May-22-2009, 07:12 AM (UTC)
I rather like Starling. She's not someone who would let other people control her, which I believe is something Fitz is actually very envious of. She's someone who looks for truth rather than reality, and I feel her speech to Fitz reveals a very philosophical side of her. She does seem to be someone difficult to get along with at first because of clashing viewpoints; like her initially rocky relationship with the Fool and her prejudices of the Wit. But I find she does come around and changes her perspective. I think that's how she grows, really; by getting into fights and arguments and apologizing for it later And while it seems like she is something of a whirlwind, wandering from place to place, being a presence wherever she is, she actually yearns for stability- which one thing she has in common with Fitz.