Sep-14-2014, 01:03 AM (UTC)
(This post was last modified: Sep-14-2014, 01:31 AM (UTC) by hermoine.)
I think that Fitz did not realise that Bee is a White because he thinks of her only as his and Molly's daughter, and it does not occur to him that there may be White lineage in either of their family trees (and I suspect that the person who said that his mingling with the Fool's essence being responsible for this may be on to something). Secondly, his knowledge of Whites is based on his experience with the Fool, and although he acknowledges the similarities Bee has with the Fool in terms of her dreams, there are important differences too. For example, the Fool does not show up on Fitz's Wit radar, Bee does. Bee's eyes are blue, and although fair-skinned, she is not colourless. And thirdly, when she was born, Fitz Wit-scanned her looking for deformities - we know that Whites differ from humans in their anatomy, perhaps there were no White-indicative features for him to notice, because Bee is not a full White (not even the Fool is).
As for the Skill, he knows she is sensitive to it, but probably doubts her ability to wield it, being under-developed as she is at this stage. This is probably the excuse he makes to himself so that she does not have to go to Buckkeep for training, or become a tool in the Farseer arsenal.
Regarding the Wit, Bee has never really had a chance to manifest it, since Fitz has kept her away from animals to a large degree - not allowing her to have dogs or kittens for example. I think he suspects, but does not want it to be true, because with her small size, unusual colouring and precocious intelligence, Bee is already attracting enough negative attention without adding Farseer, Skill and Wit to the list.
On a different note, what do you think of the fact that White prophecies seem to have room for error in terms of the gender of the person in the prophecy? For example, Bee was certain that the person in her Butterfly Dream/prophecy was male, but when the dream realised, the person was female. And the White prophecy of the Unexpected Son seems to refer to Bee, who is a girl (granted, a girl frequently mistaken for a boy, something else about her which is reminiscent of the Fool).
Perhaps gender is not all that important to Whites, or perhaps those in whom White Prophet characteristics manifest, gender is fluid or indeterminate (I realise that the topic of the Fool's gender is already covered in a different thread, not trying to re-open that discussion here).
As for the Skill, he knows she is sensitive to it, but probably doubts her ability to wield it, being under-developed as she is at this stage. This is probably the excuse he makes to himself so that she does not have to go to Buckkeep for training, or become a tool in the Farseer arsenal.
Regarding the Wit, Bee has never really had a chance to manifest it, since Fitz has kept her away from animals to a large degree - not allowing her to have dogs or kittens for example. I think he suspects, but does not want it to be true, because with her small size, unusual colouring and precocious intelligence, Bee is already attracting enough negative attention without adding Farseer, Skill and Wit to the list.
On a different note, what do you think of the fact that White prophecies seem to have room for error in terms of the gender of the person in the prophecy? For example, Bee was certain that the person in her Butterfly Dream/prophecy was male, but when the dream realised, the person was female. And the White prophecy of the Unexpected Son seems to refer to Bee, who is a girl (granted, a girl frequently mistaken for a boy, something else about her which is reminiscent of the Fool).
Perhaps gender is not all that important to Whites, or perhaps those in whom White Prophet characteristics manifest, gender is fluid or indeterminate (I realise that the topic of the Fool's gender is already covered in a different thread, not trying to re-open that discussion here).
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