#sophie teaches

[youronebraincell]

I had a dream Nat was teaching Jackie how to drive and it went exactly like this:

#yellowjackets #jackie taylor #natalie scatorccio #jackienat #ella purnell #sophie thatcher #listen we all know Jackie can't drive for shit #someone needs to teach her #and I think that person should be Nat #kisses to whoever writes something like this #I'd do it myself but I don't know anything about cars

[the-great-gullon-incident]

Biana’s winnowing gala but she spends the entire night hanging out with Sophie, Dex, and Tam in the rafters of the ballroom(Tam’s hiding them in shadows) so every time one of her parents calls her asking where she is she can promise them she is in fact at the gala.

#dex and tam keep using telekinesis to pelt small pieces of food at snoody guests #Biana uses this opportunity to teach Sophie ballroom dancing #they’re mostly just chilling and making fun of the guests together #kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #sophie foster #biana vacker #dex dizznee #tam song

[bookwyrminspiration]

I understand why Shannon did it and how it ostracized and shaped Sophie's childhood and set up the inciting incident, but I think it's incredibly stupid that Sophie couldn't figure out how to block thoughts on her own and "needed to be taught while awake" or whatever. There was nothing about the process that necessitated another person's guidance--she wasn't really taught, she was basically just told to do it--or was counter intuitive. It's literally the most basic, expected sequence of actions to block thoughts, and Sophie absolutely could've and would've figured that out for herself. Seven years of headaches for a girl who loved fantasy/sci-fi? She would've tried everything, and she would've figured it out! Building a mental wall would be like the first thing you try! Nothing about how it works suggests that the most powerful telepath the world has ever known wouldn't think to build that mental wall between her mind and others' thoughts, and even if she couldn't figure it out immediately because she was too young or something, she would've kept trying because she had the motive (pain) to, and that effort would've been rewarded. It took her no time at all to learn in canon, it's not a difficult skill. I know why it was done, but it's stupid and unless I'm forgetting something major she totally should've been able to block thoughts on her own long before she was "taught". it's necessary to the story as it was established, but I don't like the logic used; it's thin and contradictory

#kotlc #i'm rusty on the specifics. perhaps I'm wrong #but nothing I can remember suggests that blocking needs to be actively taught by someone else #the first telepath would've had to figure it out themself #therefore it's possible to achieve without teaching #meaning sophie could do so #and it was stated that she /had/ tried to block the voices. and had failed #but I don't think the logic of the story would indicate failure #a natural excellency with the ability. several years. pain as a direct constant motivator. and the solution being incredibly #intuitive? #especially for someone exposed to significant amounts of fantasy/sci-fi literature? #she should've figured out how to block thoughts on her own

[baeshijima]

no one touch me

im going insane over the s1 vs s2 load screens

#sophie's idle chatter #throws up i cant handle this my beloveds are all so..... so ??????? so !!!!! soooOOOOooOOoOo #i know that chap 6 onwards in the game is still in korean bc theyre working on localising it #man... this makes me lament abt how my pre-school teacher told my parents to stop teaching me korean and portuguese bc i was stuttering #but like thats part of growing up trilingual. but now im only monolingual 😔 this is one of the 1862394824209 cues telling me to learn the #languages tho <3 #ive been coping by listening to their soundtracks bc they have beautiful osts.... sobs.... #anyway baek jihan my beloved my destiny my light my life my one and only my everything i love u so much and am very sane abt u haahahhahdfk

[berubara-4-ham]

Fuck it! *Makes Angelica as Puerto Rican in my musical concepts*

#pirates of the caribbean #potc #angelica teach #ost musical #on stranger tides #she's born to racially mixed mother and English father Blackbeard #however blackbeard was absent in Angie's childhood bc he died irl #she was sent to a convent in San Juan and then a lace maker after she finished religious studies #and small sophie cameo

[cheriafreya]

SOPHIE! Where on earth did you learn that?

