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NO IM SOBBING
Warning: blood, war, death, etc
Sophie forgets that elves are actual living beings sometimes.
She’s been awake for over 36 hours and all she can think about is the possibility of her friends/family dying. She’s the Moonlark, it’s her inherited duty to protect.
So she starts making a plan. Writing down names and marking them with a bright red X. The easiest way to defeat the Neverseen is to eliminate them.
But the plans become increasingly more violent, more blood, more sacrifice.
She picks out the easiest plan, hiding away the rest, and calls Team Valiant.
They step into her room and she begins to explain the plan. She’s far too tired, the kind of tired that settles into your bones and fogs your brain, to notice as the horror appears on their faces.
Stina leaves before Sophie can even finish the plan. This is the first time Stina hasn’t run off yelling but the way the door slams says enough. She wants to be strong enough to be part of this team but not if it means the violence Sophie describes. Stina is rude and ruthless but just a kid. She runs home and curls into a ball by the unicorn pens. She’s too scared to share those plans with her family so she watches the foals chase their mother. She sees so much life, in the unicorns and in the mirror every morning, how could she take that away?
Stina resigns for Team Valiant the next morning.
The slamming door knocks papers onto the floor, all the worst plans finally on display. Dex bends down and collects all of them. He views them with more calm than a child should manage. He can’t hate Sophie for them because he understands the strategy. He’s a technopath, he sees the entire world through science and mathematics. He hates how he agrees with them.
He’ll organize them and set it off to the side. He’ll spend the entire day with Sophie, they don’t talk and she sleeps through most of it. In the many hours when her eyes are closed, he’ll walk over to her desk and read through the worst plans. Again and again and again and again. He tried so hard to find holes in the logic.
He doesn’t cry until he gets home and walks right into a prank the triples planned. They wait for him at the top of the stairs and cover him in glitter. It’s silly and juvenile but Dex just breaks. Standing at the bottom of the stairs, covered in gold, and sobbing. The triplets freeze for a second before running away. They come back with the rest of their glitter and cover themselves in it. It makes a mess, the entire stairway is absolutely covered. It makes Dex laugh through his tears.
As the Dizznee family stands, covered in glitter the color of sunrises on the beach, the color his last invention lit up as, Dex finally finds the flaw in Sophie’s plan. These idiots in front of him cannot be reduced to a single statistic, they are worth so much more.
Biana sobs when she first sees the plan. She can’t even bring herself to move, just waits for the tears to ruin her mascara and turn her eyes bloodshot. In her head she knows this is war and she’s been a good little soldier this whole time. She has learned the commands fight, break, and heal over a hundred times. She can perform them with extreme efficiency. This is the first time she’s heard ‘kill.’
She cries because if Sophie really asked her to, she would. She has learned that Sophie knows what’s best when it comes to these situations and Biana would do anything to protect her family.
She waits for the tears to dry before leaving. Gives Sophie a smile and pleasant goodbye. She light leaps home and sneaks into her brother’s room. He’s not in yet so she waits on his bed. He’s her older brother, surely he can protect her from this.
When he enters the room, he’s covered in blood. He had been outside training with Grizel. It’s a small cut but the red is alarming against his thin white tee shirt. He looks so frail in this moment that Biana can’t bring herself to force this unsettling news upon him. He calls her a loser and tells her to leave. She tells him that his cologne smells like dinosaur poop. They’re both laughing when the door closes behind her.
She passes her dad on the way to her own room. He makes some half hearted comment about how important family is. How ‘everything will be alright.’ Biana knows it’s a lie. She’s known for a long time but she can’t tell if her father knows. She refuses to burden him with this new knowledge.
Biana decides that he’s right, it is her job to protect her family. It’s how she will uphold the Vacker legacy. But her hands still shake when she holds a knife. She won’t kill anyone, yet, not while better ways still exists. She’ll call Sophie in the morning, plan something better. She’ll think of her brother’s laugh and father’s doomed optimism and realizes that any death might take these qualities away.
Wylie is the oldest member in the room. This is the first time he notices how much of a difference this can make. Sophie mentions her plan and suddenly they all look so young.
