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do you ever think about how pissed alvar was that fitz stopped pressing buttons
I haven't yet, but do you ever think about what, exactly, Alvar was yelling while he pounded on the glass? Because Fitz didn't specify
Was he furious at being imprisoned, enraged they stood by and watched? Was it because he was trapped or was it because it was them, his baby siblings, who had done it? Was it because it was just another example of the young being "better" than the old, or was it because deep down part of him wanted them to join him, to follow him, for there to still be something there, and this was a betrayal to that secret wish
Or was he desperate? Was he pleading, beseeching, imploring? Scared and screaming as the goop poured in hot and thick, yelling to be let out, to be saved. Did part of him, deep down, still believe that they would? That the family he'd scorned and disowned still meant something? That though he'd set the bridge on fire with his own hands, his baby siblings would reach out theirs?
What was he yelling, Shannon?
#kotlc#kotlc character analysis#alvar vacker#quil's queries#arson-anarchy-death#that whole thing at everglen. man#fitz nearly killing him. sophie nearly convincing alvar to chose differently but losing him in the end.#what if i told you i stopped pressing buttons#man
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okay there used to be discourse regarding whether fitz or keefe puts sophie on pedestal. but the truth is- they both do. but its not their fault. It’s a natural human instinct to put someone you really like on a pedestal, especially when you are faced with a lot of trauma.
starting off with fitz- he is incredibly lonely. At the start of the series, his only friends appear to be keefe, and his own sister- biana. He has never been able to fully trust anyone or share everything with them. But then he meets Sophie, this girl who, over the series he fully trusts. He says it himself- she is the only one he trusts. His first REAL and true friend, that he shares his fears, worries, feelings to. Naturally fitz sees her as this amazing, wonderful girl.
Similarly for Keefe, so many people have let him down in his life that he has never been able to fully trust anyone. Then he meets sophie, someone he can open up to, someone who validates all of his emotions. someone he gets desperately attached to. you can’t help but viewing the person you like in a pedestal, your brain immediately attaches an extremely positive image to them.
Now fitz has been placed on a pedestal by practically everyone, Sophie and fitz both saw eachother on pedestals, but over time, and especially after they dated, they realized that their visions of eachother, and what dating eachother may be like was not real at all. Now fitz is quite ambitious, particularly because of this pressure placed on him to be the best, to be the leader, by his family. Naturally one facet of sophie’s life he admires, is her powerfulness. He adores the fact that they are cognates. He has over romanticized the fact that they are cognates. He wants them to be this powerful, beautiful, telepathic, wow, power couple. Which is understandable. But... they have an emotional disconnect. Particularly because Sophie....well... likes Keefe, and she trusts him more.
Now for sokeefe- sophie most definitely does not view Keefe in a pedestal, mostly because she saw him as just a friend for so long. Of course keefe may have romanticized what his relationship with sophie could be in the past. But in the most recent books, he has mostly given up on trying to make her like him. He just wants to be there for her, hes pushed aside his feelings for her. So now, he’s just glad to be with her. Keefe sees her in a pedestal to some extent, but not in the way that fitz does. But i also think people are misplacing the difference. keefe does not see her in a pedestal per se, but it is more so that he has severe attachment issues, avoidant attachment LOL. he is super attached to sophie, like they are borderline codependent. anyways.
Now Keefe and Fitz both see sophie on somewhat a pedestal,it’s not their fault. and no. it is not the healthiest, but its a result of their trauma. Both of them have been betrayed, are lonely, have self - esteem issues, and a number of other things wrong. OF COURSE they are gonna see this beautiful kind amazing girl who finally makes them feel special, on a pedestal. Sophie has made both of them feel seen, for once in their lives. Now sophie broke fitz’s heart, by liking keefe this whole time, so I definitely don’t think fitz will see her on a pedestal anymore, which is a good things. Now their friendhsip can truly rebuild. As for keefe, i dont think he sees her on as much of a pedestal as fitz, but... he still does to some extent, only therapy and working on his self esteem issues can save him from that at this point.
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Another Keeper of the Lost Cities rant
The grammar is probably bad, don’t worry about.
Something I just thought of. So we see both everyone talk about how powerful Sophie is and how she has so much potential and we see Sophie never, or very rarely, living up to that potential and she has acknowledged this. She knows that she’s supposed to be this new, incredibly powerful kid that’s supposed to be able to take out The Neverseen but she usually falls short. It is worth noting that we have seen various people including members of The Neverseen say that Sophie could’ve is is a threat to them.
