#yes this is about kotlc

[strawberry-muffin-crisis]

When you only like a Fandom because of its fics but can't tolerate it otherwise

@crymeariveronceagain :3

[the-way-astray]

it should be a crime for writers/creators to not make a crazy wall for their story that connects pictures representing the characters and plot points together with an obscene amount of yarn.

[lucyshypemaster]

me after getting out of a dead fandom and entering a new one that's actually active

[myfairkatiecat]

Oh nothing I’m fine, just thinking about how Sophie’s self-doubt (Fitz could never like me, I’m not the kind of girl Fitz would ever be with, Fitz wouldn’t wait for me) turned into doubting Fitz once they were in their relationship (Fitz will care that I’m unmatchable, even if he says he doesn’t he’ll care, Fitz won’t want to wait around for me to figure out who my parents are, Fitz won’t want to be with someone who could cause a scandal…)

What started about anxiety about herself and her crush turned into anxiety about their relationship no matter how many times Fitz proves that he was willing to stay, go at her pace, and work it out. And I think that’s part of why Sophitz fell apart in the end.

[doodle-do-wop]

Stina's biggest weakness on Team V is her commitment to the bit

Sophie would lie and say Stina is her sister for whatever reason and Stina would commit to the bit with her entire soul. Yeah of course they're sisters can't you tell, they look alike🤨🤨? They literally share a birthday what do you mean they're not sisters???? Sophie's short because Stina sat on her in the womb, duh, moron🙄

Or like

Biana would say they have to break into a government building and Stina will object until the very end but the second they have to do any work Stina already has blueprints, guard schedules and routes, the janitor is passed out(that was Dex's idea Stina suggested throwing them off a bridge so she wouldn't have to deal with them)

(Also she bullies Wylie but that's another issue entirely)

[valewritessss]

The best part of reading books when I was younger was not knowing there was a fandom for it and getting to form my completely own opinions and having no one but myself to fuel my imagination

[kale-of-the-forbidden-cities]

i don't think the Vacker parents are good. I don't think they're necessarily the worst, either. They're a very shade of grey.

[ultralazycreatorfan]

Watching keepblr rediscover things on a loop such as the name meanings, theories, and the block button has really got me out here feeling old as hell

[bookwyrminspiration]

real quick because the fandom's experiencing some growing pains--reminder to be nice to new fans! yes they'll have different dynamics, energies, and ways of doing things, but that's not a bad thing

we are all here to enjoy ourselves, so let them enjoy themselves. we were all new at one point. if its harmless, who cares! block if its that much of a problem/nuisance

we do not need a fandom generational divide, please and thanks <3

(and to new fans: hi! sometimes we have genuine points about etiquette like spam and tagging conventions to make the space better for everyone, but otherwise! just have fun!)

[cryoverlife]

When you find a tag for some random ship that you haven’t seen before, and is also not something you thought of.

But you read the fanfic/tumblr post anyway

And then you read more

And in the course of a few hours you now really like this ship and have a billion of your own head cannons about it and will defend it with your life.

Bonus if the ship will never be cannon ever, but your delusion enough to think that it could totally work and might happen.

[synonymroll648]

It was even stranger seeing Fitz in elvin clothes: a long blue tunic with elaborate embroidery around the edges and slender pockets sewn into the sleeves…

(quote from book one, page 71)

i know we make fun at how ankle pockets were forgotten about but can we please bring attention to elvin sleeve pockets. hello give our kids more sleeve pockets they deserve it!!

also how slender are we talking here in this quote because it’d be funny if fitz could only fit like. a penny. into these pockets

[bronte-deserves-better]

Keeper Big Bang!

So as some of you may know (as I talk about it basically non-stop), I was participating in the @keeper-big-bang-2024 this year! Now that the collection has been revealed, I can finally post my big bang fic on here!

Title: now in a mirror dimly

Summary:

...then, face to face.

