And, personally, damning about this is that this trait is never brought up from brising onward.
Way back in the day someone made the observation that when Tolkien wrote about characters drinking beer and smoking pipes, it was because that was what he did in real life with his buddies. But when Paolini wrote about beer and pipes, it was because Tolkien wrote about it. Nothing to do with his personal experiences whatsoever. Which is why I'm calling this a stereotype. Like Brom, Orik smokes a pipe because that's what Tolkien's wizard and dwarf characters did. And as you say, it never comes up again as with Orrin's cute quirk of being a science geek.
And about that hammer necklace from the curch spork. I think only the elves know about containing magic in jewels
You could well be right. The elves certainly do have a long history of hoarding knowledge like the selfish, elitist jerks they are.
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Date: 2019-02-28 10:16 am (UTC)Way back in the day someone made the observation that when Tolkien wrote about characters drinking beer and smoking pipes, it was because that was what he did in real life with his buddies. But when Paolini wrote about beer and pipes, it was because Tolkien wrote about it. Nothing to do with his personal experiences whatsoever. Which is why I'm calling this a stereotype. Like Brom, Orik smokes a pipe because that's what Tolkien's wizard and dwarf characters did. And as you say, it never comes up again as with Orrin's cute quirk of being a science geek.
You could well be right. The elves certainly do have a long history of hoarding knowledge like the selfish, elitist jerks they are.