Most likely they are aware of what she is capable of and what she could become once she knows how to really use her abilities. Which means it’s important for them to either recruit her (which they failed to do) or do away with her before she learns how to control and use her abilities much better than she currently does. Remember, Sophie is still learning new aspects of her abilities, she doesn’t know everything about them or how they work, she doesn’t know everything she can do that others can’t. She’s also really young, she’s literally still a child. Of course she’s going to fall short against a group of adults that have had decades to perfect their plans and in some cases, thousands of years to master their abilities. Sophie is also heavily restricted in what she can do and how she can act against them whereas her main current enemies can do whatever they please.
They have killed or helped kill people before. I guess Sophie has as well because of the flooding of Ravagog but that is a different situation with specific circumstances. The Neverseen don’t need to be backed into a corner to decide they want to kill her or anyone they don’t see as useful while alive. That creates quite a big difference in a fight. Sophie wants to win but she may hesitate to kill them even though they wouldn’t hesitate to kill her. Some of them also know how to fight and defend themselves to a degree and some of the members are not simply body guards but are actual members of other races from the Lost Cities that fight for The Neverseen. They are preparing for a war to take over the world and they’re ready to fight.
A big disadvantage that Sophie has against them is that while she has the ability to accurately and precise throw a knife, she doesn’t know much about fighting. She gets out of situations because she’s able to come up with a plan that may or may not work, she’s good with strategy but she never has been taught how to fight. All of the elves hate violence and it’s risky for them to even witness it. The people who are supposed to teach her to protect the entire world and lead a fight in a war have less knowledge and experience in battle than she does.
They have seen people fight but, how many of them have so much as thrown a punch in their entire lives? How many of them have been in life or death situations? How many of them have been tortured? How many of them have learned to use their abilities to fight an opponent? The answer is very few, like a hundred elves in all of history could probably be on the list.
If you’ve never been in a fight you shouldn’t be advising someone on how they should or should’ve handled a fight. The elevens are all about strategy, logic, and technology and to a degree that is important, those are all useful things in times of war but, they have no idea how to make weapons that do more than stun someone and most are probably not willing to make them. Yet the people criticizing Sophie and instructing her on how she should be fighting this war are people that have no idea what they’re talking about. They can only teach her so much of certain areas.
It would be so difficult for them to teach her to use her significant and notable power to defend herself as well as fight offensively. It would be difficult for them to advise her on how she should be fighting back or attacking. These people know nothing of war but they act like they know everything. Why has nobody put these kids who have been given the responsibility of saving the world at least a class in war tactics and strategies? I know they hate humans and think all humans are idiots, absolute buffoons but, we have a lot of wars and a lot of them have been recorded. A lot of the strategies and battle tactics have been recorded. The ogres and goblins could also be studied. Yet they’re just told to basically figure it out for themselves, especially Sophie. If the moves the council is making aren’t working and if they’re not happy with what Sophie is doing then maybe they should look somewhere else for ideas and knowledge.
I have said this before and I will say it again. They’re so worried about going to war and so eager to stay in their cushy castles that they don’t even realize that the war has already been going on. People have died, children have been abducted and tortured, half of a city was burned to the ground, an entire race was already nearly wiped out, several battles have already been fought. Another city aside from Ravagog and the capital was nearly destroyed ( Atlantis) and who knows how many people would have died if that hadn’t been stopped. The enemy themselves have made their intentions to rule the world clear and they have made it clear that they will do whatever they view as necessary to achieve their goals.
So many other horrible and deadly events have transpired but most of the elven population, including the people leading them, act almost as if Sophie is an adult investigator who is supposed to know what’s she’s doing and is trying to catch some duo robbing houses every now and then. It’s insane that this is the situation. Sophie has no idea what she’s doing because nobody has made an real effort to teach her how she’s supposed to fight, act, and defend herself and the people who are advising an criticizing her are (for the most part) highly unqualified to be doing so. Sophie has the potential to take The Neverseen down and they know that and at first they were kinda scared and wary of her. However, they also realized that she can only grow so much if she’s not given the right tools and knowledge to fight them, same with training. Once again, she’s only like halfway through her training and doesn’t know what she’s fully capable of. They know this so she’s not much of a threat to them anymore. They also know that her being able to act against them freely for the most part is still new, beforehand she and her friends had go against the council in order to fight The Neverseen.
