Fool's Assassin spoiler thread

[BrilliantFarseer]

Good set of questions/observations.

I also wondered why Fitz didn't recognize that his daughter was connected to the Skill given her reaction and need for him to "wall up". The other thing that remain unexplained is why Fitz totally forgot about the butterfly cloak. Also, why didn't Fitz put two and two together when The Fool told him that he thought he had found the Unexpected Son after he and Bee had their moment. Fitz seems pretty blind when it comes to his daughter - is this just his "wolf love" which takes her as she is in the moment or some other hole in his character. As Riddle points out correctly, Fitz is pretty reckless with her safety despite all his pledges that he will be her protector. I don't doubt his love - I just think there is something a little broken inside him when it comes to his offspring.

I look forward to the sequels - the bad guys don't know what a handful they have in Bee. Not only is she (probably) the "unexpected son" but she's also thick with The Wit and Skill which we know is not something normal White Prophets have. She seems to be everything an Elderling is supposed to be. Add to that her rudimentary knowledge of hiding, spying and self-defense and her intriguing link with Nighteyes and you go "hmmmm" this is not gonna be good for The Servants -- I'm guessing the Dragons will be back in the sequels and that Bee will have a natural connection with them. Will she find her Wit partner with a Dragon??? It didn't seem to be working out with the cat - I seem to remember reading that cats are very difficult Wit-partners - am I wrong in remembering that?

I not only mourned Molly but Lady Patience, who was another beloved character in these books (love how her notes are "found behind a flowerpot"). I don't think the Tutor is dead and I'm sure that eventually Shun will "man up" - this is a common journey for a Robin Hobb character - where they start as pretty loathsome (or in the case of Young Fitzchivalry, kinda annoying and self-pitying) and eventually become important and likable. The Fool still has hidden her sex and it's interesting that Bee keeps on getting mistaken for a boy.

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> Also did Beloved knock-up his best friends wife? That's gonna be more awkward a conversation then when Fitz asked the Fool if he wanted to bang him.

Of course not! It seems pretty clear to me that The Fool is asexual and may not even have sex organs. At any rate, Beloved would never betray Fitz like that (ahem, paging Burrich).

My theory: when Fitz and the Fool bonded over his memories, some trace of Fool's "DNA" must be in Fitz as a result - as his Nighteyes and this has been transferred to Bee. He's the catalyst after all - which means something that speeds up a chemical reaction.

I agree about the DNA. Yet I don't think the Fool is asexual. I just think that his/her gender is hidden for plot purposes. If you recall during their bitter fight in the Golden Fool, the Fool says that he has been intimate with others before Fitz. He may have just said that to throw it back at Fitz, but I don't think so. He did live for something like 60 years before the Tawny Man trilogy.