fan of just about everything

[formari]

you can’t tell me this isn’t the best exchange ever

[presidentroarie]

Super Long Hot-take On Why Fitz is a Young Grady and Not Keefe

As the title suggests, this post is incredibly long, so get comfy, it’s gonna be a couple minutes before you get to the end of this rabbit hole. (All of it is under the cut for space, and let me know if I need to add any trigger warnings. Also, there aren’t really any spoilers in here I don’t think, but I put the warning here to err on the side of caution because it won’t let me add more tags. Enjoy!)

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[ddoublewhammy]

only reason the fandom hates fitz is bc the effects of his upbringing don't fit ur sad loverboy aesthetic

[ddoublewhammy]

now that we're seeing new sides of sophie, i'm really looking forward to seeing how she'll react to keefe's letter. somehow i doubt this will be another cryfest. i want to see how she copes and takes it in stride. i want to see how everyone else, especially dex, supports her (and each other). unlocked was absolutely necessary for character development that will set the precedent for the cards both sides choose to play moving forward

[ddoublewhammy]

i cant believe i called the ending omg

[sophitz]

oh you ship sophitz? what year did the gifted kid burnout hit?

[ddoublewhammy]

oh my god........

[ddoublewhammy]

ohmygod more focus on keefe and fitz's friendship ?? fitz knowing what keefe needs and putting aside his anger issues ?? them bickering as friends ??? im going to sob this is too good to be true

[ddoublewhammy]

SHE ADDRESSED THE LAURA ISSUE FISJFJSJD IM SOBBING

[dreammong]

!!!PLEASE REBLOG THIS!!!! PLEASE HELP US!!

Thai government and police are harming us!! We don’t have any weapon. But It attack us by water cannons and rubber bullet It don’t stop attack us although we prayed and beg for mercy!!

[everysongineverykey]

so shannon really gave us sophie desperately trying to get matched so that she and fitz could be together because she thought it was impossible otherwise (either because of stigma or because fitz wouldn’t go with it) and expected Us to see it as like a normal thing that happens with healthy relationships huh. she really did that.

[ddoublewhammy]

actually i'd like to think there's some nuance to this

while it's true it looks bad from this perspective, there's also the fact that she's just a 15/16 year old trying to fit in. this goes beyond fitz, beyond any of the guys in her life. a match list, nevermind who's on it, is something you're entitled to, regardless of status, regardless of your abilities. and the fact that she couldn't even have that... it's a whole other level of "outcast" you know? so i get why she decided to try.

[dizznee]

this whole fitz vs. keefe thing is getting ridiculous, instead we need to band together to bully alvar

[trafficlightchild]

So you want to buy a copy of Unlocked

This post is made as a educational guide to the current situation with Keeper of the Lost Cities newest book, Unlocked.

Over the past few days, many people have suggested boycotting the hardcover editions of Unlocked due to one VERY IMPORTANT read: this is that the main artist featured, L*ura H*ll*ngsw*rth, is homophobic and we do not want to support her. As a queer person, it really hurts to see a series that I’ve loved for almost 7 years now. However, many of us still want to read the book and support other people behind this project. For me personally, I especially want to support my local book store and the US postal service during this time. So, what are alternatives?

1. EMAIL SHANNON’S PUBLISHER

Shannon just finished unlock TODAY - this means that the book had yet to be printed and that there is still time to get L*ura’s art out of the book. The book still also has to be edited so we have time. Even if the art isn’t taken out due to payments already being made, this could end the arrangement between the series and her AND we could possibly get a new official artist. Even if we sadly don’t get that either, showing S&S we don’t want to buy books with her art in them will hopefully make them not want to work with her in the future.

2. BUY THE AUDIOBOOK

The main reason that this is my suggestion is that it’s the only version where you can guarantee L*ura will not make any profits because there are no physical or digital pages. Through the research I’ve been doing, I can’t find anything that indicates that official KOTLC narrator, Caitlin Kelly, is homophobic. Audiobooks can be expensive, especially since all KOTLC are Audible exclusives, but Audible does offer a free trial that comes with 1 free audiobook and you can keep the book after you cancel your subscription. Also, if any of you do know if Caitlin is homophobic please reblog with that information and I’ll edit this.