This is it for now I guess. Feel free to add anything else.
#kotlc shitpost#kotlc#kotlc council#kotlc character analysis#kotlc neverseen#kotlc fandom#sophie foster#fitz vacker#keefe sencen#biana vacker#black swan#the black swan#stellarlune#keeper of the lost cities#dex dizznee#marella redek#linh song#tam song#elves#unlocked#legacy#kotlc unlocked#nightfall#kotlc exile
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In the kotlc fandom and within the books there's a lot of joking about how oblivious Sophie is. Which is true, obviously in the books she's constantly missing signs that Keefe and Fitz like her.
Nobody seems to acknowledge that a lot of the reasons Sophie is so oblivious are because she doesn't believe she's worth having a crush on. Within the first few pages of the first book, when Fitz goes to talk to her, she immediately questions why such a cute boy would ever want to talk to her. The only thing she's confident in is her intelligence- and that's ripped away from her when she learns she's an elf and realizes she doesn't know how the world works at all. She only wears grey and tries to not stand out, and she overall doesn't think of herself very highly.
I haven't reread the series in a while, so I don't really have anything to say about the rest of book 1 through Nightfall. I can't remember anything specific to help my point, but I'll probably make another post about this when I've reread the series.
That brings me to Flashback. In the scene where Sophie and Fitz are in the reception hall at Everglen, they're discussing match lists, and Sophie thinks about the odds of her ending up on Fitz's lists. And even after all this time in the elven world, she still thinks of herself as "the weird girl with the freaky brown eyes who grew up with humans and will never fully fit into her world." By this point, she has five abilities, a lot of friends, and she knows how important she is to the world. But she still has low self-esteem. She almost starts crying in this scene because she feels so ridiculous for ever thinking Fitz could like her.
Sophie had no friends before moving to the lost cities. she grew up constantly hearing everyone's negative thoughts about her, including her teachers, classmates, and family. That'd fuck anyone up.
There's also a lot to say about how she's still an anomaly in the lost cities. But I haven't read the series in a really long time.
To sum it all up I really think Sophie's lack of confidence isn't talked about a lot, when it probably should be? It's an interesting aspect to her and I just had to say something about it.
#this is probably fully incoherent#and I'm sure to some people this is super obvious#but I feel like to some it's really not#anyway#character analysis#kotlc#keeper of the lost cities#sophie foster#i love sophie
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My laundry is on the floor right now and I decided right now was a good time to do some digging into one of the most interesting characters in KOTLC.
It's time to dissect Fitzroy Avery Vacker!
So we all know Mr. Ritz Cracker,
Mr. "We're Cognate's!"
Mr. Golden boy
Mr. You-get-the-damn-point!
Fitz was the Elf who found Sophie in the Forbidden Cities. He was the one who introduced her to his— their— world. He was the first person to see Sophie cry, first person in the Lost Cities to support her.
From reading the books we learn a lot about how Fitz grew up, and you might be saying "uh... no?" BUT HA! YOU FOOL! You cannot just simply read the words, you must read behind the meaning and watch a characters behavior to learn how they grew to be who they are! (It's why I love characters so much, there's so many ways to learn about them)
From context clues and how he behaved in the books we know he was the golden child. First kid to manifest at the tender age of 13, and lose his leaping bracelet early too, not to mention he was a telepath and was basically flawless in school. He took pride in it, like most kids do. But you see here, that's the problem. He never had someone to take him down his pedestal that his parents practically built for him (fucking Alden). He grew up being told he'd do great things, that he was a strong Elf, that he was better then anyone else. So naturally he started to believe it and act like it. He wasn't necessarily vicious either, but he didn't need to be; he always got what he wanted anyways.
I think he felt alone. I mean he reacted so viciously towards his brother Alvar after finding out he was a traitor— UNDERSTANDABLY SO BY THE WAY! But my confusion with this was how angry he was. But I thought about it a lot through my rereading of the series and I realized that he was so angry because he had loved, trusted, looked up to, and felt inferior to his older brother. Despite— No— Because he was treated so much better by Alden(bitch) and Della(ILoveYouWifey) Alvar gained resentment for his siblings, mostly Fitz.
