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• keefe mentions sophie on the first page

• a human has a crush on keefe

• keefe rejects a girl

• mention of the great gulon accident

• keefe makes a joke comparing disney and dex

• the fox reminds keefe of sophie

• keefe hopes fitz is taking care of sophie/will take care of her

• keefe eats ice cream (and complains)

• keefe thinks about sophie’s crinkle on her forehead

• keefe cries

before stellarlune, he always said that he felt sophie’s dread, or that her emotions made HIM nauseous, or that he KNEW how she was feeling, or that she couldn’t hide her emotions from him.

NOWWWW in stellarlune, he asked a ton of times if she was okay but with comments like “You kinda LOOK like you want to tug out all your eyelashes” or “you still LOOK kinda vomit-y”

am i overthinking it?

not only bc sokeefe is sokeefe but also bc as i see it, keefe didn’t instantly fall for sophie’s appearance shallowly.

they are really good friends but they fight a lot because of sophie. there are times when they really act like friends and I feel like the moments where this is shown are kinda random and in the middle of their little quarrels so it is hard to notice.

there is a scene in which keefe finds out that fitz searches his dad's memories in legacy and says "take a biscuit" but it was actually a trap to read his feelings and see why he was searching his dad's memories. i think that ignoring the fact that this was a “problem”, and fitz was kinda betraying keefe, and the situation was tense (keefe and sophie were kinda “caught”), they acted as if they were friends because they talked about it sincerely. so yeah, they do fight, they were literally arguing in this scene, but they talked about this bc they. are. friends.

fitz reads keefe's thoughts in unlocked and obviously, Keefe felt betrayed, but fitz, as keefe’s friend, was concerned. he was really scared bc keefe was overcoming a TERRIBLE situation. he shows his concern in a bunch of scenes

there is another scene in which sophie was telling keefe something about the last time she saw memories of keefe being abused by his dad, and then sophie didn't want to mention it because fitz was there and maybe keefe didn't want fitz to know about this. then keefe tells him, looks at sophie and goes “what? you thought i wouldn't tell him?”. keefe hates people to see this “side” of him but of course he would tell fitz, they trust each other.

ro once said that they were “functional amoebas” when communicating AND IT IS TRUE. they have a hard time communicating but they do love each other.

as i see it, we are forgetting that by having sophie's perspective, every time there is a scene in which fitz and keefe are together, sophie is there. both of them like her, ofc they act weird around her, they are “competing”. STILL we need to remember that they have been friends a long time before sophie, they probably are friends on their own, and hang out on their own.

i’ll start

“There were no words. She threw her arms around her shoulders, hugging him as tight as she could. Maybe if she never let go, she could hold all the broken pieces together”

“From that point on, he only had one goal: to be whatever Sophie needed. Not the hero. Not the one taking charge of everything. Just a guy ready to listen and help and be there for her. A friend. Until she was ready for more.”

“If you mean your overwhelming urge to grab me and kiss me again, I’m definitely picking up on that,”

“‘You’re okay, right? No regrets?’ She grinned ‘Absolutely none.’ His relieved smile was the sweetest thing she’d ever seen—but it faded a little as he leaned his forehead against hers. ‘I don’t want to mess this up,’ he whispered. ‘Please don’t let me mess this up.’”

- gethen is sophie’s biological dad. he is a blonde telepath, and we know that the black swan has always wanted Sophie to have “different perspectives”. forkle didn’t want sophie to get inside his mind, and claims it is for her safety, but there might be another reason… also, in unlocked, sophie said that sometimes she wonders if they should pay more attention to gethen. this makes me wonder if he will play a bigger role in the next book

- alina is a secret member of the neverseen. it would be super useful to have a member of the council as an insider. also, I thiiiink we were told that the reason why prentince was sedated (with sopordine) was because one of the guys who worked in prentice’s jail was part of the neverseen, but what if alina is responsible for this? she was the one who took prentice to the black swan during the exchange

- i believe all species will join forces against the neverseen, including humans. maybe there’s at least one individual for each of the species and amy represents humans

- we know alvar is about to die, so what if he dies in fitz arms? It would a nice redemption arc

- someone HAS to find out oralie is sophie’s mother. sooo maybe the neverseen finds out, and tells everyone, making the council easy to overthrown

- biana and fitz are twins. it would make sense if the vackers wanna hide this as they care a ton about appearances and are an important family. another reason for this to be true, is that biana manifested really early, and maybe this is because she is actually older (as she is fitz’s age). also why would alden and della decide to have a third child, knowing that usually the third child “is less powerful” and that they would be judge?

- trix is durand redek. Maybe caprisse found out about cyrah, and this is why he (using his power as a guster) threw her through the balcony. this might also be the reason why fintan discovered Marella’s ability.

- forkle is jurek. we know that we have one identity left to discover, and this two characters are similar physically. It would also make sense for him to know about alicorns, as sophie has alicorn dna