He can’t even blame Sophie for thinking about all this violence, he’s been there. When his mom died he punched the mirror in his room, until his reflection was cut into a million tiny pieces and blood dripped from his knuckles. When his father was exiled, he dreamed about unfortunate things happening to the council. Nothing as violent as Sophie but enough that he isn’t surprised. Trauma and fear can destroy a person.
He doesn’t waste any time lunging across the room and pulling Sophie into his arms. She bursts into tears immediately. He tells her about his family and how much their lives mean to him. About how death destroys so much. He asks her if it’s really worth it. She crying so hard she can’t even utter the word ‘no.’ He know though and that’s all that matters.
He looks over her head at all the other children in the room, Stina running, Dex panicking, and Biana sobbing. For the first time he wonders if this is the reason he was placed on Team Valiant. His coworkers are so young, so full of life. He must make sure they don’t forget that. They have such wonderful futures ahead of them.
Later he’ll visit Stina. He’ll find her a job where she can still help the Black Swan but at a distance that makes her comfortable. He won’t let her feel guilty for leaving. He knows it’s what’s best for her health.
He’ll find Dex and Slurps and Burps, reminds him that there is so much more to him than the technology he creates. He’ll offer real human connection, a way to pull Dex away from the metal objects that consume him.
He’ll pass Biana at the mall. He’ll follow her through a few stores holding her bags. He tries not to notice the delicate way her hands run over fabric, tries not to imagine her using the same elegance when wielding a knife. She’ll talking about what clothes are in, how Wylie should change his hair. He’ll tell her that this is the future she should focus on, following her fashion designing dreams, instead of a future where she wasn’t enough to protect those that matter.
Nobody mentions the plan again. It’s stored in Sophie’s dream journal, a somber reminder of being a broken and terrified child.
They will find another way to best the Neverseen.
There is a future out there for each of them.
totally inspired by Chappell roan at the vmas but I totally think Joan of Arc was an elf working undercover to save humans
I’ve always liked the idea that they both have had feeling for each other at one point or another but it’s always at the wrong time
Idk keefitz is like the romance that just never works (that does not mean I don’t love it LMAO) like idk they give off ex lovers or wrong place wrong time but they will never be endgame
Anyways I’ll shut up now LMAO
Love triangles can't just be two guys pining on the same girl, it needs to have a three way attraction!!
which is why i headcanon Keefe to have had a crush on fitz at some point thank you very much.
the vacker family and their fucked relationships with food <3
tw: eating disorders
Alden - He's mostly okay (in this aspect), but sometimes forgets to eat because he gets so wrapped up in his work, or he'll get up to eat and then end up watching the fish for half an hour before sitting back down. Usually he only misses one or two meals a week, but the longest he went was like 45 hours, and nobody noticed, since they only have meals together when other people are over or for special occasions or holidays.
Della - she's had an eating disorder since she started dating Alden, which wasn't Alden's fault, more like Della thought she couldn't be good enough to be in the Vacker family. It spiraled out of control a few months into their relationship, and was really bad for a year or so, but now she manages it. She has a certain amount of calories she allows herself to eat in a day, and measures food out very carefully, never eating anything if she doesn't know what went into it. She fasts all day once or twice a week. During family gatherings, parties, or other events, she lets herself eat anything she wants, especially to keep up appearances, as long as she throws up not long after. Edaline noticed once, but Della told her it must have been something in the food. Eda worried for a while, but years went by and she eventually put it in the back of her mind.
Alvar - He hated himself since he was a kid, and he noticed Della's eating habits, and how little she ate, and picked up on that in his early teens. He tried to force himself to eat less and less, then he started binging late at night, then he felt terrible about it and made himself throw up. At some point he started doing this nightly, and somehow found comfort in this routine, despite how much it hurt and how bad it was for him. He sought help from Elwin once he started the elite levels, since it had been messing with other parts of his life. He slowly got mostly better, but he'd sometimes binge and purge on bad nights. Once, Keefe walked in on him forcing himself to throw up after Alvar had snuck a bunch of food, while Keefe was with the Neverseen. He was having a bad night because he thought a little too much about his family and how he can never go back.
