I'd put money on it being a retcon. You don't have to be a good writer to know that you don't go with an identical Big Reveal at the end of consecutive books, unless you're walking something back, all the while whistling a little nothing-to-see-here-folks tune. I can't think of another story in any media that does that identical reveal. It just doesn't make any sense from a story construction standpoint. If it were planned from the beginning it seems unlikely he'd have gone with the Morzan reveal first. Law of diminishing returns and all that.
As to WHY the retcon... I'm less convinced that it was a takethat. It might have been that but it's also possible that Paolini simply changed his mind, as with the atheism and vegetarianism filibusters. It's possible he just thought it would cooler, upon further reflection.
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Date: 2010-06-29 09:29 pm (UTC)As to WHY the retcon... I'm less convinced that it was a takethat. It might have been that but it's also possible that Paolini simply changed his mind, as with the atheism and vegetarianism filibusters. It's possible he just thought it would cooler, upon further reflection.