Latest Posts by xoxotwig - Page 11

sokeefe headcanons!

1) personally, i like the idea of keefe being the more soft one out of the two. like, he’s all bold and big, but the SECOND sophie says ONE sweet thing to him, he just- unravels- he is blush soup. 2) just like- the idea of sophie being the more masc one. i’ve said on pinterest that she’d look killer in a tux with a corset, and she so would, and she’d probably love it too, little punk baby that she is. 3, going along with 2) keefe is fem. he paints his nails, ro teaches him to do eyeliner, sometimes he wears skirts. 4) ro also taught keefe to braid, so sometimes he and sophie will vibing, and he’ll just braid small strand of her hair, and vice versa (see: hiccup and astrid, how to train your dragon 2) 5) keefe bakes. sophie tries, but is really REALLY bad at it. she is, however, very adept at making pasta, which both she and keefe love. because who doesn’t love some good pasta. 6) they paint each others nails while listening to a wide variety of music, and gossip. 7) sophie asks councilor terik to take her to her house guts (what else is there to call it, honestly-) again, and she retrieves a dvd player, tv, and her whole dvd collection. she asks dex to make them solar powered, and he does, smort little bestie boi that he is. sokeefe movie nights and cuddle <3 (also whole group movie nights, but that doesn’t quite fit into this post xd) i have more but those can be for later :)

hear me out-

spoilers for Legacy and stuff, about keefe, so yeah sophie and keefe, polyglots that they are, talk in other languages like your average gen z human (idk how else to describe it), much to the (intentional) distress of fitz and the others exhibit A: sophie: baguette keefe, nodding: oui, oui sophie, stroking her chin: croissant flambé keefe, shocked: oui?!??!? fitz, sobbing: please what is happening exhibit B: sophie: itz-fay inks-stay keefe: es-yay fitz: w h y  a r e  y o u  d o i n g  t h i s  t o  m e

keefe: WHY DID YOU KILL HIM?! HE COULD HAVE HAD HOPES AND DREAMS, HE COULD HAVE HAD A FAMILY!!! sophie: keefe- sophie: It- it was just an ant- source: https://perchance.org/incorrect-quote-generator

keefe: Welcome, fellow idiots sophie: Hello, keefe keefe: No, no, not you, you're not an idiot sophie: You underestimate me source: https://incorrect-quotes-generator.neocities.org/

keefe: Well, well, well... if it isn’t my old friend: the dawning realization that I fucked up bad. source: https://incorrect-quotes-generator.neocities.org/

old post, but i remembered seeing something along the lines of it somewhere else i love these little details

The Symbolism and Motifs Behind Adora and Catra’s Designs/Looks

Adora 

(Hair down)

The biggest visual motif that is used for Adora is her hair. When she is Adora her hair being up symbolizes her being constrained by her destiny, obligations, responsibilities, past abuse, etc and every time she has a breakthrough or is freed from one of these her hair is let down. This first happens in Destiny part 2 when Adora breaks the sword and for the first time in 4 seasons Adora’s hair is down and she has “freed” herself from her horrible destiny. In season 5 this happens more frequently. In Save the Cat Adora’s hair comes out of her ponytail when she is saving Catra, when she has resolved herself to mend their relationship and reconnect. She has once again “freed” herself from the guilt and emotional pain that came from having to believe that Catra was lost, of being able to reconnect and keep childhood promises and make new ones. And another big one in Heart part 2 after Catra and Adora confess to each other her hair once again falls out of the ponytail symbolizing Adora finally being able to reach for a future that she wants and being “freed” from the obligations that she thought she had to neglect her needs and sacrifice herself for others. Adora’s hair coming loose is (clearly through the examples mentioned) meant to symbolize emotional breakthroughs that Adora has. Adora is a character that isn’t that in touch with her emotions and struggles to comprehend things beyond what she was raised for, battle and war, so each breakthrough is her gradually breaking free of her upbringing.