3. BUY THE NOOK VERSION

This is probably seem like what a lot of people are going to do. As of right now, the Nook app does not support/load art that goes along with books such as KOTLC. This would also be cheaper than getting the audiobook version. However, there are two things that concern me about this; first being that  while we know most artists are paid in advance, we can’t say that Laura will make no profit from sales with her art in it. There are many unknowns in this field and many of us are trying to do more research about this. I’ve been looking at two accounts in particular on Instagram (I don’t know if they have tumblrs so I’m tagging there instagram handles) and I suggest you check both @/ahsokatano13 and @/dexs.mother out. the second reason is that the Nook app has been having a lot of updates recently and by the time Unlocked comes out, they could have found a way to load/support the art in the book.

4. WAIT OR BORROW THE BOOK

Use your library or your local KOTLC friends - it may take longer for you to read it but this way you won’t be supporting L*ura. You can also wait even longer and purchase the paperback version.

and lastly

5. DONATE THE SAME AMOUNT TO LGBTQIPAA+ INDIVUALS/GROUPS

Many people preorder months in advance and it’s fine if you did, since this art portion information was only revealed recently. So, treat buying this book like shopping at a place like Ch*ck F*l A. Is every single individual behind this purposes homophobic? No. There are no many people that are behind that KOTLC books other than Shannon - the people who print, who box, who ship, who sell, etc. So rather than purchasing this book and then feeling guilty about it, find out the exact price you spent on the book itself and donate, if you can, that exact amount to a queer foundation or individual. If you can donate double, that’s great! If you can only spare a few dollars right now, that’s great too. As long as you give some money back to the people that are being affect by the decision to use a homophobic artist in this book, that sort-of evens out things in my eyes.

At the end of the day, every KOTLC fan is an individual. Some fans aren’t even aware of this situation, some fans don’t know how to handle it, etc. I made this post to be educational and provide options for other KOTLC fans.

[ddoublewhammy]

dammit im so torn because on one hand i want to support shannon and everyone else involved in the series + i have the first 8 books and wanna collect the whole series but at the same time i dont want to put any money in l**ra's pockets

[ddoublewhammy]

yall know that keefe and fitz are both at the top of the elven social structure... right? you know keefe didn't grow up some kind of poor disparaged boy... right? you know that while keefe had incredibly manipulative and emotionally unavailable parents, fitz had unrealistic expectations and a preexisting legacy (pun intended) he had to carry practically since he was born, and that only doubled when he manifested and was tasked with bringing sophie to the lost cities... right? so can we PLEASE appreciate how these boys found each other to take comfort in, and have some semblance of a normal school life despite their lives and upbringing that would have made them social outcasts otherwise?

[theunmappedstar]

dorky crimes fitz vacker has canonically committed

yes i classify them as crimes because each time he does shit like this i fall in love

he likes to read books! the first night sophie spent at everglen, she describes waking up the following morning to find fitz curled in an armchair reading a book with some title like 101 Ways To Catch The Wind. this was taught to sophie in her level 2 class only a few chapters later, so that means FITZ ALREADY KNEW HOW TO DO THAT. this dumbass just decided to sit down and READ THAT BOOK FOR FUN

he likes to hold hands so, so much! it’s on his mind all the time! when sophie’s enhancing ability was triggered, he slipped his hand into hers and upon feeling the rush, said something similar to, “wow, this is going to make me want to hold your hand even more,” while smiling. b-BITCH?? EXCUSE ME??? I LOVE YOU???

he is scared of looking directly into sophie’s eyes for too long because eye contact with her is very intimate and it makes him a fluttery even though he tries to keep his cool! 

he likes dinosaurs and dragons and he owns a fucking sparkly dragon stuffie that he named mr!! fucking!! snuggles!!

