Emotions in the Elderling Realm (SPOILERS all books)

[FoolishGirl]

Out of everything I've read, fool remains for me, the best character ever to grace the pages of a book.

I couldn't agree more, fool-ish. Hence our screen names, I suppose.

Just got done with a crazy month of work, and re-reading the Tawny Man was my only escape and pleasure during that time. I agree with all the Farseer and Tawny Man "moments" listed in this thread and wanted to add a few.

1. In FF, after Fitz brings the Fool back, and he's calling him Beloved (finally!), and the Fool asks him not to call him that, because the PW taunted him with that name. It is unspeakably sad that the PW was able to steal that from our heroes.

2. In GF, when Fitz finally tries to make amends for their quarrel, and he says, "Beloved, I have missed your company". That one sentence, and the description of the Fool lifting his hand and covering his mouth to hide his expression, is not sad, per se, but so bittersweet, it always gets to me.

I could go on, I have all the greatest passages flagged in my Kindle and sometimes, when I need a "Fitz & the Fool" fix, I just jump from flag to flag, skipping all the intervening text.