#kotlc alden

[kale-of-the-forbidden-cities]

do you think the black swan noticed how close Alden was to breaking and tried to push him over the edge to see if Sophie could really heal minds

#kotlc #kale's unfinished thoughts #kotlc alden #alden vacker

[the-way-astray]

shannon loves to do this thing where she'll describe a teenager as looking uncannily like their same-gender parent (fitz and alden, keefe and cassius, dex and kesler). there's even a memory from cassius's past where sophie describes young cassius as looking uncannily like keefe at that age. this has some pretty hilarious implications. since elves don't age past adulthood, it implies that these kids and their parents will look like identical twins when the kids grow up.

imagine the triplets (as adults) trying to prank dex but they end up targeting their father instead.

imagine adult biana accidentally calling alden "chandelier head" because she thought he was fitz.

imagine if the forkle twins were actually father and son

#kotlc #alden vacker #kotlc alden #kotlc fitz #fitz vacker #kotlc keefe #keefe sencen #kotlc dex #dex dizznee #kotlc kesler #kesler dizznee #kotlc cassius #lord cassius #kotlc forkle #mr. forkle

[chronically-ill-psionipath]

YIPPEE! VACKER WEEKEND 🥺🎉🎉💖💖

@vackerweekend

#kotlc #kotlc rp #kotlc fandom #kotlc fanart #kotlc art #kotlc vackers #kotlc alden #alden vacker #kotlc alvar vacker #alvar soren vacker #alvar kotlc #kotlc alvar #alvar vacker #kotlc biana #biana vacker #vacker weekend #(This was when they were younger :))

[that-multi-fandom-hijabi]

you know, i used to like you, alden. and then came the special chapter in book seven where you interfered with the love life of a fifteen year old boy. now i loathe you.

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #the hijabi rants #kotlc shitpost #kotlc funny #nova talks fandom stuff #keefe sencen #kotlc keefe #sophie foster #kotlc sophie #alden vacker #kotlc alden #sokeefe

[crescentpaws]

something about fintan’s “someone had to stand up and fight for what matters” vs alden’s “i’ll do whatever it takes to protect what matters” during the memory break scene in exile…..

idk

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc exile #kotlc fintan #kotlc alden #just thinking out loud here #something about differing philosophies or whatever

[maxisakeeper]

things “only on kotlc tumblr” part 1

the obsession with garwin chang???

guys where did that even come from

and we even have a garwin day???

WHY IS GARVAR ON MY FYP 😨😨

#keeper of the lost cities #kotlc keefe #kotlc unraveled #kotlc stellarlune #Kotlc #kotlc sophie #kotlc thoughts #kotlc shitpost #kotlc rp #kotlc oc #kotlc neverseen #kotlc fandom #kotlc fitz #kotlc alvar #kotlc alden #kotlc bronte #kotlc biana #kotlc fanart #kotlc dex #kotlc fintan #kotlc headcanons #kotlc marella #keefe sencen #dex dizznee #biana vacker #garwin chang #garvar #only on tumblr

[milo-igidk]

you dont understand how mad ill be if the vackers are white in the movie like i justmmmfjnffhhjjhg boooooooo

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc thoughts #kotlc fandom #kotlc movie #kotlc fitz #fitz vacker #kotlc biana #biana vacker #kotlc alvar #alvar vacker #kotlc della #della vacker #kotlc alden #alden vacker #kotlc vackers

[anonymous-kotlc-thoughts]

so fitz is hated but also headcanoned as a not-white boy.... why though?'

anyway

keefe isn't blonde- his hair is white and he dyes it out of internalized humanphobia

sophie needs glasses

mostly because biana stole sophie's glasses

dex is lonely and made himself a robot bff

tam wears green

linh wears black

wylie hosts karaoke nights outside bronte's house sometimes

bronte hasn't cried since 2005

alden is not allowed at the karaoke nights

della is though but she sucks at singing

.

