Paolini showing a moral spine?

[torylltales]

It seems rare when Paolini does something worthy of praise, but when he does I feel it is important to give him credit where it's due. That's the difference between a group that is deeply critical of his published work, and a group that just hates reflexively.


Recently Paolini shared a series of tweets on the topic of Inheritance or Fractalverse NFTs, and I have to give him credit for drawing a line in exactly how and how much he's willing to exploit his fans.

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9 Jun

 

1/2 I had so many folks in the #NFTCommunity approach me about doing #NFTs based off my work. I'm generally a big fan of new technology, especially stuff that allows artists to support themselves, but the more I looked into NFTs, the less tangible benefit I saw.

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9 Jun

 

2/2 NFTs just feel ... exploitive. Plus, although I understand the blockchain tech, I still can't see why anyone would pay for a .jpg/gif that anyone could copy off their screen. I'd rather sell prints and other real items/objects.

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9 Jun

 

The reason I'm not doing #NFTs is the same reason I turned down a lucrative offer from Amazon to publish licensed fan-fic. It felt like it would be exploiting the very folks who love my work. Heck, I released an entire novella for free last year. I'd rather give back than take.



Hats off to you, Paolini, that is an admirable stance to take on the issue. And I don't mean to damn with faint praise, so to speak, but it is admirable that he is taking a stance at all, especially one which is against further profiting off his fanbase.

Comments

[epistler]

...the same reason I turned down a lucrative offer from Amazon to publish licensed fan-fic.

Wait, what? That's a thing now??
Either way that's pretty hilarious considering his books are already licensed fanfic.

[snarkbotanya]

Honestly? I think he's absolutely right here. NFTs are a scam and I'm glad he's taking a stance against being involved with them.

Paolini may be a bad writer, but I don't think he's a bad person.

[osteophage]

Bleak sign of the times that this is admirable, but yeah.

[torylltales]

Oh yeah, speaking of the "entire novella" he released last year ("Unity", check the supplementary_materials tag for my sporking of it), he's... now looking to release it in print, for a profit. So much for giving back.

[minionnumber2]

On one hand, good on him for not doing NFT stuff. On the other, it's a little less brave to denounce NTFs after Ethereum collapsed and the entire concept is no longer seen as hip and cool by the general public.

[ignoresandra]

Huh. When even Christopher Paolini won't touch something because he thinks it's scummy, that says something.

He also misunderstands NFTs. Buying an NFT isn't buying an image, it's buying a link to an image with no guarantee that link will remain functional. Yes, it's that stupid and that much of a scam.