Talk:Keefe and Sophie/@comment-209.141.172.174-20190118013259/@comment-38180789-20190118034850

I know this, because I live in a fairly "golden family". It's 100% a nuclear family. Two parents, an older brother who is athletic (multi-sport, but has grown to focus on one) and kind and gets good grades. The younger daughter who acts in theatre and also gets good grades. My family has been called "perfect".

By no means do I think any of us are perfect, but there are stigmas in this sort of thing. When you maintain really good grades, you get told "Oh yeah, it just comes easy" or "You're just good at everything". Everyone in my family has their downfalls and I know when people say something is "perfect" it makes me want to keep it that way. I work 10x harder than I need to. Why? Because of that stigma. I've noticed some of the same traits in Fitz that I have because of this, though I notice them a lot more in Sophie.

The whole, "smiling at everyone" thing is something I do because I'm worried that anyone might think badly of me. Growing angry? I don't do it as much anymore, but I used to. In fact, Shannon said that Fitz is the hardest character to write because he's so withdrawn. What? Withdrawn? Yup, he puts on a facade for everyone.

So he has insecurities about maintaining "perfection". He is not perfect, nor is anyone. The only thing that causes him to act like it is him pretending that he is for the sake of holding up people's view of him.