he bakes!! he loves baking!! he’s GOOD AT BAKING!!

he bakes for his friends just because he wants to see them happy!! he suddenly decides that he needs to make them a treat at 11pm at night because he wants to bring it to them the following morning!!

he sees something in an atlantis shop and it makes him think of his friends!! and he gets it for them!! he gets gifts for them because he sees these things and thinks of them and goes “oh they’d like that”!!!

this DORK did not know what to get his friends originally though so he was a DUMBASS and got them all pens but now he CONSTANTLY TRIES TO PICK OUT PERSONAL ITEMS FOR THEM

he barely had any friends!! he had keefe!! and even then he sat at BIANA’S lunch table with BIANA’S friends because he’s AWKWARD

he crushes on sophie WAY AFTER they become friends!!! he crushes on her once he almost DIES and realizes “oh my god i LIKE THIS GIRL. I LIKE THIS GIRL.” HIS OWN NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE MAKES HIM REALIZE HE LOVES HER I-

HE’S a CUDDLER and you CANNOT CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE

keefe LITERALLY SAYS "fitz is a snuggler” AND I AM GOING WITH THE FACT THAT KEEFE KNOWS THAT FROM E X P E R I E N C E

FITZ VACKER HAS WHAT WAS IT TEN PAIRS OF MATCHING PAJAMAS THE ABSOLUTE D U M B A S S E R Y OF ONE BOY I LOVE HIM

HE LIKES TRUST EXERCISES FOR CHRIST’S SAKE

HE LOVES OPENING UP TO SOPHIE

HE LOVES HEARING HER OPEN UP

HE LOVES TRUSTING HER AND GETTING HER TO TRUST HIM AND EARNING THAT TRUST

HIS EYES S P A R K L E D WHEN HE FOUND OUT THEY HAD A CONNECTION STRONG ENOUGH TO HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF BECOMING COGNATES

HE’S A FAMILY BOY!!! HE LOVES HIS FAMILY SO MUCH!!! HE’D DO ANYTHING FOR THEM!!!! YOU CAN’T TELL ME HE DOESN’T HAVE MOVIE NIGHTS WITH ALDEN AND DELLA SORRY I WANT TO IMAGINE HIM BEING A MOTHER’S BOY AND HE SITS NEXT TO HER AND LEANS HIS HEAD ON HER SHOULDER AND HNNGNGNGNGNGNGNGNN@!N!N!N!N

DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN BIANA GOT HURT IN NIGHTFALL AND FITZ DROPPED EVERYTHING TO GO AND FIND HER?? ON THE VERGE OF TEARS??? MY LOVE-

THIS IS THE BOY THAT WAS PUT IN CHARGE OF HIS FRIENDS WHILE THEY WERE RUNNING AWAY FROM THE FUCKING GOVERNMENT IN NEVERSEEN AND HE STOPPED EVERYTHING TO BUY THEM ALL GELATO BECAUSE HE SAW THEY WERE STRESSED AND THOUGHT THEY NEEDED A PICK-ME-UP

instead of getting angry (despite it being his coping mechanism) when keefe - his one best friend since youth - betrayed them and left without a second thought, he broke down and sobbed.

and it doesn’t! stop! there! you can see many more instances like these recorded on my blog! i’m in anguish!

[ddoublewhammy]

fitz gets treated so badly by this fandom (especially on insta/pinterest) my god... i don't want to think about this but considering how shitty shannon's publishers seem to be she might be forced to ,, kill him off ,, i really really hope not but with how little character development hes been getting i get the feeling she's just stalling hh

[ddoublewhammy]

ill always trust fitz over keefe. why? fitz reacts out of anger. it's his defense mechanism. he doesn't mean what he says and he admits he messed up and that he wasn't thinking. keefe, on the other hand, means every goddamn thing he does, and well... you can see why i'm wary

[ddoublewhammy]

I can’t believe that “I must admit my defeat against such a power move” isn’t a response to a tumblr post but instead a completely serious line of dialogue during a one on one showdown