Trouble In The Writing Room?

[epistler]

Well, once again reading between the lines, it looks like we were right. He's fighting with the writing team.

 
And then admits to infodumping without a trace of irony, after lying about all the "revision" he does on his books. God this is just getting better and better. 

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[torylltales]

In a reaction series to the Hadestown soundtrack, someone commented "the Orpheus who could walk out of Hades without looking back is not the Orpheus who would have gone there in the first place."

I'd say the same is true of Paolini and arguing with his editors or co-writers. The Paolini who is able to not argue with his editors is the Paolini who would not have published the Inheritance Cycle or Fractalverse as they are.

It is his Fate. His geas. Arguing with his editors is so deeply embedded in his personality that I cannot conceive of a version of Paolini who would not.

[epistler]

In a reaction series to the Hadestown soundtrack, someone commented "the Orpheus who could walk out of Hades without looking back is not the Orpheus who would have gone there in the first place."

I'm getting this weird feeling that you're somewhat of a fan of that show.

And yeah, it would be a major piece of mind-blowing insanity if Paolini actually behaved himself and didn't keep insisting he knows best when it comes to his all but non-existent "canon". You know, the "canon" he himself constantly changes and contradicts on a whim.

[torylltales]

I'm getting this weird feeling that you're somewhat of a fan of that show.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

You know, the "canon" he himself constantly changes and contradicts on a whim.

The canon that is the Fantasy Canon equivalent of three miniature Frankenstein's Monsters in a trenchcoat.

[epistler]

The canon that is the Fantasy Canon equivalent of three miniature Frankenstein's Monsters in a trenchcoat.

🎶Late one night before the tavernkeeper shut his door
A wobbly gentleman came in, his footing was unsure
Moustachioed and handsome, and his clothing touched the floor
He was no man at all, he was three kobolds in a trenchcoat🎶

And given that inconvenient fact, if the series lasts long enough people are going to be laughing themselves stupid and complaining about all the ridiculous inconsistencies and blatant retcons. TV audiences aren't going to interpret things the same way readers are, and they aren't going to be doing what readers do, ie headcanon things into making sense without realising that's what they're doing.