| Re: Molly
I hated Molly. I really did. Yeah, I agree that Fitz needed her for peace of mind but I think he'd have been better off staying with the Fool. Their connection was much more powerful than the one that drew him to Molly. I think that, had he not promised to take care of Molly and the kids, he would have preferred going with the Fool. Not necessarily as lovers but close companions. I disagree on the "Molly was part of the pack", I don't think she ever fit in. I think the "pack" was Fitz, Nighteyes and Fool. I think Hobb just chickened out of giving the series an ambiguously gay (at best) ending because of worrying what it might do to sales or her reputation. Maybe it was her editor, I don't know. But I was very disapointed with the end. The Tawny Man series was very emotionally intense and took the characters to levels I haven't seen many authors take them and the end strikes me an attempt to make everything "right" and "proper" and "as it should be". |