User blog:Mint-chocolate-mallowmelt/Theories

This is my long and convoluted list of theories, some of which are compatible with the other theories, some which are not. This is really more a database for me, since most people will not have the time to read all of these. If possible, I'm going to eventually try to consolidate all of these into one theory/prediction.

On Head vs. Heart
Head vs. Heart. The theory that elves have both Head emotions and Heart emotions. They supposedly are unaware of these hidden Heart emotions, but they are their "true" emotions. Empaths are only able to feel Head emotions unless enhanced by an enhancer. And now we come to my first point. Lord Cassius wrote a book called the Heart of the Matter, which introduced the idea of Heart emotions. So Empaths can supposedly only read Heart emotions when enhanced, how did Cassius do the research for this book? He has most likely been enhanced at some time. So who enhanced him? I think Lady Gisela is an enhancer. Here are some points that I have made.

Question about the Head vs. Heart theory: Why do we consider Keefe to be the expert on heart emotions? He himself said that he didn't believe in them until Sophie enhanced him. Could his switch in opinions simply be wishful thinking?

I hope the Head vs Heart theory doesn't come into effect, at least not for the main love triangle. It just seems too much like saying that Sophie's emotions are wrong or she doesn't know what she feels.

Here's a quote from Flashback. "Sophie commanded her heart not to do any flips. But when it came to Fitz, her heart never listened." Does that really suggest that Sophie only likes Fitz in her head? (I was told that her mind made her heart do it, but If she told her heart not to flip and it did, then her mind is not controlling her heart)

Wait, so Sophie's echo affected her head, right? And any strong head emotions would have triggered the monster. And she still had the echo when she and Fitz told one another about their crushes on one another, and she was definitely feeling strong emotions then. So doesn't that mean that Sophie's emotions for Fitz are in her heart?

Also, Fitz's echo WAS affected by it, and his echo was in his heart. So that situation cause heart emotions. Hmm...

Okay, so remember when Fitz and Sophie were training to be cognates and they learned to read one another's emotions? So those were pretty clearly Head emotions, right? BUT SOPHIE DIDN'T DETECT FITZ'S CRUSH ON HER!!!!! So maybe that means that Fitz likes Sophie with his Heart!!! YAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!!

Also, if we're going with the Head vs. Heart thing, I think Fitz likes Sophie in his heart and he became aware when he was stabbed in the chest by the arthropleura.

Why would head emotions be stronger than Heart emotions in the first place? Like, how come you can't recognize your heart emotions as easily?

Gisorkle/SoKeefe are Siblings
So, I have a theory that Lady Gisela and Mr. Forkle used to be in love. Maybe they were in love, but one of them was Unmatchable. Because of this, they started project Moonlark. We've always thought that Project Moonlark was intended to repair the treaties between Elves and Humans, but it was actually intended ti get rid of all elven prejudices against humans, Talentless, bad matches, and twins. Project Moonlark was not just Sophie, but originally Keefe and Sophie, who are twins. They were both raised as Amy's older brother and sister, but Keefe accidentally triggered Sophie's ability (which will be revealed in one of the final two books). Sophie, as a young child, couldn't control her ability and hurt Amy (hence Sophie's dream of Amy screaming for her to stop). Project Moonlark was partially aborted, and Mr. Forkle, not knowing that his beloved Gisela (Gisela means pledge, by the way) had given up on the cause and joined the Neverseen, sent Keefe to live with Lady Gisela. He used Limbium to reset Sophie's ability, accidentally causing her Limbium allergy. Physic took care of Amy, giving her mood candy, and Mr. Forkle erased all of their memories. Keefe and Sophie, who were really close growing up and a small part of their minds recognized one another, prompting Keefe to reach out to Sophie. This is why he is able to read her emotions without contact. The reason that Lord Cassius and Keefe have such a rocky relationship is also due to this. Mr. Forkle mind wiped Cassius to think that he had raised Keefe, but he couldn't give Cassius the emotions that would have came from raising Keefe from a baby. Keefe and Cassius both felt as though they were strangers, leading to Cassius's rather harsh way of dealing with Keefe. After all, he was new to parenting. Anyways, Sophie's DNA was modified so that she was purposely Unmatchable in the hopes that she would make a bad match and show the elven world that it doesn't matter. This is why she, but not Keefe, has brown eyes. Keefe was originally intended as a caring brother to always support Sophie and hopefully guide her towards making a bad match. Keefe's human upbringing was intended to make him consider matchmaking distasteful, which is why he hasn't registered for the match. Lady Gisela, deciding that she didn't want Sophie facing the same scorn that she did when she was Unmatchable, tried to abort Project Moonlark. She wiped the Matchmaker's minds, making them think that she had been matched with Lord Cassius, although she never loved him. She enrolled Keefe a year ahead and triggered his ability as an enhancer, ensuring that he would not be tested for abilities and found to have multiple. In his first years of school, she encouraged him to miss classes to avoid his ability finding classes. All this manipulating left her near devoid of emotions and almost completely incapable of love, but perhaps Mr. Forkle can finally thaw her frozen heart in the final two books. GISORKLE FOREVER!