#tales of #tales of graces #gamingedit #tales of series #sophie lhant #cheria barnes #hubert oswell #malik caesar #video games #gifus #the funniest running gag of this game #is just malik teaching sophie weird sh*t #like??? why does he do that oh my god 😭 #and he's standing there like it doesn't involve him #lmao

[much-brighter-ink]

Kinda gay to be a Beacon. Who are you giving light to? Other men? Other women?

#keeper of the lost cities #kotlc #prentice endal #magnate leto #cadence talle #lady cadence #tiertice #also question if cadence was a mentor and then became the beacon while teaching sophie… what did leto teach? what did prentice teach? #sometimes I think about prentice and tiergan being coworkers and I sad smile. like the reverse of happy tears #wylie going through level seven the same year tiergan came back to foxfire but prentice wasn’t there to light the way for them #anyway hello keepblr #non kotlc followers have fun deciphering this post ily

[mrsiggytheimp]

did anyone else notice how useless the second part of scene 2 (chapter 2) of Stellarlune is? When it goes into too much detail about Dex explaining Keefe’s ability to Sophie, even thought it already explained it comepletely the previous book? I just think It could have been more brief, and it kind of slows everything down when for the chapters and a half previous to it, it was either releasing new information, new questions, answering questions, or solidifying those, and then half a scene is dedicated toward recalling a scene in detail just last book. It definitely needed to show that Sophie found out from Dex in this. Though I also think Shannon kinda built up Dex keeping the information secret from Sophie, just for Dex to easily be convinced and tell her everything. I personally think she either could have not built it up being a huge secret for half the scene, or kept it a secret for the other half of the scene, and revealed only what Sophie NEEDED to know for the plot, but kept the details that were more personal to Dex, Keefe, and Rex to himself. I feel like Sophie has been through enough books and has enough of her own personal secrets that Dex could have given her the bare minimum of what she needed to know, and she wouldn’t have pried, either that or she would, and Dex could have a personality or (forbid) an arc, and then we could further develop Dex and Sophie’s relationship ship through conflict, and the resolution T h r o u o u T the book instead of piling it all into one scene or conversation like Shannon does sometimes, and built it into every interaction between them, with a nice short exchange of words for communication. I also think that Sophie was kind of pushy with voicing her theory of how Dex and Keefe found out of all of this. I also think that throughout the series, Sophie has had a l o t of correct theories and assumptions, that her wrong assumptions just don’t outweigh, that’s kind of a Mary-Sue quality (I don’t think she’s a Mary-Sue, I just think she has some qualities) and I think that a reason a lot of people say the the co main characters are low key useless is because, while they help a lot, Sophie is defeinitly the main, in everything. I like that she’s the leader, and I love her arc throughout the series, but I think she should have defin… Defincitisies… the opposite of proficiency— (I’m so sorry) I think she should weaknesses in certain areas that other characters have skills and strengths that Sophie simply doesn’t match up to. It’s set up, honestly, but it’s not used. Keefe and Fitz could be the more charismatic, where Sophie can be overly Sarcastic without all that much self control around it, which is really something she does from the very beginning of the book, where she’s shy and withheld with her personality, but as soon is Fitz is like “yer and elf, Sophie,” she whips out the iconic Sophie Sarcasm. Cause she ain’t taking idiots and stubborn people, and in diplomacy, that can cause problems, and as Sophie accepts her role as kind of a diplomat, her sarcastic tongue can cause problems, is what we would think with how she acts with her friends and other characters, but, maybe I’m wrong, it doesn’t seem to. I just think that Fitz or Keefe would need to at times be like “Sophie no—“ as they’re the more charismatic characters.

