KOTLC FAN BLOG

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[swansongsblogs]

About Me

Hello kotlc fandom, hi- um I truly have no idea how I’m going to introduce myself, so I’m just gonna start with the basics even though probably no one cares. 

Before I start, I just want to say that I have been reading KOTLC since 2018, but only now revived my love for it, so with that in mind let’s start 

name: M (for now since I don’t feel really comfortable sharing my full name)

pronouns: she/her

artist or writer: writer

fav character(s) in KOTLC: Tam, Marella, Keefe, Fintan, Biana, Linh, Jolie (yes I have a lot)

least favorite character(s): Lady Gisela, Lord Cassius, literally every councillor but Oralie and Kenric

fav book (of the series): Everblaze, Nightfall, Neverseen

least fav book: Flashback and Lodestar

fav councillor: Oralie

fav ship(s): Sokeefe, Sophie x Biana, Fitz x Dex, Dex x Biana 

ability you wish you had: pyrokinetic, mesmer 

fav Neverseen member: Fintan or Brant- I want to put Vespera but she feels so underused as an antagonist so-

That’s all for now- If anyone got to this point, I will be taking requests for writing once I turn on like the anon asking thing- (I’m new to Tumblr and bad with technology so-)

[bookwyrminspiration]

been thinking recently about the control of information in kotlc. it's only mentioned in passing, but the elves ban books (p. 287). several classes--advanced history, on the other intelligent species--are restricted to the elite levels only. lumenaria has a secret database of records. the oldest records are largely illegible to the modern population w/o significant time/effort/resources. councillors keep memories in caches and erase them from their minds. we're starting to really get into the flaws of caches, but the rest has been like this subtle, lurking menace beneath the whole story. but it's simultaneously overt in how desperately Sophie is always searching for answers. and yes, some of that is because the Neverseen are actively working against her, but she's just as often running up against information control by the council and black swan. about pyrokinetics, the plague, vespera, nightfall, stellarlune, elysian. it's not the story's only message, but it feels like we're building to an explicit condemnation of censorship and revisionism. the story's starting to say louder and louder you cannot decide who is allowed to know what, you are not arbitrator of what's right, of what's important, of what's dangerous. and trying does nothing but harm the people you claim to protect. kotlc is, among other things, a story against information control. and i'm just really curious to see where it all goes.

[keefetheshimmerbooty]

Rereading book 1 of kotlc is so insane like tell me why Mr. Forkle rescues two 12 year olds (he was gonna leave one behind) after they were kidnapped and sedated/drugged for 10 days with no food or water (lowk his fault) and then just leaves them somewhere they've never been before and tells them if they can't figure out how to get back within a few DAYS he might come back to help

[bumblebeebat1]

Do yall think the elves are like underestimating how many dead elves there are? Cause like they've been banishing children as the main solution for what has been implied to be hundreds of years (Being older elves mention never having questioned it) and yet the neutral territories aren't like infested with banished elves. Plus just generally if you send a eight year old into the woods alone with one garanteed meal a day(if that) and little medical resources its gonna die. So do you guys think theres bunch of dead elven children that have been forgotten by their society. Possibly a graveyard with thousands of dead children being kept up by other children who can barely remember their own traditions since they were thrown out so young.

[shiloh-the-shidiot]

tam song WINS the idgaf war. Kept telling everyone he and linh were twins to mess with their parents. Said "fuck the lost cities" and followed linh into exile. Reads peoples minds by overlapping shadows. brought a dead body into his fathers house covered in ash on a random Tuesday with no notice (same father he has not talked to in years). brought snacks to go meet a neverseen member thats known to kidnap and torture children. chilled out while Sophie and keefe and dex were talking about rex being talentless under their breaths as if he actually gave a shit. WHO is doing it like him.

[chainlxnk]

tumblr always gets these earlier but HAHA SOPHIANA AURENFLARE FINALLY

[theunknownpoetssociety]

i will never stop shouting about how fitz and keefe are treated differently by the fandom, for example, in neverseen keefe literally punches a wall in anger but it’s never brought up but if fitz did that the fans would have a field day. the double standard for them is crazy

[celticsapphic]

Does anyone know why it appears that so many more conservative minded people are fans of KOTLC?? I’ve known of many conservative families whose children were OBSESSED with it. And when the latest book came out and featured two gay characters (who were there for about two sentences), there were dozens of whiny reviews complaining about it, so much so to the point that the book (at least the last time I checked) has only 2 stars on Amazon.

[sourapplesnake]

The Kotlc series actually enforces a LOT of conservative beliefs. Casual eugenics in the matchmaking system, everyone being ‘perfect’ genetically and they’re all neurotypical white ppl 💀 Some of them aren’t white but COME ON they ALL look like white ppl. Also with the whole ‘magical race that actually LIKES being enslaved’ thing is SO ROOTED IN RACISM AND EUGENICS. COME ON. The government monitoring everyone and making sure they’re following all the rules and invading their privacy MEGA TIME gives very conservative values. The anti-abortion rhetoric with birth being counted at conception. Even though ‘sexism doesn’t exist’ they still have gender roles, like separate clothes for men and women. And of course they still have traditional marriage values. The bad guys are the ones trying to actually trying to do SOMETHING about the problems in society. Etc etc. If you actually look you’ll find SO MANY conservative values built into this series.

