Talk:Keefe and Sophie/@comment-173.73.29.40-20171117194256


 * rant ahead. And spoilers for Nightfall, Lodestar, and Neverseen. Not trying to sound rude to the original commenter or Sophitz shippers, I promise. Please read**

I disagree. Keefe has been there for Sophie all this time. The way he wiped the tears off her face. The way he offered to house Amy. The way he’s revealed his true feelings about his father only to her. The way he smirks at her. The way he helps her calm down using her Enhancing. The way he immediately fought Dimitar to protect Sophie.

Fitz, on the other hand? What has he done for Sophie? Okay, so he brought her to the Lost Cities. And the way he whispered, “Maybe we should skip the talking,” wow. The way he helps her through being Cognates. The way...Okay, that’s pretty much it. And he didn’t help her by trying to kiss her. Just freaked her out. And Alden made him look for Sophie. And Cognates? That’s a gain for him.

Okay, I get it. Keefe can be awful. He stole from Sophie. He broke her heart by running away to the Neverseen. Twice. And he flirts with her when she’s got enough on her mind. And he doesn’t even call her by her first name.

But…

Keefe stole to help her, to protect her from Kind Dimitar. He was trying to help her cause when he ran away—-plus, we all saw how desperate he was to get her away from Fintan’s harm in the end of Neverseen.

And he can’t help flirting with her. He’s crushed on her for years. Fitz? Like one year, if even. Keefe tries to stop flirting, but he just can’t resist. Plus, he’s doing it to stop Biana from crushing on him. Calling her Foster is flirting, too.

“But fourteen and fifteen are too young to flirt,” you object. And I completely agree. But going by that logic, they’re too young to kiss, too. And what did Fitz do under the Panakes tree, pray tell?

“But Keefe tried to kiss her on page 669,” you falter. Yeah. Yeah he did. But he’s fifteen. He’s allowed to try and kiss someone.

“But Fitz is sixteen!” you cry. Yup. He is. But tell me—-how long has he liked Sophie?

“A year.”

If even. And Keefe’s liked her as long as Dex. And Sophie’s kissed Dex. So why not Keefe?

Because she’s oblivious. And Keefe needs to fix that. How? By confessing his love. And that’s what made Sophie give Dex the smooch test. It turned out negative.

For all the reasons I’ve listed, Keefe’s test WILL turn out positive.

Thank you so much for reading this entire thing!!!

Charli the Empath