(I’ve also noticed that the more level attitude tends to go to the male characters, a by product of most of the families haveing the same kind of girl boss personality, the ‘inability’ to speak up to authority often being characters with weak. I think the stereotyping of dumb weak females is quite obviously a problem, but the extreme avoidance of a stereotype can become it’s own stereotype when done to much) (edit: the exception being Edaline, not as a girl boss, she is, but with her, have a more level controlled attitude is portrayed as a virtue with her) on a more fun example, I think someone like Marella could, as a nod to her desire to manifest as an empath, could be very empathetic in nature, but a Marella fashion, not care. Which is why characters work together well. Marella could be emotionally intelligent and outspoken, but unsympathetic, and then other characters (idk who) tag onto that, being naturally blind to people’s emotions, but know how to respond. What I’m trying to say is, in the series, it tends to be “the other characters help, but Sophie Carrie’s the team.” This translates in the series to “Sophie can’t physically do everything because she’s a person, so other people hold her up.” If Sophie was hypothetically much mentally stronger, she could carry everything. What I think would be more interesting and for better would be, even if Sophie was perfect at everything she was good at now, it wouldn’t be enough even then, because there are things that she falls short of as a person, not as a strength level. Which is why she has other people, it’s why relationships exist, without them we couldn’t invent, we couldn’t progress. There’s a point where we stop being able to figure things out because that’s who we. So we figure things out to our extent, and someone else picks that up because of who they are, someone who couldn’t have done what we did. this isn’t to say helping people because they just aren’t strong enough to rise higher and picking up that slack isn’t an integral part of relationships. I envision it as sometimes there’s a wall, so we stack on top of each other to reach the top, but sometimes there’s a lever, a puzzle, and a key, so one of us pulls the lever, two of us work on the puzzle, one of us grabs the key, a few of us stack on each others shoulders to reach the key slot, and then we put it all together to get through the door. Idk though. I kind of went off on a tangent. I’m really curious about anyone who disagrees with any of my points, I want to know other people’s perspectives, or if you think Kotlc does portray the things I said it didn’t, or why is doesn’t portray the things I said it did, or why you disagree with that is a value.

#kotlc #stellarlune #sophie foster #dex dizznee #another example because obviously I can’t leave you all in peace: the Greeks did all the stuff with math #So that Einstein could figure out more stuff about math #So we could teach it to high schoolers who can apply it to other stuff #Maybe idk I don’t know all that much about this #Also #if you think I’m proof reading this to check for spelling errors #think again #keeper of the lost cities

[readingloveswounds]

filled w hatred about trying to figure out pay vs stipend disbursements

#why is the march one so much higher in both cases. what is with that. hello??? it was like that last year too... #i have all the forms dw but i like to try to make sure i know what everything adds up to #sophies ramblings #also yes i have weird stipend etc stuff bc my school pays me over stipend for teaching

[my-beloved-lakes]

Fanart/fanfic master list

Leverage/white collar crossover:

Neal Caffrey/Sophie Devereaux (art)

Leverage:

The Here to Stay Job (fic)

The invasion job (fic)

The tsunami Job (fic)

The nightmare job (fic)

Ot3 hurt/comfort pt.1 pt.2 pt.3 pt.4 (fic/art)

The longer way down job (art)

My sister did this one :) (art)

And this one :) (art)

Parker and Eliot sketches (art)

The shopping cart heist (also by my sister)(art)

Eliot and the stray cat he said they weren't keeping (fic/art)

The Librarians

Jake from "And the Loom of Fate" (art)

Our Flag Means Death:

We wait until it hurts (fic)

Honeymoon (art)

The kraken/Ed (art)

Non fandom related:

Boat painting (art)

#leverage #Eliot Spencer #parker #sophie devereaux #alec hardison #white collar/leverage crossover #white collar #Neal Caffrey #ofmd #Edward teach #stede bonnet #blackbonnet #ofmd fanart #leverage fanart #white collar fanart

[basil-isdead]

sorry babe i can't talk rn i'm too busing thinking about all of the dumbass inconsistencies in the school for good and evil book series