Fitz - Like Alvar, Fitz also observed his mom, and over time started to become obsessed with his weight, especially after the attack in flashback, where he was unable to eat much for a long time and ended up losing a lot. He weighed himself after going back to Everglen, and the stress with Alvar being there made it hard to have an appetite anyway. That was the lowest weight he was, and when he noticed he'd gained after starting to eat more normally, he freaked out and started eating less. Biana was the only one who noticed, and she started to get concerned. Fitz admitted to her that he was trying to lose weight, but he had it completely under control. Spoiler alert: he does not.
Biana - She doesn't really have an eating disorder, but she often diets and tries to limit her food intake, because she never sees herself as good enough, pretty enough, etc. She tends to overeat when she's stressed, and then tries to make up for it by eating less afterwards. She used to try to force herself to throw up, but never succeeded, and eventually decided it wasn't worth it. She's been doing better now than she used to, now that she has real friends who she can talk to, and who love her for more than what the world sees her as.
fitz has a habit of reaching for his family crest when he needs something to fidget with. (in canon he's done this at least a few times, though usually when thinking about his family). his parents and society encourage him to wear it usually, so it's become a familiar object, this strange symbolic constant in his life.
the edges of the wings on his crest are smoother than the others, and the threads from the one embroidered on his cape have needed to be fixed countless times.
hey guys, so I've been seeing some weird asks on the kotlc tumblr, especially against @lisalovesapplesauce @myfairkatiecat and a bunch of others.
Just because you're online and anonymous does NOT give you the right to criticize them wrongfully. It's fun and games trying to figure out which other blogs Katie runs (IF she runs them), but ACCUSING is different. Please STOP making incorrect allegations about her.
Also, stop bringing religion into this, thats not cool.
and now for @lisalovesapplesause
look anon whoever u are its clear u haven't gotten good parents and a good life and whatnot but getting NEGATIVE attention from others by being anonymous is NOT the way. go get yourself therapy. She's (hope that's the right pronoun Lisa, correct me if I'm wrong) a goddamn new member of the fandom, and it is absolutely ridiculous, the asks she's getting. Please be kind and respectful, even if you're anonymous. Just because she's new, and many people don't know her yet (actually im pretty sure the whole kotlc tumblr knows, if u dont guys give her a follow shes really cool) doesn't give you any kind of confirmation that you should attack her. with due respect, which is none, please fuck off and get therapy.
Just thinking about how everything that went down at Everglen in Flashback was projected to the whole world, and how that affected the Vackers, specifically Fitz (oh wow big surprise Kale is making a Fitz angst post).
The entire world saw him beat up Alvar. They watched this elvin teenager hold a knife to his own brother's throat and seriously consider killing him. All the other stuff was certainly eye-opening, but something that stayed with them was the violence Fitz Vacker was capable of.
Foxfire sessions were paused after that, but that didn't mean Fitz didn't hear and feel the change in the way the world thought about him now. Once placed on a pedestal, once the symbol of perfection — the perfect son from the perfect family — now a broken elf. from a broken family.
People are scared of him. They realize he's near them and back away. If he was capable of that kind of violence against his own brother, what else could he do? How unpredictable is he?
They want to treat Fitz as something other, something they cannot connect with. Elves are perfect and not violent. The exceptions are the Neverseen — and Fitz Vacker.
Fitz has to pretend more than ever now. He can't let anyone see him anything other than perfect, because it will be used to prove that he's clearly not right in the head. Sometimes he doesn't feel right in the head. But he never wanted the world to know.
The whispers, the way people back away from him, like they're afraid. People glancing at him as if he could turn around and kill them at any moment.
When Foxfire reopened, it got worse. Not to mention his friends didn't treat him very well, either. They all had real problems to deal with. They didn't need to hear about the notes taped to his locker, the constant stares and whispers. Biana knows some of it, but she assumed Fitz isn't letting it get to him, when in reality, he's just not letting it show.
He can't let it show. If he does, he's just proving them right.
Got any Keefitz headcanons 💖
EEE KEEFITZ
ahem you saw nothing.
I have SO MANY.
Keefe and Fitz have sleepovers all the time, with just the two of them. They help each other with haircare routines and Keefe assists Fitz when it comes to his ten step skincare routine.
STARGAZING NIGHTS ON EVERGLEN'S ROOF <33
They cause chaos. Wherever they go, chaos follows. 99% because of Keefe, but Fitz can be pretty chaotic when he wants to
Fitz fell first, Keefe fell harder
Fitz has been crushing on Keefe since they were thirteen, but when he met Sophie he managed to convince himself that he had a 'crush' on her, because it seemed 'normal'.
