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EVIL!
Topic Started: Jul 30 2006, 07:16 AM (28,878 Views)
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Krim
Aug 23 2006, 11:38 PM
And dear lord, that took so long...try to make your response shorter next time.

Sure thing but you will have to wait a long time, I am just packing for a vacation. I'll be back with my computer in 3-4 weeks.
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Have fun.

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Their daring, nerve and chivalry
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Am I the only one who was disturbed at the prospect of vegetarian elves wearing leather? Not so much the skinning of death animals, but what ancient folk like the Alagaesians might have had to do in order to get leather? It seems to be like the author just wanted to have the image of Arya wearing leather but didn't feel like coming up with a good explanation so he just disregarded it and hoped that someone else would come up with one after the fact.

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Who are you to judge if leather would be practical for casual clothing for an elf? Or is it that you haven’t even comprehended the fact that elves are magical beings that are far stronger than humans. They have different physical and mental limitations and would not experience the petty inconveniences that humans feel, including those that occur while wearing leather.


This seems like something the text should have brought up, don't you think? After all, we are all stupid, close-minded, insignificant humans and don't have the frame of reference to automatically assume that the super god-like elves with humanoid forms are immune or resistant to physical discomfort.
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Yes, the text should have brought it up.

Instead, we were subjugated to sexual images of some geek trying to be mature, atheism, vegetarian promotion, and experiments that make no sense.


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


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Ianna
Aug 24 2006, 07:00 PM
Instead, we were subjugated to sexual images of some geek trying to be mature, atheism, vegetarian promotion, and experiments that make no sense.

Yes, we did. I tried to ignore some of it though.
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Aug 25 2006, 02:52 AM
Ianna
Yesterday, 07:00 PM
Instead, we were subjugated to sexual images of some geek trying to be mature, atheism, vegetarian promotion, and experiments that make no sense.

Yes, we did. I tried to ignore some of it though.

It's really hard to ignore the hairless elf groin. Really REALLY hard.
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Yeah, it is.

I think he needs to:

1) Stop the stupid stuff.
2) Stop trying to act mature.
3) Stop giving me the image that he's a get fullfilling his fantasies.
4) Explain the story more.
5) Decide who he's writing for.

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


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Oh, I forgot, the answer to everything, including leather, is Magic. Even when the question is "Do you like apples?", the answer remains the same.

My bad.

If they are far stronger, why aren't they all wearing leather? Or uh, if they are stronger, why not just wear a suit of plate armor? They are stronger tenfold than any normal human. Magic. Because you couldn't see their beautiful alabaster bodies? Magic. So Arya's skin is immune to chafing? Maybe Eragon, being half-elf, is immune to blades and magic. And then he'll try to be expelled as a teacher and Ms. Umbridge comes and shoots red lasers at him?

And Islandzi's cape of plucked goose feathers. Oooo, here comes PETA!
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I faintly remember having a arguement with Krim before about this, lead to othere things so i'll just stay out of this one :)

I liked the first one and the second one was ok, the ending kinda saves it though. Dragon battle was a fun read. Anyway nothing great but a fun read.
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Inheritance is a book, nothing more, nothing less. Yes, the production of a yuong teenager, so yes, not that well written. I don't hate it, but yes, I find various parts of it stupid.
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Inheritance is a book, nothing more, nothing less. Yes, the production of a yuong teenager, so yes, not that well written. I don't hate it, but yes, I find various parts of it stupid.

I only find parts of it stupid as well.

1) The creepy Eragon/Arya "romance".
1a) That creepy, emotionless, robotic Eragon-bot.
2) The creepy Saphira/Glaedr "rape thing".
3) The lack of characterization for anyone.
4) The sheer monotony of the plot: "Travelling training travelling training travelling travelling travelling travelling battle battle battle travelling travelling".
4a) The fact that we never got to see Galbatorix, one of the central figures of the plot
4b) The fact that we never got to hear about Galbatorix from anyone but his enemies
5) The bit with the hairless elf groin.
6) The shameless intellectual theft
7) The fact that it was only published at first because Paolini's parents were publishers and only picked up because of that strange story that Paolini wrote the whole thing at fifteen.
8) The simultaneous preachiness and hypocrisy of the storytelling ("It's wrong to eat animals, saith the Elves!" "It's okay to wear animal skins, saith the Elves!" "We are perfect. Obey us. Dwarves are stupid. Everything they believe is stupid! Saith the Elves!")
9) Did I mention Eragon and Arya's oily, creepy romance (it's really just Eragon fixating his annoying attentions on Arya despite of how obviously uncomfortable this makes her.
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10) That incredibly lame 'Ancient Language' thing.
11) "Sorry," apologized Brom.
12) The magic system's dramatic change from Eragon to Eldest.
13) Aye!
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Am I missing something, or is that not 'parts', but the entire thing?
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I think it was a joke, saying the whole thing is bad.
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Krim
Aug 27 2006, 02:51 AM
Am I missing something, or is that not 'parts', but the entire thing?

I liked everything else about the book except for those bit. Like the names of the characters are by the most part pronounceable.
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I agree.

But here's a few more.

1) Paolini and his whole atheist thing. Because you know, it was just stupid as said before.

2) The stupid scenes with Eragon and the ants. I reminded me of something...one of my favorite movies...

3) Elva.

4) The lack of description on some of the characters looks, say Angela, but the description time given to a leaf.


I'll think of more but still...I kind of think I'm now leaning towards the haters side.

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


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