Fuck Greg, fuck this chapter, and fuck Paolini for writing it.
What makes this even more depressing is that a lot of Paolini's fans actually LIKE Greg and think he's all funny and charming, best character in the book, etc. What.
Oh, and fuck the fine folks at Tor who "edited", approved, typeset, printed, distributed, and promoted this shit.
They should be ashamed of themselves, full stop.
Serious question about the worldbuilding: if the ship is able to continue functioning perfectly adequately with no noticeable loss of function or control WITHOUT Greg... what exactly is the purpose of ship minds?
Good question, and now you mention it the answer seems to be "no purpose whatsoever". If anything this guy is just a liability.
And who would ever volunteer for the procedure?!
In a previous chapter Greg actually did claim to have done it voluntarily. And at the end of the book when Kiragod offers to give him a new body he actually says no! Because of reasons.
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Date: 2021-05-18 04:16 am (UTC)What makes this even more depressing is that a lot of Paolini's fans actually LIKE Greg and think he's all funny and charming, best character in the book, etc. What.
They should be ashamed of themselves, full stop.
Good question, and now you mention it the answer seems to be "no purpose whatsoever". If anything this guy is just a liability.
In a previous chapter Greg actually did claim to have done it voluntarily. And at the end of the book when Kiragod offers to give him a new body he actually says no! Because of reasons.