Anon, I screenshotted this instead of answering it directly to avoid it entering the Kev*son tag.
But to answer your question, no, not really! I feel like the writers were very very clear from the get go that Kevin committed to that relationship solely because she was pregnant. I was honestly shocked that people continued to feel confident in a kev*son endgame after he straight up couldn’t tell her he loved her. His “I love our family. I want to be a dad. I don’t want my kids to grow up in a broken home” was literal proof that he wasn’t in it for the right reasons. Additionally, a love that you have to grow into arguably isn’t a love at all. With that said, I share Kev*son shippers anger regarding the tossing aside of Madison’s love story. She deserved development and a genuine love story. She got Elijah thrown in and a baby that I’m convinced solely exists to just beat a dead horse that she and Kevin will never get back together.
As for the Sophie foreshadowing, I’ve felt it since the beginning. But man oh man I was 100% certain after the ep is season five when they had Kate directly compare Kophie and Kev*son and while he saw a future with Sophie (“Thats my ultimate dream, Sophie. you and me, until the very end.) he couldn’t form a vision with Madison. Kate knew it at this point too, that it was always going to be Sophie for her brother.
But a few of my favorite tidbits that pointed to a Kophie endgame:
1. Every single relationship Kevin has had throughout the series has been tied into Sophie. Her making appearances throughout every relationship struggle he had with other women was a tell tale sign that she was it for him.
2. During the Kophie-centric episode, they started with “Kevin, it’s the ending everyone wants and they’ll still never see it coming.”
3. Back in season 1 when Toby told Kevin to imagine the love of his life, and Kevin flew to Sophie. Given the TIU writers and their love for grand, romantic love stories. A love story spanning decades with two people who genuinely always go back to each other seemed to be a no brainer.
4. Literally just “You weren’t just a name on my list Sophie. You were THE name.”
5. People claim Kevin and Sophie don’t know each other now, only their past selves. To that I say, “you bite your nails when you’re nervous. I know you’re claustrophobic so I’m going to sit with you. You love exposed brick (I really do). I got the powdered donuts because I know you love them. Lava fries.”
6. Kevin: “Huh. Look at that. Even back then. After all this time.” (This was while he was engaged to Madison, by the way.
7. The parallel of them being each other’s person when losing a parent, the hardest battle. One can argue Sophie was that person 20 years ago, but Kevin was that for Sophie in present day when her mom died.
8. Her moms death. When Sophie said she wanted to be with someone who her mom knew (and vice versa, Jack knew Sophie was the love of Kevin’s life). Kevin at the gravesite saying he wanted one more shot with Sophie because “I’m finally ready now.”
9. Also with that scene, him saying “I never earned that ring. I wish I had another crack at it” and the TIU twitter posting the ring and saying “Did he earn it?” Last month Justin Hartley said Kevin’s love story is “earned”.
10. Last but not least, and the most recent foreshadowing and how I knew it would be Sophie in the end when the time came for Kate’s wedding to Phillip, the Princess Bride quote in Kevin’s speech. As we see the woman’s bra and clothes in Kevin’s dressing room, he’s quoting the Princess bride. The princess bride was Kevin and Sophie’s movie, and a direct throwback to the very first kophie scene in season one when Jack says “this whole party was for Sophie” because Kevin turned their birthday party into a TPB theme because it was her favorite movie.
Whew. I could keep going on but this has already gotten away from me. Anyways, I’m not surprised but definitely ecstatic about kophie endgame. We have waited SO LONG! Thank you for letting me get all my thoughts out in one post!
kianamaiart
stormborns
dededos
tangentwithtanner
dailybridgerton
gummygunk
blakekathryn
theartofmadeline
pixelskylines