There was a part of Fitz sports thing in book 8.5 KOTLC Unlocked where he talked about playing with Alvar. He said it's no fun playing base quest (I think) with him because he'd stay invisible the entire time. What this tells me is Alvar agreed to play the game but would dip out of his own jealousy and pettiness. Which takes me to my previous statement—
Fitz felt alone. The one thing he never got was a brother who actually liked and loved him. The one thing he had been patiently waiting for and hoping for since he was younger and treated like the golden boy was his older brother. But he never got it, instead he got a traitorous older brother who hated him so deeply he'd hurt his friends without a second thought.
In my opinion, Fitz's rage over his brother is reasonable. It's honestly so real and raw that I can't even say he's being idiotic. Especially considering what I just said.
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His fatal flaw his his anger— or more technical — His tantrums.
Like I said before, he always got what he wanted, he was spoiled and treated like a little prince. So every single time he didn't get what he wanted, his anger would rise. His emotional intelligence has been stumped because he never had someone say no to him or been rejected for something. So he's confused and angry; "Why not!? This never happens to ME!" Type of mentality.
This also comes along with jealousy and the need to compete with others. So when Keefe started to show his affections for Sophie a lot more openly back in book 4 KOTLC Neverseen, specifically when they ended up in Alluveterre for protection that was provided by the black swan, he started to act jealous. He realized how Keefe felt and noticed something about how Sophie acted and he automatically felt the need to compete which is why in book 9 KOTLC Stellerluna he has Sophie on a pedestal like a prise in his subconscious. He doesn't see her like a lover or a crush, he sees her as a prise to win over, subconsciously though. Consciously he thinks it's a crush. He went from thinking of her as a sister to someone he wanted to date; that doesn't happen for no reason.
Moving on from the relationship drama aspect of this, we can talk about his outbursts when something goes wrong. He needs someone to blame. Always. And it's never himself. He needs someone to push all this fear and anger out on because he's not emotionally or mentally equipped to deal with it. It's a self-destructive flaw he posseses. Same with his jealousy.
Which is why I love his character! He actually has some pretty bad flaws! But he also recognized it and is attempting to fix it; what he doesn't realize is that it will take time and whatever he broke will most likely never be fixed again. Simple as that. It's sad and will probably hurt him a lot but I will help him grow.
In conclusion: Kill Alden and get Fitz into therapy :D
#keeper of the lost cities#kotlc fandom#kotlc fitz#kotlc thoughts#kotlc#character analysis#character dissection#flaws#fitzroy avery vacker#fitz vacker#keeper of the lost cities fitz#thefanboyhub#long reads#long post
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it's really a missed opportunity how we have never gotten the story from biana's pov. the closest we ever had to that was fitz's short story and even then, that wasn't much.
we all knew that biana definitely struggled with the scars vespera gave her and how she overcame it in legacy. but the thing is, I wanted to read the ways she'd overcome it, how she wanted to cover her skin because all vackers are supposed to be beautiful. how was is it like, living in a world where scars weren't normal?
in legacy, some of the characters had to overcome the king's path in order to meet king enki and one of those characters was biana. I'm confident to say that I bet the hallucinations she experienced was what vespera did to her + the whispers she had gotten in school.
all I'm saying is, I wanted to see biana overcoming her scars and trauma step by step. she's biana vacker, a girl who takes care of her looks above anything else as we can see in the first few books. having sophie noticing that she always covered herself in flashback and suddenly jumping to her showing her skin freely in legacy doesn't...sound like good writing to me, idk. again, I know the entire series is from sophie's pov but...my point still stands. I mean, we've literally gotten keefe's povs💀.
what made her realize that those scars are beautiful? what made her realize that she shouldn't feel obligated to cover those scars? what made her realize that she should 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 be ashamed of those scars because it's a part of her now? who helped her grow?
#i find it to be...icky how shannon's male characters have layers after layers in their story arcs#like keefe and fitz#but the women in her series tend to not be explored as much as the men#we could've gotten a biana short story in flashback and legacy#but nooooooo the story focuses on the love triangle instead#kotlc#keeper of the lost cities#biana vacker#kotlc legacy#shannon messenger#kotlc analysis#nav's kotlc thoughts
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Selina Beauregard
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Biana Vacker 
I’ve gotten a few ppl Ask me why I don’t like Biana as a character and I think the easiest way I can explain it is by comparing her character to Selina and showing the difference in writing between the two. Also I’m gonna be writing this in jot notes so just ignore the punctuation.