(She-ra’s look season 1-4)

(She-ra’s look in season 5)

It’s interesting to note that She-ra’s redesign follows the exact opposite motif with her hair, but symbolizes something similar. She-ra’s redesign looks a lot more like Adora does than her original design and this is meant to show how Adora has made she-ra her own. She-ra is no longer what the first ones intended, she is not the sword, she-ra is Adora. Another detail is how the new design incorporates certain aspects of each of the most important people in her life: the heart on her chest for Bow, the wings on her shoes for Glimmer, and her new mask for Catra. She-ra and her meaning have been altered by Adora and her experiences and I really love that fact. This is Adora taking back control over something that was supposed to be used to manipulate her. Which is a core part of her character because of the struggles she has with her abuse at shadow weaver’s hands. This is a part of the culmination of Adora’s arc of discovering she is more than what she can do for others. That her destiny, the destiny of she-ra, is in her own hands. That the manipulations of people trying to use her isn’t what has made Adora the person and hero she is today, but the personal connections she forged and her own personal drive to do what she believes is right.

Catra 

Season 1-3 look

season 4 (and beginning of season 5) look

Season 5 look

(under prime’s control)

(once she joins the rebellion)

One of my favorite recurring motifs with Catra is the literal mask that she wears and that in this season after she decides to save Glimmer the mask is gone from her design completely. The dark exterior that Catra uses to hide her feelings and pain is gone and she has finally decided to be true to herself. Same with her eyes. Catra has heterochromia which is used to outwardly display her dual nature and warring inner conflict between her love and hatred of Adora and in the 5th season it’s used to portray her struggle between self betterment and sliding into old habits and self destruction. This is shown very clearly in the episode “Taking Control”. Whenever Catra is lashing out at Adora she’s turned so that her blue eye is the only one in frame and when Catra is being vulnerable or showing regret her yellow eye is the one that’s in frame. When she decides to use the chip to discover Horde Prime’s plan and protect Adora her yellow eye is the one in frame further emphasizing her decision to change. I really liked this detail in the episode. There is also the very obvious one in the season 3 finale where the blue eye is the one covered by the corruption in season 3 symbolizing Catra’s decision to commit to her villain role. Her darkness had won over her light. And it comes full circle once again in the series finale. Once Catra makes the decision to go back for Adora and stands up to shadow weaver her blue eye is the one shown in side views. Showing that she has overcome what had been her biggest shortcoming in this series, pushing others away to protect herself.

I just really loved how they used Catra’s character design to its fullest and didn’t waste details. It’s really easy to just be like “wow this looks cool” and then do nothing with it, but the she-ra crew was like “wow this looks cool now let’s do something with it”. For example when Catra gets her redesign in season 4 her hair is a lot less poofy and her ear tufts are gone and it’s tied into her character progression. Catra got rid of her ear tufts because shadow weaver had used caressing them as a way to manipulate Catra and her feelings. Catra now associates them with negative emotions and weakness and wants to “cut off” any possibility of feeling that kind of emotional pain again. The darker colors of her clothes also reflect her decision in the previous season. Catra’s main colors before this season were much lighter reds, but now it’s a deep, dark red showing her descent into the darkness when she opened the portal and her denial. Her color scheme changes once again in season 5. Her shoulders have maintained the darker red, but the dark sleeves that she had are now gone making it so that the lighter reds overcome or overshadow the darker red symbolizing how the light inside of her has overcome the dark. Yet it’s still keeps the colors darker than season 1 because Catra has done things since then that have made it so that she can’t go back to being that same person before she committed her mistakes. She’s a much healthier person though and has come to accept her mistakes and try to move forward in a better healthier direction (again symbolized by the color of her clothes).

