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KOTLC IS GETTING A MOVIE! Let’s discuss:

I worry about this movie. I worry that the issues that we’ve seen as the series goes on will leak onto our TV screens

The first book really has no representation. The whole series has no canon LGBT characters, and I doubt we will be getting any because of a *certain* illustrator

There’s really no major characters of color besides Wylie (who is mixed) until we meet Tam and Linh in book four

Making sure you’re being inclusive while also walking the line of staying true to the original canon is hard, and I hope the canon doesn’t get in the way of inclusive casting. I also want to see inclusive representation behind the scenes as well

I also worry that the issues that get more prevalent as the books go on will seep into the movies if we get a series out of it. I’m worried that Fitz’s anger issues will be romanticized instead of addressed in a healthy way. I’m worried that our favorite side characters will become irrelevant. I’m worried about one dimensional characters.

However, the movie does give us a chance to fix these problems if it is done well. Lots of us would like to see Tiergan and Prentice, or maybe even Marella and Linh, together and if we can’t get that in the books maybe we can get it on screen. Maybe we can see more representation. I’d love to see members of the collective, council, foxfire staff, etc.. be cast as people of color, and not just light skinned people of color. I’d like to see not just Black and East Asian representation, but also Native Americans, Indians, Arab people, and South Americans.

In conclusion, Ben Affleck, don’t screw this up ( and if you’re looking for someone who’d dream of auditioning for Biana, hmu ;) )

Winnowing Gala Headcanon

I was making my way back from the dance floor when Dex put a gentle hand on my shoulder.

“Hey Sophie,” he said. He looked like he was struggling with making eye contact, his brows furrowed. “Can I talk to you for a moment?”

“Of course,” I said with a smile on my face and a question on my mind. Why was he acting so strangely all night?

He took my hand and we walked out of the ballroom. Okay, he kind of dragged me out. He wasn’t insanely aggressive about it or anything, but he definitely wanted to get out of there. He led me to the staircase and sat on the top step, patting the spot next to him.

I sat down and my dress pouffed out all around me. Dex actually had some silver glitter fall down on his navy pants, but made no effort to sweep it off. I pressed on my dress and eventually it flattened. I sighed and looked at Dex.

“So.... What’s up?”

“Why are you having this party?” He asked. He sounded like he was interrogating me.

I blinked. “I’m confused. What?”

Dex’s eyebrows shot into his hairline. “You’re confused? You’re unmatchable! So why, during winnowing gala season, are you having a party, in a ballroom, with everybody in the whole school?”

My stomach dropped. “I mean... I don’t know. I thought it would be fun?” I didn’t mean for the end to sound like a question, but my voice betrayed me.

“Fun?” He nodded, obviously not believing me. “And Edaline just made a sheet where people could sign up to dance with you for fun?”

I looked down at my glittery skirt.

“You know what Sophie? If you want to fit in so bad just say it! If you want to be like Stina just say it! If you’re doing this because you know Fitz is obsessed with this superficial matchmaking nonesense—“

“Dex STOP!” I half yelled. I didn’t want people in the ballroom to hear me.

Dex stood up. “You know my parents are a bad match. They’re perfectly happy! You know Edaline and Grady don’t care. If he wanted to be with you Sophie, he’d do it regardless of the match system.”

Dex pulled his home crystal out of his pocket and started making his way towards the Leapmaster. I hurriedly stood up to follow him, but a shoe strap slipped off my heel and I nearly fell over. “Dex wait!” I begged. He didn’t even turn around.

“Are you really falling back into this jealousy thing with Fitz?!”

Dex stopped walking. I winced. I knew I should’ve realized that didn’t exactly sound like I was referring to his status. Dex turned around.

“No Sophie, I’m not,” he said sternly. “Believe it or not, not every guy who showed up here tonight has feelings for you. Because no matter how badly you want it to be, this isn’t a Winnowing Gala.”

I started tearing up. “Well excuse me for wanting to feel like I don’t belong on the outskirts of society for once,” I choked out.

Dex stifled a laugh, but there was no humor in it. “Well excuse me for thinking that you’d never put your feelings above your morals.”

He turned around to walk away. I squeezed my eyes shut to hold the tears back, and when I opened them, he was gone.

