From d02edad81955c27a775e701a04084f3fa6833503 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mikaela Suomalainen Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 09:06:41 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] git rm _drafts/2015-08-29-wisdom-from-fool.md --- _drafts/2015-08-29-wisdom-from-fool.md | 66 -------------------------- 1 file changed, 66 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 _drafts/2015-08-29-wisdom-from-fool.md diff --git a/_drafts/2015-08-29-wisdom-from-fool.md b/_drafts/2015-08-29-wisdom-from-fool.md deleted file mode 100644 index 84d7dd5..0000000 --- a/_drafts/2015-08-29-wisdom-from-fool.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,66 +0,0 @@ ---- -layout: post -comments: true -title: "Wisdom from the Fool (Assassin's Quest)" -category: [english] -tags: [english, books, farseers, fitz, fool] ---- - -*As some people already know, I am currently re-reading The Farseer Trilogy - because I learnt there are more books that are located in the same world.* - -*I didn't remember there was anything gender related there, but there was - and it's too good to not share.* - -* Fitz: *warningly* Fool -* Fool: Ah. Perhaps the truth is, I fear to show her my proof, lest ever - afterwards she find all other men a disappointment. What does it matter - what she thinks? Let her think whatever is easiest for her to believe. -* Fitz: Meaning? -* Fool: She needed somone to confide in and, for a time, chose me. Perhaps - it was easier for her to do that if she believed I was a woman, also. - That is one thing that in all my years among your folk I have never - become accustomed to. The great importance you attach to what gender one - is. -* Fitz: Well it is important... -* Fool: Rubbish. Mere plumbing when all is said and done. Why is it - important? -* Fitz: *at a loss of words* -* Fitz: Could you not simply tell her you are a man and let the issue be - laid to rest? -* Fool: That would scarcely lay it to rest Fitz. For then she would need - to know why, if I am a man, I do not desire her. It would have to be - either in me, or something I perceived as a fault in her. No. I do not - think anything needs to be said on that topic. Starling, however, has - the ministrel's failing. She thinks that everything in the world, no - matter how private, should be a topic for discussion. Or better yet, - made into a song. Ah, yes! - -*Fool makes a mocking song imitating Starling.* - -* Fitz: Did you ever stop to think you might hurt her feelings? -* Fool: I gave it as much thought as she gave to whether such an allegation - might hurt mine. -* Fool: Admit it. You asked that question with never a thought as to - whether it would hurt my vanity. How would you feel if I demanded proof - that you were a man? Ah! Such a thing to waste words on, with all else - we must confort. Let it go Fitz, and I will as well. Let her refer to me - as "she" as much as she wishes. I will do my best to ignore it. -* Fitz: It is only that she thinks that you love me. -* Fool: I do. -* Fitz: I mean, as a man and a woman love. -* Fool: And how is that? -* Fitz: I mean.... For bedding. For... -* Fool: And is that how a man loves a woman. For bedding? -* Fitz: It's a part of it. -* Fool: You are confusing plumbing and love again. -* Fitz: It's more than plumbing! -* Fool: I see. Tell me, Fitz, did you love Molly or that which was under - her skirts? -* Fitz: I love Molly and all that is a part of her -* Fool: There, now you have said it. And I love you, and all that is a - part of you. And do you not return that to me? -* Fitz: You know I love you. After all that has been between us, how can - you even ask? But I love you as a man loves another man ... -* Fool: *jumps to fallen log crying dramatically* He loves me, he says! - And I love him!