#gradaline

[frizzle-mcshizzle]

people don’t realize how well Adoption is written in kotlc

normally in a story like kotlc sophie would be adopted by a nice elf family and would struggle with having a new family for one book tops. then it would be all happy and dandy and her birth family would never be mentioned again because she has her new elf family now and they don’t matter anymore, because they’re not elves.

Sophie lost the family she had her whole life, she chose for them to forget her existence, at twelve (12). and she was sent to live with grieving parents who where probably some of the only people in the lost cities who understand what it was like to lose someone.

Sophie was not only afraid that they would think she was trying to replace their dead daughter but was afraid of replacing for even forgetting her birth family. the Ruewen’s where afraid of getting attached to a another child because what if they lost her too, but they tried to give it a chance because they knew Sophie was hurting.

yes the Ruewens compared Sophie to Jolie and saw her when they looked at Sophie. because of course they did, grieving parents are going to see the child they lost in everything. especially in a little girl who looks so much like the daughter they lost that even she noticed it. it doesn't make them bad parents, it makes them realistic grieving parents.

and when they canceled Sophie’s adoption after she put her life in danger, around fire no less, it made sense. but so did sophie’s reaction, because she had thought these where the people who where going to care for her now, and instead they where sending her away because they where afraid.

The Ruewen’s didn’t realize how much they cared about her until they almost lost her, until they had to go through another planting, until they had to watch her almost fade away, that’s when they realized they loved her.

Keeper ends with Sophie’s adoption, and not only did she get to choose who adopted her but she got to keep her last name, she got to keep apart of her human life her birth family, and still be a Ruewen. that is something that is so important because not a lot of adopted kids get to keep parts of their birth names, it’s kinda uncommon and i love that it was added into Sophie’s adoption. it’s not just forgotten either, it’s brought up multiple times later in the series that she wants to keep her human last name.

but the thing is, they didn’t start acting like a family that had been together their whole lives by the next book, it’s not until Everblaze that they really act like a family. which is so realistic, you don’t start loving someone like your family because paper was signed it takes time to grow that attached to someone if you haven’t had them in your family your whole life.

and her birth family is never forgotten, it’s never considered less of her family now that she has the Ruewen’s, the Ruewen’s are not her human family’s replacement, they’re more people who love her, and that’s how it should be in her situation.

not only that but Sophie is still curious who her bio parents are, not because she doesn’t love the Ruewen’s or her brith family, but because she wants to know where she came from and who she’s related too. which is realistic, it’s something every adopted child does if they don’t remember their bio family.

the only books that i’ve read with adoption written this well, where books that focused on adoption like that was the entire plot, but kotlc has it in the background and it’s so important (and even then a lot of those SUCK). it’s so rare to have a realistic adoption story that that’s just a subplot, and i will never get over the fact that it’s in kotlc

and that’s just Sophie and the Ruewen’s, i haven’t even talked about Tiergan yet.

#and that’s just Sophie and the Ruewens #i haven’t even talked about Tiergan #if you can’t tell i have a lot of experience with adoption #i was a foster sibling #4 out of 5 of my siblings are adopted #my MOM was adopted #kotlc #kotlc sophie #kotlc edaline #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc grady #gradaline #grady ruewen #edaline ruewen #sophie foster

[loulively]

AHHHHHHH!! It’s done and it’s magical! The first one was finished yesterday night, the second picture was done in April of this year, and the last one is almost officially a year old! Unintentionally, the new piece looks a lot like tangled.😂😂❤️😳

#kotlc #kotlc fanart #digital art #sophie foster #kotlc keefe #keefe sencen #kotlc stellarlune #gradaline #kotlc edaline #kotlc grady #kotlc art #kotlc sophie #kotlc headcanons #kotlc spoilers #kotlc sokeefe #sokeefe

[nors-is-unstable]

You just KNOW that if/when Sophie has a winnowing gala Grady’s going to be grumbling in the corner the whole time

Also it’s canon that Edaline is a tall queen. Fight me on this.

#gradaline #kotlc #kotlc fandom #KOTLC fanart #sophie foster #sokeefe #edaline ruewen #ruewen #grady ruewen

[swans-chirping-in-the-distance]

is it just me who thinks the cutest couple is grady and edaline ??

NO FR THO

There's so wholesome. Like I feel like you can tell they really love each other but they're really casual too. Like they're so fun.

