Fitz is kind but not nice, Keefe is nice but not kind
Fitz is an asshole, but he's an honest asshole who doesn't do things just to hurt other people and who does actually try to take their feelings into account with his actions. Fitz is not nice, he doesn't make you feel warm and fuzzy, but he is kind
Keefe is nice, Keefe doesn't say things he worries could hurt other people, he minces his words to avoid arguments and hurt feelings. He smooths over conflicts with complements and pretty words. But, he doesn't take into account other people's emotions or boundaries with his actions, he doesn't think through his actions or how they hurt others, he regularly is fine with other people getting hurt as long as he believes hes doing the right thing. Keefe's nice, he makes you feel warm and fuzzy, but he is not kind.
Keefe feels empathy. He feels other's emotions deeply due to his ability, and because of this he believes himself to be an empathetic person. Keef has emotional empathy.
Fitz sucks balls at empathy. He has trouble figuring out what other people are feeling- but he still tries. He learns and listens and even if he doesn't understand, even if it pisses him off, he still tries to help using what he knows. Fitz doesn't really have emotional empathy.
Emotional empathy doesn't make you empathetic or compassionate, it makes you pity and sympathize. To be kind- empathetic, compassionate, actually helpful to those around you- is to have cognitive empathy. Emotional empathy is feeling bad, cognitive empathy is choosing to actually do something about the feeling bad.
Keefe is nice, Keefe is sympathetic, Keefe is an Empath. Despite this, Keefe is not empathetic or kind
