Thinking About How FitzChivalry Gets Asked By Two Of His Children About The Nature Of His Relationship

Thinking about how FitzChivalry gets asked by two of his children about the nature of his relationship with the Fool and both times gives them an answer that only raises more questions

Like Dutiful corners him all, “Are you sleeping with Lord Golden? This is challenging to my homophobia” and Fitz tells him “we’re very close. But nothing weird is happening. I am not taking further questions at this time”

And then years later Nettle is like, “I heard some rumors about you and this Lord Golden guy…?” And Fitz tells her “I loved that man like I have loved no other.” And then I like to imagine that he takes a pause, just a little pause, mind you, but it’s the kind of pause that seems vastly longer than it is because really, there shouldn’t be any pause there at all. And Fitz continues, “I am not saying I loved him MORE than your mother but it was different. I Am Not Taking Further Questions At This Time.”

Do you think that the Skillmistress and the King, secret cousins and even more secret half siblings, ever got together at Buckkeep with a bottle of brandy and were like “so what is going on THERE??” Did they lock eyes over Fitz’s Wolf-Dragon as Fitz and the Fool merged and became one, and knew that whatever the FUCK Fitz had going on with that guy was far weirder and far, far more queer than they could ever understand? Did they ever talk about it or did they bury those questions deep down in true Fitz fashion and move on with their lives like “yes, our youngest sibling has two fathers, literally. I Am Not Taking Further Questions At This Time”