Aug-03-2009, 05:07 PM (UTC)
(Aug-03-2009, 12:10 PM (UTC))maulkin Wrote: I am quite fond of Starling. She befriended Fitz and kept him grounded during the terrible events of Assassin's quest and, despite her ulterior motives, did display genuine compassion and affection. Although she is vain, duplicitous and self-centred, she is no more so than various other characters (Malta for example) and with far more justification. In my opinion, Fitz's treatment of Starling is quite appalling. He repeatedly disowns and abandons her and apparently takes no personal responsibility for their relationship.
Yea I feel about the same on this matter. Specially after Fitz finds out that she's married he kinda puts all the blame with her. My guess is that she sees things different is because of her rape and the views she got on several things afterwards, especially on honor (assasins Quest). There she says that honor is a paper shield or even a weakness against those who don't see it as a value. I think she might have taken this view to an extreme somehow. A thing that did shocked me was the way she tried to keep Hap from telling Fitz about her marriage, I knew she could be cold but the things she said there were to harsh in my opinion ...
As to Fitz, like I said before, I think most people can see atleast a bit of themselves in him.
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