Fitz helps Keefe with his assignments
Keefe writes letters to Fitz from 'the great chandelier'
They kiss at midnight
A lot
Sophie went and bought a game of Uno in the Forbidden Cities and Keefe and Fitz play it alll the time
Sophie also got them a game of Twister
they make bets
they have a pet!!
really small
lives in keefe's room
fitz goes over there a lot to look after the pet
uhh haven't thought far enough ahead for what the pet actually is-
they have the silliest convos that nobody else understands!
secret codes >;3
okay i'm gonna stop myself there <3
and let's ignore me replying to this a month and three weeks later, mkay? :P
Small facts about the Neverseen
they're super underrated guys
Alvar has "crazy theories" on Mr. Forkles Identities
These guys are super insane and hate eachother
Fintan made Keefe do his laundry
Alvar supervised this
Trix isn't a "huge fan" of Alvar
Ruy is a heavy snorer
Alvar and Ruy are heavy sleepers (which made them "perfect victims" for pranks)
Umber likes the fact the elven/human hand has so many bones, makes it easier for her to torture someone.
Trix hates trolls (umbers death) and would've quit if the Neverseen allianced with Empress Pernille
Some dwarves work for the Neverseen (not enough to make decent amount of food tho)
what if
Fintan make all the special new recruits do his laundry as a "test of Faith" and judges them based on how well they do
I'm a genius
With the whole Long vs Short hair for Fintan I randomly though maybe since hes a powerful and old pyrokintic the ends of his hair are actually fire and he can lengthen them or short as he pleases
My hcs for the Neverseen
•Trix and Umber have beef with Alvar (pettiest stuff ever)
•Glimmer and Ruy are forced into this beef
•Vespera is borderline friendly with Ruy (not much but its the thought that counts) since she deep inside (subconsiously atp) she doesnt want him to feel the way she did all those years ago
•Fintan recruited Alvar
•Gisela was a messy farm girl before her evil girl arc
•Ruy tried to be as fancy as possible to show everyone that he didn't need to from nobility to be worthy before being expelled
•Alvar and Ruy were friends before Ruy got Expelled
Vacker Hc
Russian Della-Egyptian Alden
The Vacker kids all have diff skin tones since they're mixed (Alvar lightest-Biana Darkest)
I think despite being one himself, Alvar would be terrified of Millennials
I think one reason Alvar joined the neverseen wasn't only the Vacker Legacy but also the fact his parents had more children (Fitz and Biana) Hes says this somewhere in Flashback BUTTTTTT
Having more then one kid in Elven Society is taboo, ESPECIALLY since the age gap proves that Alden and Della weren't initially going to have more then Alvar but for some reason that changed, immedialty all heads turned to the 11 year old since why would Alden and Della, beloved by Elven Society randomly decide to have more kids. It showed that Alvar, at least in society's eyes was, not enough and failed. Fitz and Biana's existence was a proof of Alvar's failure to be the perfect son, to the point that Alden and Della HAD to resort to more kids. And don't think Alvar didn't know this since Elves are SHADY. I know these people had Alvar crying at night from all those side eyes and whispers. In a way Alvar could never truly love his siblings. At least until he lets go of his pain ig. In conclusion Alvar hates his famiy for betraying them.
What if I said Maruca and Linh go on dates talking about their family struggles and dying eachothers hair...
I think the way Elve babies know the Enlightened Language from birth is because they can hear everyone talking in the womb and end up learning how to speak there
KOTLC Favorite ice creams flavors!
Sophie-Rocky Road, I feel like Sophie was a sucker for chocolate and Rocky Road gives me Mallowmelt vibes, with it having marshmellows.
Fitz-Mint Chip, I think he'd like the fresh minty flavor and would hunt for the choclate chips like pirates digging for treasure with Biana (and Alvar before shit went down)
Keefe- Cookie's n Cream, seems like a guy with a huge sweet tooth
Biana- Green Tea, I feel like she'd want a nice calm earthy flavor to soothe her after all the shit going on
Tam- Chocolate, I feel like he'd have a basic ice cream flavor since it doesn't really matter that much too him.
