User blog comment:Charlotte O CATS KOTLC/Why I Don't Like Keefe/@comment-37869175-20181224025953

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 * 1) Keefe joined the Neverseen. Yes, but he did this because he thought it was the right think to do. He saw it as the only option to right the wrongs of Lady Gisela, of which he feels he is to blame, since she's his mother.
 * 2) When Keefe joined the Neverseen, it made Sophie cry. He literally did this FOR HER. And yes, it made her cry, but that was mostly because she didn't know he was joining as a double agent. 
 * 3) Keefe got nothing from joining the Neverseen. ∨
 * 4) Keefe lost Kenric's cache. ∨
 * 5) Keefe got a fake Fintan cache. ∨
 * 6) Keefe didn't find any useful things about his mom ∨
 * 7) Keefe lost Alluveterre (see K).  I don't see why any of these would make you hate him. We all make mistakes. He was trying his best to do what is right, but he is a little too reckless sometimes and doesn't think things through. This doesn't make him a bad person, if his intentions are good.
 * 8) Keefe had to spend a few months eating gross food for no reason. What? I don't understand this one...
 * 9) See above (1) for this
 * 10) Keefe wants Sophie so much he pushes too much. Not sure what you mean by this. Keefe lets Sophie take their relationship at her own pace.
 * 11) This may be because of my theory: Keefe wants Sophie because his Ventral Striatum tells him that Sophie gives the biggest social reward. (The Ventral Striatum is a part of the brain that tells you who you need to impress. It can make you do embarrassing things like telling people each other's crushes or if they are LGBTQ+ even if they told you not to say because at the moment that you are telling everyone, you get a social reward for sharing a secret. It also tells you who to be friends with, because it decides who will give you the biggest social reward. It is in the Corpus Striatum part of the brain near the Dorsal Striatum. It tells you who you need to be friends with/impress and how.) Absolutely not. Keefe doesn't want Sophie as a "social reward." He wants to be with her because he loves her, and thinks she is amazing and beautiful. He would never do something wrong just because he thought it would benefit him socially. And he's never told anyone's crushes, so I don't know what you mean...
 * 12) Sometimes, Keefe tries to push Sophie's friends away from her. What? I'd like to see an example of this.
 * 13) Keefe hates Tam and Tam is cool. What I say below ∨
 * 14) Yeah, I have no idea why Keefe hates Tam so much. He doesn't hate Tam, there is just a friendly, teasing grudge between them. He would probably sacrfice his life to save any of his friends, even Tam.
 * 15) Keefe is obviously hiding something BAD because he won't let Tam take his shadowvapor. Not necessarily. He just didn't trust Tam at first. And maybe now he just doesn't want something so personal and revealing done to him. I know I wouldn't, and I'm not hiding anything bad.
 * 16) Even after the Neverseen incident, he still won't let Tam take his shadowvapor. What I said before^
 * 17) Alvar was doing bad when he wouldn't let Tam take his shadowvapor. What I said before ^
 * 18) SoLinh is to foster-keefe as happiness is to sadness. (ANALOGIES ARE HARD IN E.L.A. CLASSSSS) Uhhh... yeah
 * 19) Actually... this is not a very good point. Sorry!
 * 20) Keefe skips classes.
 * 21) Foxfire has GOT to cost a lot of birth fund. It has to be possible to run out, and it's a waste of his time. He won't be able to earn money without learning things at school. Um, elves basically have unlimited money, so it doesn't really matter. Edaline said in the first book that they just work for fun. And yeah, maybe it's not the best thing, but it's part of Keefe's personality. One of the things that makes a good and interesting character is their faults
 * 22) School is really fun! Okay, your opinion
 * 23) Keefe has made Sophie cry/come close to crying multiple times throughout the series. What I say below ∨
 * 24) Lots of times. I'm too lazy to name them all. Uh... when?
 * 25) Sophie obviously likes Fitz more than Keefe, but he still wants Sophie Uh, yeah, it's hard to contol love sometimes, but it's not like he's pushing Sophie to be with him or anything. He's just letting Sophie decide what she wants for herself
 * 26) FLASHBACK. What??
 * 27) I know that Sophie is growing on Keefe, but still, she finds Fitz more attractive.  Attractiveness isn't everything. It's who she truly likes better for who they are. 
 * 28) Keefe is rude. How is he rude??
 * 29) What did Tam ever do to Keefe? See what I said before.
 * 30) Keefe makes a huge show about how he hates his parents and he doesn't care about them just to impress Sophie. (Ventral Striatum) Not true. He showed that he was very upset when he thought his mom was dead, and he doesn't hate his parents. In fact, he tries to hide the fact that he's been abused his whole life so people don't feel sorry for him. 
 * 31) His parents deserve that. Scratch that. His parents deserve less than that. I know that they are rude to him, but his dad doesn't deserve that much rudeness. His mom does, and until book 4, his dad did. His dad has opened up A LOT, and has been much kinder to him. His dad literally still verbally abuses him. And Keefe has been open to building his relationship with his father. 
 * 32) Keefe literally tossed the Alluveterre hideout to the Neverseen, and that was one of my favorite settings in the book. Yeah, that was a bit of a mistake, but like I said before, we all make mistakes and that's not a good reason to hate a character, especially if it was done with good intentions. 
 * 33) If I could visit anywhere in the Lost Cities, it would be Alluveterre if the Neverseen didn't have it. What I said before^
 * 34) Why? It was a sentimental place of Sophie's and the Black Swan's. What I said before^
 * 35) Keefe makes too many mean jokes. Mean jokes?? When??
 * 36) Yes, most of them are nice and teasy, but some really get to the characters. I know Fitz goes straight to anger, but Keefe is constantly teasing people. What I said before^
 * 37) Keefe doesn't show his real self. Yes, but as a person who struggles from depression, it can be very hard to open up to others and let them see who you truly are. You don't want people to care about you, and if you open up it makes you feel like a burden to others. It's usually much easier to pretend like everything's okay.  And he uses his joking, teasing mask to hide the fact that he is hurting inside, because he doesn't want to allow people to be close to him, in case he hurts them or they hurt him. 
 * 38) Maybe if he showed his real, sad, self to people, they could help him have his real self be happy and positive. What I said before^ 
 * 39) Keefe is a complainer. What I say below ∨
 * 40) Try to deny this one. Um, I can. He hardly ever complains, and when he does, it is usually in a lighthearted way. He would literally suffer so much just to make someone else happier. 
 * 41) Keefe brags too much. He doesn't brag very much, and when he does, he usually is joking or doesn't really mean it. He has very low self-esteem, and pretty much hates himself, so sometimes he might brag to make people think that he's okay with who he is. 
 * 42) He has the bragging right on some things... but a lot of the ones that he DOES brag about are ones that he should not. What I said ^
 * 43) Dex is a bigger part of Sophie's life, (only slightly, because he's her best friend) but he only shows up on one cover while Keefe shows up on three. Uh... at this point I'm pretty sure Keefe is a bigger part of Sophie's life that Dex. And that's just how the covers turned out, it doesn't have much to do with Keefe's character
 * 44) This seriously bugs me. What I said before^
 * 45) Dex shows up on book 1, and the book 1 scene is pretty minor. What I said before^