How does Mr. Forkle know how to braid hair really well?

Okay, so you know how Sophie has a memory of Amy's eyes and her screaming "Sophie, stop!"? And how Keefe has a memory of a pair of green eyes? How do you think those two are connected?

The Legacy Prediction
I think Sophitz will break up in Legacy, at the beginning of the book, because Sophie will remember that Fitz told her that he wasn't sure if he could make a bad match. Since she cares about Fitz, she'll break up with him. He'll be trying to tell her that he doesn't care if he makes a bad match with HER, but she will refuse to talk to him and therefore won't know that he still likes her despite her being unmatchable. SoKeefe will happen in Legacy, since Keefe hasn't said anything about not making a bad match. While Sophie and Keefe are dating, he'll try to kiss her, but she'll always be distracted, since she still likes Fitz. When he tries to kiss her, she'll turn her head, pretending to be looking at a sign or she'll bend over to tie her shoe. Eventually, they may have a conversation, in which we'll get another awkward "Kissing to prove that they aren't meant to be scene", similar to the Sophex crush cuff scene. The difference with this scene, however, is that Keefe will suggest the "Kiss to see if they're meant to be". Keefe will know that it doesn't feel right (CAUSE HE'S AN EMPATH), and will try to tell Sophie that, but she'll deny her feelings, claiming that she likes him. Eventually, at the end of the book, Fitz will have gone off on some highly dangerous adventure. Sophie will realize this while she's talking to Keefe, and she'll jump up. Keefe will jump up as she runs towards the cliff. They'll pause at the top of the cliff and Keefe will tell her that when they kissed, he could feel her heart's emotions and she still likes Fitz. He'll tell her something like "You still love him. Go" and they'll hold hands one last time and jump off the cliff, teleporting to Fitz's rescue. They'll find Fitz fighting a horde of enemies. They'll rush to his aid and defeat the enemies, but Fitz will be badly injured. Keefe and Biana will run off to complete Fitz's quest, while Sophie will go to Fitz's side. He will be nearly unconscious, but his eyes will flicker open. They'll have a short discussion about the matchmaking and how he doesn't care if he and Sophie are a bad match, and how they love one another. They'll begin to kiss... and Fitz will slump over, unconscious, right before their lips touch. Keefe and Biana will run over at that moment with a box containing information about Sophie's parentage. The book will end with them first checking Fitz's pulse and finding that he's alive, and then being about to open the box. We won't be sure if Fitz is going to survive, but (Fake spoiler!) he will.

I keep hearing theories that Sophie will kiss Keefe or Fitz and it will be like the SoDex kiss and they'll mutually decide that they aren't right for one another. I actually think that Keefe will kiss Sophie to prove they have no chemistry, but Sophie will insist that they do. And Keefe will have read her emotions in her heart and realized that she doesn't love him in her heart, but Sophie will insist she does and they'll have to sort that out.

