#take tam's with a grain of salt I am biased

[delaneytveit]

i am convinced that profe/yre and profe/ysand do not know what « unreliable narrator » means.

No we do not think she is an unreliable e narrator just because we don’t get tam’s side of the story. we think she is an unreliable narrator because of her own inner consciousness. because we are inside her head throughout most of the books, with the exception of sf, we only see things through her pov and her own thoughts and what she thinks other people are thinking and feeling.

We think she is an unreliable narrator because she is constantly contradicting herself, and rewriting the story as she goes. retconning everything that happened in the first book (the first part of her story).

and lastly we think she is an unreliable narrator because, and get this, IF THE STORY IS WRITTEN IN FIRST PERSON THEN THE NARRATOR IS AUTOMATICALLY UNRELIABLE. did you ever read catcher in the rye in hs? or the great gatsby? because those are prime examples of why any first person account is going to be incredibly biased and UNRELIABLE. thats basic hs english class, i’m afraid. First person is always meant to be taken with a grain of salt. Because the character can and will spin things in any way to make it look like they are the one that is correct, because they are taking control of the narrative. that is how writing works.

when you are telling a story in first person, you are in control of the narrative. YOU can conflate and dramatisiez events because You are the narrator, YOU are in control.

also this girl literally went and got with her SAer just because he’s her « mate » so yeah, i wouldn’t trust her with a 10ft pole.

[toxxtt-kotlc]

Hello! If I may, would you be amenable to expanding on your "most of you are kinda racist" tag? I do have an idea of what you're referring to with characterization for character of color, and there have been several posts about that in the fandom in the past, but I wanted to ask for clarity to know what you, specifically, have noticed. To be aware of what's happening, talk about it, correct mindsets and actions if needed

Of course, you don't have to answer and can just delete this if you'd like. No pressure. Hope you have a good day :)

hi! mostly i was referring to characterizations of the song twins and wylie and maruca. obviously posts about the issues with linh and tam have been made many times before. for the most part i think that problems with the song twins come from canon itself, but i think people in general need to be more conscientious when looking at their characters and the stereotypes that are already in them :)

and for wylie and maruca, i can't really speak on stereotypes and biases that the fandom has for them as a non-black person, but i just feel like they get put aside by the fandom a lot despite being major characters (wylie in particular)

i really feel like wylie should be an incredibly popular character in this fandom. i mean, he's just got so much... angst about him. you guys love angst. i feel like people take what makes his character so interesting and the hurt and loss that comes with him and just slap it onto another non-black character.

obviously not everyone has to be in love with wylie. but i think the reason such a hurt-and-comfort fic generating machine is ignored so much is because as a black male, he's automatically viewed as more masculine than other characters. therefore he can't be the fandom's "boohoo sad wet sopping cat" character like fitz or keefe, even though HE IS LITERALLY THE DEFINITION OF SOPPING WET SAD GOT KIDNAPPED AND TORTURED DEAD MOM FUCKED DAD WHAT ELSE DO YOU GUYS WANT FROM HIM!!!!!!!!

anyways i wish this was more eloquent but i just wrote this really quick!! these are really specific examples but i don't know how to put the general overall racism that i see into words... i'll work on that!! i also don't know how to explain the issues with fanon maruca that i see so

tldr: the song twin's characters have pretty obvious bias and stereotypes that the fandom needs to be more aware of, wylie isn't popular despite his sad cat-ness because black men are seen as more masculine, maruca's characterization makes me uncomfortable in general but idk how to explain it

please tell me if anything i said was wrong or hurtful! i am not black so you should always listen to black people before me. also i am probably biased as a die-hard wylie fan so take anything i say with a grain of salt :) would love to hear other people's opinions on this!

*also, put this in the tags but i feel like its important to say here too: sad sopping wet meow meow wylie is NOT a good interpretation/characterization its pretty shallow but he still should be getting the same treatment as other characters

[bookwyrminspiration]

Hi! What do you think are the Kotlc characters dressing style? Like, what are their opinions in fashion and beauty? What is their favourite article of clothing? What colours do they look good in? What colours dot why like wearing, and why?

Hello!! I've actually been fumbling around with this recently because I had the idea to draw some of the kotlc characters but in my own clothes/style (the Linh drawing from the ten year keeper art challenge is an example!), so I've been trying to figure them out!

Sophie: Her goal is to be as comfortable as possible at all times. Big baggy things, neutral colors, etc. The brightest pop of color in her wardrobe is subdued yellow, which she mixes with the greys and beiges she loves. She's got this one hoodie from the human world she's almost always wearing when she doesn't have to go anywhere.

