#fitz x fool

[oexas]

'When I recall how beautiful you were'

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#the concept of each of them looking at the other while the other has no idea is peak if I say so myself #they are so in love your honor #robin hobb #fitz x fool #fitzloved #fitzchivarly #fitz and the fool #tawny man trilogy #tmt #the farseer trilogy #realm of the elderlings #rote #rote fanart

[creatureofsunandsky]

-The Iliad of Homer, BOOK XVIII

-Fool's Fate, Robin Hobb

#fitzloved #rote #tsoa #the song of achilles #the iliad #patrochilles #patroclus #fitzfool #realm of the elderlings #robin hobb #fitz and the fool #tawny man trilogy #fool's fate #achilles #fitz and fool brained at all times #fitz x fool #rote spoilers #pain pain so much pain #these are the same story #image is two paintings by safet zec in 1943 #parallels

[nientary-1832]

"The light was not hot, but it was terribly penetrating. I fell into it and became it. It seemed to come from inside my eyes themselves. There was no avoiding it. It was light that seared but did not illuminate. I could see nothing. It was unbearably bright, and then suddenly, the brilliance increased. I screamed, my whole body screamed with the force of the light surging through me. I was a broken limb jerked straight, a dammed river released, snarled hair roughly combed. Rightness tore through me. The cure was worse than the malady. My heart stopped. Voices cried out in dismay. Then my heart slammed into motion again. Air scorched into my lungs.

I passed through an instant of wild wakefulness in which I saw all, knew all, felt all. […] And the Fool, the Fool was gold gleaming and joy and a flight of jeweled dragons across a pure blue sky". 

Um… hi. I haven’t been productive this year, as you might or might not have noticed. It was pretty much one big art block from beginning to end. I was still able to draw lots of sketches and studies but every attempt at something more creative made me feel miserable. Thing is, I don't like what I see so I make myself redraw the same stuff over and over and over and over until all joy and creativity are sucked out of my existence (and the result still looks off). Perfect recipe for burnout.

So this is the first thing I’ve finished this year 🤡 Not really finished, more like finally gave up on it. At least now I get to start something new, so there’s that.

Btw, I had still wanted to do Winterfest despite all that because external deadlines actually tend to help me. But I missed the sign-ups, so 🤡 oh well 🤡 not this time 🤡

#rote #realm of the elderlings #robin hobb #fitzloved #fitz and the fool #tawny man trilogy #fitz x fool #fitzchivalry farseer #beloved #the fool #my art

[somepeoplejugglegeese]

While I think it’s actually pretty easy to defend the platonic interpretation of Fitz and the Fool (at least on FItz’s part), there’s something that I can’t get past. 

For all the 'creature of sun and sky' and 'live happily ever after' and hand holding and 'you can not do this to me' and “Fitchivalry Farseer’ (A line that also feels more significant because its not shared with the Fool) I still think that the number one argument for Fitz having romantic or sexual feelings is 'My dream was dead in my arms.' 

Ignoring the inherent romanticism of that line (It’s very Disney. Literally. The remix version is in Tangled), the biggest and most damning factor here is that Fitz has never said this dream aloud. He’s never shared it with us. Or the Fool for that matter. It’s one of the instances where Fitz purposely omits or lies about something. (Like his memories of his mother, which he both claims not to have and also puts into the dragon). Because of this omission, the line stands out. It feels Honest and raw. At that point in the book he could have gone home. He was expected to go home, in fact. He had a life ready made to step into (as seen by the fact that he does step into it in the end) and yet...my dream was dead in my arms.  

It is an acknowledgement that Beloved is what Fitz wants for himself. More than anything or anyone else. Beloved is what he dreams of. And the fact that Fitz never explains this want is very suspicious.

The line remains to me the greatest evidence of Fitz's feelings. Because I’m not sure there’s a non-romantic explanation for referring to your deceased friend as ‘your dream'... And if there was a completely platonic explanation, I think Fitz would have used it. (Because he’s Fitz)  And it brings so much meaning to that last conversation because Fitz is so close to living this dream that he won't voice. I think in that last part of the book Fitz was so close to admitting how he felt to himself. (Personal theory that he did admit it during this time period and then quickly dismissed it again as soon as the Fool left.) It just...it gets to me.