- A big issue with Biana as a character is the fact that she lacks development she starts off as a spoiled, privileged, rich brat Who’s entire character is about looking pretty, about appearances and about being the popular “it” girl at Foxfire
- The problem is she stays that way from book 1 to 8.5 there’s no development, there’s no character realization, there’s no moments where she changes and becomes a different, better person 
- And before you Biana stans come at me I hate to break it to you but what she did in nightfall was not character development it was selfish and self-centred
- Before they even go into nightfall Sophie tells her group to stay by her, not go off on their own and not try to make themselves the hero of the mission because it was about getting her parents out and leaving without getting caught but Biana disobeys the leader of her mission and the instructions that were given to her and went off on her own and risked everybody’s life in that room including Sophie‘s parents and almost got everybody killed because she decided to be selfish and because she wanted to have her own glory moment what she did was not heroic it was downright stupid and selfish risking everybody’s life around you just so you can make yourself look better makes you a selfish person and because of her actions the Gorgodon was released from the force field and she compromised the entire mission 
- After she gets hurt because of the consequences of her own actions nothing about what she’s done gives her time for her character to reflect, it’s not seen as selfish, nobody calls her out on that behaviour and it’s not seen as bad it’s just seen as heroic and then the story moves on
- Her decision in nightfall does not change her actions or behaviours as a character she just continues on as that same spoiled, rich, self-centred brat as she was in the first book her character does not change she still has the same personality and her character doesn’t go through any character realization where she grows and changes as a character she doesn’t take accountability for what she’s done or apologize for the lives she’s put in danger or the people that she’s injured because of her own actions she still believes what she did was heroic (which it wasn’t)
- Biana’s entire character is about her femininity which also doesn’t change even after nightfall her character is cliché and stereotypical and because she still has the same behaviours, attitudes and decision making after nightfall proves that her character didn’t develop or change

- Now Onto Selina Beauregard, Selina similar to Biana is heavily obsessed about her appearance and her physical identity on the outside, she falls more into the damsel in distress archetype because of the way she’s portrayed as a daughter of Aphrodite
- She’s not into physical fighting or learning hand to hand combat or sword fighting, she’d rather fly on a Pegasus all day and braid her hair however this changes once we get to the last Olympian 
- Selina isn’t forced to fight in the war she could’ve easily stayed back with the Ares kids because she didn’t want to risk her life or because she didn’t want to mess up her physical appearance or break a nail or mess up her hair but she didn’t and by giving her this choice it gives her character agency and gives her character development, towards the end of the story she leaves the war to convince Clarisse to come and help them fight Kronos however Clarisse still refuses
- Selina then steels Clarisse’s armour and leads the Ares cabin into war and goes undercover in the process to do so, she then fights a humungous monster, risks her entire life just to help save the world and defeat Kronos and by doing this she gets sprayed by acid and half of her face is melted off as well as her armour getting destroyed but in the end Selina didn’t care because she did it to save her fellow demigods and the rest of civilization
- Notice how this characters thinking, decision making, behaviours and attitudes change from the first book to the last because of this choice it shows how her character has really grown and changed as a person and she then gets something called ✨character development✨
- This is what makes Selina a well written fleshed out character because of this development and because her character actually changes which is something that didn’t happen with Biana
#kotlc#kotlc fandom#sophie foster#fantasy books#anti biana vacker#pjo fandom#pjo series#Selina Beauregard#clarisse la rue#percy jackson spoilers#character analysis
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Why do u frickin like fitz?!?! Have you not read book 9!?!?:(:(:(
Mainly, I like Fitz for his complexity! He’s a kind-natured, good kid! I mean, he grew up a Vacker (basically elf celebrity) and both society and his family put a lot of emphasis on purpose. A lot of his self-esteem is connected to elven society, and he’s afraid to break from what’s considered “normal” for fear of being judged even more after what happen with Alvar (which, was extremely traumatic for him.) I think that’s why the whole match-making/cognate thing is so important to him.
One of his main coping mechanisms is to turn to anger — which he is justified to have — but some of it ends up directed at the wrong people. I think it’s interesting to see how the characters react to wartime brewing, especially the bred-born-raised elves. War and violence are practically unheard of in the Lost Cities.
I particularly liked him in Book 9 because it just seemed so realistic. Mans is struggling to cope, but he’s still trying to meet in the middle with Sophie so they can work out their problems. I hope they will end up with an even stronger friendship.
