Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-43947254-20190927203038/@comment-43942110-20191002162846

She’s not perfect at everything. She struggled in most of classes at Foxfire and made a lot of disasters happen. Did she become perfect at Alchemy after one or two tries? No! She never got good at it. As I mentioned before she can’t even inflict on enemies without hurting her friends too. She couldn’t mimic in her polyglot lessons and still can’t. Aside from splotching she’s awful in P.E. Sure she was able to master throwing weapons but she freaked out because of it. And she does have character development. Remember how in the first couple of books she wanted so badly to fit, to belong. She didn’t like being weird and different. Then in book 4 she gives Keefe a pep talk where she explains that she realized it is ok to be different, that she learned to accept being weird and not quite fitting in. That sounds like character development to me. To me she’s the most relatable character in the series. I identify with Sophie so much and I think she has many admirable qualities about her. She isn’t selfish. She has her moments but everyone does. Dex has gotten into a jealous snit before and wasn’t being a good friend to Sophie when she was struggling. Marella abandoned her the second things got hard in their friendship. Keefe joined the Neverseen, thinking he knew what was best for Sophie, choosing to do what he wanted instead of caring about how his friends would feel because of his actions. All the characters have good and bad moments that make them relatable. As someone who has had anxiety my whole life, I can tell you it is really hard to overcome doubting and worrying about everything in life. It takes years to make even a little progress. So Sophie being the way she is is very realistic. She is constantly being hit from all sides by trials and hardships. She still remains strong, she loves her family and friends more than anything. Please don’t hate Sophie, she is a wonderful character and a role model we should all look up to, despite having real flaws and making mistakes like every other person out there. If you can forgive the things your favorite character does that are problematic, why can’t you forgive Sophie for being a real well rounded character?