#KOTLC Reviews

[maerambles]

Bonus Scene #4

Keeper of the Lost Cities - Shannon Messenger (October 2, 2012)

[About Keefe] Marella snorted. “You say that like it’s a bad thing! He can annoy me anytime he wants. Right, Biana?” (Deleted Chapter, pg. 519)

Wait, at some point Marella liked Keefe? Or at least in some form found him attractive? It’s obvious Shannon didn’t keep this in for a reason, but it is interesting.

#Keeper of the Lost Cities #KOTLC #KOTLC Reviews #Book Reviews #Reviews

[an-ungraceful-swan]

The year is 2034. Kotlc book 17.67 has just been announced. The title? Unwritten. The plot? The crew has discovered a time traveling alternate self of Ryke, Sophie’s fifth love interest and this is his story through time. She has a half human half elf friend named Ebony who she spends several pages describing her dyed black hair, icy blue eyes, and red lips. Marella and Linh have still not been declared canon. The fandom has had 3 full revivals and a fandom war about love interest #3 and love interest #4. My kotlc confessions blog still only gets asks about keefe. We still don’t know what the great gulon incident is.

#swan says a thing #kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc fandom #sophie foster #Thank you for the peer review Nikki

[radishearts]

My kotlc enjoyers pspspspsppspspsppspspss have some sketches for a fic im writing :D (Before I Burn)

It’s set in precannon, around 20 years before the current TL (So like, the 90s) following Kenric and Oralies navigation of Elvish Bureaucracy, classicism and inter-species politics. Also Brant is his brother and Kenric is desperately trying to dispute ability restriction — I’ll put the summary in the replies but if ur interested give it a read

#art #fanart #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc fandom #kotlc kenric #kotlc oralie #kotlc brant #councillor kenric #councillor oralie #Brant [redacted] #< he’s a fathdon btw #if u even care #kotlc fic #kotlc black swan #Koralie #koralie fanart #councillor kenric fanart #councillor oralie fanart #Brant fanart #kotlc fanart #constantly fighting the balance between the need for peer review and the joy of creating silly things for one self #this is basically for joy and whimsy #which is funny bc it is a tragedy at the core of the story #any Koralie centric cannon one is 💀 #I love the doomed by the narrative trope

[bookwyrminspiration]

you must pass my trials three before I will take anything you say about Fitz Vacker seriously

#kotlc #fitz vacker #I don’t trust the world with him #you need to be verified before I will engage in fitz convo #peer reviewed if you will #this is not like. I’ll only listen to people who talk about him how I like or want to hear #it’s just some people have priorities and understandings and text engagement that clashes so throughly with mine #that it’s simply better for the both of us if we just do not engage #I will bite that bullet and take that loss #I just. I don’t trust the world with him I gotta know the vibe first!

[swan-scribbles]

Haha art <3

#swan scribbles #kotlc #artblr #artists on tumblr #digital art #artwork #kotlc fanart #art year in review

[loverofallthingssmart]

genius idea guys. food critic tam and head chef/restaurant owner keefe.

#tam keeps walking in to keefe’s restaurant and keefe is STRESSED he’s running out of food to give this man #little does he know tams besties with sophie and is here to bother her (she’s waitress while getting her like millionth degree) #<- translating her abilities to degrees #and the foods great he doesn’t know what the chefs putting in it but it tastes like nostalgia and love #he’s already sent the review to his boss it’s gonna be in the next #big editorial idk how food critics work im sorry #somewhere along the way they fall in love. i’m titling this a food pun i KNOWW i shouldn’t have a wip in the middle of study hell but #this is just series of misunderstanding as keefe and tam realize how fucking weird it is they have the same friend group and never met it’s #gonna be FUN!! #i’m been in such a huge slump i NEED to jot this suddent burst of inspiration down #okay but TRUST im gonna research the hell out of the intricacies of restaurants and food critics #kotlc #again as all my ideas go this is simply an excuse to wax poetics abt tam and give him all the friends he deserves

