Emotions in the Elderling Realm (SPOILERS all books)

[Valarya]

Alright, figured I'd chime in here and make a post strictly for the moments where I bawl my eyes out. I'm not talking about a gentle crying either... these are the moments that make me put the book down for a moment while I just sob and sob and sob. They all take place during Tawny Man..

• When Nighteyes dies, of course. The way they portray it w/ him just running off to hunt some deer... standing there at the top of the ridge the wind blowing his fur around, then Fitz wakes up and feels his hand still clinging to the fur beside him.
  
  
• When Kettriken and Fitz grieve over Nighteyes together.. and at first he's just holding her to his chest, stroking her hair and the next moment he realizes he's sitting in the chair just sobbing, Kettriken holding him to her breast. Sigh. That's a rough moment.
  
  
• Fitz acts like an idiotic man by bringing up the 'bedding' thing with Fool and you see how truly hurt Fool is... when he says he'll always be able to recall the horrible words spoken that night. Poor Fool
  
  
• The first time Swift comes to Buckkeep and Chade sends Fitz a message to be at the peephole outside the Queens chambers. And he sees Burrich walk in, and hears Burrich blame himself for Fitz's "death" and Fitz has to put a hand over his mouth so he doesn't make an audible sob as the tears pour down his cheek. Bless him.
  
  
• After Fitz is seduced by the Pale Woman, throws his Skill walls up, then notices Fool hung on the wall on the other side of the chamber.. and Fitz runs up to him and swears he's still his.
  
  
• As Fitz stumbles back to the camp on Aslevjal after the Pale Woman has released him... and he tumbles in to Burrich's arms after alllll those years. He recognizes the smell of Burrich and thinks to himself that he finally finally feels safe. And Burrich is there cooing at him, telling him it'll be OK.
  
  
• When Fitz is stumbling through the Pale Woman's stronghold carrying the dead Fool... gods that part is too hard. Even though I know what's coming next.
  
  
• As Fitz cleans Fools body for a pyre in the mountains, and calls him "FitzChivalry Farseer" (I always hoped he would call him that after he brought him back to life.. for Fool's ears to hear. Maybe if their 'good-bye' hadn't been so mangled. Sigh.)
  
  
• When Fitz is inside the Fool... and Fool is inside Fitz. The words they speak to one another there...

And the absolute BIGGEST sob moment of all the books combined:

• When Fitz unwraps the Skill cube from the Fool.. and he sees him + Nighteyes, Fool + Nighteyes.. and the best/worst (omg I'm crying just typing this)....... his face as Fool sees it when their foreheads are touching.

To have to let the love of your life go like that... so he can have a happier life. What a hard thing to do, Fool. A hard thing to do. (Crikey I'm still crying.)


I've come to realize that all of my sobbing throughout the books has to do with things in-relations to Fitz. I find that interesting since Liveship is my favorite of the three.