day twelve kotlc challenge

unpopular ship

I have no idea if they have a ship name or not- but Linh and Jensi.

Think about it- they both have (pretty) bright and bubbly personalities, and I reckon they would both get along pretty well. They might have met, like, once during the series, though-

I just realized the main characters of KOTLC have to be, like, teen celebrities of a sort at Foxfire.

I’m rereading stellarlune rn and got to that one part where Jensi is like “hi, can I sit here? Is that okay? I feel like I just interrupted a ‘how to save the world this time’ conversation” and then Dex is like “yeah that’s exactly what we were talking about actually but you can sit here anyway!” So then Jensi just sits with them and they proceed to talk about troll treaties and caches and Marella’s pyrokinesis training like everything they’re saying is totally normal and he’s just sort of there.

And that gave me this weird sense that while it doesn’t get acknowledged a lot in the series because Sophie isn’t hyper-aware of the other teens (she has so much of her own drama to worry about ON TOP of having to be the hero every book) her friend group is, like, so weird and important.

Like, they’re just sitting at lunch at school, talking about Elvin politics and classified secrets that councilors erased from their brains and how Marella bribed an ancient pyrokinetic with an evil history into revealing one such secret. And meanwhile all the other kids are at lunch like “haha, so what’s up with you and him huh? Yeah lol. Oh yeah and that table over there, that’s where they talk about saving the world and a bunch of information that isn’t revealed to the public bc they only know it bc they’re going to use it to save us all and stop a war lol. They’re so weird haha. Anyway what was I saying?”

Just casually a whole lunchroom of lots of friend groups talking and everyone just casually accepts that there’s that one table in the corner where the famous kids talk about Elvin secrets and illegal or classified stuff and saving the universe. Like yeah ok that’s normal now.

well... in case anyone wanted the keeper crew in my art style (as of everblaze) here it is

i am currently working on the background which will be foxfire, as well as finishing up the vackers' character profiles so the main five will all have one

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yknow what i’ve decided that jensi is my favorite character bc like. he’s just a guy. he’s just there, living life while that random girl he befriended is out nearly dying all the time. he’s a normal elf and he’s chilling. i can appreciate that.

Sophie Foster would be a child of Athena, I just feel it in my bones, but if we're going for plot she would be a child of Zeus

Fitz, Biana, and Alvar would be children of Nike (I was looking it up and saw just now that Nike was close with both Zeus and Athena and I swear it is a coincidence) (also they have the same mortal parent)

Dex is a child of Hephaestus duh, as would Marella (do you see the vision?)

Keefe would be a child of Aphrodite (got that charmspeak already)

Lihn and Tam were harder to think of bc they have powers relating to different gods but then I realized they could have the same mortal parent and different godly parents so they are children of Hades and Poseidon (Sophie 🤝🏼 Tam🤝🏼 Lihn being forbidden children)

Stina would be a child of Apollo.. maybe. I had a hard time deciding her and I might change my mind later but that's what I think rn

I don't know a lot about Rayni but maybe Hecate??

Also Jensi is unclaimed or child of Hermes

I want batshit sophie using her five abilities to wreck stuff up I want batshit fitz ready to use his anger as a weapon I want batshit biana ready to fucking obliterate anyone who hurts someone she cares about I want batshit keefe finally snapping I want batshit dex using his technopathy and being relevant I want batshit tam using his love as a weapon I want batshit linh proving she's not in her brother's shadows I want batshit marella giving in to the flames I want batshit wylie refusing to lose anyone else I want batshit stina sick of being looked down upon I want batshit jensi for every time he's been underestimated I want batshit rayni for everytime she's been forgotten I want batshit maruca proving she was never weak in this essay I will

if jensi manifests an ability in book ten i am going to riot. he NEEDS to be talentless. otherwise it's a legend of korra sitch and it just seems very unfair for the talentless if all of the mains are gifted. at some point, like in LOK, the talentless are going to riot for being treated unfairly, and i am going to be so fucking with them

It's been really interesting to see so many people wanting Jensi to manifest in book 10, but I personally DON'T want that to happen. It would be so much more impactful if instead...he became okay with being talentless. Because all of those feelings of inadequacy he has been feeling? Those are cool. Those have impact.

But those emotions aren't going to have an impact anymore if Jensi manifests.

Instead of being an actual character arch of overcoming harmful personal and societal norms and expectations will just turn into a "phew, that was close!" moment once he manifests.