#anonymous kotlc thoughts #kotlc #kotlc fitz #fitz vacker #kotlc keefe #keefe sencen #kotlc sophie #sophie foster #kotlc biana #biana vacker #kotlc dex #dex dizznee #kotlc tam #tam song #kotlc linh #linh song #kotlc wylie #wylie endal #kotlc bronte #councillor bronte #kotlc alden #alden vacker #kotlc della #della vacker #kotlc headcanons

[begayandstabpeople]

In books 3 and 4 Shannon really tried to make as many characters as possible get betrayed without making it feel like she was actively trying to just cause drama

#kotlc #kotlc fandom #kotlc grady #kotlc everblaze #kotlc neverseen #kotlc keefe #kotlc alvar #cassius sencen #kotlc brant #kotlc gisela #gisela sencen #kotlc sophie #kotlc fitz #kotlc biana #kotlc headcanons #kotlc edaline #kotlc vackers #kotlc alden #kotlc della

[worldsunlikemyown]

kotlc valentine's day hcs <3

Here you go!

KOTLC VALENTINE'S DAY HEADCANONS

Main crew first:

Sophie didn't really do Valentine's Day much before (what with being in high school at twelve years old) and honestly didn't get the point. When she found that elves had a Day of Love, she kept hoping one of her crushes would slip her something, but it's pretty serious among elves and a crush will, at most, send you a note because otherwise it's basically a declaration of eternal love. The first elf-Valentine's Day she has is with Keefe, when they go and sit beneath Calla's Panakes at dawn to share ripplefluffs that they baked together the night before.

Biana always gets hundreds of little notes at her locker (and grudgingly at least reads them all, because not doing so would be an awful thing to do). Her dream Valentine's Day is to be serenaded (which is unfortunate because modern-day elves aren't too big on serenading), and she's secretly relieved that nothing came of her crush on Keefe because his singing voice and musical skills really aren't that great.

Linh, just like Sophie, wasn't big on Valentine's day in the past, but Marella was -- not just because she was a prolific sender of notes (half to crushes, half as pranks), but also because who was giving whom notes was big for the gossip chain. Marella simply sends Linh a note in the morning, as traditional, and they meet up at the beach later to have an Aurenflare by the beach.

Fitz entertains hopes of doing something really dramatic for Sophie, but things don't end up working out (as we know). He gets a hail from Dex in the evening, who comes over with some shiny new gadget that Fitz accepts. They sit talking for a long time into the night.

Adults:

Grady and Edaline like to take some time away from work -- they often go away on a hike in some secluded mountains.

Alden and Della are not too big on the whole event, but they usually go on a nice evening date, and end up coming home a little tipsy and glowing.

Cassius does take Gisela out on dates -- very grudgingly, and it's clear they both hate it (both of them are secretly relieved when everything is out in the open because they don't have to suffer anymore).

Juline and Kesler are always very whimsical about it. They dye their hair fun colours, go to whatever the elf equivalent of theme parks are, and generally end up having a self-contained, civilised riot (and then a less civilised riot once they get home).

Brant wrote sappy letters to Jolie, and she responded in kind. They'd get each other little trinkets and leap to the top of a mountain to kiss in front of a breathtaking sunset (or sunrise).

Cyrah always used to make Prentice little brooches, and he wrote poetry for her. Nowadays he doesn't particularly like celebrating the day, because it was really special for him and Cyrah. Tiergan comes over every year, and they often end up reminiscing long into the night.

Ancients:

Fintan and Vespera are prolific gift-givers even on normal days, so elf-Valentine's Day is basically them trying to one-up each other on their dramatic and beautiful gifts. It usually ends with them curling up on a couch together and reading, petty lovers' rivalry forgotten.

Vespera and Luzia were all about dramatic gestures, so they had the most incredible dates -- some of the big ones were in caves decorated with light, and on a snowy mountain made to look like a ballroom where they danced alone together to soft music.

Fallon is the one who actually serenades his wife properly (Biana only got the idea from seeing the delight on her something-great-grandmother's face lol). They go on picnics in wooded clearings, culminating in an almost glowing Fallon playing the harp for his wife as the moon rises.

