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]

I think he lacks integrity, but apparently said lack of integrity does have its limits, which is nice.

[snarkbotanya]

Oh, he's certainly a flawed person. I just don't think he's actively malicious. His characters are, but that's pretty clearly an accident on his part.

[epistler]

Yeah, I don't think he's malicious at all. He's just untalented and amazingly un-self-aware, and occasionally super ignorant. None of which are exactly crimes. He's clearly just spent far too much of his life being told he's the greatest to listen to anyone who tells him his writing practises are morally questionable and artistically bankrupt. And I place most of the blame for that on his horrible parents, who I absolutely DO think are malicious people. Or at least his father is.