antishurtugal_reborn | Murtagh Throb Test

There's a running joke among antis that Paolini has a bad habit of misusing – and over-using – the word 'throb' (and "crimson", "orb", and "thrust"). So I decided to search my ebook copy of Murtagh to see how he does.

13 throbs. Which is lower than Inheritance, if I recall, but higher than many other fantasy authors. And here's the list:

throbbing embers
A warning throb
a throbbing headache
the bone beneath the old cut throbbed '
His veins throbbed
His knee throbbed
his right elbow throbbed
His left knee throbbed
the throbbing in his left wrist
His eyeballs throbbed
his throbbing temple
The world throbbed
a throbbing rhythm

UPDATE: by request, I searched for the phrase "sense of", as that's another one Paolini overuses. Brace yourself, people. It's...

...

84.

EIGHTY FOUR uses of the phrase "sense of".

I'm going to need a coffee before we start this spork. Or a wine. Or several wines.

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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Paolini and his like do us a disservice by childishly pretending that an evil person always looks ugly and crazy and goes around cackling and kicking puppies all day.

It's a scary truth for a lot of people that bad things can come from people who look and act like you. If your "in group" isn't safe, what is? It takes maturity to realize and acknowledge this. In Paolini's novels, everyone evil is outwardly mean, or looks creepy. Just look at Sarros. Dude literally had sharp teeth for God's sake.

True evil can look like anyone. Including your dead old dad with his dorky glasses and Ned Flanders moustache who helped you decorate the Christmas tree.

Yep. Just look at Lucy Letby.

Murtagh Throb Test

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