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i think the void is the seventh element, btw. it would explain why Gisela being a conjurer is important, and why Shannon gave Sophie the ability to teleport through the void. it also fits with Elysian appearing out of thin air like that, and the color of Its cloak (since the void is gray).

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they refer to Elysian as though It's a person, with she/her pronouns and everything, but to be honest, i don't think It's so much a person as It is a manifestation of the seventh element, appearing to them in the only way they'll be able to process It. i'm not even entirely sure It has any real tangible form underneath the cloak. i think It's more like the masked figure in the Masque of the Red Death, where It appears to have a physical form, but if you try to unmask It, you'll be left with a handful of empty robes with nothing underneath. anyways, whatever It is, It seems like It's probably hot.

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“this character is dead” to you maybe. I don't know where y'all live but I live in denial

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i love it when characters are package deals, i love duos i love trios i love quartets, i love groups and squads, i love it when you can’t find one without the other(s), i love it when they’re glued at the hip, i love it no matter the context of these dynamics, i lov

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1) did not read stellarlune

2) did not know there was some sort of fandom consensus on how fintan looked liked

3) messenger shouldve kept fitz and keefe friends amen

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i was thinking abt her yesterday

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SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP

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school doodle that i took to procreate :]

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chapter 5

chapter 37

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Do you have any analysis or thoughts about the scene chapter 40 (Sophie sees the drawing green journal and that awkward conversation) sorry I just haven’t seen anyone discuss it yet

at first i didn't think this needed an analysis because it was a given what was going on - but i knew better than to let it slide and decided to give the scene a reread.

and oh boy.

if you yourself need a refresher, sophie has just come home from foxfire. keefe is under the panakes drawing after a training session with grady. sophie and keefe exchange their thoughts about their classes, the current stellarlune situation, and what keefe is drawing. keefe shows sophie that he drew ethan and eleanor's graves. during the discussion, keefe becomes frustrated and pushes the journals off his lap - flipping the green one open to the page where he had drawn sophie and fitz performing a cognate exercise.

sophie sees it as she is going to clean up the mess for him. she mentions that her and fitz's gazes are intense, but that's not what she's interested in: she's interested in how keefe drew her.

"Her hair was slightly messy, and her tunic was a little crooked, and she was slouching the way her human mom used to tell her would turn her spine into a twisty pretzel if she didn't work on better posture. But mostly, she looked like her. A little awkward. A whole lot nervous. Definitely not perfect. And... she kinda loved that about it."

this is all we get to hear from her before keefe snatches the journal away, feeling awkward that she discovered it. but this set of inner monologue holds a lot more weight than you think.

a) i want to focus really quick on the 'definitely not perfect' line. this is a direct tie-in to fitz.

only a handful of pages later, fitz and sophie complete their "cognate inquisition". during this, sophie enters fitz's 'core of verity' which is supposed to hold no defense mechanisms or barriers. it is a true reflection of one's self. sophie, on her journey to this place, sees herself in the center of fitz's mind. but unlike the drawing keefe created, this sophie is polished. she's posing, flashing a smile, looking undefeated... and perfect, as she mentions. but while fitz means well with the image, this pedestal and the woman on top of it is not her. it's not accurate to who she is in real life.

so, for sophie to witness the difference between how the two boys view her is huge. they both do have deep affection for her, but the lens they view her from is different. keefe has a camera; fitz has a microscope.

b) most people would cringe to be drawn in such an accurate, "flawed" light. sophie isn't gazing into the sunset looking blissfully aloof. she's not posing for the camera. she's caught in what most would considering an unflattering position. she's hunched, she looks 'awkward' and 'nervous'. her hair is messy, her clothes are crooked...

i can tell you little to no one who would want to be caught like that by their crush. but sophie doesn't shy from having keefe not only seen her that way, but record it - no, she enjoys it. she feels happy to share that side of herself with him. she's glad he gets to see the imperfect person she is. 

that right there just proves multiple things to me: how long this love has run without her really knowing it, how ready she is to be open in a relationship, and how real this connection is to her.

sophie doesn't desire something movie-worthy with him. she wants something real.

ask me anything!

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Sophie: wait…could some of that joking Keefe did with me have been….flirting?

Me:

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Not to make a post book depression rant but yeah this book really felt weird idk, just not as magical or exciting as the others. Not sure how to put it. But I did still absolutely LOVE it and cannot wait for the next (last? 🥺) book to come out. I NEED IT

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I kept thinking it would get better as the book picked up pace but… honestly when I got halfway through I just… the new book excitment wore off and it felt weird and kinda boring?? Something definitely felt off.

Ok its not just me right? The characters in stellarlune seem? Out of character?

Linh is probably the most obvious; girlie really argued in favor of exile and said choralmere was better than her brother

But also Wylie? 100% loyal to the council now? What? "We have to tell the council they'll know what to do" Right. Because they knew what to do when it came to Prentice?

And Fitz. Did that scene in Unlocked mean absoloutely nothing? Why is Shannon acting like Fitz is some angry little gremlin?

AND THERES BEEN BARELY ANY REACTION TO KEEFE RUNNING AWAY? Im sorry but you're telling me fitz and tam had no notable reaction at all?

At least we got Valin content :/

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“authors make 3 plot holes per series” factoid actually just statistical error. average author makes 0 plot holes per series. Shannon Messenger, who lives in cave & writes 10,000 lose ends each book, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

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Okay now that I've finished Stellarlune I will be scouring this fandom for their Thoughts™️

I will tag #/stellarlune spoilers !!!

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NOOOO :((

I made a Stellarlune bingo... as you can tell, I expect some Things to Happen in this book 👀

Please tag as Stellarlune spoilers if you use it!

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I'm at chapter 30 AND SO CLOSE TO A BINGO

I made a Stellarlune bingo... as you can tell, I expect some Things to Happen in this book 👀

Please tag as Stellarlune spoilers if you use it!