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EVIL!
Topic Started: Jul 30 2006, 07:16 AM (28,880 Views)
Ianna
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Yeah.

Though I have something to post...

I read in an article that you like Tolkien. Did his books help inspire you with Eragon?

I enjoyed Tolkien's world of hobbits, elves, and dwarves, and the epic quest of the ring. Like Tolkien, I also drew inspiration from Nordic, Old English, and Icelandic sagas.

Yeah, he drew inspiration through Tolkien, which Tolkien drew through the myths.

It's like Homecoming again.

"You belong in Gryffindor,
where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
set Gryffindors apart."


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Higher Spirit
Who are you talking to?
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Ianna
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I read in an article that you like Tolkien. Did his books help inspire you with Eragon?

I enjoyed Tolkien's world of hobbits, elves, and dwarves, and the epic quest of the ring. Like Tolkien, I also drew inspiration from Nordic, Old English, and Icelandic sagas.


That's an interview with CP that Shurtagal.com did.

"You belong in Gryffindor,
where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
set Gryffindors apart."


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Higher Spirit
you could have quoted it.

And lies. No one does that anymore. Paolini simply conformed to archtypes.
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Ianna
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Hence what I said above the above post.

"You belong in Gryffindor,
where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
set Gryffindors apart."


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Whereas Tolkien took from Norse, he changed many things about it; elves had been ambiguous, and tended to be pixies and things of the sort. Dwarves as well was an ambiguous term. Tolkien set a definition to them and derived enough from Norse for it to stil be borrowing, but he did alter it.

And Paolini failed to alter the alteration.
Gladstone/Sentynel/Krim/Gladstone/Sentynel/Krim/Stroud/Gladstone

The three ships. Kinda like the Mayflower and all those.
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Higher Spirit
Well, no one's taking the time to defend the evil little things... fea.
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Ianna
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I just found that funny, I thought you guys might.


"You belong in Gryffindor,
where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
set Gryffindors apart."


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How is it funny?

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Whereas Tolkien took from Norse, he changed many things about it; elves had been ambiguous, and tended to be pixies and things of the sort. Dwarves as well was an ambiguous term. Tolkien set a definition to them and derived enough from Norse for it to stil be borrowing, but he did alter it.

And Paolini failed to alter the alteration.
Gladstone/Sentynel/Krim/Gladstone/Sentynel/Krim/Stroud/Gladstone

The three ships. Kinda like the Mayflower and all those.
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Ianna
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Ok, I guess I have a rotten sense of humour.

But maybe I was laughing at my "witty" comment.

About how he got his "Nordic inspirations" from Tolkien. Where Tolkien actually got them from the Nords.

"You belong in Gryffindor,
where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
set Gryffindors apart."


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Higher Spirit
Tolkien was inspired by Olde' myths, not exclusively nordic. And the times he lived in were troubled and very black and white (Us vs Them. Nazis s freedom sort of thing) Hence LotR. The classic.
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Ianna
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Yes, I know.

But Paolini mentioned Nordic and it popped into my head that way.

"You belong in Gryffindor,
where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
set Gryffindors apart."


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Aug 20 2006, 05:23 PM
Tolkien was inspired by Olde' myths, not exclusively nordic. And the times he lived in were troubled and very black and white (Us vs Them. Nazis s freedom sort of thing) Hence LotR. The classic.

And, sadly, a bunch of fantasy writers decided not to even bother going to Tolkien's source material, preferring instead to copy his ideas and make minor alterations and pass them off as their own. And when called on it, you get the hoary old, "But nothing's original any more", as if Tolkien used every possible idea and permutations of ideas in existence in LOTR.
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I have to agree with Ianna, from the last page. I don't love it, but I don't hate it.
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You have low standards. I say that to Harry Potter.
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