#kotlc #thanks for dropping by for a chat #sokeefe #kotlc biana #fedex #marellinh #gradaline #kesline #kotlc alden #kotlc della #kotlc cassius #kotlc gisela #ruedacted #cyrah endal #tiertice #fintan x vespera #luzpera #kotlc fallon #fallon's wife #thoughts on the lost cities

[moonlarked]

Alden: humans die every day, why should we care that these fires are killing them?

Sophie:

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #sophie foster #sophie elizabeth foster #kotlc sophie #kotlc alden #alden vacker #kotlc shitpost

[kale-of-the-forbidden-cities]

Just thinking about Fitz and Keefe. They're both so jealous of each other. It spiraled into more and more talking about fitz and vacker imperfections and stuff, enjoy :>

(I rambled out the draft on discord, but I did change a few things and add on a bit at the end, so if you feel like rereading it might make more sense now)

tw: breif mentions of ed, suicidal thoughts, and implied sh, but they're all like very brief and not descriptive just want to put a warning

Remember in Flashback when Sophie and Fitz were going all Fitzphie on Keefe's mind, and they found the memory of Alden telling Keefe he was proud?

Imagine it hurt so bad for Fitz when he watched that. Because Alden never says that to Fitz even when he came out on top, no matter how perfect he was, so why did Keefe get that kind of praise?

Keefe may have come out second to Fitz with Foxfire grades, but Fitz has always felt second to Keefe in everything. No matter how perfect he tries to be or how much of a people pleaser he is, it seems inevitable that everyone likes Keefe better anyway.

And how could they not? He's funny, he's messy, he's imperfect.

Fitz could never be like keefe. His family would hate him. But they still like Keefe better.

Alvar always liked Keefe better than his actual little brother. Even though Fitz looked up to Alvar more than anyone! He admitted that in Neverseen!

Alden told Keefe he was proud of him?? for coming in second? Even after all the studying and work Fitz put into being first, being top, being perfect, people always choose keefe, Which is one of the reasons Fitz was so insecure about Sophie spending a lot of time with Keefe while she and Fitz were dating, he was scared she was going to leave him for Keefe, like people always do, because he's just better. he's nicer, he doesn't lash out at people, he doesn't have as much pressure on him because he never cared about pleasing his parents.

AND SHE DID! Sophie did leave him for Keefe. Even though Fitz promised to take things at her pace. Even though he said he'd wait. But it was the match lists that ended up breaking them apart. But what was Fitz supposed to do?? Not care about the match? There had never been a Vacker bad match, and Fitz beign the first one, after everything Alvar did and how much all the Vackers already hate these five in particular, it would bring a whole new level of shame on the family. Not just him, but Biana and Alden and Della too.

Keefe is allowed to not care about this stuff, because he's not perfect. Fitz is so, so, so jealous of Keefe because he GETS TO BE IMPERFECT. HE'S ALLOWED TO MAKE MISTAKES. He's allowed to feel things.

Keefe's parents are awful, Fitz's parents are fine. Anytime Fitz dares to think "hey maybe my parents are manipulating or using me or putting unrealistic expectations on me" he also remembers that he has it GOOD. He's so lucky compared to everyone else. So he has no right to be upset about anything.

In Flashback, Fitz actually says something like this to Sophie: Sophie had to grow up with humans, Keefe has his whole thing with his parents, Dex was bullied for being the son of a bad match, Tam and Linh were banished… so he's had it easy! He has no right to feel sad when his life is just. so. perfect.

And the thing is, everyone thinks his life is perfect. Especially Keefe! Keefe is always talking about how the Vackers are perfect and lucky and he wishes he was one, when inside, Fitz would secretly rather be Keefe. Even with the whole everything with his parents, at least he doesnt have to be perfect! At least he's allowed to disappoint his parents, because theyre bad parents! And people always like him more. Without fail, Fitz has always felt second to Keefe. Every time he thinks he did good, people go to keefe for being imperfect.

Why did keefe get Alden's praise when he came out second in the level? Fitz barely slept to make sure he came out on top! If Fitz had gotten 98/100, he wouldn't be yelled at, but he'd get a disappointed talk. Why is it different with Keefe, who isnt even Alden's son, why does Alden like him more?

So Fitz ends up spiraling and obsessing more and more.