[when-wax-wings-melt]

for an empath, Keefe should probably work on caring about how other people feel

[lotusishere]

People saying that Fitz still has a chance with Sophie (though she’s with Keefe) hurts me. And no it’s not because I’m a sokeefe shipper. They broke up because of the fact Sophie is unmatchable. Fitz has explained in not only Flashback AND Legacy that he doesn’t feel like he can be a bad match. He explains it would be too much pressure especially with what his family is going through with Alvar shaming their name. Fitz wants to do match making and Sophie does not. I don’t think either of them would change and to be honest I do like Sophie and Fitz as friends. I feel like they work better as friends. When they dated I felt like they were both tiptoeing around the other until they exploded. Until matchmaking is out of the equation and if she breaks up with Keefe and why. That all factors in if they could even work again. Sophie is changing. Fitz is changing. It’s okay for people to think they would be perfect together to grow apart. They still love one another even if it’s not romantic.

[the-way-astray]

Favorite thing about Unraveled?

major unraveled spoilers under the cut:

cassius likes art reveal and subsequent keefe-cassius conversation. god it's perfect. that entire chapter is perfection. kissing it on the mouth. shannon really got me with the reveal like i fully did not see that coming, and it's a reveal that actually adds something of importance and is foreshadowed!!!! so basically my favorite form of plot (i know this is technically character but shut up. let me have my moment)

making cassius nuanced is the best thing shannon decided to do with this book, by far. over the course of the series, i have been consistently confused about why cassius wants to join the black swan . . . it's literally everything he stands against. he hates talentless people. he adheres to matchmaking. he's snobby and arrogant and cares way too much about the council's opinion of everything he does. but now!!!! now it all makes sense!!!! because with the reveal that he only uses that as a cover so he can break the rules behind the council's back and nobody will ever suspect him???? and the fact that for nine books that is the exact trap the audience has fallen into???? oh it's so good. so so so so good. like genuinely i had to put the book down at that reveal i was so shocked. and my favorite line in the entire book is "the lost cities are not kind to those who do not conform" or something to that effect. not because of the line itself (we've seen plenty of lines similar to that) but because it comes from the person you would least expect it from. cassius???? and now that you have the background to why he wants keefe to conform so, so badly, it almost makes you feel bad for him, but also he's still abusive even if his heart was sort of kind of in the right place???? kind of???? augh he's just. he's so nuanced!!!!

and the addition that the reason keefe was able to do so well in the forbidden cities was because of his dad!!!! i loved that. when i read stellarlune i was super annoyed that keefe was able to make out so well for himself when he quite literally knows nothing. it just isn't realistic that he somehow got an id or knows how to find the black swan's cameras by himself, but adding an extra layer of cassius backup and advice is just. fantastic. because now, not only is it realistic that keefe was able to make out so well, you can really see keefe struggle with making the logical decision even though he badly doesn't want to accept help from his dad. it's just. so so so so good.

also it's a relatively subtle detail but cassius getting genuinely hurt when keefe insulted his art had me kicking my feet. because!!!! we have never seen cassius like that before!!!! we've never seen him hurt. he's sometimes pissed off, but never like. hurt hurt. so seeing him like that, you can tell that his art really means a lot to him and that he does care about keefe's opinion in some things because keefe's insult made him feel genuinely sad. and it's like you really feel bad for him but also he sucks and is bad so not really. anyway. it's just so good!!!! favorite chapter in the entire book is the conversation between keefe and his dad. shannon cooked so hard with that.

[guvmy]

one thing abt Keeper that I'm shocked no one rlly talks about is how the Keeper crew and the neverseen main members low-key parallel eachother in different ways,

Like Tam & Linh w/ Ruy. All of them traumatized and hurt from the treatment of Exilium and Elvin Society. The humiliation forming a hard defense that comes when they feel stinging again.

Maruca & Alvar are both motivated by family whether it be love or hatred. Both want to valued more, Maruca wanting to help more, knowing the hurt her family went through & Alvar wanting to destroy more after learning what his family has done.

Brant and Fitz and their unfiltered rage whenever someone hurts someone they love, its blinding. But it comes from the desire to help others, to find a answer thats been prolonged. They both hold this but one manages it and one basks in it.

Biana and Giesla, strong hardworking beautiful, yet majority of their lives were spent overshadowed by the men in their lives. Biana fought to be seen while Gisela stood down to downplayed. being underestimated was a constant for both of them.

Sophie and Trix being torn by the people they love, wanting to let out the frustrations, Their power is what makes people fear them and is prevents most from seeing whats underneath. People not only restrict their power but also their emotions causing them to slowly spiral into insanity and stress.

Fintan and Keefe are both desperate for something to fill the gaping hole in them, Fintan insane from the voices begging him for just one little spark while Keefe is begging for a voice, to guide him to assure him it'll be alright

ill add more later but for now this is good

edit- Y'all can talk you aren't on mute

[thekeeperkidsadoptivemom]

Okay, but can we talk about how Alden was setting his six year old son free on the forbidden cities to look for Sophie? Like what the fuck was he thinking 😭😭😭

[the-way-astray]

"shannon please bring back keefitz friendship!!!!" erm . . . you realize they were never really good friends in the first place right

[milo-igidk]

i get where everyone talking abt how keefe was too soon to get chill with alvar is coming from but also consider keefe hasnt talked to anyone from his world other than his dad in like weeks or months idk, his mental health and empathy is all over the place and his moral compass was probably pretty flexible

[where-is-the-angst]

maybe unpopular opinion but i think that something drastic has to happen in the next book in order to salvage the series

bc while i LOVE keefe, sophie is the protagonist, the main character, the moonlark

the main plot isn’t abt her anymore and i feel like the ending will fall flat if sophie doesn’t become super important again

idk what shannon is gonna do but this series is so dragged on and wether she decides to kill keefe off (i would cry) or do something else, it has to be drastic in order to make a difference at this point

[lotusishere]

I’m tired of the Keefe running away hate.

God forbid a teenage boy wants to cope the only way they know how.