#kotlc vackers

[kale-of-the-forbidden-cities]

do you think the vackers ever received death threats. even fitz and biana on their lockers and stuff.

#check reblogs later for more thoughts #kotlc #kale's unfinished thoughts #kotlc fitz #fitz vacker #kotlc biana #biana vacker #kotlc vackers

[alvar-not-vacker]

reblog to kill a Vacker

#there's too many of them #kotlc #kotlc vackers #also I'm not included because I'm pretty much disowned so L

[sasharcyreal]

biana amberly vacker the woman that you are

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[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 :))

[ahoyimlosingmymind]

kills me how people will pathologize Keefe to the moon and back to explain and justify his coping mechanisms. (like shannon doesn't feed us all his 'secret layers' on a silver platter. (He is a predictable character idc) she throws 'show dont tell' out the window when it comes to him, but I digress)

and people will defend Sophie and her toxic traits bc of 'X, Y, Z' childhood issues. Same with Dex, Tam, Wylie, Linh etc...

but Fitz is just ANGY. Nothing behind that. Nope- just angy. No deep rooted childhood issues. Nothing about that screams, he too, did not have a happy upbringing, no he's just toxic. he was just born that way ig /sarc

trust me. If Biana felt invisible her whole life, and Alvar hated his family so much he joined a terrorist organization, they both dislike Fitz bc they 'didn't matter' compared to him, and Fitz is so protective of Biana and scared and angry at Alvar... there was SHIT going down in that household when they were growing up that no one wants to talk about.

and I am an Alden sucks conspiracy theorist. The way he manipulated Keefe over the Sophie thing in that short story?? how tf do you think he treats his own children?? he sent six year old Fitz to the forbidden cities ALONE?? he paid no attention to his daughter?? he put his middle son on a pedestal???

so do with that what you will.

#fitz vacker #kotlc vackers #kotlc #alvar vacker #alden vacker #biana vacker #keefe scencen

[elgatoarcoiris]

Question so i know theres some people who when they read in their mind they imagine lines of characters as how they would actually sound saying it yk since you can basically hear any voice when its in your mind

My point is for those people^ who also read kotlc, do yall actually read fitzs or bianas or any of the vackers lines in the crisp accent theyre described to have ?? I read bianas like that yeah but i cant imagine fitzs voice like that for whatever reason

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #fitz vacker #biana vacker #kotlc vackers

[clarity2electricboogaloo]

Watch me incoherently rant about the vackers and kinda vent and most definitely get information wrong for who knows how long

Fitz and Alvar (Fitz especially) as characters are just

Amazing and scarily relatable to me.

Starting with Fitz, he’s virtually the oldest sibling once Alvar becomes older and goes away on assignments or whatever a lot, and he’s held to a very high standard, not much different from the rest of his siblings.

But he’s successful in being the best, and now he’s expected to keep that up. And now it’s affecting his siblings’ expectations from parents, and he can tell they resent him for it.

Not to mention he reached the higher status by aiming to be like his older brother and being expected to be like him.

Now for Alvar. Something I hate that my parents make my younger siblings aim for is trying to get my grades or similar because I’ve had all As or 4s or 100s or whatevers since maybe first grade.

I hate it. Because they just aren’t me and shouldn’t be expected to be, but if they’re doing worse my parents will compare them to me. Fucking stupid.

But I feel like the way the Vackers and Alvar and Fitz especially were written is very similar to this situation and the situation of many families with a more gifted kid.

Alvar was a very smart, gifted, top boy type child. He’s even helped with government assignments from a pretty young age. When fitz moved to this age, he was expected to hold up the reputation paved by Alvar. But he did it better.

Alvar resents him. Fitz’s siblings are seen as below him.

The stress builds up and it gets worse and worse until it shows up in the form of anger issues. And people don’t help.

They just reprimand him for having them.

And it only makes it worse.

Fitz is too relatable anldejkellzjsk and I don’t want to feel like a bad person for saying this idk watch me be a fitz defender frfr

I have no idea where the rest was going. Get my man a therapy is all. please and carrots 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Okay bye if I got info wrong tell me or add on 😀

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[milo-igidk]

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

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[anonymous-kotlc-thoughts]

i want to start off by specifying that this is HEADCANON/FANON. Don't come after me

imagine Fitz and Biana book 4 going to join the black swan, and they finally have a chance to be free, to do things without the feeling of pressure and eyes on them, until Della decides to come along, they're excited to have her with them at first, but then they realize it feels like she's just there to keep an eye on them and they can feel her constantly watching, looking over their shoulders, making small remarks about their little imperfections

Della cares about appearance just as much as alden, and her way of keeping Fitz and Biana in line is passive aggressive comments and humiliation

"Yes, biana's been doing her own makeup now, it's cute how she's trying so hard" (when Biana's a bit younger and just trying to find her own style)

"I know he looks like he's put on a bit of weight, but it is still Fitz!" (followed by a laugh) (talking to someone who hasnt seen fitz in a few years)

Alden wouldn't be the only manipulative parent. Della does tend to turn a blind eye, but she is part of the problem.

.

#anonymous kotlc thoughts #kotlc #kotlc della #della vacker #kotlc fitz #fitz vacker #kotlc biana #biana vacker #kotlc vackers #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?

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[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

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[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

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[rayniscatstatue]

Child Fitz and Biana pushing each other down the stairs because I said they could

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #biana vacker #fitz vacker #kotlc vackers #kotlc memes

[sasharcyreal]

this is really messy but biana and alvar🙁🙁🙁

song is october by the crane wives

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[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

[synonymroll648]

not all vackers have teal eyes, but teal eyes are commonly associated with vackers since they’re the only family line that has them. people fawn over the color frequently, but no one stops to ask where they came from. one candidate that people never stop to consider, in a world where it’s entirely plausible that fintan pyren had relations with william shakespeare, is hatsune miku. in this essay i will convince you my bullshit theory is totally reasonable-

#kotlc shitpost #kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc vackers #the rabbit hole i went down to get here... you don't want to know. my mind is a weird place #fitz vacker #alden vacker #biana vacker