[bronte-deserves-better]

vespera isn't a villain because she's emotionally numb actually that's just what academia does to you

#/j obviously #shitposting #kotlc #vespera got the elven equivalent of a phd in anthropology and went off the rails with unethical studies /j #her work is NOT approved by the board of ethics OR peer reviewed

[kotlc-fanfiction]

get your own fic recommended :]

Summary: In an alternate universe, Tiergan is there when Alden and Quinlin come to arrest Prentice. Desperate to save his lover, Tiergan throws himself into the fire instead.

My thoughts: Well. As stated in the ask, I did in fact write this fic, so my thoughts are perhaps slightly biased. That said—if you're a fan of Tiertice angst, this fic is definitely for you! It's all about Tiergan's desperation, Prentice's shock, and Quinlin and Alden's confusion and discomfort as the arrest doesn't quite go as planned. Tiergan has a choice to make, and unfortunately, he'll always choose Prentice and Cyrah over himself. Angst and anger and canon divergence, very fun.

Cover:

#it probably would make more sense for me to have my other awesome fellow mod here do this but you know what. its fun to review my own fic #kotlc #ship: tiergan/prentice #character: tiergan alenefar #character: prentice endal #character: alden vacker #character: quinlin sonden #length: under 1k #type: in universe #type: angst #length: oneshot #queue are booktok recommended

[thelavendernarwhal]

Stellarlune as Reviewed by a Potato

I just finished reading Stellarlune and I’m going to make it everyone else’s problem.

- Finally some Sophie and Dex friendship. Even if we didn’t get a lot of it fully written, it’s nice to see these guys hang out.

- Jensi’s back and I couldn’t be happier. He adds a lot to the tonal range of the series and it’s neat to see how he’s developed since Sophie last checked in. You can tell that he’s changed over time while the camera was away.

- Also, we can finally explore one of Sophie’s friends being talentless. I hate to wish bad things upon Jensi, but it would add so much to the story overall.

- The shadow-realm tracking could’ve been foreshadowed more. I know Shannon can’t go back into book 5 and add this, but a small comment from Keefe hinting to it would’ve gone a long way.

- Please don’t let Dex and Biana be paired-spares, please don’t let Dex and Biana be paired-spares, please don’t let Dex and Biana be-

- I know this is a bit of a hot take, but I love Sophie’s interactions with Oralie. She’s bitter and spiteful and doesn’t want to forgive Oralie because she’s been betrayed by someone who should love her above all else, but clearly doesn’t and won’t.

- As much as I love her, Sophie needs to fail. It makes sense for her development to be very reckless in this book, but now she needs to learn about the consequences of her actions the hard way to balance her out.

- Keefe’s hiding plan was very well thought out and caught something I completely forgot about. Nice job.

————-If you like Sokeefe, you might want to stop reading here. If this is as far as you go, hope you liked my silly little opinions :) —————-

- Now it’s time for my most controversial take; I really didn’t like how Sokeefe was written. Granted, I never shipped it and I was never a fan of the love triangle as a whole, so this book would’ve had to do some serious heavy lifting to get me to like the pairing, but the romance in this book was unbearable. It didn’t seem like Sophie was interested in Keefe in the previous books, so her having a huge crush on him all of a sudden was really off putting. Shannon has said many times that she wasn’t partial to either side of the love triangle, but because of that, Sophie and Keefe’s relationship wasn’t developed enough to sell me on it. It just seemed like neither of them fully wanted this.

- Plus, Fitz got thrown under the bus this book and I feel so bad for him. He and Dex should start a club.

- Double plus, the whole ‘pros and cons of dating Keefe’ scene was the most aro thing I’ve ever read and it made me very sad that we don’t have a-spec Sophie.

And that pretty much sums up my thoughts. Sorry to end this on a negative note, but I give this book a solid 6 out of 10. When it wasn’t focusing on romance, I had a great time.