I also want to point out Catra’s design in save the cat. In Save the Cat Catra is in all white and grey with her hair slicked back perfectly in place. The more Catra comes to her senses and is freed from primes control the messier her hair gets. It is similar to Adora’s hair motif, but with Catra’s hair becoming messier it can also symbolize her embracing/remembering her mistakes and the messiness that comes from trying to move forward in a more positive direction. When brainwashed and under primes control she doesn’t even remember her mistakes because Prime has “washed” away the pain along with the memory. Also white is typically used to symbolize purity but in this context it feels very out of place. This isn’t who Catra is. The reason she goes back to the red is that once again it symbolizes her decisions and choices. Catra can’t undo the mistakes so she “wears” them and acknowledges them after this episode. This is why in the transition episode Catra is wearing grey undergarments. Catra isn’t at the point where she can face her mistakes even though she has admitted them, symbolized by the transfer from white to grey. Her clothing being undergarments alone shows how vulnerable and insecure Catra is feeling about these mistakes. The very next episode after she resolves to face her mistakes she goes back to her red color scheme, again with less of the dark red than in season 4 showing her decision to change and go down a “lighter” path.

You know what has to be done?

We write our own book 10, before the official one comes out, with our OWN lore and inside jokes.

It'll be one big mess of a fanfic, who's in?

aet pickle

If u could do one thing as God what would you do 

~ sokeefe cuddles/sleepover(??) (much to grady’s discontent and edaline’s giddiness) ~ DEX. PAGE. TIME. THIS CANNOT BE STRESSED ENOUGH. ~ marella short story??????!!??!!?!!??! (this is more wishful thinking-) ~ ro and bo actually get into a freaking swordfight (assuming ro gets back-) ~ forkle dies. there is no other way. creepy weird sorta odd father figure but more like absent guardian kinda caring and sweet stinky man dies, and i will be sad, because i will miss him despite his flaws. ~ linhella. ~ somehow, someway: movie night. ~ we figure out the remainder of the identities of the collective- thas all i got rn-

WE ARE MAKING IT!!! I NEED ≈60 THINGS YOU EXPECT TO HAPPEN IN KOTLC 10, WHICH I AM CALLING "ELYSIAN"

REBLOGS >>>>> LIKES COME ON PEOPLE

list I have:

Tiertice

Elysian Big Naturals

Antennea

also posting on main cuz this is my popular account but will reblog to @grady-deserves-the-world

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.

bored? send me an ask!

sophie, to keefe, absentmindedly: hey babygirl

fitz, confused: babygirl?

keefe: yeah, i’m her babygirl, fitz. keep up

version where Keefe agrees to stay in Jolies old room after Edaline offers. His eyes get misty when Sophie and her mom walk him in and help him get settled. He cries a little when they leave to let him change and get comfortable. He comes out in these human pajama pants and a black t-shirt and Sophie decides to focus on that and not his slightly red and puffy eyes.

They sit in the couch and Edaline brings them something sweet and a few more bottles of youth. Grady watches from the kitchen with soft, sad eyes.

He thanks her parents and apologizes for all the trouble he’s causing and they wave it away. They say things about how it’s not a problem and that they’re just happy he’s safe and back. He gets a little misty eyed again. After food and only slightly awkward silence, Grady mentions that they should definitely try to sleep. It’s late, and it’ll be easier to talk after some rest.

They go upstairs together and Sophie pushes past her anxiety and grabs his hand as they walk. Neither of them say anything, but he hugs her at the top of the stairs.

She wonders if it’s her awareness of his feelings for her, or if it’s her mutual ones, but she can’t find it in herself to be mad at him. Not when his face is buried in between her neck and shoulder, not when he holds her like he’s trying to make up for everything that happened, not when he stands in front of her looking like a boy. It hits her again that he’s not much older than her, and he’s still incredibly young be elven standards.

She’s sure she’ll be mad again in the morning, or even later tonight, but for now this quite comfort works. She is beyond relieved he’s home with her.

She walks with him to his room. She stands beside him as he gets in the bed and she flicks of the lights for him when she goes to leave.

He calls her. Asks her to stay. She immediately agrees.

She runs downstairs to tell her parents, her dad looks like he’s about to start a very uncomfortable lecture, but her mom cuts in after meeting her eyes and tells her she thinks it’s a great idea.

She runs back to her room to grab some pillows, Ella, and another blanket.

