iria!

rest in peace to umber, should have been alvar

it would make so much sense that keefe unconsciously painted fitz as this angry guy, because that’s the only clear bad ‘trait’ that he’s ever actually recognized on his bestfriend. we know how first book fitz was pictured. we know keefe and fitz didn’t have anyone really till the other, and yes, because the vackers were a much more stable family, the escape that that place gives him makes him resent his best friend. he’s an immature 15 year old boy who projects vicariously. it’s not even about fitz. we see it through him and tam’s dynamic. he’s sooo scared of losing his ‘place’ that he is not even interested in actually knowing the guy. tam is not like fitz, but also not like dex, who never gets that treatment because deep down Keefe is NOT jealous of him. He doesn’t see him as someone he’d rather be.

so yes, i believe he would rather act like that when he has this feelings for a girl for the first time and knows deep down that he’s competing with his best friend, who she has liked since the beginning. keefe doesn’t want to accept his flaws because that would mean accepting he deep down doesn’t deserve foster. he’s an empath, sure, but he lacks rational thinking. that’s why he acts that way in unraveled, where we can see two clear things:

1– his attachment to sophie is NOT healthy.

2– his insecurities make him find alvar relatable. and suddenly it doesn’t matter how much that guy has traumatized the girl he’s supposedly so in love with.

fitz was fifteen-ish when the series started. he manifested at 13.

alvar is like 28. which means he was what? yes like 25 as LITTLE when Fitz manifested.

GIVE ME A BREAK. If your grown ass is jealous of your 13 year old brother at that age when you’ve had your years of being recognized as exceptional and that’s enough for you to join a criminal gang and kidnapp and torture… i’m sorry but there’s no excuse or redeeming arc for you😭😭.

let’s not forget how he tried to put his inferiority complex over his younger brother’s best friend to try to recruit him. oh fitz you’re so much stronger than me.