#like whyyyy soman whyyyy #did you not plan or edit your books at all my guy #the fingerglows in the later books piss me off so much it's made clear in book one that they're meant to be relocked when they leave school #there's even a joke about how they can't be lighting up like glowsticks when they're in the forest #why can sophie speak french???? #does france exist in the enchanted forest???? #did she learn french in gavaldon??? who in gavaldon is teaching french #how does hort get jacked so fast in book three? Sophie's only in the tower for like maybe a month? are there magical steroids??? #school for good and evil #rant #soman chainani

[neonjawbone]

Manhunt absolutely still has it's claws in me- my partner sent me this last night and????????

twitter//patreon//pillowfort //ko-fi  

#manhunt #manhunt book #fran fine #bethany crick #robbie diller #indiresh varna #zia manhunt #ramona pierce #sophie widdel #teach manhunt #corinne manhunt #sylvia manhunt #feather manhunt #doodles #fanart #its a good book

[bookwyrminspiration]

What if when Sophie came to the lost cities the black swan had been overthrown, and their leaders arrested. So by the time she arrived, she doesn’t have that same support. I think it’d take the story in a crazy, but fun new direction.

oh that would be very interesting--not only would she have significantly less guidance at the start of the series, but depending on how the Black Swan were handled, the attitude towards Sophie could be quite different; she'd be the product of known convicted criminals, not just the odd human girl.

She was observed when she first arrived, but I imagine that would've been much more intense in this situation. I wonder when she would've arrived, actually. Because Alden didn't find Sophie by his own work, Mr. Forkle led him to her. So without him, when on earth would Sophie have been brought to their world? Would they have discovered that sort of information through a mind break and located her around the same time, or would years pass?

I'm imagining the Mr. Forkle who posed as her neighbor might've escaped being arrest, which would create an interesting dynamic with her having one singular influence and resource.

But that aside, without the rest of the Black Swan able to work masterfully behind the scenes, there'd be no notes, no clues to prompt hidden memories. It would require a lot more work on Sophie's part to figure things out--which, depending on when she was brought to the lost cities and how (agreeing it was the best decision vs council forcing her, for example), she may or may not be capable of.

I'm also curious how that would impact her morals and sense of right; we see her learning from and guided by the Black Swan for most of the series before she branches out, following their methodology and beliefs on the limits. If they were never there, what's stopping her from going a step further much sooner? Especially if she's being more heavily monitored/judged and in order to make any impact she has to push harder--side note: I feel like in that case she might become similar to Tam in her disdain, she didn't do anything but exist and need help and this is what they did?

Would she be allowed to attend Foxfire with a significant association with a serious criminal organization? Even if she hasn't done anything yet, she might. And if she doesn't go to Foxfire (or is too old when brought), her friend group would be entirely different. She might not even have a friend group and it would instead be her against the world, perhaps a few misfits gathered along the way. Fitz might still be around because he found her, but Biana might stay bratty. She wouldn't meet Marella or Jensi, and she wouldn't have been adopted by the Ruewens (because confirmed huge Black Swan association when he thinks they killed Jolie? no way) so no meeting Dex. If she doesn't go to Foxfire, I could see them sending her to Exillium, in which case she might keep Tam and Linh as friends--but with a very different dynamic, since I think Sophie would be incredibly bitter.

Actually now that I'm thinking about this maybe she'd be picked up by the Neverseen. At least temporarily and in the same way that Rayni was--not that she's for their atrocities, but because they extended a hand when no one else did. Which!! Could then be an interesting exploration on how she wasn't a criminal, but via seeing her as one/as dangerous they limited her options and made her into one. She wouldn't have joined the Neverseen if they'd treated her properly, but they didn't, so now she did. Except they don't see it as their fault, as a consequence of their boxing her in, but instead as confirmation of what they always feared.

indeed, Nonsie, there is a lot of potential for a very different but fascinating story here. I've barely scratched the surface of all the implications and everything you could do with it!