He is trying his best, and that’s all I can ask of him :)
#kotlc#the keeper of the lost cities#character analysis#kotlc discourse#??#fitz vacker#lemme know if i should tag for spoilers#anyways i wasn’t sure if this was ‘hate’ or not but i do love sharing me thoughtss
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You know what? Bronte is absolutely my favorite character in KOTLC.
He starts out the series a secondary antagonist. For two books he actively makes Sophie’s life worse, more so than the Council (which, considering the Council, is pretty difficult). He tries to kick her out of Foxfire at every opportunity, nitpicks the laws she breaks in order to survive, holds Silveny’s safety over her head, etc.
Then Everblaze hits, and she accidentally sends him into that inflicted-positivity shutdown. I think this is a turning point for him, weirdly enough. It makes him realize two things:
First, Sophie’s unique powers can help him understand his own. This sounds selfish, but remember that Bronte has lived for millennia as the only known Inflictor. That must be an extremely lonely life, to live with a stigmatized and scary ability that nobody understands. Then comes along a girl who does understand, and she gives him a chance to finally explore the theories about his own ability that he’s had for thousands of years with no way to test them. Who wouldn’t be intrigued?
Second, if he wants to understand the ability they share better, he needs her—and her trust. Sophie saved him from his shutdown at her own personal risk even after he embarrassed and berated her. Bronte must have finally understood that he needed to show her respect (both for basic decency’s sake and to nurture a more complex sense of solidarity as Inflictors) if he wanted to remain in her good graces, as he certainly hadn’t earned the courtesy she’d given him.
So, given those two assumptions, it’s no surprise he rallies behind her when the ability restrictor gets introduced. Bronte has never been one to shy away from dissenting against the Council’s majority (see: literally his first scene in Keeper), but this time it’s for the right reasons: he’s asserting his own morals.
This trend continues throughout the rest of the series. As we see in the Gethen-Prentice trade in Neverseen, he’s vocal about not having wanted to attack the group. In Lodestar he compliments Sophie’s progress in their Inflicting sessions in the first chapter. He’s incredibly kind to Amy in Nightfall, on par with Oralie in terms of sympathetic smiles to Sophie in Flashback, and of course that brings us to this line of his in Legacy.
“I never said I was pleased with the idea [of you working with the Council]. I could simply tell that this was where we were heading. Why do you think I pushed you the way that I did? I had to ensure that you were truly someone who could be trusted with the role you were surely meant to play. And I won’t claim that my behavior toward you was always admirable—or fair. But… you bore it far better than I ever would’ve expected. And now, here we are, and I must say… you are certainly worthy.”
Cue the teary eyes all around. It's a heartwarming scene so I let the cheesiness slide.
He honestly has the most respectable and satisfying character arc I've seen in the series. And what makes him interesting is that there are lots of fatherly male figures Sophie has to lean on. There's Grady, Alden, Forkle, Tiergan, Elwin, Terik, Kesler—and that's just who I can name off the top of my head. But Bronte is the first to show Sophie that his respect for her is earned, and rightfully so. That's not to say he was correct to mistreat her (which he clarifies in the quote above), but it highlights the work he's put in to appreciate Sophie, as well as how far she's come.
He's blunt, stern, and brutally honest, sometimes even to a fault. But Bronte has some of the strongest morals out of the entire cast of characters. And under his jaded demeanor (because who doesn't live through thousands of years of history without dropping their niceties), he is genuinely caring and amiable when he so chooses to be.
I hope we see him flourish through the end of KOTLC. He certainly deserves to.
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Peoples, I got to do the coolest thing in my Intro to Psych class! I got to analyze Keeper!!! And it was so fun!
We were discussing social psychology and personality psychology, and my professor had us pick one of our favorite fiction things to analyze for aspects of those. I picked KOTLC because I know it so well, I didn’t need to have the book on hand or anything to analyze it, plus there’s just so much interesting psychological stuff in there.
For example: conformity, which btw isn’t always a bad thing, it actually plays an important role in keeping a society running smoothing. Anyway, the elves display a ton of conformity, but I focused on how Sophie conforms to the elvin ways so quickly after joining their society. She dresses like them, acts like them (to the best of her ability), follows their rules (mostly), not just because she wants to be liked, though she does, but because it’s vital to her social relationships.
(This got way longer than I’d planned, so I’m putting the rest beneath the cut.)
Also, stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. The elves have so much of this, I don’t really have to go into it. But I particularly analyzed these things as done against the Talentless.
