Talk:Sophie and Fitz/@comment-37879183-20181230035359/@comment-33727553-20190101152915

Here is my counter to the argument up above. I'm not trying to bash or be defensive, so hopefully, it doesn't sound like that. :)

-Just because Fitz showed her who she is doesn't make a relationship between them. If there is no chemistry between two characters then they aren't going to fall in love just because one of them showed the other who she is. Also, there would be a KOTLC series because the Black Swan would have eventually put her into the Lost Cities.

- Sophie does not like the idea of being Cognates because she has to share everything. She rarely ever shares secrets with anyone except for Keefe which she does willingly. If you reread Neverseen and Lodestar you will notice that Sophie continues to trust and believe in Keefe when even his best friend won't. Keefe never "Breaches" Sophie's trust.

- Yes, as a Sokeefe shipper I will agree that Sophie as a crush on Fitz. A crush. If you look up the definition of a crush it says that a crush is a short-lived infatuation. You could say that if you deny your feelings and they get stronger but Sophie isn't denying them. Denying means not excepting that they exist, ignoring them. But she's telling herself they're stupid, that she isn't ready for more, and that it's pointless. And how can those feelings be real when she's said a thousand times she isn't ready for romance? And who respects that she isn't ready for more? Keefe. Also, Edaline tells Sophie in Nightfall that Sophie will care about someone so much someday she won't care who knows. Well, Sophie doesn't care about Fitz that much. She seems to care a lot about what people see and know about them.

-Personally, I wouldn't say they savor every moment when Fitz had to almost die to realize he liked her. And Sophie has never even confessed to liking him after over a year. If they savored every moment Fitz would have realized his feelings sooner and Sophie would have confessed.