#koft

[aphrodites-law]

I still think of keeper of the forest, that story sits with me.

I get my versions confused now, but I love thinking about it!

[paola-xo]

King of the fall 👑🍂

Let's go XO!

[nikolaiart]

lines done for the fanart of knights of the frozen throne!

[aphrodites-law]

In that case, would you please do 1, 25, and 26 for the keeper of the forest?

1. Who is the most affectionate?

When they’re young, Lexa is the most affectionate. They sneak kisses in the kitchen and in the stables and Lexa is always trying to find some wild flowers she can bring Clarke. It’s just that she knows Clarke could have any pretty thing in the world, and that she’s meant to be a queen one day, but somehow she still chose her and... it just makes Lexa really soft. So she’s very tender and outwardly affectionate. When they’re older though, Lexa has become guarded and full of hurt and anger. So Clarke is the more affectionate one because she knows Lexa is touch-starved and that it’s hard for her to express her feelings. She’s the one who tries to find Lexa flowers to brighten up her shack (before they leave) and she’s the one who goes out of her way to show Lexa that she loves her, that she’s here and that she’s not going anywhere.

25. Who needs more assurance?

Lexa. She spends most of the time believing she’s going to lose Clarke again so :/

26. What would be their theme song?

They don’t have songs they just have sad owls hoo-hoo-ing in the forest 😶

[aphrodites-law]

OMG that keeper AU is devastating! I loved Clarke and lexas past and how they found their way back to each other. I hope you expand in the story!

I love how that story makes the rounds every 6 months 😄 There are a few more posts about it in the tag!

[aphrodites-law]

KOFT still k i l l s me, you really keep serving up the good angst 💀💀

[aphrodites-law]

Would you do a director's commentary on the keeper of the forest? Could you tell me about your favourite scene? I have so many questions.

So it’s a bit tricky with KOFT because it’s not a fic, it’s just an idea with a beginning, middle, and end. But a scene I loved thinking about was the reunion. The buildup in particular was painful to imagine in that perfectly angsty way - the why and how it happens. I really adore the thought of Clarke and Lexa finding each other over and over again, even if things get in the way. They’ll always choose each other, and I think that’s honestly the driving force behind most of my fics.

I also loved thinking about the myth behind the Keeper; the preconceived notions people have and then the reality. That’s always creatively great to approach. And of course for Clarke the reality started to dawn on her when she got Lexa’s skull mask off. Just seeing her face and her eyes and her pain was enough to release the memories that were taken from her - or really, both of them. Something I may have brushed over is Clarke’s guilt for forgetting, even if it wasn’t her fault. When she’s running through the forest to Lexa, she’s putting herself in a lot of danger — that forest is no fairytale. But a part of her probably believes that if she gets hurt trying to find her, she deserves it, because Lexa has been hurting for years while she was sitting pretty. So she’s definitely fueled by anger at herself and the world she comes from.

Like I said, this isn’t a proper fic at all so even my thoughts are disjointed, but if you had specific questions I can always try to piece together parts of the story :)

[aphrodites-law]

Ahh well I'm curious about what happens after Clarke and Lexa reunite and other people's reaction

I think Clarke is definitely going to be furious with her mom and never want to see her again. I think deep down she understands that Abby was trying to protect her, but she just can’t forgive her. And she wants to give Lexa her life back and clear her name, but the truth is that Lexa wants nothing to do with that world anymore. She doesn’t regret killing the prince and she has no desire to live in the kingdom. It takes a while for Clarke to get the full story: Lexa being taken in by the old Keeper when she was fleeing, him killing an animal and putting the blood on her clothes so the hunters believed she died, him teaching her how to survive, how to understand the forest, her taking over his role when he died, pretending to be a man to keep suspicions at bay etc. Clarke learns more about the whole myth built around the Keeper, how it’s best he’s believed to be cruel and bloodthirsty so people stay away from the forest, which is in fact brutally dangerous on its own if you don’t know it well. 

They spend a lot of time together of course, getting to know each other as young women now. Lexa is definitely more guarded than the girl in Clarke’s memories, and she’s been through a lot of pain while Clarke lived in bliss, in a way, so that’s definitely something Clarke is deeply aware of. I think Clarke would convince Lexa that their lives don’t have to be confined to the royal grounds or the forest anymore. They don’t owe anyone anything and there’s more out there for them to explore together. And since being close to Clarke was the only reason Lexa ever stayed… they decide to leave for good. Clarke would probably leave her mother a goodbye letter and then they would set off for the port and board a ship to some big island with a booming town. They’d find good work and settle in a house of their own, just like they planned when they were kids. I imagine the King would pass away and then the Prince, soon to be crowned, would receive a letter to appoint a new Keeper of the Forest. It would be signed The Cook’s Daughter and he’d sigh in relief that she is alive, knowing his older brother was not a good man and that his murder at the hands of a fourteen-year-old could only have been justified.