Also, attraction. Enough said. And the halo effect, which is where a person automatically believes another person has positive personality traits, such as compassion, kindness, goodness, etc., simply because they are physically attractive. Though Sophie didn’t trust Fitz at first, I think there’s a pretty good argument for the halo effect given how she changed her opinion of within such a short time and with relatively little proof of his character.
And as far as personality psychology, we used the Five Factor Model (the most commonly accepted measure of personality by psychologists today) to measure our chosen character in the following five traits: (note, each occurs on a spectrum.)
Openness: I rated Sophie as high openness. She easily integrated with a new culture, seems to enjoy new experiences, and grows easily bored with a steady routine.
Conscientiousness: High. She is neat, tidy, and well-organized. She likes to stay on schedule, and she is very driven.
Extraversion: Low-Medium. She has a fairly small group of friends she enjoys spending time with, but then she likes her time alone to recharge. She tends to think to herself, instead of out loud, and requires time to process thoughts before voicing them.
Agreeability: Low-Medium. She leans toward suspicion of people instead of trusting. She’s more of a loner, and doesn’t always appreciate having to work with other people. Others get on her nerves easily.
Neuroticism (aka negative emotions): This one was tough, because she’s under so much stress and has so much trauma, plus she’s a teenager so her limbic system is more developed than her prefrontal cortex (her emotional center is stronger than her rational center). But I settled on Medium-High. She tends to worry and stress easily, and is prone to mood swings. It doesn’t take much to get her down, and it takes her a while to bounce back from whatever it was.
(Please note that these are just my opinions, and the examples I gave are ways I saw those traits manifested in Sophie. Others may see her differently, and that’s ok! That’s part of what makes personality so complicated and fun to study.)
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You punched a hole in the wall and I framed it
I wish I could feel things like you
gives me intense biana’s-pov-on-her-and-fitz-grieving-alden-when-his-mind-was-broken vibes
#song: beautiful trauma by p!nk#just in case anyone was wondering#if y'all wanna take b's canon response of going numb when shit gets really bad and fitz's opposite reaction of blowing up#and make a character analysis fic out of it#go for it and tag me please <3#biana vacker#fitz vacker#kotlc#keeper of the lost cities#kotlc fic idea
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send asks on what you’d like me to analyze next! can be kotlc characters or ships
im bored and i wanna analyze smth
#i love analysis#kotlc#kotlc character analysis#keeper of lost cities#sophie foster#keefe sencen#fitz vacker#tam song#biana vacker#dex dizznee
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i’ve noticed an influx of new fans, so i thought i’d put together a list of resources on fandom racism and racism within the writing of kotlc, as well as accounts who talk about it regularly :)
from @cogaytes:
fandom woobification of tam song
the song twins & keepblr characterization
tam song’s outfits and stereotypes
from @soryasongsaa:
on tam song in fandom and the submissive/effeminate asian stereotype
on linh song and the china doll/fragile asian girl stereotype
tam song, gender, and western bias
the weird stereotypes of the song twins (this is technically a joint post with @cogaytes but i wanted to get both of their reblogs on this matter)
an analysis on the official art of the song family
other users:
fandom treatment of characters of color (from @toxtt)
why do people headcanon white characters as poc? (from @bookwyrminspiration) (note: while this does reference old discourse from 2023, it’s also the best explanation i could find.)
@shangri-la-rights has compiled a lot of excellent posts on racism within the writing of the series itself, although xe hasn’t been active in quite some time.
these resources are meant to educate new users, so if i missed any posts or accounts, feel free to add on in the notes :)
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Kind of want Cinema Therapy to do an in depth analysis of the trauma of KOTLC characters.
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I'm making a "What KOTLC Character Are You?" Quiz but like.... detailed ASF.... I'll post the link when I'm done with it 👍✨
#keeper of the lost cities#thefanboyhub#kotlc#kotlc fandom#thefanboy#kotlc thoughts#kotlc fitz#kotlc keefe#kotlc sophie#kotlc quiz#quizzes#personality quiz#character analysis#character quiz
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like one thing i don't understand about kotlc and analysis of characters is how people look at Keefe's humor. they think that he's contrarion and will do whatever he wants at any given moment and like... no. my boy is very thought through and very thorough. like he's not always street-smart, but he's thinking it through. he won't listen to reason because he knows he's reasonable and that his idea is better, but he'll probably listen to genuine criticism. idk, maybe im getting him all wrong but i've never found keefe sencen to be a character who just does things for the sake of doing them.
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