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The Meeting on the Turret Stairs feat. Fitzloved, as suggested by @thenightisland
Oh my heart.
You left him!!!!!
so just in case we’re keeping score. fitz defies chade when he tries to separate him from the fool by literally spending multiple nights in his tent, nearly launches himself at bresinga to defend the fool’s honor, goes back to bury the fool, bridal carries his broken and beaten body across the halls of his enemy all the while refusing to put his dead body down, calls the fool his dream, returns the cultural tradition of calling him by his own name, procrastinates burning him, starts sincerely addressing him as beloved with absolutely no more qualms and gets lowkey offended when the fool requests him not to, sincerely considers taking the Pale Woman’s head and bringing it to the fool to enact vengeance on his behalf, declares he’ll take his death then physically enters his decaying corpse and brings him back to life, shields his eyes from the sun, kisses his forehead, lovingly nurses him back to health, misses him ‘even in his presence’, unapologetically cradles him all night like a child like a lover like his own self wounded and alone—
[guy who keeps dying and coming back voice] Why does everyone look so upset lol
Sometimes you're at con hauling ass to the nearest coffee shop books in hand after spending too long getting the wigs on thinking you're going to end up being late for your favorite author's book signing (but coffee is so absolutely necessary) AND its raining
and as you're getting ready to cross the street, eyes on caffeinated prize, you hear
"FITZ, FOOL! HEY! STOP!"
And you turn around and your favorite author is herself hauling ass down the sidewalk to flag you down and take a picture.
We walked right by her in our hotel lobby. She said "I looked up and saw my characters walking by!' Did we notice her? No, we were in dire need of caffeine as previously described. You could call us fools even. To not expect the dance of chances to throw this fate in our laps..
So yeah, we got an even more special interaction, book signing and got to say hi to the fam too including Kat!
And that's why you should always take the extra wig time.
How nervous I was, and not even at the ice labyrinth moment /there I was crying hah/ I was nervous during the moment with Civil and literally the whole camp watching them. I wished Fitz would make smart decisions. Thank you for leaving together and staying to sleep together.
Damn ice labyrinths...
Oh, how masterfully they make you worry every time a character feels the slightest cold, and then do something like that.
starling visiting fitz in his cottage between farseer and tawny man
Thinking about how FitzChivalry gets asked by two of his children about the nature of his relationship with the Fool and both times gives them an answer that only raises more questions
Like Dutiful corners him all, “Are you sleeping with Lord Golden? This is challenging to my homophobia” and Fitz tells him “we’re very close. But nothing weird is happening. I am not taking further questions at this time”
And then years later Nettle is like, “I heard some rumors about you and this Lord Golden guy…?” And Fitz tells her “I loved that man like I have loved no other.” And then I like to imagine that he takes a pause, just a little pause, mind you, but it’s the kind of pause that seems vastly longer than it is because really, there shouldn’t be any pause there at all. And Fitz continues, “I am not saying I loved him MORE than your mother but it was different. I Am Not Taking Further Questions At This Time.”
Do you think that the Skillmistress and the King, secret cousins and even more secret half siblings, ever got together at Buckkeep with a bottle of brandy and were like “so what is going on THERE??” Did they lock eyes over Fitz’s Wolf-Dragon as Fitz and the Fool merged and became one, and knew that whatever the FUCK Fitz had going on with that guy was far weirder and far, far more queer than they could ever understand? Did they ever talk about it or did they bury those questions deep down in true Fitz fashion and move on with their lives like “yes, our youngest sibling has two fathers, literally. I Am Not Taking Further Questions At This Time”
FitzChivarly Farseer being sentenced to death at like 16 is insane. he wasn't even old enough for the club
"They were most thorough. Silly me. To think there was such a thing as a safe place in the world." - Royal Assassin, Ch. 20
rote social media part two I guess (pt 1)
Flamboyant Jamallian lords when you ask them their relationship status with that big surly bodyguard they're always lugging around after them and sharing luxurious tents with and dressing up in ultra-tight pants:
Fitz: I'm doing this controversial thing to your innermost soul to save your life because I care about you and I don't care if you don't like it. Nighteyes: wow... wtf. invasive much. :/
[only moments later]
Fool: I'm doing this controversial thing to your innermost soul to save your life because I care about you and I don't care if you don't like it. Fitz: wow... wtf. invasive much. :/
Bee has many good zingers but the funniest one will always be "why would anyone's parents name them Beloved? Did they not think about the people who don't fucking like him?"
who else up suffering and wailing and gnashing their teeth and tearing out their hair and rending their clothes and screaming at the top of their lungs and throwing up and fucking dying
fitz shouldve told patience about chade. I think she would have beat him to death with her hands
thinking about how Fitz and Beloved's first evening together in 15 years was spent sitting and talking and laughing in front of a hermit's fireplace and how their last one together for over 2 decades was spent sitting and talking and weeping together in front of another one