He can't be imperfect like Keefe, he wouldnt dare. So he does what he can to be as perfect as possible. Maybe he just needs to get a hold on his temper. Wait till he's behind closed doors to do anything but smile. Maybe he needs to eat less, get a perfect number on the scale. Maybe then he'll be good enough.

But he's never good enough.

Nothing he does will ever be good enough.

Keefe is reckless, imperfect, and messy. but even though Fitz does his best to not step a toe out of line, he does everything he can to be perfect...... They keep picking Keefe. without fail, no matter what.

Fitz knows he shohld accept defeat, accept that he'll never be good enough for anyone because of everything he's done to try to be perfect, but he can't stop trying.

He'll keep pushing himself, he'll stay up for hours studying, looking for clues about the Neverseen, going through Alvar's old room, he'll do ANYTHING for someone to say theyre proud of him. For someone to tell him that he did good, for once in his life, but they never notice.

It's never "Wow, you've been working so hard, good job!" or "You look good, did you lose weight?" or "Thanks for helping out, thanks for at least trying"

EVEN THOUGH HE DOES NOTHING BUT TRY. HE'S TRYING SO HARD

Instead, people are saying things like "You look awful, you've got bags under your eyes" (maybe he should put on some makeup to hide that) or "You never join us for dinner, it's like you hate us" (he does. he secretly hates his family so much) or "You've gotten so distant that you're ruining all your relationships with your friends and family" (what else is he supposed to do? they dont like him anyway)

He's driving himself insane over being perfect, only to have people like Sophie say that he's "too perfect." HE JUST CANT WIN!

He's not allowed to make mistakes, but maybe the worst mistake he made was being too perfect!

But how does he stop?

He can't. he trapped himself here. He's convinced he brought this on himself, but he cant get out of this cycle,

And nobody else will get him out,

Because he's not perfect enough.

If they havent noticed his struggling, maybe they dont care enough. But Fitz has gotten so good at hiding it. Nobody will notice until he passes out in the hall or just fucking kills himself because it's too much.

Fitz thinks, why is it that Keefe's allowed to be open about hating himself, and yet as soon as he makes the slightest self deprecating comment, he's suddenly "being dramatic" or "looking for attention"?

And we're back to talking about Keefe again.

None of this is Keefe's fault but he will still feel so so guilty. He felt Fitz's jealousy and hurt when they watched the memory of Alden saying he's proud of him.

Keefe and Fitz are constantly comparing themselves to each other, but by the end of the story, Keefe will be getting the help and support he needs to move on from it. Fitz never showed it and wouldnt dare admit it. So he does not.

Alden and Cassius both seem to prefer the other's son.

Even with Fitz and Biana. There's still a bit of jealousy there, because Biana is starting to seperate herself from her family, and start her own "Vacker Legacy," whatever that means.

After Nightfall, biana has grown more comfortable with herself, she is challenging what it means to be a Vacker, realizing that their family isn't all it's claimed to be. She has no shame in being her fun confident self, and crying when she needs to, and showing off her scars, while if Fitz showed his scars, he'd probably end up in a psych ward or something (or at the very least getting yelled at).

Fitz is jealous of Biana almost as much as he's jealous of keefe. She's never been quite perfect either, but it's always in a good way, isn't it? she's managed to keep her friends (not including the earlier books) and she used to be a bit of a jerk to people, so people can look back and see how far she's come.

Fitz has only gotten worse over the years, and he knows it. he hears what people say in the halls. their whispers hardly hide it. He's presented himself the way he wanted to be - perfect. But it gets harder and harder to hide his imperfections, and people only notice the bad things, don't they? They don't worry, they only judge.

Biana's probably dealing with her own issues, as everyone in the Vacker family does, but she can be more honest about it. She's starting to break the habit of plastering on a smile and saying everything's fine. She's working on her relationship with people. She's like reverse Fitz.

Fitz fears he's going down a similar path of destruction to Alvar, but he counters those fears by being Alden's perfect golden boy like he was always supposed to be. Alden has such a hold on Fitz, he'd do anything for him if Alden worded it right. Ever since he was a kid he always knew he'd do anything to please his parents, even if it was potentially dangerous. But nobody has seemed to even bat an eye when they hear how young Fitz was when he went to the Forbidden Cities. So he must be overreacting, right? Because how could Fitz's childhood be anything less than perfect?

