Talk:Keefe and Sophie/@comment-37709254-20181213224212/@comment-37530514-20181214045425

I just love Keefe's loyalty to Sophie. Everything he does is for Sophie, whether it may be a bad idea or not, is for Sophie- or to take down his mom, for the good of the world. He's so loyal to Sophie. He just has a beautiful and very noble heart. And I love how he's not bitter about Fitzphie- He's just sad. He wants her to be happy. And how he's willing to wait for her, and I love how once she tells him he's been stealing the show, he actually thinks and listens and does back off. I just love his beautiful heart and how he'd give anything for Sophie.

That's why I ship it. But why I think it's going to happen? Short version (I'll give the long if you want)- First, Head vs heart. Shannon never does anything for no reason. Second, the conversations about matchmaking in Flashback, paired with the ending, paired with how quickly Fitzphie happened. If you read the quotes (Which I'm planning to post after my friend gives me my book back), you see that Fitz 1. Tells Biana that he only wants to tell Sophie he likes her after she signs up for matchmaking, and only tells her because Biana makes him promise-

, 2. Only tells Sophie because he's ABSOLUTELY certain they'll be a good match-

3. Says "no one volunteers to be a bad match" (direct quote, short story), which is what he'd be doing if he stayed with Sophie through this-

and 4. Tells Sophie that he's not sure he'd be able to deal with being a bad match. (if you want to look these up, I'm pretty sure they're in the short story, page 331, and page 661)

I'm a huge believer in that Shannon never places anything in a book without reason. Yes, Fitz could change, in theory, but that would be really strange, based on what we know from this book. I don't think Shannon would lead us astray.

Sorry, that was an awful argument but if you want, I can post the whole thing with the quotes.