Talk:Keefe and Sophie/@comment-37582711-20190912231224

Pt. 2

'''Okay, I think Keefe’s hidden memories are sometimes overlooked- first of all, Keefe, until Alden, had never heard the phrase ‘I’m proud of you” (like I’m almost certain he’s never been told he’s loved, if that’s the case)... and then he gets in quite a lot of trouble for just feeling happy about it? That’s more then just ‘misguided intentions’ on Cassius’ part. I’ve also mentioned this sometime before, but Cassisus, in one of the memories, throws a wine glass at him? Directly at him? It borders on almost being physical abuse… And it could suggest that there might be worse occurrences then that, I think, since Keefe didn’t seem too closed off about this- is it the worst thing?… we don’t know what he has in his hidden memories (though I think he did say it wasn’t related to his parents, so this is just a theory! This is purely opinion, lol). And it was also kind of quickly moved on from in the book as well… I just thought it was a very shocking part of the book- like, I know there were quite a few readers who thought Cassius was just misunderstood and wasn’t that bad… but the memories that were shown suggest that Cassius is just kind of a bad person- not in the Neverseen way, not in a ‘evil villain’ way, but just kinda bad. He might be helping the black swan, but it doesn’t really make him decent. I know parents are people who should be respected… but there are some people who should never have had a child… and Cassius is one of them- like back in Neverseen, do you remember Keefe’s reaction to hearing his dad might join… that was telling of how much he doesn’t like his father. Most of Keefe’s more reckless traits can be traced back to his childhood- his lying abilities (imagine how good he’d have to be to fool on of the top empaths), his ‘over-cheerfulness’ (he was able to use his jokes as a facade so well, even Fitz never suspected something was up until the Neverseen came along…), his lack of communication (did he ever really have someone to tell how he was feeling, growing up? It’s hard to break a lifelong habit...), etc. I just think Keefe’s childhood, along with Tam and Linh’s should be explored a bit more- their families have stories that are actually kinda dark for a children’s book, and I think maybe they should open up to each other or talk about it, because they would have a lot to say, after all these years…'''