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

[Valarya]

The Fool living on after his death by the hand of the Pale Woman made sense but the series would have been a better body of work if he had not. I love the Fool as much as anyone but his death was part of his life and fit with the story arc of the series. Him living on weakened the investment I had in that world of characters. I said elsewhere that I mourn when I complete a series I did not mean literally mourning the death of a character but I felt much less after the ending of this series. Had the Fool truly died it would have been something I carried with me for the rest of my life.

I probably would have mourned the ending of the series more if the Fool had remained dead, as well. However, I can't discount the fact that Fitz finding his dead body, carrying him all the way to the Skill road through the pillar, putting on the Rooster Crown and bringing him back to life was one of the most touching moments of my reading experience with that series. I bawl, every time, through that entire part.