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How it feels talking to my center-right friends and family members.

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Don’t think about Keefe watching his idol get confirmed as a member of the Neverseen and thinking that he really can never escape his “Legacy.” Don’t think about it.

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tropes i will never get tired of

fake dating

omniscient narrator who immediately contradicts the characters (“This is fine,” she said. It was, in no way, shape, or form, fine.)

deadpan jokes while swordfighting

the “I FUCKING LOVE MY WIFE” guy

oblivious pining that slowly escalates until A is going on page rants about how pretty B’s eyes are but still doesn’t seem to recognize they’re in love

Strong Leader Type having to physically fall down in order for the other characters to see how exhausted they are

funny villains who talk and make jokes with their heroes while they’re fighting them

the villains presented as the protagonists

*increasingly pulls out bigger and bigger weapons from more unlikely places*

“I said all of your weapons” *pulls out more*

“ALL OF THEM” *pulls out one last tiny dagger*

traumatized character using humor to cover up ptsd

characters going out for a break at a restaurant/movie/whatever and something bad happening

using the “*gasp* what’s that over there???” trick to avert the enemy’s attention and it working

a villain’s weakness being something totally random and nonsensical

a hero duo arguing over who’s the sidekick while fighting a villain

“don’t be silly, we don’t need [important thing]” “you lost it, didn’t you?” “yeah”

“what’s the one thing I told you not to do tonight?” “raise the dead” “and what did you do?” “raised the dead”

“I think that went pretty well” *explosion in the distance*

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This right here is a serotonin generator

Kenric calling Oralie “Ora”

That’s it :)

Tiana Headcanons

- them playing with each other’s hair

- They’re not very touchy in public, but Biana doesn’t mind because it makes Tam feel comfortable

- Biana wears a backless and sleeveless wedding dress

- Just... Biana holding tam *screams*

- Tam tracing Biana’s scars on her back to help her fall asleep

- They steal each other’s hair products

- Biana and Linh get closer as friends. They get Tam into a skincare routine

- Tam isn’t too sure about it at first but then loves it.

- After Linh, Biana is the first one that Tam opens up to about his time in the Neverseen

- Fitz and Linh both see how much they like each other and joke about it with their siblings (this is basically kinda canon)

Feel free to add on!

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wylie: the love you two have for each other is so wonderful. i wish i had a sibling…

fitz: *smiles proudly*

biana: i’ll sell him to you.

biana: cheap.

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kenric: IM TOO HOT

bronte:

kenric: :D

bronte:

kenric: :D

bronte, deadpanned: hot damn

kenric: CALL THE POLICE AND THE FIREMAN

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sophie and fitz dancing to a slowed version of put your head on my shoulder while the sun sets

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HNNNNNNNNNG

I was thinking about my theories for Gethen and something just *clicked* in my head that honestly shouldn't feel like as big of a revelation to me as it does

But that dream Sophie had in Legacy where her biological parents were both in ETERNALIA saying "We're so proud of you" and she said they were "apart and together/close to her but not close" or something like that

It really shows Oralie in that dream. She's proud of Sophie. They were close enough to be comfortable around each other but not that close. And she's a councillor (hence, Eternalia).

But?? What about her biological dad??

I have that theory that Gethen was a councillor, which would act as the Eternalia part. Gethen and Sophie are "close but not that close" in a COMPLETELY different way though. They know who each other are, see each other constantly, and are probably the Elvin world's most powerful telepaths.

Also, I doubt Gethen is "proud" of Sophie but we've seen some interesting things from father figures lately (Cassius and Bronte in Legacy). And he has some Gisela-like vibes so why not.

Idk how Gethen and Oralie would be "apart but together" though. Maybe them both being councillors and Sophie's biological parents? The only interractions we'be seen between them were Gethen threatening to kill Oralie and then ACTUALLY attemting to.

But then again, he could have really been aiming for Forkle so his secret would be protected.

OH and if Gethen was her dad, then ALL of the groups would be connected. A councillor and a member of the Neverseen have a child in the Black Swan would either be a way to peace or war. *cue end of series*

Anyways, Uh, Someone stop me before I make headcanons and draw a family portrait😳

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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!