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November 8, 2016 at 9:16 pm #20689
Ah! *hides from the severity*
And Iβm of the coach stereotype if Iβm not mistaken.
And my fencing coach was awesome.
So I gues that means youβre wrong. *looks at my logic* Yes, I think I proved that sufficiently. Coaches are great.
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November 8, 2016 at 9:28 pm #20692Fiction is real life!
*claps hands over ears*
*turns the other way*
Iβm not listening to you anymore!
*deliberately walks out of ear range*π’π’π’π’π’π’π’π’π’π’π’π’π’π’π’π’π’π’π’π’π’π’
November 8, 2016 at 9:32 pm #20694@Kate-Flournoy Well he did refuse to tell Eragon everything. Wanted him to discover things himself, if I remember correctly. π
Iβm extremely happy to hear Murtagh was your favorite, @Daeus. Extremely. He needed way more screen time in this series than he actually got. π
And rotten ball of styrefoam? Oh dear. If itβs that bad already, stop reading. Or just ignore her further scenes. π
Oh and another thing, I remember the chapter names being good. I donβt generally pay that much attention to chapter names while reading the book, but looking in the table of contents beforehand can pique your interest if the names are good. Lots of these are. Though the books arenβt named very well. If you ever figure out why Eldest is called that, can you let us know? Thatβs the single greatest enigma for me about this. π
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November 8, 2016 at 9:35 pm #20696@Daeus ARE YOU CONCEDING THE SUPERIORITY OF MY ARGUMENT. O.o *trails off into evil cackling*
Iβve wondered for a while, what exactly does O.o mean? Some sort of emoticon, but what.
November 8, 2016 at 9:37 pm #20698Ahhhhhβ¦got it.
November 8, 2016 at 9:43 pm #20701@kate-flournoy No. I evaded the subject and yet still struck it from a different angle.
And you can stop yelling. Mark Kamibaya is very sensative to it.
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November 8, 2016 at 9:44 pm #20702*gags himself* Goodnight.
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November 9, 2016 at 6:50 am #20721@Sierra-r Any thoughts on this? I think youβve read βem.
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November 9, 2016 at 12:58 pm #20747Any thoughts on this? Yes I do. So many.
Unfortunately Iβm constrained for time by an article Iβm supposed to be researching and the fact itβs my brotherβs birthday, so I will limit myself to this.
Paolini is a flawed, but good writer. All of us who were hooked on the characters and their joint quest despite the writerβs obvious failings can attest to that. Iβve read the series through about four times, and when I was younger I didnβt even see anything wrong with the unoriginality of the plot (though to be fair I hadnβt see Star Wars or LOTR yet so the whole saving-the-universe thing was still new to me). His world-building skills are top-notch and I have yet to discover another fantasy series where the rules surrounding magic and how it works are turned into an exact science (I havenβt read Harry Potter though, so perhaps someone could enlighten me as to how it matches up).
The last time I read the series it was out loud to my younger sister, and we mocked poor Eragon dreadfully for his awkwardness and hopeless pining after Aria. And yet, Eragon is still likable and a morally good character. Butβs thatβs just it. At the end of the day, for me the worst part is that Eragon triumphs through all of his trials and temptations becauseβ¦ heβs basically a good person. None of Eragonβs philosophical questions about the existence of higher powers are answered, but somehow good defeated evil once again for no particular reason. The writerβs worldview undeniable rings false.
Nonetheless, itβs still a very entertaining read that gets better and more creative as it goes on. The giant carnivorous snails in the last book, for instance. You wonβt forget those in a hurry.
November 9, 2016 at 1:12 pm #20750Giant carnivorous snails?
Ok, new favorite characters even though I havenβt met them yet. The idea just tickles me.
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