Keefe watches her walk into the room. He’s still laying where she left him, it makes her slightly less worried. His eyes are big, almost childish, and again she can’t help but think he’s just a boy. And he doesn’t deserve to feel like this. She’s mad, but not at him.

He stops her from setting up a spot on the floor near the bed. She’s confused. They fuss about it for a minute before he pulls back the blanket and just says, “please”.

She caves and brings herself to lie down next to him. He’s close, they can feel the heat off each other, and for the first time she’s glad he can’t sense her emotions as much.

They stay like that for a while, on their backs with their respected stuffed animals in their arms. It’s dark, her parents have gone to bed, and they’re both ignoring the quite sniffles coming from both sides of the bed.

After what seems like forever he rolls over to look at her. She turns her head to meet his eyes. “Turn that way” she says, and he does what she asks without question.

Carefully she turns toward his back. She’s anxious again, but confident that this is something they need. She places Ella behind her back and tentatively wraps her arms around Keefes waist.

He tenses for a bit, then let’s out a quite sob. He shakes in her hold for a while, but he never lets go of the grip on her hands.

When he does calm down, he brings their intertwined fingers up, and he presses the back of her hand to his face.

She can’t really call it a kiss, per say, but his skin is warm and his lips are definitely against her skin. She buries her face in his back, and their legs tangle below the fluffy comforter.

They sleep, after days of nightmares and restlessness, they sleep. It’s long, it’s not enough, but it’s peaceful because neither one of them dreams.

The next day will be hard, it’ll be full of hurt and tears and words that are going to sting, but right now, right now and everything that will happen after, it makes it all worth it.

hadn’t thought about this till now, you’re so right i loved stellarlune, personally, and i loved the sokeefe content (i am basic, but i swear they’re the gayest straight ship ever i just haven’t figured out how to explain it yet-) but i wasn’t particularly fond of how stuff was kinda brushed off- to be fair, though, it was nice to have sophie and keefe hold semi-peaceful and mostly calm lives for once. i mean, this is the first book sophie hasn’t almost died in, as i’ve noticed a lot of people saying (i didn’t realize till i saw the posts and then it just hit me like a train) but like as nice as that was fitzy boi is in emotional  a g o n y i wouldn’t have wanted him to yell at people (except maybe alden, for reasons) but shannon could’ve at least given him something to let his anger out??? he keeps having to bottle it up, no wonder he lashes out- in short: give fitz a therapist that lets him yell

never gonna stop being angry about fitz’s dropped characterization

i brought this up a few weeks ago with my younger sibling, and i still stand by it- the whole idea of a live action movie for a series where so many of the components would either cost way too much and look like crap or just flatout be impossible to do is not very compelling. the problem is is that the plans for the movie is already underway, and i wouldn’t know the first thing about getting a say in it- what i’m saying is this, more or less: if disney does this right (which i very highly doubt that they will) good on them, but i will not be satisfied :(

Ok so ik that they r like already making a keeper movie, (possibly- how longs has the wait been so far?) but am I the only one who thinks it would b waaayy better as like an animated show??

Like hear me out like half the book’s dialogue happens telepathically, so either the movie just has a bunch of rly random moments where the characters start staring at each other or they do like a weird echoey sound effect 2 make it sound like it’s in their heads. Neither sounds good 2 me

Also Ik that cgi is like rly good now, but I still live in constant fear of like a rly cursed looking cgi Sander (and Ro, and Calla, and any other non elf character) plus just a lot of things like vanishing and Sophie’s jacked inflicting would translate better as like a 2d animation

Last thing I wanna say is, when u make a book in2 a movie, u gotta cut stuff out- that’s just how it works. No1 wants 2 watch a 4 hour movie. But I just feel like there is 2 much stuff that’s 2 important 2 cut out. I feel that way about a lot of books. That’s why I’m happy they’re making Percy Jackson in2 a show, and why I think they should do the same with keeper

Elwin the entire series pretending to not be interested in what's going on between Sophie and Keefe

bbs <3333

school doodle that i took to procreate :]