I still find it so weird how Alvar and Fitz's relationship (and more specifically their reasoning and peoples reactions to it) is treated in canon.
In Flashback (which is probably the most we really get to see about them at all) Fitz is against letting Alvar back into Everglens grounds, and wants the man put behind bars. Because Alvar lost his memories, every other character continues to tell him that he's being overdramatic/alvar deserves a 2nd chance/he needs to calm down because it's his brother.
Plenty of people have already called out the hypocrisy of Keefe, Sophie, the fandom, etc, in that if this was anyone else but Fitz having this reaction (even if it was to Alvar), the discussion would not have ever gotten to "your being overdramatic" (ie Keefe and Gisela), so I'm not going to go to deep into that.
What annoys me the most, is it doesn't matter that Alvar lost his memories. He still did every single horrendous crime and creepy behavior (I have another post about Alvar’s grooming behaviors). He still did all of that. Sure he doesn't remember it (and indefinite solitary confinement is a blatent and disgusting disregard for human rights) but he shouldn't have been sent back to Everglen.
Why? Because Fitz almost definitely has PTSD. From his reactions to things in later books, his reaction to Alvar/Sophie/Keefe/etc, his emotional issues, and everything that's canonically happened to him in the span of 4-5 years it's not a been leap to assume that.
PTSD is not logical. It doesn't care that the man who groomed your best friends, kidnapped and help torture your only other friend (and the only guy who's actually been nice to you despite you being shit to him), committed several acts of terrorism, lied to your face for years and helped released a plague to wipe out as many gnomes (many of which you would have known, due to the canon volume of them we see at Everglen and the relationships we see that elven children have with them) lost his memory, having him walk around your home is horrible.
Another one of the moments in Flashback that stuck out to me, was how quickly Fitz’s anger at Della & Alden not coming to see him while he was unconscious is brushed off by literally every character. Because it is a big deal that you almost died (and continued to be in dnager of dying, as Fitz heart injury as described in the books sounds a whole lot like a heart attack and he gets them constantly) and your parents- the people who raised you, who "love" you, who are supposed to have your back- are instead at home preparing for the arrival of the man who teamed up with the people who just tried to kill you.
Sophie and Elwins reasoning for this is also so fucking weird. "You were unconscious, there wasn't much to see-" if my friend was in the hospital for non-emergency surgery I would be by their side every second that they wanted me to be, because I give a fuck if they live or die. Sophie brushing this off is also just such a weird thing for her to do, because she calms down and is really happy when she learns her parents cared to come see her when she almost died.
Yes, Fitz did tell Della and Biana to leave, that he was okay, when he was awake for .2 seconds. As someone with a little brother, I garentee you Fitz "just watched his sister almost die and loves her to death" Vacker wanted Biana to leave because he didn't want her to see him like this. Fitz is prideful as fuck, but he also has a piss-poor self esteem (yes, these can co-exist, they normally do). He doesn't want his sister to see him half dead the way he had to see her half dead, he also doesn't want her to see him weak. Della on the other deserves her own post (mostly about how she only shows up emotionally/literally for Fitz when he's literally on his deathbed then immediately stops).
After all of this, then send Fitz home with his fucked up heart and leg and echos- which gives him heart attacks/palpitations when he feels strong emotions- to Alvar.
They really just went "Ah yes, lets send the traumatized child with PTSD who's healing from disabling injuries- one of which casues heart problems when he feels strong emotions- back home to look at the face of a man who would 100% trigger his PTSD. Yep no issues there" then were confused why Fitz was angry, unstable, irritatable, irrational, and violent.
It's not like they couldn't have move him somewhere else either! Tigren doesn't like the kid but he takes in enough strays that he could've given him a bed. Elwin is more then fine becoming dad #3 for Keefe when the kid needs a place to stay.
Idk, Fitz has the patience of a Saint man, I would've killed Alvar in his sleep
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