Canon roleswap: During Neverseen, instead of Gisela being captured and tortured by the ogres who have turned on her, instead, their victim is Fintan. After making his escape, he turns to the only place he has left to run: the doorstep of his long-estranged older brother. This changes both nothing and everything.

Featuring: Bronte, who is old and tired and haunted, and who walks a fine line between Councillor and brother. Fintan, who is desperate and proud and clever, and who cannot be certain of what he really wants. Oralie, who is grieving and shattered and brave, and who endures more than anyone could ever have asked of her. The rest of the Council, who really would like to know what the fuck is going on.

Wordcount: 11,595

AO3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/59598520

Also, be sure to check out the wonderful art from both of my artists @bookwyrminspiration here and @discordzero here. Couldn't have asked for better people to work with in this event!

[the-way-astray]

but they're going to allow alina, a beguiler, in. ah, yes, the sense it makes

[lucyshypemaster]

keefe was actually insane for this

[myfairkatiecat]

The misunderstanding of how Sophie "didn't realize her feelings for Keefe" in this fandom is wild tbh.

It's not that she had no choice in what she was feeling. It's that she had a crush on Fitz basically from the beginning--one based mostly on looks at first--that slowly developed into more as their relationship became closer. But Sophie had already acknowledged that she had a crush on him from basically the day they met.

That wasn't her first thought when she met Keefe. She noticed he was attractive, sure, but she was used to the suspicious way everyone looked like the epitome of human beauty standards by now. So she didn't view all of her interactions with Keefe through the same lens through which she viewed her interactions with Fitz.

She developed very close relationships with both boys, even just as friends. It's clear from Sophie's actions and behavior around Keefe that she cares about him, is comfortable with him, and their relationship truly is stronger than a lot of her other friendships. Even just as a friendship.

She also devloped a very close friendship with Fitz. It's clear that they trust each other a lot, especially in the earlier books, and their cognate bond only strengthened that. There was clearly something special about their friendship as well. But Sophie saw all of the moments through the lens of her crush.

Love is a choice, but feelings can creep up on you. They really can. If they couldn't, maybe I'd be able to stop having a stupid crush on one of my gay best friends, cause that's seriously going nowhere. Sophie developed feelings for Keefe slowly, while she also had feelings for Fitz. That's part of what was so complicated.

So in Lodestar, when Keefe grabs her hand and feels her "heart emotions," it's not that he's feeling her real emotions, and her head is all filled with Fitz but all of that is just superficial emotions. What's really happening is that he's feeling from her the emotions she has yet to name. When Sophie enhances him, Keefe doesn't need Sophie to acknowledge to herself what the feelings are in order for him to know them.

Are you guys all seriously telling me you've never had a crush on someone that you told yourself wasn't a crush very convincingly for a long time, only to eventually realize that it was definitely a crush for a lot of that tme? Because... that's a normal thing that happens sometimes.

It's not that Fitz was in her head and Keefe was in her heart. Both of them were probably in her heart, because she'd developed close relationships with both of them and began to have romantic feelings for them both. But she hadn't thought about her feelings for Keefe, whereas she spent a lot of time thinking about her feelings for Fitz. That's why Keefe could only tell her feelings for him when he could feel her heart emotions.

She also just... began to lose some of her feelings for Fitz around Legacy, and her feelings for Keefe definitely grew. It doesn't mean her feelings for Fitz were never real, but I can't say I'm surprised that a fifteen-year-old girl ended up changing her mind about what she wanted.

Anyway, I'm not saying it's a plot line you have to like, but I think a lot of people, including a lot of sokeefe shippers, think that the idea was "Fitz was in Sophie's head (she THOUGHT she liked him) but Keefe was in her heart (she ACTUALLY liked him and didn't even realize it!)" and that's just. Not even what happened. That's not the point of the whole head/heart emotions thing at all.

[anonymous-kotlc-thoughts]

Some people need to remember that elves wear capes and are incredibly extra whenever making outfits. They don't wear anything purely solid. They spice it up. I have seen posts where people just put the characters in SOLID COLOR, NO DECOR, NO ANYTHING outfits. And it just really irks me

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