Pao-Pao awards

[kippurbird]

The Pao-Pao awards.

So several people mentioned that I should do a poll for the worst of the worst in Eldest. Which I shall, because I'm lazy and don't particularly feel like working. But I'd like some nominations for:

Most Ironic Line

Most character growth in any direction

Most WTF moment

Most Deus Ex Machina moment

Most idiotic moment

Most Why God Why moment

I can't believe Paolini actually did, said, wrote that moment.

Eragon's most idiotic moment

Character that should just DIE (besides Eragon)

Other category nominations are also welcome.

Comments

[berseker.livejournal.com]

Ok, let me think

Most Ironic Line: I would nominee the perfection one, but we can’t have poll of just one line, can we? So I say this one: "What a tragedy that so many must die to thwart a single madman." (page 654)

Most character growth in any direction: Saphira. First I thought she was kind of cool, then she seemed an immature teenager, then she seemed (or was supposed to) wiser than her years, then she was a bitch, then back to immature, then- you get the point.

Most WTF moment: Eragon picking a boy part from the floor in the first chapter. A tooth, I think. Srsly, what was that?

Most Deus Ex Machina moment: The bit from the first book where Murtagh says they can’t do something and Eragon is like “we have too” and so they do it. I think I can understand what Paolini was going at, but that’s just plain stupid.

Most idiotic moment: That’s a hard one. The whole last battle. From both books.

Most Why God Why moment: Sloan’s betrayal and that elf acknowledging Eragon after the creep break his arm. I had hope for those two. Ç_Ç

I can't believe Paolini actually did, said, wrote that moment: Again, I would say the whole naked thing, but everybody’s nominating that. So I pick all the religion bashing. I still can’t believe he had the nerve to actually publish it…

Eragon's most idiotic moment: The last reflection about his real father. Yuck.

Character that should just DIE (besides Eragon): Elva? She’s not doing anything. But Nasuada and Rouran bother the hell out of me too.

[christinaathena.livejournal.com]

So I pick all the religion bashing. I still can’t believe he had the nerve to actually publish it Meh, I've seen worse.

The Naked Groin scene woudl be a strong contender for "Most Inadvertantly Homoerotic Subtext" if that were a category.

Most WTF moment: "Oh, we completely overlooked a HUNDRED THOUSAND MAN ARMY". Or maybe Saphira charging around ON THE GROUND instead of using her wings.

Most Ironic Line: The line about "No one really believes they're evil" or something to that effect, is a good contender as well.