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #grady ruewen #edaline ruewen #gradaline

[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

[cashorrors]

grady's just a butch lesbian

#i'm correct #kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #grady ruewen #gradaline #post inspired by making my sibling read the first kotlc book to me and then him stopping to whisper grady and edaline sound like GIRL names

[you-have-been-frizzled]

i was thinking what if married elven couples wore rings on their thumbs like cognates, but the difference is they only wear the ring on their dominant hand and instead of sticking together when they think the same thing, the rings glow when one thinks about the other, so they can always know when their spouse is thinking about them

#this came from me wanting to give Kesler and Juline wedding rings #but knowing that they wouldn’t be wearing them on their ring finger #i remembered cognates being to close of a relationship for Councilers to have #and it just went on from there #kotlc #kotlc headcanons #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc fandom #kesline #gradaline #adella

[an-ungraceful-swan]

Headcanon Grady and edaline wear green all the time until Sophie shows up and then it slowly filters out of their wardrobe

#kotlc #gradaline #grady ruewen #kotlc grady #kotlc edaline #edaline ruewen #sophie foster

[kotlc-unofficial-bracket-polls]

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc ship bracket #round one #bianuca #gradaline

[synonymroll648]

feel like i've gone too far with my blog name this time

nonono. ‘malewife grady truther’ is not too far. you're right. keep it.

#kotlc #grady ruewen #gradaline #edaline ruewen #keeper of the lost cities #ask #fucked-up-mover-shaker

[frizzle-mcshizzle]

random Dizznee family headcannons that are part of my personal cannon

that get progressively more detailed

Kesler has a Tattoo of the alchemy symbols for fire, water, earth, and air on his right arm.

Kesler has glasses and curly hair, Milo Thatch vibes.

Juline is the one with Dimples and is the reason all the kids are sound sleepers shes harder to wake up than Dex. the only person who can successfully wake her up is Kesler

Bex has periwinkle eyes while Rex and Lex have turquoise Bex's hair is curly while the boys hair is wavy.

Kesler and Juline wear elven wedding rings which are similar to Cognate rings except that theres only one and it goes on the weares dominant thumb glows when their spouse thinks about them.

Juline has to wear her wedding ring around her neck when shes in her disguise because Kesler thinks about her so much that it’s constantly glowing.

Juline has a lot of jewelry with periwinkles on them and Kesler has a lot of jewelry with Snowdrops on them, because they like to wear little thingd that remind them of each other

Juline brings home human snacks and Kesler's favorite human candy is nerds and constantly begs her to get some. when shes out getting snacks she also gets them stupid grapic tees to wear around the house

Kesler was way more upset about her lying to him for ten years when he actually properly processed what she did and he just held it together in front of the kids. but they have a deal to never fight in front of their kids and apologize to their kids if they do.

Kesler runs warm and Juline runs cold (because froster) and they can’t sleep without each other

Juline badly picks her lips when she’s upset, along with frosting over whatever is around her because of her strong emotional connection to her ability.

when Edaline was a young adult she rasied Juline through teens because her parents deemed her difficult for not being able to control her ability, it resulted in Juline becoming very angry at everyone around her, and while she realized it wasn’t Eda’s fault she ended up taking it out on her often.

after making friends at school that didn’t call her defective, Juline’s mental health got to be a lot better and she apologized to Edaline profusely, Edaline was just happy to see her sister smiling again

Bex inherited her mom’s temper and is the ring leader of the triplets, shes the most outgoing has no filter and says what she thinks at all times, she likes to hang out with Lovsie because she likes having another girl in the house and was taught some basic fighting skills by her, while shes so much like her mom shes a daddys girl through and through and is the most skilled in alchemy second to Dex.

Lex is the prankster of the group and is the worst out of the entire family at alchemy, he goes out of his way to annoy people because he likes to get reactions out of people, his favorite uncle is the one who gave Juline and Kesler the Yeti as a wedding present and he looks up to him immensely. he also loves to create food abominations that he will eat as disgusting as they look.

Lex's full name is Alexander, he is the only triplet with a full name Kesler and Juline did this to confuse people and it works.

