Same. I think it's the fact that he's so obviously calculated to be, well, the cute funny wide-eyed plucky kid character. As in to the point that it just feels cynical and insincere. I can TELL Paolini's trying to push my buttons with this character and it's pissing me off.
Yeah. This chapter broke author trust.
And not for the first time. Paolini is following his usual habit of introducing something he tells you is horribly dangerous and then not letting it actually, y'know, DO anything.
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Same. I think it's the fact that he's so obviously calculated to be, well, the cute funny wide-eyed plucky kid character. As in to the point that it just feels cynical and insincere. I can TELL Paolini's trying to push my buttons with this character and it's pissing me off.
And not for the first time. Paolini is following his usual habit of introducing something he tells you is horribly dangerous and then not letting it actually, y'know, DO anything.