Aug-09-2010, 04:06 PM (UTC)
Again, this has nothing to do with Moonseye but does flow on from the rest of our conversation...sort of!
I have not long re-read a section of Fool's Fate where Nettle assists Fitz in Thick's dream, so as to manage his sea sickness. To set the scene, they had to begin from Nettle's dream, make their way through the fog and brambles of Fitz's dream and then move into Thick's where he saw himself as a drowning kitten.
'What is this?' Nettle exclaimed in annoyance. Then, as the fog stole her from my sight, she exclaimed, "Stop it. Shadow Wolf, stop it right now! This is all yours; you made this mess. Let go of it!'
And she wrested my dream from me. It was rather like having someone snatch away your blankets. But most jarring for me was that it evoked a memory I both did and did not recognise: another time and an older woman, prying something fascinating and shiny from my chubby-fisted grasp, while saying, 'No, Keppet. Not for little boys.'
Obviously this is a memory of his mother (or maybe even his grandmother) that he has possibly subconciously squelched beneath the fog and brambles of his dreams, particularly as these are both common aspects of many dreams that Fitz has that Nettle visits. If this is the case, it explains how he has blocked out all memories of his past life, and therefore does not recognise his mother, grandmother or grandfather during later confrontations/years?
I have not long re-read a section of Fool's Fate where Nettle assists Fitz in Thick's dream, so as to manage his sea sickness. To set the scene, they had to begin from Nettle's dream, make their way through the fog and brambles of Fitz's dream and then move into Thick's where he saw himself as a drowning kitten.
'What is this?' Nettle exclaimed in annoyance. Then, as the fog stole her from my sight, she exclaimed, "Stop it. Shadow Wolf, stop it right now! This is all yours; you made this mess. Let go of it!'
And she wrested my dream from me. It was rather like having someone snatch away your blankets. But most jarring for me was that it evoked a memory I both did and did not recognise: another time and an older woman, prying something fascinating and shiny from my chubby-fisted grasp, while saying, 'No, Keppet. Not for little boys.'
Obviously this is a memory of his mother (or maybe even his grandmother) that he has possibly subconciously squelched beneath the fog and brambles of his dreams, particularly as these are both common aspects of many dreams that Fitz has that Nettle visits. If this is the case, it explains how he has blocked out all memories of his past life, and therefore does not recognise his mother, grandmother or grandfather during later confrontations/years?
"I am the Catalyst, and I came to change all things. Prophets become warriors, dragons hunt as wolves."
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