Jan-18-2014, 11:08 PM (UTC)
I've have read this thread with much interest. I myself believe that RH allows her stories to evolve and therefore there will be inconsistencies and false clues at times. Although I wondered if the Fool was female by the last novel I was convinced he was male. When the Fool was brought back from the dead by Fitz and he was terrified there's a small paragraph that could hint that there was some intimacy. The chapter really moved me.
Fitz writes: all that night , I cradled him in my arms, as closely as if he were my child or my lover....I let him take whatever comfort he could in the warmth and strength of my body. I have never felt less than a man that I did so. RH may have toyed with the idea of making the Fool a woman, but perhaps believed the relationship was more poignant if they remained friends. Or perhaps it was a clever way to highlight their closeness and intimacy.
Fitz writes: all that night , I cradled him in my arms, as closely as if he were my child or my lover....I let him take whatever comfort he could in the warmth and strength of my body. I have never felt less than a man that I did so. RH may have toyed with the idea of making the Fool a woman, but perhaps believed the relationship was more poignant if they remained friends. Or perhaps it was a clever way to highlight their closeness and intimacy.
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