Fitz: Very crisp. He's clean with it, even when he's not dressed up. Simple things like fitted shirts and pants make him look way fancier than he's trying to be. I think he'd lean into blues and browns a lot because he likes how he looks in them. But he's got a soft spot for lounge-wear, and i think he'd have a dark grey set he wears around the house (but fun, pattered socks for some flare. he's got many pairs)

Keefe: He does like fashion! He likes looking good and knows he looks good. I think he'd absolutely indulge in fun colors and patterns, the whole variety of them. You could find the most random shit in his closet. Things he doesn't even know are in there. He loves jewelry and messing around with loose vs tight pieces, framing his best features. I feel like he's the kind of person to have a specific pair of pants he really likes and pairs with everything he has. As for comfort though, I think he'd have paint-stained sweatpants he loves to wear when he's painting.

Biana: I heavily associate her with purple and gold, and her style screams embroidery to me. Embellishments in gold, intricate details embroidered into the soft, flattering fabrics are just what she goes for. She doesn't over dress herself, but she definitely enjoys the bling and strategically matches her jewelry. I imagine her having a purple fitted tunic that laces up corset-style in the back, all covered in floral decals and framed in gold. She loves to dress herself up

Dex: This boy has never once thought about fashion in his life except to compare himself to other people. He's got hand-me-downs and mismatched things for days. He's got other people's clothes and neither of them know how it happened. He's 100% function over fashion because he's always working with gadgets or alchemy. I think his favorite outfit is just what he'd wear in his lab, however tattered, stained, or old it is, because it means he's about to get to work. (But green and gold are definitely his colors).

Linh: She isn't overly invested in fashion, but she likes looking nice and her simple clothing has a demure elegance. I associate her with sage green and flow, so summer dresses and rompers in that color scheme paired with simple silver jewelry feels fitting. I think one of those would be her favorite; pretty color, allows her to move around, simple to wear and doesn't require her to think about it at all.

Tam: He's baggy t-shirts in an angry way. All black and ripped, chains, patches, scribbles, frayed edges, the works. It doesn't always start destroyed, he just wears things so long they get beat up. He has a lot of cleaner, more put together things though because that's what people (like Tiergan) get him and he doesn't ask for anything. You wouldn't know, but he looks incredible in maroon. His favorite clothing item is a tattered graphic t-shirt two sizes too big Sophie got him from the Forbidden Cities.

Marella: She's bright, she's loud. Whites and bright blues and pinks, and oranges, she doesn't shy away from them. At least when she actually thinks about fashion at all. She's always wearing something wrinkled off the floor, the first thing she could find. As for favorite clothing item...hmm. I think she'd actually be the kind of person to have a favorite piece of jewelry over a clothing item, something sentimental. Otherwise favorite clothes would just be whatever was the most comfortable, which changes for her.

Stina: She likes fashion not in and of itself, but as a representation of her status. She likes to look classy and put together. Deeper colors achieve that, so that's what she wears a lot of the time. Navy, maroon, royal purple, etc. Like Fitz, clean and crisp, but for her she's got more gathering in her clothes. I feel like her favorite fancy item would be a cape/cloak of some kind that goes with the rest of her clothes and makes her look more noble. At least in public. At home she's got this super cozy tank-top shorts combo to lounge around it

Maruca: She feels like she's got some fashion thoughts and loves to partake, but does so more from time to time, not as often as Biana. She feels less embellished than Biana, but more so than Stina. A middle ground bridged by ruffles and sashes, things like that. I imagine she looks stunning in a dusty rose color. She feels pink and magenta, purple and blue. Favorite clothing item...perhaps a half-circle skirt? It's both structured and flowy, something like this but a different fabric, with some elven embellishments.

Wylie: Dark orange is what he looks best in. That's the color I associate with him, but he wouldn't wear it a lot. He goes for neutral like Sophie. I don't think he cares what he wears, he just puts on clothes. he doesn't like put on obviously clashing things like wearing garrish patterns, but it's whatever. it's clothes, who cares; he's got other things to worry about. But I think he'd have some sort of sweater as his favorite clothing item. Soft, comforting, warm, it's everything he's looking for. Maybe it's got a fun design on the front

Those are just some thoughts about their fashion and how I think they might approach it! Not everything is 100% elven so I could break the rules for the sake of self-expression, but hopefully that's alright :)