[challenge-progress for=”Realm of the Elderlings” bg=”black” font=”white”] [book-info title=”Golden Fool” author=”robin-hobb-2″] Progress: Golden Fool 68% complete. So, as I guessed, Amber’s friend Jek’s arrival in Buckkeep caused the Fool’s Amber and Lord Golden personae to converge. She also revealed to Fitz the depth of the Fool’s feelings for him. Yep, still sailing that ship. I was very interested by Fitz’s reaction to all of this. His thoughts were more along the lines of “oh no, everyone thinks I’m sleeping with my boss!” and “oh no, how could the Fool have had a totally different life about which I knew nothing?” Not once did he think “oh no, the Fool’s feelings for me are deeper than I realised; how can I let him down gently?” Nope, never goes there. Clearly, Fitz doesn’t want to deal with his own feelings towards the Fool. I suppose now is as good a time as any to address the whole issue of the Fool’s gender and sexuality in general in Hobb’s world. At no point is it confirmed to which gender the person known as the Fool/Amber/Lord Golden belongs. Right from the very beginning when we are first are introduced to the character in…