See, when Sophie started learning a little bit about Fitz's past and how things were actually not perfect in the Vacker house, she started to ignore him more and more. She had her other reasons, but to Fitz, it seemed like she was seeing how imperfect he really was, and he's not everything she hoped for. So he panics, and does his best to prove to her that he is the perfect boyfriend she wanted, but it didn't matter anyway because... she. liked. Keefe. better.

And Fitz hates himself so much for wishing he was keefe because Keefe has it so bad with the legacy thing, he hates how he wishes his parents were worse so he didn't feel so guilty every time he made a mistake that would disappoint them.

Not one person in Fitz's life has ever chosen him first. With everyone. There's always someone they love more.

Della loves Biana more, Biana chooses her friends, Sophie chose Keefe, Keefe chose Sophie.

Alden seemed to favor Keefe, or his work, or even just the ways he uses Fitz instead of loving him as his son or as a person. Maybe that's why Fitz is so desperate to listen to Alden, to please him, because he's the only person who seems to even care, even if he only cares when he's doing good or being perfect.

Alvar would choose Biana or Keefe over Fitz any day, even before the betrayal. Fitz still looked up to him, despite his vague dislike for Fitz. He likes Biana better because he thinks she'd understand better what the Vacker legacy is, Because FITZ IS PART OF IT. HE'S ADDING ONTO IT, WHATEVER IT IS!

Yep that's all I have, feel free to add your own ideas :3

tags:

@fitz-avery-vacker @autistic-daydreamer

#kotlc #kotlc fitz #fitz vacker #kotlc vackers #kotlc alden #alden vacker #kotlc alvar #alvar vacker #kotlc della #della vacker #kotlc biana #biana vacker #kotlc headcanons

[the-way-astray]

hey. hey guys. quick question to the 99% of you that headcanon the vackers as poc. what race/ethnicity do you usually picture them as? i'm just curious, and i know elves don't typically have race or whatever, but in terms of physical appearance what race/ethnicity do you personally see them as?

#kotlc #kotlc fitz #fitz vacker #kotlc alden #alden vacker #kotlc della #della vacker #kotlc biana #biana vacker #kotlc alvar #alvar vacker #kotlc vackers #poc vackers

[chronically-ill-psionipath]

We need a drama show for the Vacker family, with confession booths and the camera zooming in their faces.

We also need Alden to say “Reality Television is so edited! Not everything is real!”

Only for it to cut to a scene when Alvar and Alden are arguing and Quinlin walks out of the office with a wrongly buttoned shirt, all while Della pours herself a big glass of wine.

#kotlc #kotlc fandom #kotlc vackers #implied qualden #kotlc quinlin #kotlc alden #kotlc alvar vacker #alvar kotlc #alvar vacker #alden vacker #quinlin sonden #kotlc della vacker #kotlc della #della vacker

[brontekotlcyan]

As someone who went through severe abuse from her father and watched her sibling be manipulated, it pisses me off when people call Alden a brain washer or manipulative.

Yeah he is a bit but don't throw those terms around lightly.

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc fandom #kotlc alden #kotlc vackers #fitz vacker #yeah we get it fitz has a horrible life you can tone it down yknow

[crymeariveronceagain]

Hi I felt the need to share this Fitz quote. “Sorry,” he mumbled. “I didn’t mean to butt in. But seriously, Keefe. You make it sound like nine years old is so grown up. You were just a kid. You know what kids do? They trust their parents—even when they know something feels off-because our parents are our world.?” Lodestar pg 365. Almost seems like he's talking from personal experience. We already know Alden had him illegally search for Sophie from 6-14. Could be other things he's done? Thoughts?

ohhh my stars yeah

ohhh my starsssss

MBLRG

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#kotlc #kotlc fitz #fitz vacker #kotlc alden #alden vacker #all my homies hate alden #keefe sencen #kotlc keefe #kotlc quotes