(no subject)

[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

[jacedraccus.livejournal.com]

My initial thought was retcon. It seemed like the sort of thing he would do, especially to escape the Star Wars critics.

Now, I'm not so sure. There have been some good points made about Brom, such as why he was in the village, why he took an interest in Eragon in particular, and so on. I may be giving Paolini too much credit by suggesting any of that was intentional.

Thing is though, retcon or planned, the thing has the same stink of stupid that the Murtaugh reveal had. "I'll make it ORJNIL by swapping Han and Leia around... so the princess isn't his sister, she's his lover! And the cocky rogue is actually his brother! And Darth Vader isn't really his father, it's Obi Wan!"

In Book One, before the Morzan reveal (dammit, I keep thinking Morbazon, and he is WAY too cool a character to be confused for Morzan. Little Morbazon would eat Morzan's soul for breakfast), the 'who's your daddy' thing could have gone either way.

.... yeah, I'm leaning towards the Morzan reveal being a dead and rotted red herring.