Okay so, basically, writing Foolfic is hard. 

It is hard for many reasons, but one of the main ones (for me at least) is that the Fool is so pretty.   I'm doodling along, right, fic is being written, and then just as I'm getting to the good bits about thick brown hair and slim elegant hands, my pen sort of slows down and then stops moving altogether (yes, I write my drafts longhand, because I am Old Skool) while I stare off into the distance with a truly stupid smile on my face.

Another reason that it is so hard, of course, is that the Fool is so, you know, elusive, which is what we love about him but it does make him difficult to write.  But the number one most annoying thing about this fic that is currently EATING MY BRAIN is that for some absurd reason I thought it would be a good idea to try to write Fitz first person.  I want to stab my eyes out.  I can't seem to summon up the necessary angst and idiocy, but then I'm also afraid that if I try too hard I'll go off the other end and overdo it, because really, Fitz isn't all that bad, and also I have to allow for a certain number of years of him maturing, and presumably getting more mellow, but how much mellowing is really plausible?  Argh.  Apologies to those of you on my teeny flist who have no idea what I'm talking about, by the way.

Also miarr, if I ever finish this dratted thing would you be willing to beta it?

Title: The Dragon and the Serpent
Author: nianeyna
Characters/Pairings: Amber, gen
Genre: character study
Wordcount: 300
A/N: I wrote this partly because I always wondered about Amber's earrings, and partly because I wanted to get inside the Fool's head (don't we all). So without further ado - here.

This fic has been moved! It is now at AO3.