#beloved #fitz x fool #rote #fitz and the fool #fitzloved #tawney man spoilers

[dacchus]

#Fitz x Beloved #fitzloved #fitz x fool #robin hobb #rote fanart

[kennabeth]

this part in fool's fate:

vs this part in assassin's fate:

and this part in fool's fate:

vs this part in assassin's fate:

#they make me so fucking insane!! #additionally--no parallel--but beloved screaming he wants to go back and be dead too holy shit baby you dont deserve any of this #says kenna #kenna reads rote #realm of the elderlings #fitz x fool

[zhookotallo]

#RotE #fitzfool #fitzloved #fitz chivalry #fitzchivalry farseer #the fool #fitz x fool #realm of the elderlings #robin hob #fitzandfool #my art

[riddlestiltskin]

Bee Farseer's final recording of her father's memories:

#spoiler #rote #rote spoiler #fitzloved #fitzandfool #beloved #fitz x fool #fitz and the fool #for fitz and the fool #spoilers #rote spoilers #farseer trilogy #fitzchivalry farseer #bee farseer #i love them i love them i love them #just finished the books #and oh BOY was i cryint #will i ever be okay again #artists on tumblr #procreate art #art on tumblr #sobs #elderlings

[casiesfandomblog]

My humble offerings to rote fandom as I read through Golden Fool. (Aka me trying to forget about The Quarrel)

#rote #rote fanart #fitzidiot farseer #fitzloved #fitz x fool #the fool #Amber #lord golden #golden fool #tawny man trilogy #tawny man spoilers #golden fool spoilers #my art

[fairweathermyth]

Having finished Assassin’s Fate I’m now flipping back on the passages I highlighted, and I think I might have to fight her (Robin Hobb) 🙃🙃🙃

#🙃🙃🙃 #assassin’s fate #realm of the elderlings #robin hobb #fitz x fool #fitzchivalry farseer #the fool

[foolish-fitz]

okay LISTEN

I KNOW that line after Fitz brings the Fool back where he's like "I let him take what comfort he could find in the warmth and strength of my body. I have never felt like less of a man for doing so" or whatever (paraphrased) does NOT MEAN GAY SEX. I know Hobb did not write this and think "they are having gay sex." I know there are ways to interpret this line that are not gay sex.

BUT DID THEY HAVE GAY SEX. IT KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE THEY HAD GAY SEX.

#eve reads rote #this is my least nuanced rote take and i will not apologize for it #if someone said “yes this scene shows canonically that they had sex” i'd be like yeah fair enough #the implication is THERE #and this line is going to be seared into my brain for forever probably #tawny man trilogy #fitzloved #fitz x fool

[oexas]

you have no idea how many sketchbook pages I have filled with these two just smooshing lips and like 0.1% of them actually make it to full pieces

☀️ Print available here

#robin hobb #fitz x fool #fitzloved #fitzchivarly #fitz and the fool #tawny man trilogy #tmt #the farseer trilogy #realm of the elderlings #rote #rote fanart

[creatureofsunandsky]

#fitzloved #rote #fitz and the fool #fitzfool #fitz x fool #fitz and fool brained at all times #🐛 #why is fhinking about this question making me SAD?? #like damn. if i was a worm???

[calasart]

Fitz and the Fool—The Rooster Crown

it took a long time but here we finally are. To the terrible and tender scenes that traumatized us all 💀

#robin hobb #fitzchivalry farseer #fitz and the fool #tawny man trilogy #fitz and the fool trilogy #rote spoilers #rote fanart #fitzloved #realm of the elderlings #Fitzchivalry #fitz x fool #rote

[bb-8]

can someone tell me how people do claim that fitz and the fool are platonic with their whole chest

like, I wish I had that level of confidence

#rote #fitzchivalry farseer #fitz x beloved #fitz x fool #fitzloved #fitzbeloved #robin hobb this is @ you #the fool

[nientary-1832]

My second New Year with @winterfest-gift-exchange! This is one of my favorite scenes from "Assassin's fate": Fitz and Beloved (and Bee) get a moment of peace and happiness between rounds of drama ❤

#realm of the elderlings #rote #robin hobb #fitzchivalry farseer #beloved #the fool #bee farseer #fitz x fool #fitz and the fool #fitzloved #my art