#p.s. asoiaf & f&b mutuals you should read robin hobb

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#1 A character everyone gets wrong: I'm going to make a bold choice and say Beloved, mainly because I think a lot of the fandom kind of infantilizes him, overlooking how strong, determined, and goal-oriented he is. Don't get me wrong, Beloved has a lot of heart and a lot of love to give, but what makes his character so compelling is that he absolutely wouldn't give up his Path for a life with Fitz. He loves Fitz, and he needs Fitz (literally, as the Catalyst), to bring about change, but he's always been willing to give up everything, even Fitz, if he thinks the Path depends on it. Beloved is someone who has always operated on the assumption that his life was not his own to live, and I think he'd have a hard time existing in domestic bliss with Fitz or anyone else without some higher purpose in life. I also 100% take him at face value when he tells Fitz he's been with other people before.

#3 The worst take I've seen on tumblr: I don't have a screenshot, but Molly hate, hands down. Probably the absolute worst was the take that she's an abusive gold-digger who was only with Fitz for his status. Never have I seen such a blatant misreading of a character.

#6 Which ship fans are the most annoying: This is a trick question because this fandom only has one ship with the numbers to really be annoying, and that's Fitzloved. The main thing that's annoying about Fitzloved shippers (and Fitzloved mutuals, I love you but y'all know this is true!) is just the tendency to steer every conversation towards the ship and overlook other characters or the non-Fitzloved centric-books. I wish we had more fanworks for other ships and gen stuff, but it is what it is, it's a small fandom and Fitzloved is the only semi-canon pairing that hits a lot of those tropey shippy notes.

#8 Common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about: That Fool's Assassin sucks. It took me re-reading it to appreciate it, but that book is a gem. It's very slice of life, and not everyone's cup of tea (after all, it's Fitz book mostly without Beloved) but there's a lot going on beneath the surface and it reveals a lot about Fitz's character and choices heading into the final books.