#And before I go #Esyian should have been an enby #kotlc #it would have been great #Also it’s a little important to note that I’m aro/ace so maybe some of the compelling romance went over my head #who knows #kotlc stellarlune #Stellarlune #book review #koltc spoilers #spoilers

[vanishingalleycat]

I just finished reading Stellarlune...

I am not ok. Holy shit.

I won't be spoiling the book but I just want to reflect on how far this series has come, I began reading at the start of my adolescence (teenage years) and now I am almost a legal adult. I still love this series no matter how mature I become because it's just so nostalgic and the world building is amazing. It's no longer a discussion on whether or not the books are good or whether this is a series fit for my age, it's more of the fact that these characters accompanied me throughout my growth and without them, I wouldn't be the me I am today. I am so so so excited for book 10.

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #stellarlune #bookblr #book review #shannon messenger #foster keefe

[guster-animations]

im trying so hard to stay vigilant

#stellarlune spoilers #kotlc spoilers #op #kotlc stellarlune #kotlc video essay #(gonna use the same tag for stuff relating to my follow up review)

[maerambles]

Keeper of the Lost Cities - Shannon Messenger (October 2, 2012)

Found this while stalking Shannon’s website (again)! This is really helpful. Also, this mentions humans a lot lol.

#KOTLC #KOTLC Reviews #Keeper of the Lost Cities #Book Reviews #Reviews #KOTLC Pics

[an-ungraceful-swan]

Every day i see yet another take about Alden Vacker and i have to console myself in the mirror that it’s ok that people don’t agree with me i just have to know I’m right in my soul of souls

#alden vacker #kotlc discourse #just in case #im sorry but my take is in fact the right one #It’s been peer reviewed and everything’s

[bookwyrminspiration]

can normal josh be aroace as well as autistic. a triple a battery if you will. as a treat for a fellow triple a battery?

Normal Josh can be anything and everything we want him to be! Simultaneously! Even when contradictory!

Aroace autistic Normal Josh, the triple a battery--I wonder how this affects his perception of the love triangle drama going on. Unspoken feelings everyone's picking up on based on subtle body language and non-verbal cues? About feelings of attraction? He doesn't know what they're talking about he's just happy to be there and happy to spend time with his friends <3

That is only a surface level interaction with his triple a status, so there's infinitely more to interpret and explore in so many other ways, but I very much like this proposal, treasure!

#kotlc #normal josh #quil's queries #synonymroll648 #high fiving you as a triple a battery adjacent! #i don't. use aro or ace specifically. because I don't like to use specific labels (i'm just queer. that's it) #but i will use them to like. explain kinda the direction of queer I am. or to give to people I don't trust more fully? #so like. they're not my chosen labels but they're labels in my orbit #so. not the same but still high five! #i've definitely got the autism a though #peer reviewed autism #i'm getting distracted this post is about normal josh <3

[craptastickotlc]

I posted 48 times in 2022

That's 48 more posts than 2021!

43 posts created (90%)

5 posts reblogged (10%)

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I tagged 48 of my posts in 2022

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#kotlc fanart - 44 posts

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#fanart - 23 posts

#keefe sencen - 11 posts

#kotlc keefe - 10 posts

#kotlc keefe sencen - 9 posts

#sophie foster - 8 posts

Longest Tag: 98 characters

#she plays with the water because shes nervous i write her like that in all my fics and i adore her

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Lady Gisela, after abusing her son for years be like:

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#4

she can't talk right now. she needs to go stare out at the ocean and listen to a song. it's gonna take a bit.

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#3

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#2

it's been a long week

87 notes - Posted October 19, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

sometimes you just need someone to sit with you on top of the fridge

141 notes - Posted October 18, 2022

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[tastetherainbow290]

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I've been meaning to make an intro post since I got a tumblr but stuff happens

Hi 👋 Aeylis (Borealis is to long and not name like enough, so I changed it)

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