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If you don't see the character you want, they might show up in the next poll!

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people love to criticise the actions of someone under an extreme amount of stress as irrationally, irredeemably monstrous, and then you'll actually look at what they're talking about and see that not only is their behaviour entirely understandable given the circumstances, but they're actually demonstrating incredible restraint and will to endure beyond what you thought anyone was capable of

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Shannon Messenger is secretly Silveny and you can't convince me otherwise.

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From Shannon's Instagram

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Silly messy Sophie doodles using the cover art as reference

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on a similar note, there's this interesting dilemma where the people involved w/ Sophie's creation are made out to be kind, supportive, etc. doing their best for their world and sophie. but the very fact that they created her at all is deeply unethical and is an inherent, inescapable mark against them

like Livvy. she's very clearly meant to be a cool, passionate rebel who thinks Sophie should do whatever she feels is right. in her corner all the way. but she participated in project moonlark. a project that created a child for a purpose, manipulated her life as a tool in their arsenal in their rebellion

or Calla! she's obviously supposed to be a sweet, kind, solid support. intensely proud of Sophie, watching her grow, encouraging her, fighting for what she believes how she believes. but also she helped genetically modify a child, regardless of if she "helped keep them grounded"

i don't really have a point but it's just something i think about sometimes

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keefe specifically went behind everyone's backs to try and secretly join the neverseen as a double agent and Sophie never once doubted him, meanwhile tam was fucking KIDNAPPED and she was like...he said he's making friends...what if he means it...GIRL THEY HAVE HIM CHAINED

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keef 5 dolar off sencen

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almost dying with mama

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fitz fans do NOT read unraveled it is like stepping into an active war zone

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i’ve been seeing debates about this since 2022 so here it is

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Panic Switch (He's not panicking about it 🤨 just. looking at it! Perhaps intensely.)

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I think Shannon should have made the age cutoff 40. But making it 30 she cut many people off from being their sexiest as a DILF/MILF

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RAHHH

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Ok guys from a narrative POV does it make sense for Biana to end up with Tam or Dex? I know we all have our own ships but given that Biana/Tam or Biana/Dex are the two most likely canon ones I wanted to give it more thought. I like Biana/Tam because I think they have personalities that mesh well together and it's nice that Tam likes Biana sans Sophie while everyone else… yeah. But I feel like narratively it makes a lot of sense for Biana to end up with Dex because its kind of a perfect coda to both of their arcs. Biana for growing and seeing past the elvin status quo, Dex for also challenging his prejudices. Plus they've also been through a lot together and I could see them as a post series power couple dedicated to reform while I feel like Tam may be a bit more hesitant to take that role. Idk tho, please vote and write reasons in the tags/comments/reblogs, curious what y'all think. No other choices b/c this combo is the one I'm thinking about, but if you really really think someone will be a better fit plz add in the tags.

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i know tumblr isn't inundated with fitz haters like other platforms are but i still see people (wrongly) assume that fitz talks about being cognates with sophie a lot (even if they say it affectionately). so. here are all the times fitz canonically says something along the lines of "but we're cognates!" in the entire series:

“I’m aware,” Mr. Forkle said. “But I only need Miss Foster and Mr. Sencen for this.” “But I’m Sophie’s Cognate!” Fitz argued.

“Doesn’t matter,” Sophie said. “Wylie needs my help.” “For what it’s worth,” Blur chimed in, “I think she’s right. I think you should take her.” “Take us,” Fitz corrected. “This has Cognates written all over it.”

“Last chance to change your mind. I can handle myself.” “Oh, I know. I’m planning on hiding behind you if we end up facing anything scary. But we’re Cognates. We’re stronger together.”

“And you can ask Gethen about it,” Fitz added. “I still can’t believe you’re doing that without me—what’s the point of being Cognates if they don’t let us work together?”

“Wait for it,” Keefe jumped in, right before Fitz added, “We’re Cognates.”

“But you went in alone,” Fitz reminded her. “Now we’d be taking him on together.” Ro clapped her hands, jumping up and down. “Oh! Oh! This is the part where he’s going to remind you that you’re Cognates!” “Well, we are!” Fitz snapped back, looking like he’d had about all he could stand of Ro’s interruptions. (is it just me or is this one sort of dubious. because it's not actually fitz that says it. or whatever. idk i'll count it anyway i guess)

so fitz uses the "but we're cognates!!!!" excuse a grand total of six (6) times (once in neverseen, thrice in lodestar, once in nightfall, and once(?) in legacy) over the course of the entire series to try to get in on a plan involving sophie. it works exactly two (2) times, both in lodestar. he also only actually says the words "but we're cognates" one (1) time in the entire series

also ro pisses me off . . . you'll notice all the times fitz says "but we're cognates" or something to that effect happen before ro is even introduced to the series so there's no way she could even realistically know that fitz says that a lot ("a lot" . . . obviously he doesn't actually say it a lot). shannon is just using her to brainwash you into thinking fitz says that a lot when he does not. same thing with keefe. he wasn't there for all the lodestar ones, so he's only heard fitz say something along the lines of "but we're cognates" one time. once. oh my goodness. the only reason people act like fitz says this a ridiculous amount is because the narrative is constantly telling you that it's his catchphrase when it is not

so in conclusion people that act like this is something fitz is constantly saying lack basic reading comprehension. he doesn't even say it once for all of flashback. the one from legacy barely even counts. he doesn't say it even once for all of unlocked and stellarlune. idk what to even tell you atp if you genuinely actually think this is something he says a lot