Others' Island (spoilers all books incl RWC)

[Nuytsia]

Ok, so, I think this is going to be the most far-fetched thing I've put here on thePlenty but...*takes a big breath, lets it out and settles at the keyboard*...

*grabs popcorn and reads on*


Hmm I can't remember the exact part about the rose on Others Island .... but your quote:
"He (Gankis) took a rosebud from his pocket. Kennit took it from him carefully, wary of the thorns.' It then goes on to describe that the rose looked real and was even fragranced like a rose should be."

just made me think how typical of Kennit to be 'wary of the thorns' .... !! (not that its the point of your post, but it says a lot about his personality!)

Love all the references about roses, but I cannot shed any more light on the exact nature of the symbolism of the one found on Others Island I'm afraid.

Though it possibly belongs in another thread, I wonder if what Fool had to say about the white and red roses could also be used as an analogy for what occurs between he and Fitz (in that being around Fitz, he is reminded more often of what it is like to be human) as well as humans and dragons? Could it even go further and allude to the fact that the more change Fool encourages, and therefore the more physical changes he personally undergoes, he is actually becoming more and more human each time, or is he changing to something different altogether? All very interesting...may mean something, may mean nothing !!!

Quite possible, it DOES seem that the goings on between the dragons and their keepers in RWC do involve in some cases, strong influences on each other.
I am not sure about the Fool's transformations making him more human.... I guess I don't necessarily see Prillkop as more human and he's all the way to black. Not that I can really know for sure what he is like ...... or that he is necessarily what the Fool will become (but I assumed it was).