Ampy's Farseer, Liveship & Tawny Man Thread (spoilers)

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*** WARNING *** Spoilers ahead.

I did not put them in spoiler tags since the thread title warns of content through the first 9 books. Read no further if you haven't finished through Tawny Man.
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His experience of Molly was only a young/first love romance. Over time everyone moved on. Fitz continued to grow as he went through a lot of dramatic events yet he clung to memories of Molly. What we saw of Molly showed us that she was no longer the girl Fitz remembered. She had something like 7 children with Burrich. Think of all the experiences she shared with Burrich and their children. It was implausible that Molly could set aside the history she shared with Burrich and take up with Fitz as if they had only been separated, yet alone, during the time between.

I believe it took Fitz long months of wooing in order to get Molly back. You have to remember that Fitz gave up a lot of his memories about Molly to Girl on a Dragon back at the end of the Farseer trilogy, so he was able to 'go on' in a fashion for many years. But when Fool gave him those memories back, after all those years, Fitz's feelings for Molly were as fresh as if he had just experienced them. This explains a lot on Fitz's side. Molly would never set aside her history with Burrich. She loved & cherished him. But she saw something in Fitz again. And they DO share a child together. There's something about that bond which can never go away. Do you have children? Can you fathom it?

As much as I understand how it happened - and am 'ok' with it, I too wish Fitz hadn't gotten back with Molly. I do love that he was in his childrens lives, though. That part rings very true with me.

Fitz and Kettricken fit together perfectly. Both admired one another for their character and integrity. They were both Sacrifice. The relationship developing with Kettricken would have been a mature romance between adults instead of young lovers reuniting as the story ends.

At one point I would have loved to see Fitz and Kettricken together, but as they both grew, so did their relationship... and it grew to one of mutual admiration and trust. To more KINSHIP, than lovers. I think their bond is perfect and I would hate to see more through them. Even if I don't think Fitz should have ended up with Molly, I didn't want him to be romantic with Kettricken, either.