Board Thread:Short Stories and Fanfictions/@comment-71.78.233.58-20181003133414/@comment-32987979-20190105224009

But SHE doesn't know if she likes him, which is the point. It's possible, very possible, but not confirmed by the actual characters.

I was reading some of the former arguments and honestly everyone keeps bringing up the matchmaking. The biggest argument is about Fitz not staying with her because she's unmatchable. Most of the Sokeefe arguments revolve around Fitz not being able to look past being a bad match. "Once Fitz finds out Sophie is unmatchable, he'll not like her anymore." But you guys all seem to be forgetting: Book 8 isn't out yet! We literally have no idea how Fitz will react and everyone assuming he'll dump her seems like jumping to conclusions to me. He went to Exillium with her. Clearly he's not as protective of his status as everyone makes him out to be. "Fitz won't like Sophie because of the matchmaking" is not a valid argument at all yet. I'm sure he'll have doubts but in the end he's probably not just gonna throw away his relationship at the drop of a hat. He's not THAT heartless.

As for his temper, the only time he lashed out at Sophie specifically was when his father's mind was broken. He was younger, and didn't know Sophie as well, and might not have even liked her then. He had the explosion about Alvar but he obviously learned from his hatred in Exile that he'd regret blaming Sophie. Fitz could've blamed her for his leg injury which forced him to move back into Everglen. He could've blamed her for Biana getting thrown into a mirror. But he didn't, and it's not fair to say he doesn't care about Sophie because of something he did in the second book of the series.