Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-146.135.19.252-20181116034422/@comment-37645301-20181127231029

BlackSwanSRM wrote: Anyone have any theories WITH PROOFS to back them up for how Fitzphie would end, or why it would stay strong? Not "they're perfect" mushiness or "bc I want Shannon to". Think about it like Shannon does as the author, and based on what we know about their character traits. My theory is that it will be caused by a series of two or three events. A) the matchmaking: will Sophie tell him, or will she try to hide the fact that she is unmatchable? Fitz's reaction either both scenarios will be critical. If she tells him, he WILL be affected. He may demand that the Black Swan tell them her parents, and when they refuse, both of them will be angry and scared. If Sophie doesn't tell Fitz, then she clearly doesn't have enough confidence in their relation to believing Fitz will love her as a bad match. Her refusal to tell Fitz the trust will cause tension, but may not break them up. It will only be one crack in the glass of their relationship.   B) Something will have to happen with Keefe. My theory is that Keefe will get critically injured in book 8, and as a result, he'll either lose his memories as Alvar did, have a shattered mind, or get injured to the point where he needs to be sedated 24/7. Not unlike Sophie and Fitz's injuries in Flashback. The end result will be Sophie having to look into Keefe's memories. Maybe one of the only surviving memories Keefe has of her, and suddenly Sophie will see every 'gold' memory Keefe was trying to hide, finally cueing Sophie in on Keefe's feelings for her. Keefe will wake up, and admit that Sophie wasn't supposed to see any of those memories. He'll ask if they can act like it never happened, but Sophie will walk away know in great detail just how deeply Keefe cares about her. And then she'll start to be torn between her head and heart. C) The last push to shatter Sophie and Fitz's relationship will be a disagreement. Now, this can be about anything. The matchmaking, the Neverseen, Keefe, etc. But this will be their first real disagreement, and it will end with both of them frustrated at each other and regrating all the drama their relationship has caused. Someone will say "I'm not ready for this," or "I can't be with you until I know the trust about..." or "I need to think this over." I do not think Sophitz will split until the end, of book 8. Book 9 will deal with them trying to realize that they work better as friends, and once the Neverseen are defeated, Sophie and Keefe will have a well-deserved chat about their feeling about each other. Maybe under Calla's tree? Well, that's just I think. Honestly, if I were Sharron, I would have made Fitz and Sophie get together in Flashback too. It needed to happen. Only once we see how the ship fails can we focus on Sophie and Keefe's relationship. Plus, Sharron loves to mess with her characters. She'll give them the happy ending they deserve, I have no doubt about that.