Thread:UltravioletDragon/@comment-35087380-20180824155744/@comment-35927322-20180827185741

Mallowmelt, totally cool! Thank you!

TheBookQueen16, back to my reponse.

I hope you're right. Shannon, PICK A SIDE ALREADY!

Sophie and Fitz's relationship is underdeveloped, as is Fitz's character, because KOTLC is a plot-based series. Characters only get developed when it's important for the events; that's why all the supporting characters are cut-and-paste. Keefe is in a ton of events, so his character is developed. And I feel like, yes, Keefe is open to Sophie--but Sophie has enough broken, messed-up, complicated, and drama for three people. She might not need this. I feel like Fitz is sort of open to Sophie, but he doesn't have anything to show. The author has ignored him. He's had a nice life. This makes him less interesting, but I think it explains this.

Just because the two broken kids have chemistry doesn't mean they would last.

Can I also maybe just undermine both of our arguments and mention the sheer implausibility of virtually immortal beings engaging in romantic activities at 14 or 16 or even 20? They would probably wait until they were emotionally and physically mature, which, if they age like humans, would be in late twenties-early thirties? And they don't have a ticking clock, like humans...there would be no culture of dating at an early age. Then again, a lot of this series is implausible.

I have heard even less about this new SWM project than you! It's wait and see, right?

One more thing.... How could Fitz and Sophie ever be cognates if Sokeefe became the law of the land? I feel like that would break them, because they're emotional teenagers who's connection is based on trust, and I think Sophie choosing Fitz's friend over him would damage that. I don't know how important them being cognates is, but if it has a third of the value I think it does, ruining it would be really damaging for the plot. And if Sokeefe happens and fallout doesn't occur, Shannon is kind of ignoring her established characters' traits and the way cognates have been described.

(And another thing...I lied up there) How much of the fanbase was for Dophie first few books? I've only been on this wiki as a FANDOM user since Lodestar, so I don't know.