i liked eragon when i was in secondary school and had bad taste and everything and because i had never watched star wars or read lord of the rings. so that shit was new to me
I liked Eragon when I was, I dunno, thirteen, although even then I think that I recognised that it was pretty typical fare with a few interesting touches--I remember liking the healer that shows up in the last third of the book, and some of the early descriptive passages. Also the cover, which was probably the reason why I bought the second one, which I do not remember actually buying and have never read, and sits on my shelf within a few feet of David Searcy's Ordinary Horror and the Annotated Alice Through the Looking-Glass. Weird.
You just unintentionally caused reality to retroactively create this "Arthur Rimbaud" character. Reality redefines itself to prove me wrong once again.
and after he had got bored of revolutionising poetry, he went and fought in a war in indonesia, got bored of that too, deserted and fled into the jungle, and somehow ended up as an arms dealer in Ethiopia.
and after he had got bored of revolutionising poetry, he went and fought in a war in indonesia, got bored of that too, deserted and fled into the jungle, and somehow ended up as an arms dealer in Ethiopia.
I think the worst parts about Eragon are in the second and third book.
The first's biggest problem is inconsistent worldbuilding and generic plotting.
The second's problem is that it farts around doing nothing until Eragon ascends to half-elfdom. Also, worshipping the elves to a point that would make Tolkien have second thoughts.
The third's problem is that it spends half the book farting around doing nothin, inconsistent plotting (particularly, inconsistent with the first two books) and generally failing to develop any of the interesting stuff introduced in the series. At all.
Also, Eragon's kind of a sociopath in the third one.
and after he had got bored of revolutionising poetry, he went and fought in a war in indonesia, got bored of that too, deserted and fled into the jungle, and somehow ended up as an arms dealer in Ethiopia.
rimbaud was basically a complete badass
...
Dang, this guy is awesome.
Apparently he was also close friends with Haile Selassie's father and was one of the first people to export coffee from Ethiopia. Seeing as Ethiopian coffee is quite nice, I have that to thank him for as well.
Also, his poetry is essential to the semi-plot of Elizabeth Hand's "Wonderwall", which is a fantastic short story.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Upon the internet, you discover an acquaintance writing extensively about something you did years ago.
They do not name you, but anyone who's known you for a long period of time could probably tell it's about you.
Their writing isn't particularly malicious in its intent, and you are used primarily as a segue into talking about something else, but you still feel bad because you just woke up and generally don't like to be reminded of these things.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
The Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Special: Gallifrey turns out to have never existed in the first place. Women no longer exist in any universe, and this is unfixable. All the Doctor's previous companions merge into the ultimate companion, Man-O-Tron, a burly muscular guy who can kill Daleks with a touch. The Doctor meets the original Time Lord, who is his very first incarnation, Stefenmothat. The Doctor regenerates into the 17th Doctor, the bastion of peace and goodness, The Valeyard.
But worst of all, in a time when government mistrust is at its highest, the show’s core message throughout has been: trust the powerful, invisible government against the interests of your own personal freedoms. It’s just bewildering how heavily this message is hammered each episode, as characters quickly learn that rebelling against the instructions of the rich and powerful only brings you harm, and that trusting them and doing as your told is the only Right Way. It’s not only massively creepy – like some sort of McCarthy-era propaganda – but woefully out of touch with public sentiment.
this is the same vibe i got from The Avengers as well
Although Tom Lehrer's "I Hold Your Hand In Mine" covers similar territory from the same period and does involve a sort of love. But that can be said of a number of Lehrer's songs.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Well, Pollock did select his colours very carefully, and layered them in patterns, but he never set out with any image in mind. I like his work. It's fun to look at.
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Let's see you write anything of any worth at that age.
Heck, let's see you do, be, or accomplish anything of any worth while a teenager.
You just unintentionally caused reality to retroactively create this "Arthur Rimbaud" character. Reality redefines itself to prove me wrong once again.
Dang, this guy is awesome.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
They do not name you, but anyone who's known you for a long period of time could probably tell it's about you.
Their writing isn't particularly malicious in its intent, and you are used primarily as a segue into talking about something else, but you still feel bad because you just woke up and generally don't like to be reminded of these things.
what do you do?
well, whatever, I have to get to math class. I'll see you guys in like two hours.
It's definitely an understandable view. I must be reading too lightly.
(And officially, Marvel's stance on that was that Tony was in the right.)
Wait a minute, you mammals are only trichromatic in your color perception.
I bet it looks like a bunch of lazy splotches and spilled paint to you.
Sorry.