i will continue reading elderlings bc the large-scale plot is interesting & i am compelled by fitz's misery but hobb kind of sucks at maintaining longterm inter-character dynamics. & it's not that fitz's worldview is warped by being fortune's favored chewtoy; it's that other characters see this guy all mangled & covered in fate's saliva & are like "it won't work out between us, you never call"





