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[kippurbird]

Taken with the webcam on my new laptop.


Quick survey:

Do people think that Brom turning out to be Eragon's real dad was Paolini's idea from the very start or something he retconed to get away from the Star Wars critics?

What is Brisingr about? The plot, I mean. (Cause I'd really like to know).

Comments

[foxypope.livejournal.com]

That.... actually makes sense. Which scares me because it's actually giving Paolini some credit.

Except I have to take that shiny credit away from him because the Morzan red herring was stupid and pointless. I say cut out the middle man and be done with it--it's stupid to fiddle faddle around with the whole "OMG WHO'S HIS DAD" thing.

And also it's a pretty messed up theme; even though Eragon and Murtagh both didn't have real father-son relationships with their fathers, they still end up walking in their footsteps. A load of antiquated predestination BS that doesn't have much business with a modern audience who should know better, especially when it's all so literal. But honestly, it might just be there for the Rule of Cool--a sort of tacky parallelism mixed with a more refined version of Sue parents, where Sue characters have Sue children that are cloned versions of themselves. Probably more the former than the latter, but still, I still think Paolini's more of a fanboy than a philosopher.

[jacedraccus.livejournal.com]

Frankly, I think the issue is still down to Paolini's homeschooling. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are plenty of homeschoolers that turn out intelligent, well educated, and well adjusted.

I just don't think Paolini's really one of them.

Considering that the character from the first book that most people gave any credit to seems to be the one he based on his sister... yeah, I just don't think he gets out much.

[foxypope.livejournal.com]

I've met really sheltered kids before; none of them have that skewed of a world view. Having some awkward social skills =/= having wacked out, unsupported theories philosophies on the nature of man. Even if you don't get out and meet people that often, you still have the internet, the news and all forms of media to learn how people work. I honestly don't think Paolini believes that your destiny = your parent's destiny, I just think he doesn't realize that having a story revolving around that concept reflects back onto his own views.

It's sort of how like I don't believe Stephenie Meyer would actually like being stalked and manhandled by a sexist asshole; she just has no idea what the hell she's writing, or she hand-waves it because it's her own personal fantasy world and she believes it doesn't reflect back onto her and the real world.