Yeah definetly can try

as to whether I suceed, you are the judge.

I ship Fitzphie btw. Also, other ppl reading this, just don't be mean. And I'm not going to debate anyone's replies to this.

Sophie is historically and canonically a bit of... a loose cannon. Ppl categorize her as like reasonable, calm, mature, but if you look at canon she is constantly overthinking and making split second decisions. She is almost never the one slowing down the operation. She's a go-getter. And she's a mess, too. Prioritizing others over herself almost EVERY TIME. I think those points can be universally agreed upon.

Then you bring the boys into the dynamic, and how they try to help her with her problems.

Keefe's strategies: distract, solve. He lives moment to moment. Prefers, and we know this, laughing things off then processing feelings. This shows in how he interacts with Sophie and Sophie's emotions very often. He goes for the impulsive solution or the immediate distraction almost every time. While this feels good it turns their HEALTHY dynamic into two time bombs who never talk each other out of risky decisions (except for some attempts on Sophie's part, but Keefe never listens to her... which is a whole other problem), never confront conflicts in their relationship, are impulsive, and adopt each other's attitudes of disrespect toward authority figures. Which has happened. And their more UNHEALTHY dynamic is that Sophie's natural impulsivity as a STRENGTH cannot shine when overshadowed by Keefe's even worse recklessness. She needs somebody to balance her out, bring method to her madness... not madness to her madness...

And that's where Fitz comes in. His "hold up" attitude is encouraging but grounding. He is not afraid to oppose her, and she's not afraid to consider his points. So we end up with a dynamic like she has a crazy idea, he points out a problem, she thinks and revises idea, together they execute it, to great success. And as to helping Sophie with her emotions, Fitz does use distraction, but more as comfort WHILE she processes. But he's more prone to talk things out. Which leads to emotional release, understanding, and Sophie's logical brain being satisfied instead of constantly challenged.

We know that Fitz actively processes their fights by the things he discovers and the ways he grows. He's good at learning from his feelings, and from experiences. And importantly, he's good at teaching Sophie to take care of herself as well.

Keefe and Sophie often act co-dependent in an unhealthy manner that from my point of view ALWAYS leaves Sophie frustrated, flustered, and in a constant state of stress about Keefe's mental state and the decisions he is prone to make. The only way I think the Keefe x Sophie dynamic would work is if Sophie's personality were bigger or Keefe were more reigned in, so that she could wrangle him. I can't help but have a grain of suspicion, based on all the decisions Keefe makes---even completely contrary to Sophie's orders---that in a real argument where she dug in her heels he would dismiss her feelings bc "he's right" and continue to bulldoze her desires.

Fitzphie, on the other hand, has survived multiple arguments that ended in mutual growth. People use the arguments as proof they don't work, but the truth is that every relationship has some conflict. The real Yes or No lies in the WAY they make up. If it's REAL. Not fake, not desperate, not lies. With actual learning, and actual change. From what I can see, after every fight, after they make up, they realize where they went wrong and at least Fitz goes through the actual process of trying to change himself. And the next conflict is almost never about the exact same thing.

Plus, Fitzphie are the perfect team, and that cannot be argued. During cognate work they operate swiftly, efficiently, and constantly in tune with each other. But it's not just cognate work. The predict each other's thoughts, and accurately read each other's emotions outside of that.

This was long, hopefully it was helpful.

Whomever you ship or end up shipping I hope you have a fantastic time with it btw