Rex is the mellowest and shyest triplet, he prefers to hide in his brother and sisters shadow, he is known as a troublemaker because people don’t care to tell the difference between him and Lex, he likes to spend time with Edaline at Havenfeild helping with the animals, after he doesn’t manifest he starts to isolate himself from his brother and sister and spend even more time with his aunt

Kesler and Grady where best friends before Jolie’s death and Kesler called him his brother, in reality he got along better with Grady than he did with his “real” brothers

Kesler and Juline where also broken up over Jolie’s death and constantly reached out to check on Grady and Eda, but when they seemed to want space they gave to them, Kesler and Juline still reached out every now and then to check up on them and let them know they loved them, but it wasn’t very often because they thought that was what Grady and Edaline wanted.

the triplets only met Edaline and Grady a handful of times in their memory because it was hard for their uncle and aunt to be around kids and the triplets high energy and overwhelming.

Juline and Jolie constantly exchanged letters, especially after she and brant where deemed a bad match Juline keeps all the letters in a box at the top of her closet and sometimes takes them out to read them when she misses Jolie.

Kesler and Juline where like the cool aunt and uncle to Jolie and they used to have family game nights once a week until she died, after her death the families drifted apart and didn’t get that closeness back until the kidnapping

Jolie was going to recruit Juline to the Black Swan and had written a note to her in her black cube that was kept until Livvy recruited her, she was given the box with Jolies note inside and keeps it in a locket

a lot of the black swan thinks Squall wants to be a homewrecker because of the way she talks about Kesler, not realizing he is in fact her husband and shes just so in love she can’t hide it even in a disguise.

part of Juline’s job is interrogating prisoners and shes lost coworkers she was close with whenever she has a hard day she comes home and cries into Kesler’s arms from anywhere from a ten minutes to a few hours.

Juline has a bunch of notebooks that she wrote to each kid, Kesler, and Edaline just in case she dies or has to wipe her own mind with the poison for her own peace of mind.

during the kidnapping instead of isolating themselves their families stuck together like glue over the two in a half weeks the kids where missing because they didn’t know what else to do 

they started their family games nights after they got the kids back, and started a new tradition of movie nights at Rimeshire, where Sophie would show the family her favorite movies and they would make pillow forts to sit in while they eat their movie snacks. 

Juline was pulling strings behind the scenes to keep Dex from going on missions and to just stay behind and work on gadgets, because she never wanted him to join in the first place, she didn’t want to lose him again

after revealing the fact that she was part of the black swan it took a long time for decks to trust his mom again because he was constantly asking questions she couldn’t answer, and he wanted to be let on more missions, but she wasn’t going to do either, so he was angry and upset (rightfully so) they had to work on their relationship for a long time afterwards

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc headcannons #juline dizznee #kotlc juline #Kesline #Gradaline #Kotlc kesler #kotlc grady #kotlc edaline #edaline ruewen #grady ruewen #kesler dizznee #lex dizznee #rex dizznee #bex dizznee #dex dizznee

[loulively]

✨She✨

It’s Jolie..❤️

#kotlc #kotlc fanart #digital art #sophie foster #kotlc keefe #keefe sencen #kotlc stellarlune #gradaline #kotlc edaline #kotlc grady #kotlc jolie #kotlc art

[gradaline-week]

Gradaline week

Wanderling/ Green

Party/ Gossip

Fire

Starlight

Anger/Ruin

Adoption

Dinosaur/ Bramble

March 12th -18th

tag this blog or @you-have-been-frizzled in the posts so i can see them!

#gradaline #Gradaline week 2023 #grady ruewen #edaline ruewen #kotlc edaline #kotlc grady

[tamsong]

Gradaline w/ bi flags

10/10 best couple in the entire series! ive never drawn these two before so it was a fun challenge :)

Also i believe in bearded grady supremacy

taglist under the cut

@impostertamsong @catboyruy @mylarivera @fanartofthelostcities @netnetnet135 @bianavacker-is-bi-as-hell @an-absolute-travesty @enbies-and-felonies @cadence-talle @make-kotlc-gayer @daydream-draws @constellations-of-elixirs @keefeinnit @cowboypossume @dragonwinnie @solreefs @imaramennoodle @thesandsofdawn @pencilwritesshiz47 @alesbiancat @steppingonshatteredglass @loumingju

#Sorry this one took SO LONG to answer anon #i hope u like it! #kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc fanart #kotlc art #grady ruewen #edaline ruewen #gradaline #kotlc pride 2022

[kay-oh-al-tea-sea]

t4t bi4bi Kesline *explodes*

#what the fuck is a healthy cisgender heterosexual relationship 💥💥💥💥 #i can't make myself enjoy one #they're so boring #kotlc #satire #kotlc fandom #kesline #Gradaline

[sapphic-el]

round 1

#kotlc #tiertice #gradaline