Hey, nice summaries! I'm having fun reading these, maybe I won't have to put up with actually reading the thing after all.
Eragon strangles the man with one hand, in (relatively) cold blood. I WONDER where he could have got THAT from. http://www.icanhasforce.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/star-wars-lawful-evil.jpg
They discuss Galbatorix’s true name. Unfortunately, he’s cast a spell that whoever says/uses this true name dies. Therefore it’s not that useful. Bummer. This made me think that the final end result will be tricking Galby into revealing his own true name, and then he'll basically kill himself. On the grounds that when there's a Good True Hero and a Big Bad, the Big Bads tend to do themselves in as a result of their own incompetence or something like that. See Voldemort. This then saves the True Hero from any kind of nasty dirty business like having to actually dispose of the villain themselves. Because heroes have to be pure and can't be murderers... so they are heroic simply by INTENDING to kill the evil but not actually doing it.
...However, I don't actually believe CeePee will go through with that cliche, for one thing, because he seems to be saving Galby's appearance until the last book and will want his superpowered self-insert to engage in a huge battle of awesome and win. For another, Eragon has absolutely no problem murdering people, obviously. 9_9
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Date: 2008-09-22 06:59 pm (UTC)Eragon strangles the man with one hand, in (relatively) cold blood.
I WONDER where he could have got THAT from.
http://www.icanhasforce.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/star-wars-lawful-evil.jpg
They discuss Galbatorix’s true name. Unfortunately, he’s cast a spell that whoever says/uses this true name dies. Therefore it’s not that useful. Bummer.
This made me think that the final end result will be tricking Galby into revealing his own true name, and then he'll basically kill himself. On the grounds that when there's a Good True Hero and a Big Bad, the Big Bads tend to do themselves in as a result of their own incompetence or something like that. See Voldemort. This then saves the True Hero from any kind of nasty dirty business like having to actually dispose of the villain themselves. Because heroes have to be pure and can't be murderers... so they are heroic simply by INTENDING to kill the evil but not actually doing it.
...However, I don't actually believe CeePee will go through with that cliche, for one thing, because he seems to be saving Galby's appearance until the last book and will want his superpowered self-insert to engage in a huge battle of awesome and win. For another, Eragon has absolutely no problem murdering people, obviously. 9_9