Talk:Book 8: Legacy/@comment-43347423-20191230015252

Okay y’all. I know that Oralie was confirmed to be Sophie’s mom but I don’t buy it. Here’s why, and please hear me out.

ONE. How does Oralie know she’s Sophie’s mom? Maybe Mr. Forkle told her, but I’m not sure if he would do that. It’s a 50-50 chance with him. He could have told ANYONE who donated their DNA that they were Sophie’s mom without necessarily having used the DNA.

TWO. They don’t have enough genetic traits in common. The only things about them that are genetically inherited is similar hair color and empathy/enhancing similarities/link? Think of most other elvin families. They look EXACTLY like their parents. (Fitz/Alden, Keefe/Lord Cassius, Biana/Della, etc.)

Okay so far that’s all speculation. But I have actual proof for this theory.

THREE. In early Legacy, Sophie dreams of two people, obviously her parents, standing in front of the COUNCILLOR’S CASTLES. This is before she knew that Oralie was her mom. How could she have possibly known this? I don’t think their location was a coincidence, but how could Sophie have know this? Well, maybe it was planted in her mind by Mr. Forkle. But WHY WOULD HE DO THAT? He repeatedly wouldn’t tell her who her parents were so why would he give her a clue as to who they are? Because it was meant to mislead her. Sophie doesn’t think anything of this, but as I reread the book I couldn’t help noticing it.

Okay, so if this is true then Oralie isn’t Sophie’s mom. Then who is?

My best guess is Jolie. She and Sophie are constantly pointed out as looking like each other, just like other families. I know the whole “the numbers didn’t lie” thing about their ages... but I have a theory that Jolie is still alive... as Glimmer (see the Glimmer page for details). It makes sense! And the whole Oralie one doesn’t. It also seemed a bit fake to me because of Oralie’s behavior throughout the series. In Legacy she starts acting motherly, but she didn’t really act that way in earlier books. It’s possible that Shannon Messenger came up with the idea to fake is out while writing Legacy.

There are many other ways to interpret the series, this is just something I wanted to point out. I don’t think that Oralie basically confirming that she’s Sophie’s mom is enough to CONFIRM it. We need Mr. Forkle’s word, and I just wanted to get my theory out here. To anyone still reading my rant, THANK YOU!