Linh - Salted Caramel, especially sea salt, This girl also has a massive sweet tooth and indulges on any sweet food since that was her and Tam had least access to in Exilllium.
Marella- Mango Sorbet/Ice cream I feel like she'd like Sorbet more honestly but for the sake of the title, Ice cream. Its fruity, tropical and sunny, all stuff Marella would seem into (I was tempted to put Vanilla Ice cream for her but decided thats too basic for her.)
Maruca- Butter Pecan, she seems like a girl who'd like nuts (Pun unintended) Especially Pecans. I also imagine her family served something like Pecan Pie at holidays and had a secret family recipe of theirs.
Mr. Forkle...-dirt
Umber- Toffee, likes sweet syrupy tastes like Toffee,. No need for spoons since she has shadowflux! She also likes to let it melt a little so she can drink it like a soup.
Trix- Pumpkin pie, Im getting lazy atp so yeah. (wrote this after the rest of them but wanted umber and trix to be next to eachother)
Fintan- Vanilla, if his fossilized ass is even aware of icecream, this dude is every bit basic and if he does know about icecream, he probably has nostalgia of collecting snow and shredding fruits on it from the 3rd century
Gisela- Coffee, she wouldn't have much of a sweet tooth in my mind honestly
Alvar- Pistachio, preferably with chocolate chips. Much like Fitz...Erm he judges people and shops on how good their Pistachio Ice cream is since he a connoisseur on this flavor. Will down a whole tub of this actually.
Ruy- Strawberry, he's not much into icecream so anything will do but he does a small preference for Strawberry since its nice and refreshing adn he likes fruits with a tang.
(This hurt my fingers)
KOTLC Favorite ice creams flavors!
Sophie-Rocky Road, I feel like Sophie was a sucker for chocolate and Rocky Road gives me Mallowmelt vibes, with it having marshmellows.
Fitz-Mint Chip, I think he'd like the fresh minty flavor and would hunt for the choclate chips like pirates digging for treasure with Biana (and Alvar before shit went down)
Keefe- Cookie's n Cream, seems like a guy with a huge sweet tooth
Biana- Green Tea, I feel like she'd want a nice calm earthy flavor to soothe her after all the shit going on
Tam- Chocolate, I feel like he'd have a basic ice cream flavor since it doesn't really matter that much too him.
Linh - Salted Caramel, especially sea salt, This girl also has a massive sweet tooth and indulges on any sweet food since that was her and Tam had least access to in Exilllium.
Marella- Mango Sorbet/Ice cream I feel like she'd like Sorbet more honestly but for the sake of the title, Ice cream. Its fruity, tropical and sunny, all stuff Marella would seem into (I was tempted to put Vanilla Ice cream for her but decided thats too basic for her.)
Maruca- Butter Pecan, she seems like a girl who'd like nuts (Pun unintended) Especially Pecans. I also imagine her family served something like Pecan Pie at holidays and had a secret family recipe of theirs.
Mr. Forkle...-dirt
Umber- Toffee, likes sweet syrupy tastes like Toffee,. No need for spoons since she has shadowflux! She also likes to let it melt a little so she can drink it like a soup.
Trix- Pumpkin pie, Im getting lazy atp so yeah. (wrote this after the rest of them but wanted umber and trix to be next to eachother)
Fintan- Vanilla, if his fossilized ass is even aware of icecream, this dude is every bit basic and if he does know about icecream, he probably has nostalgia of collecting snow and shredding fruits on it from the 3rd century
Gisela- Coffee, she wouldn't have much of a sweet tooth in my mind honestly
Alvar- Pistachio, preferably with chocolate chips. Much like Fitz...Erm he judges people and shops on how good their Pistachio Ice cream is since he a connoisseur on this flavor. Will down a whole tub of this actually.
Ruy- Strawberry, he's not much into icecream so anything will do but he does a small preference for Strawberry since its nice and refreshing adn he likes fruits with a tang.
(This hurt my fingers)
Shannon should do illustrated and Annotated versions of all her books, like imagine seeing her thoughts on Alvar and Keefe's betrayals or what Wylie and Prentice and Cyrah's pain. Like the illustrations in the edited book ate so hard too, I need this again for Neverseen especially.