Not without consequences. One jester named Triboulet pissed off King Francis I and had to pick how he would be executed. He chose old age and was exiled thereafter.
And he did die of old age, at 56. Well, old age for the time.
It was probably a more stressful job than just being an advisor. An advisor could probably try a joke here or there if they wanted, but they weren’t expected to always be making wisecracks. A jester was probably having to push the limit a lot more often and going over the line could be a problem.
Certainly a better job than 99% of the population, but one joke bombs and it could be the end.
Ahh, another perfect chance to link to my favourite role model of history: Roland the Farter
All trumps most trusted advisors are jesters. They’re just not funny jesters.
I think an actual jester would have been more like keeping a little Weekend Update around you all the time. A White House Correspondent’s Dinner.
Tump lacks the dignity that even an actual king would have, I think he would try choking any decent jester with his tiny little hands within 5 minutes of their appointment because he can’t tolerate the tiniest bit of critisism.
Then when that inevitably fails due to tiny baby hand syndrome he would deport the jester to El Salvador.
The jesters that immediately come to mind for me are Wit from Storm light Archive, and then The Fool from Farseer, and each of them had the freedom to do whatever they wanted. It seemed like a nice gig, but you got a earn it.
They’re both extremely independent and accomplished human beings, if I had two name two inspirations from books it would be those two.
I love the relationship/kinship between The Fool and Fitz in the Farseer trilogy ! Would totally drink that apricot liquor with them ahaha
No love for Patchface in GoT? Creepiest jester ever.
Gotta have all that rizz
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