The Fool (spoilers for all RotE books, including LST)

[messi]

I will preface by saying how much I LOVE this series, I can't even think of the books as trilogies but six books, or even one long and wonderful book...now here comes the but. It was so clear, to my obviously muddy vision, that the Fool was a woman. At first I thought perhaps that the White Prophets were androgenous. But then it was made pretty clear that they were considered either male or female. But there were several indications throughout the series that the Fool was at some point going to be revealed as a woman. There were the questions regarding his sex when they were young, then he tells Starling and doesn't actually deny it but rather concedes to Fitz's discomfort with the idea, then Kettriken makes mention of it also regarding her experiences when they traveled together, Kettle talks to Fitz about how Molly is only a childhood/first love but that he has another true love to look forward to, then there are all the innuendos when he is Lord Golden, and he keeps his chest covered when he shows Fitz his tatoos, and when Jinna read his palm she talks about how he has a true love that weaves in and out of his life through to the end (which is not Molly), and Jek's comments about Fitz being blind and stupid and the fact that all the other White Prophets mentioned were a male/female match to their Catalyst....and I'm sure a few other points that I'm forgetting. So it really felt to me that this was a storyline that was pursued up until the last part of the last book and then just disdained. I was so emotionally attached to the characters in these books that I found it unsettling the way thier relationship ended. I can only hope that its because there will someday be another book...
has anyone ever heard Robin speak to this question of the Fool in interviews?