Without manifesting, he as a character can achieve what Sophie can't actually do. He can PROVE that those without talents shouldn't feel shame. He can PROVE that he and other talentless are just as much as a elf as a Vacker. Sophie can talk all she wants about unfairness and blah blah blah, but her words cannot carry the same weight as Jensi's would.

Incorrect Quote Poll

Idk if you take requests but if so: jensi jensi jensi jensi jensi jensi☆

jensi my girl

wait I’m so confused how old are the keeper crew? Like in the first book Sophie says she’s twelve and she’s in level two at foxfire and know she’s in level four which should mean it’s been two years and she’s fourteen know but I see people saying she’s 15? Also I see people saying Fitz is 17 but he’s only like a year older than sophie(since we learn in book four everyone is about nine months younger than we thought they were) so if Sophie is 15 than wouldn’t that make him 16? Like I know elves count age differently but even if adding on the extra nine months made sense shouldn’t we still refer to them as the age they are in human years? Since a 17 year old elf(in elven years) is still the same age as a 16 year old human(in human years) and it’s hard to just change the ideals and expectations we have for each age soooo…

anyway I think that this year of school at foxfire got extended or smth so maybe that counteracts the minus nine months and sophie is 15? But Fitz is still 16 and Keefe is still 15(I’ve seen some people saying he’s 16 he’s not he and Sophie are the same age) and you cannot change my mind. Anyways wouldn’t that mean that in the first book Dex and biana are both eleven? Huh. Anyways feel free to correct me I’m honestly so confused right now so it would be helpful if some could either confirm this or tell me why I’m wrong. But currently this is what I think everyone’s ages are

Fitz-16 turned this year

Keefe, Sophie, Tam, Lihn-15 turned this year

Biana, Dex, Marella, Jensi, Maruca, Stina-14 turned this year

Wylie-21 turned this year

KOTLC as things my classmates have said

The Neverseen: This is my stick for beating children, look how swishy it is!

Dex: Just give the damn chair rocket boosters!

Keefe: My hair is great, yours is worse than sonic the fucking hedgehog

Biana: No sir I’m saying you should wear a skirt to show us how it’s done

Tam: Pigs can’t fly, unless you have a catapult and no morals

Sophie: Guys I just want to go to school I didn’t sign up for all this crap-

Ro: I’m going to kill you… but in like a PG way

Linh: We need to use all the chairs so they all feel included

Fitz: Look how the tables have turned you little fuck *whilst flipping a desk*

Jensi: Guys can you get drunk on bread I’m seeing stars

Stina: One day you lot will work at the McDonald's down the road and I’ll work at the bougie one in brazil with a REAL tan

Bronte: You’re really young and inexperienced, you’re all little babies honestly… and as for why I still use training wheels-

figured out the rest of the uniform :D

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my absolutely amazing redesign of Unraveled

Shannon hire me

Please draw jensi I'm begging you

ummm the guy!!

this might be my first time drawing him actually!??1!? i cant rmember

Random idea, which KOTLC character use which social media the most

Sophie: Pinterest prob, needs images and esthetics to calm herself down

Dex: Tumblr. He has the chaos of Tumblr in him.

Fitz: I’d say Discord, he uses social to talk with the people, not for anything else.

Keefe: I’m not sure. TikTok I’d say. He’s def a video format guy, and there are so many things, he would find every niche and jump from one to another.

Biana: she’s an influencer on Insta. Showing herself, pretty pictures, encouraging people to accept their bodies as she accepted her scars, makeup and hair tutorials.

Tam: is he on social media? YouTube. He talks. Found his way to explain what goes in his head, he makes long videos about very special interests. Probably turns off the comments.

Linh: Pinterest. Shares pictures of her water sculptures, of every beautiful landscape she finds.

Stina: starts drama on Twitter/X.

Marella: on Twitter/X too, sometimes takes part in dramas, sometimes just watching them with popcorn. And goes on Tumblr to laugh and cope.

Maruca: has every social, likes everyone’s post, sometimes shares her most random thoughts in Instagram Stories.

Wylie: not a fan of social media, spends some time on Pinterest, on Instagram, doesn’t post anything.

Jensi: uh. Good question. He was on X but ended up thinking people were definitely too stupid, so moved to just looks at the comments (and sometimes add some) under YouTube shorts probably.