I think Keefe would kiss Sophie to prove she doesn't like him BECAUSE he cares about her. If they were dating and suspected that she didn't truly like him and was denying her love for someone else, would he just keep on dating her even though she wasn't as happy as she could be? Hopefully not. I think all of Sophie's friends care about her happiness. Even Tam is really upset when his using his shadows sets back Sophie's recovery.

SoKeefe/Keefe
I'm not a big fan of the argument that Keefe has depression and should end up with Sophie because she can help him with his depression. It just seems like an unhealthy relationship. Sophie might feel as though she was trapped in the relationship, or that she couldn't break up with Keefe. I just really hope that Shannon Messenger doesn't base any relationships off of a character relying on another character, since nobody should have to feel guilty for breaking up with someone or worried that they'll be causing the other person harm to break up.

I definitely agree. Sophie should not make her decision on who "deserves" her. Honestly, if she dates someone because she feels bad for them, I'd immediately say that that ship was not going to happen.

I mean, Sophie and Keefe would probably be happy together, but I feel like Sophie will be less in the mood for random pranks once she's defeated the Neverseen and grown up. I totally want her and Keefe to recreate the Great Gulon Incident, though!

I've been seeing an argument recently that claims that Grady and Edaline would have died if Keefe hadn't joined the Neverseen? That is a common misconception. Keefe TOLD Sophie that they were going to attack, but he was wrong. And as a result there were less guards on the Elite towers. And Wylie almost died.

My new favourite Keefe moment is when he tells Sophie that the only reason he flirts with everyone is so Biana will realize that he doesn't like her. Implying that he only flirts with Sophie to make Biana realize that he doesn't like her. I know that this interpretation is a stretch, but I will keep using this argument until people stop saying that Fitz saying that Sophie is the only one he trusts means that he is distrustful of everyone else, which makes him a bad person.

I don't particularily like Keefe. He's always well-meaning, but he's really reckless and does a lot of things that negatively impact Sophie and her friends. I honestly think he's not the best influence on Sophie either. He skips class really often and just doesn't seem to care much about his schoolwork. And when he stole the caches... There are much better ways of getting an evil organization to trust you. I don't mean to offend anyone, it's just my opinion of Keefe.

In Flashback while they're choosing names for the Alicorns, Sophie rejects any names that have to do with Keefe.

The Neverseen
Wait, do we know anything about the Neverseens's goals? Like, they keep trying to get the caches, murder people, break out if prison, etc, but what are they trying to accomplish?

The Black Swan
Sophie remarked that Sir Astin seemed surprised that she had a photographic memory, suggesting that it was not on purpose, but he could have been acting.

Fitzphie/Fitz
Also, side-note, but what if Fitz is part of Project Moonlark? He's like a mini-Alden, whereas Della, Biana, and Alvar are all super similar. It just seems sort of weird...

Also, bigger point, but he's the second most powerful telepath in the elven world. Maybe he was the original Moonlark, Fitzy 1.0, but they decided he wasn't powerful enough and made Fitzy 2.0, Sophie! Arnd Project Moonlark's original name was the Fitzy Project!

Another theory that's not really a theory but more an observation. How have Fitz and Sophie been continually giving one another gifts and both agonizing over whether the other likes them? Honestly. MATCHING RINGS? Sophie, generally people do nice stuff for you because they want you to be happy. And often, they like you. Especially in fictional books.

Like Keefe pokes the Aurenflare and showers Sophie and Biana with sparks and Sophie steps towards Fitz because she's freaking out about the fire and Fitz knows that she's upset without her saying anything and without reading her mind.

Fitz woke up at the sound of Sophie transmitting to him randomly. So cute.

Exile
"No reason to worry" -Alden Vacker as he regains consciousness and tries to stumble to his feet but can't get up whilst blood is streaming from his forehead and he has blacked out twice already

I was just rereading Exile. I always think of it as a SoKeefe book because of the Alden thing, but there are so many awesome Sophitz moments in the first half. Fitz acts sweet a ton, he saves Sophie when she's dangling from the tree in Base Tag, he tells Sophie what the aurenflare is, he notices that Sophie is in pain, he carries her a ton, etc.

Oralie and Fintan Related?
Oralie looks like Fintan