He’s been getting away with it for years. No one on the crew has caught on yet.
[Image ID: a digital drawing of The Fool from Realm of The Elderlings in his black motley. On the left side of the drawing, he is standing upright. There are plants, leaves and flowers in his white fluffy hair. He wears a black vest and pants. He has puffy sleeves. On the right, he is sitting with a dreamy look. He's supporting his head with his right hand. In the right upper corner there is a thought bubble coming from his head in which there are Fitz and Smithy visible. /.End ID]
fooling and fitzing
Sometimes you're at con hauling ass to the nearest coffee shop books in hand after spending too long getting the wigs on thinking you're going to end up being late for your favorite author's book signing (but coffee is so absolutely necessary) AND its raining
and as you're getting ready to cross the street, eyes on caffeinated prize, you hear
"FITZ, FOOL! HEY! STOP!"
And you turn around and your favorite author is herself hauling ass down the sidewalk to flag you down and take a picture.
We walked right by her in our hotel lobby. She said "I looked up and saw my characters walking by!' Did we notice her? No, we were in dire need of caffeine as previously described. You could call us fools even. To not expect the dance of chances to throw this fate in our laps..
So yeah, we got an even more special interaction, book signing and got to say hi to the fam too including Kat!
And that's why you should always take the extra wig time.
so just in case we’re keeping score. fitz defies chade when he tries to separate him from the fool by literally spending multiple nights in his tent, nearly launches himself at bresinga to defend the fool’s honor, goes back to bury the fool, bridal carries his broken and beaten body across the halls of his enemy all the while refusing to put his dead body down, calls the fool his dream, returns the cultural tradition of calling him by his own name, procrastinates burning him, starts sincerely addressing him as beloved with absolutely no more qualms and gets lowkey offended when the fool requests him not to, sincerely considers taking the Pale Woman’s head and bringing it to the fool to enact vengeance on his behalf, declares he’ll take his death then physically enters his decaying corpse and brings him back to life, shields his eyes from the sun, kisses his forehead, lovingly nurses him back to health, misses him ‘even in his presence’, unapologetically cradles him all night like a child like a lover like his own self wounded and alone—
Choo choo I boarded the fankids train
costumes - the Fool, Amber, Lord Golden, and Beloved with cat…..
Fitz, Molly and Kettricken outfits…
rotating beloved and this specific quote from the end of rote in my head 24/7. does it ever get normal in here