@Vec Can Vulamera influence some of the dragons into the Violet Dragons, who hoard wisdom as much as gold? They won't be smart in the book sense, but very wise and meaningful Like if Vowzra tried to write poetry.
They'll still be violent, solitary, aggressive dragons, but they'll be sources of wisdom and deep knowledge to those who can find them without getting killed.
I could have my hero go on a legendary trek to find one of these dragons. It'd be a nice plot device.
They could be the riddler dragons!
'PASS MY RIDDLE. IF YOU'RE RIGHT, I'LL GIVE YOU SOME POWERFUL OBJECT/ADVICE, IF YOU'RE WRONG, I EAT YOU.'
I also heard Mardox considering the Fire thing, at least briefly.
But fire has many sides: the warm and safe, campfire side. The destructive and violent, lava side. The passionate and emotional, bonfire side.
So I don't personally think there's not a problem with having a million fire gods. It's a big domain, with many potential personalities and uses hiding inside
Yeah, Serandor was Domain: Destruction, Portfolio: Fire
@KabenSaal I like the character. My deity was a mortal who was force-fed the soul of a dark god.
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Fair enough, bro/sis.
But, regarding disease, I think that's the territory of multiple Gods: Vestec, Reathos, Adversary, Jvan, and even Vulamera (if you count insanity/brain-injury). Therefore, there'd be nothing wrong with you creating one, since it's practically public domain (in my opinion, anyway)
For the record, I wasn't saying I don't like the race, I was just putting my opinion in. I honestly want as many races as possible. Vulamera loves sentients
Haha, don't forget, just because he might be a Demi of Sentience, but his mother is in charge of those Minds that contain the sentience.
I have to wonder how that would play out if they were on opposite sides of a conflict and both Gods. Who has more control over the races? The one in charge of their minds and intelligence, or the one in charge of their emotions and sentience? A difficult question indeed
I thought they were pretty solid books, all things considered.
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Dragon-slaying, BAH HUMBUG!
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Mind if I ask your issues with the series?
I'm inclined to agree with Dawnscroll, because, um...
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Lol @ Solembum (or however you spell the weird, shape-shifting cat-thing's name)
The story with Galbatorix struck me as cheesy
The weird girl (Angela, I think?) was weird and seemingly there for no plot reasons.
Saphira was exactly the sort of overprotective mother figure that I hate in stories of all forms.
The movie just struck me as so hilariously bad...maybe it's just how the wraith and Galbatorix looked, but something made me laugh the whole way through
Some plot twists (there's a giant, secret trove of dragon eggs!) had zero foreshadowing and just came out of nowhere simply to peddle the plot along
The secret name of the magic language that makes Eragon into a god was just...on some old stone tablet? That Galbatorix dug up somewhere? REALLY? Christopher Paolini (or whatever the author's name is) had the potential for something epic here, but it was just...that simple? And they had talked about it so much throughout the books...
To balance out that rant with some rare positivism, I really liked the Urgals. Everything about the Urgals as a race and their contribution to the story was compelling, but beyond that the only characters I really liked were the old elf and his similarly decrepit dragon. Can't even remember their names though, it's been a while :/
Throughout much of the books I thought the story was mediocre to good, but at the end I kind of had an epiphany in which I realized all of those things I just listed, and in reflection I kind of tore the series to shreds in my mind for a day or two before concluding that it was overrated.
I'm inclined to agree with Dawnscroll, because, um...
IIRC:
Lol @ Solembum (or however you spell the weird, shape-shifting cat-thing's name)
The story with Galbatorix struck me as cheesy
The weird girl (Angela, I think?) was weird and seemingly there for no plot reasons.
Saphira was exactly the sort of overprotective mother figure that I hate in stories of all forms.
The movie just struck me as so hilariously bad...maybe it's just how the wraith and Galbatorix looked, but something made me laugh the whole way through
Some plot twists (there's a giant, secret trove of dragon eggs!) had zero foreshadowing and just came out of nowhere simply to peddle the plot along
The secret name of the magic language that makes Eragon into a god was just...on some old stone tablet? That Galbatorix dug up somewhere? REALLY? Christopher Paolini (or whatever the author's name is) had the potential for something epic here, but it was just...that simple? And they had talked about it so much throughout the books...
To balance out that rant with some rare positivism, I really liked the Urgals. Everything about the Urgals as a race and their contribution to the story was compelling, but beyond that the only characters I really liked were the old elf and his similarly decrepit dragon. Can't even remember their names though, it's been a while :/
Throughout much of the books I thought the story was mediocre to good, but at the end I kind of had an epiphany in which I realized all of those things I just listed, and in reflection I kind of tore the series to shreds in my mind for a day or two before concluding that it was overrated.
ME and MY COLLECTION OF INHERITANCE CYCLE BOOKS are offended!
*slaps you with a dragon tail*
EDIT: I realize what you're saying, but believe it or not, the cliche and simplicity of it all felt... well, refreshing. Every author tries to be so "unique and creative" that they reek of desperation. It was nice to have a story that was just a story.
I'm inclined to agree with Dawnscroll, because, um...
IIRC:
Lol @ Solembum (or however you spell the weird, shape-shifting cat-thing's name)
The story with Galbatorix struck me as cheesy
The weird girl (Angela, I think?) was weird and seemingly there for no plot reasons.
Saphira was exactly the sort of overprotective mother figure that I hate in stories of all forms.
The movie just struck me as so hilariously bad...maybe it's just how the wraith and Galbatorix looked, but something made me laugh the whole way through
Some plot twists (there's a giant, secret trove of dragon eggs!) had zero foreshadowing and just came out of nowhere simply to peddle the plot along
The secret name of the magic language that makes Eragon into a god was just...on some old stone tablet? That Galbatorix dug up somewhere? REALLY? Christopher Paolini (or whatever the author's name is) had the potential for something epic here, but it was just...that simple? And they had talked about it so much throughout the books...
To balance out that rant with some rare positivism, I really liked the Urgals. Everything about the Urgals as a race and their contribution to the story was compelling, but beyond that the only characters I really liked were the old elf and his similarly decrepit dragon. Can't even remember their names though, it's been a while :/
Oromis (?) and Glaedr.
Cheesiness is rather insidious and hard to combat.
I like weird.
I found it ironic that she took the role of overprotective mother when Eragon raised her.
Haven't seen the movie but I wouldn't really judge ANY book series by their film adaptation.
Well, one could argue that foreshadowing might have tipped off the baddies but you have a point in the spontaneous plot twist bit.
That last one seems like a bit of an author troll. If it was on a tablet, who wrote it?
Like if Vowzra tried to write poetry.
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