Thread:BlackSwanSRM/@comment-35320625-20181117174858/@comment-37530514-20181117205746

Okay, so. My response-

I'll start with this: "That" is extremely vague. I don't think that based on that one quote, much can be said about anything. All we know is it has to do with empathy. Any argument that's based on something so vague isn't going to be a strong argument- maybe a good theory, but it shouldn't be used as an argument. It needs more proof first, maybe from other quotes backing it up.

That being said, I have a few of my own theories for ''"That". ''Firstly, he's an empath. We don't know for sure that he's even talking about Sophie in that particular sentence. he could be talkign about Fitz's emotions. Keefe very clearly suggests that he knows Fitz likes Sophie. Now, if he knows that Sophie has feelings for him in her heart, that would make Sophie liking Fit NOT the worst part- but Fitz liking Sophie could be the worst part. Fitz is his best friend, and though he may never have discussed anything about Sophie with Fitz, Keefe is an empath. He can feel emotions. And, like in Neverseen, he's had to do exercises with Fitz and Sophie where he moniters their emotions. That wouldn't be very fun.

Now, that's not very strong and kind of unlikely- just a theory. But when Shannon wrote this part of the short story, I don't think she was thinking about head and heart emotions. I think she was thinking about the fact that '''regardless of what he knows aout Sophie's heart, he has to feel every single head emotion she has about Fitz. '''And THAT has got to be hard.

Imagine if you had to feel every single emotion your crush felt about HIS/HER crush. Don't you think that would be the worst? Just because Sophie may like Keefe in her heart doesn't mean it he doesn't have to deal with Sophie's head emotions. While Keefe may know that they are her head emotions, SOPHIE DOESN'T. And so to Sophie they feel like the real deal, and same to Keefe when he feels them from her. '''Even when you know something is a lie, if it keeps being told to you over and over, it hurts. '''For instance, say your married to someone, and your spouse is a spy an has to pretend they are in love with someone else. You may know they are lying- but when everyone around you doesn't, and you have to watch them be together, that's gonna hurt. And the situation is even worse for Keefe, because he feels her emotions, and she really thinks she loves Fitz. And that's why, in my opinion, no matter what Keefe knows about Sophie's heart, the worst part is still going to be that she thinks she loves Fitz.