Talk:Cognates/@comment-30381839-20161116015333/@comment-66.204.14.8-20180426165610

No, Cognatedom does not automatically entail a Sophitz success. Cognatedom is knowing another person as well as you know yourself. This could go in the direction of romance, or it could just turn into the two of them being incredibly super close friends. I have long had the theory that Sophie does not, in fact, still have a crush on Fitz. She thinks of him more as a best friend or a brother now. Fitz was the first elf she saw, and since elves are 20,000 times more attractive than humans, it's understandable that she was attracted to him. But by the time she was exposed to other elves (and had gotten to know them as well as she knew Fitz), she had gotten into her head that she liked him. We all know about head and heart feelings, thanks to Keefe and his dad, and we learn from the adorably awkward Sink The Sodex Ship scene that they don't always match up- that even after the heart feelings have moved on, the head feelings tend to hold on. Sophie's heart feelings have moved on from Fitz already- this is obvious the first time Keefe reads her emotions with her new enhancing ability- but her head feelings aren't ready to let go yet. I think that as soon as Sophie can let go of her head emotions and get back in sync with her heart, she'll realize how she truly feels about him- as a brother and friend. Which brings me to my other theory- that Alden is Sophie's biological father. He didn't join the Black Swan with his wife and kids- but what if that's because he was already a member? It would explain why he tried so hard to find Sophie behind the Council's backs, and why he cares so much about her. And what better Cognate to have than your brother?