be far easier if they dated.

but wait! but keefe is older than sophie! so how did gisela get her hands on any of this information when sophie wasn't even born?

probably because the black swan knew they were trying to make a girl before sophie was even born. so gisela would've gotten her hands on that information, as well. once she knew that, she wanted keefe to be a powerful empath so that he'd be able to tell if the girl (sophie) was ever lying to him, so that he could be the perfect spy for his mom.

and that is why i think that keefe can read sophie's emotions without touching her. because he was genetically modified to do specifically that. he was created by gisela specifically to get as much information as possible out of the black swan through sophie. so of course, gisela wanted keefe to be able to pick up on sophie's emotions without ever touching her so that he'd be able to see if she was hiding anything. she wanted him to be male because she lives in a heteronormative society and wanted her child to date the black swan's creation.

so how come lord crustius can also read sophie's emotions without contact?

because he was also genetically modified (kinda). remember the vials of light and shadow he drank? those are what made his empathy strong enough to pick up sophie's emotions without contact. he was basically a necessary in-between step that gisela needed to do to get the son she so badly wanted.

tldr: the reason keefe and lord crustius can read sophie's emotions through the air without contact is because they were specifically designed to be able to do so by gisela, who wanted keefe to be male in order to date the black swan's creation (which she knew would be a girl) and a strong empath so he'd know if she was lying to him. she wanted this so she'd be able to manipulate keefe into spying on sophie and the black swan for herself and her own gains.

[keefeclothesandcrisps]

lord cassius and alden r waaay more similar than anyone cares to admit