Ampy's Farseer, Liveship & Tawny Man Thread (spoilers)

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Joost,

Spoiler

Fitz' relation to Kettricken is more one of brother and sister than one of husband and wife.

I think for the duration of the story most often Fitz seemed to think of Kettricken as Verity's wife, his queen, a friend or a fellow Farseer like Chade but not a sister. Whenever Kettricken kissed Fitz he always mentioned her taste and their bodies did experience sex and produce a child though it was Verity occupying Fitz's while he was in Verity's. Fitz had trouble from time to time being attracted to Kettricken as he observed her. He was well aware of her beauty. Hobb carefully wrote out sexual chemistry between them when they would get together.

His experience of Molly was only a young/first love romance. Over time everyone moved on. Fitz continued to grow as he went through a lot of dramatic events yet he clung to memories of Molly. What we saw of Molly showed us that she was no longer the girl Fitz remembered. She had something like 7 children with Burrich. Think of all the experiences she shared with Burrich and their children. It was implausible that Molly could set aside the history she shared with Burrich and take up with Fitz as if they had only been separated, yet alone, during the time between.

It is also implausible that Kettricken would continue to long for Verity who she did not ever spend very much time with. Kettricken was a Mountain Kingdom woman like Fitz's mother. It is common for men to look for traits similar in many ways to their mothers as it is for women to look for traits similar to their fathers. Fitz and Kettricken fit together perfectly. Both admired one another for their character and integrity. They were both Sacrifice. The relationship developing with Kettricken would have been a mature romance between adults instead of young lovers reuniting as the story ends.