#kotlc #kotlc ua #quil's queries #nonsie #(ua as in universe alteration. instead of au) #personally i'm rooting for sophie gets found when the black swan is arrested and they have their minds broken #and so she's brought about the same time. and is then sent to exillium because she's too dangerous to send to foxfire #and its just her in this new world all alone #except for the forkle who was in the human world. the immense secrecy of what he was doing left him the sole surviving core member of #the organization. who's now increasingly bitter #and does what he can to help her and her friends the song twins who have also just been grievously wronged and have #found each other through that #they teach her how the elven world works but without the pretense #and their outrage and outbursts (primarily tam and sophie. as linh's struggling with herself instead of her world atm) #catch the attention of the neverseen #and despite his efforts. the remaining forkle. maybe doesn't have it in him to dissuade them anymore #throw in a vindictive wylie who just lost his second father?? #group of 4 horribly wronged by the system and FURIOUS #yeah. that could be quite interesting

[when-all-hope-feels-lost]

i love all of the kotlc crew and the deuteragonist boys but can we remember that sophie foster is our main character, the leading lady, and honestly one of the better female protagonists in the middle grade/ya fantasy genre

#idk i was just thinking about how important sophie was to me growing up #like she’s smart and capable but also vulnerable and makes mistakes and we are very much present in her process as she grows up #and i think it’s so good to have characters who are like her and especially for them to be girls #because we are socially way more comfortable with flawed men than flawed women and growing up is a universal experience #i love her with my whole heart. a role model. an inspiration. the reason i decided i wanted to be a smart girl™ #i support women’s rights but more importantly women’s wrongs #she is cis and straight and white as far as has been written but that is not mutually exclusive to her being a good character #who can also achieve a larger purpose of teaching readers how to be a better person by being able to rely on support systems and recognise #their mistakes and work to fix them even if they’re imperfect #yes we need more characters who can reach a more diverse audience and serve as inspiration but there is no need to tear either down #sorry that was a lot #sophie foster #luna.txt #kotlc

[voidaxolotl]

I feel like the design team for Howls Moving Castle did a great job.

(Obviously theres a book for them to go off of- which I have yet to read but apparently I own somewhere???)

I've seen a few things saying that the movie and book have different designs/visuals for the characters, but I'm sure what I'm about to say applies to the book as well-

So in Howls Moving Castle, Sophie is always denying any compliment about her complection, she's always putting herself in a negative light when it comes to her looks, and while it needs no reasoning- people can sometimes just feel like that and it sucks- I feel like they do give us at least one reasoning for Sophie feeling like this.

I'm pointing towards the existence of two people, Lettie (Sophies sister) and Sophies mom. I don't believe it was intentional, but ut never has to be for it to effect someone.

Both Lettie and their mom are blue-eyed and blond hair. They both wear colorful clothes, interesting hair styles and colorful make-up. Their outfits and personalities are loud in different ways and are ful of color, its easy to say that people would flock to them and ignore those around them (we see this within the movie, more so in Letties case) which growing up probably left Sophie to be one of those pushed aside.

Lettie and their mom are novelties- the only two within the movie (aside from Howl for a short amount of time) that have blond hair. That plus Howls comment about him not being beautiful after his dye gets messed up further pushes the idea that Lettie and their mom are seen more beautiful or at least more attention-grabbing, due to their hair.

So with that we could say that Sophie grew up with people around her always talking about how gorgeous and beautiful her sister and mother are, which over time would push someone to think of themself in a lesser light.

Just an interesting thing that's probably been talked about before, but eh.

#howls moving castle #howlscastle #sophie howls moving castle #but she is beautiful! Sophie is very pretty #I'm happy Howls taught/teaching her that

[baeshijima]

"i love him a normal amount!" i say, as i make yet another wip for him

cries

#sophie talks : one more time... #and yes. this is the “idk how to kiss” “then ill teach u” fic sobs #i just find the contains section funny bc of it HJL 😭 #anyway. this and the longfic are now in the works. do not perceive me. pls.