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First off, I just adore this header. X3 I'm honestly not sure if I like the layout enough to keep it, because I like my simple white layout, but the header is just awesome. Aubrie made it. ^^
Lizzie keeps hoping that I'll get into Eragon, and while I'm determined to look in the book at least once to be fair, I'm just getting less and less impressed every time I read things about it. I finally found where I read the detailed stuff about the Star Wars ripoffs, and there were other reasons there for me to not like the thing. There were complaints about inconsistencies (and some were pretty bad), and his writing "style." And to back up their words, they had passages from the books on the site. And I winced. I winced so bad. The "style" was definitely amateurish, like something badly put together on a fanfiction site. And it also made me worry that I've made some of those mistakes, especially if I can't fully concentrate on what I'm writing or if I'm rushing something. It caused me to go back and rewrite some of Lisa's blurb.
Also of big complaint is the fact that the guy is a Gary Stu. Anything he puts his mind to, he accomplishes, in much less time then is even logical! And there's always convenient ways out of their problems, i.e., deus ex-machinas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina -.- I hate that! It's what Winx Club has been suffering from this season, instead of utilizing the great plot possibilities that are before them. I've gotten so exasperated that I want to write my own version of Winx's third season. XD;
This is the website, BTW: http://www.anti-shurtugal.com/ I believe it was TMV who showed it to me a long time ago.
I guess the bottom line for me is that, Why would I want to support a series that so blatantly rips off from the masters? That's not fair. Why should Paolini mooch off of their ideas? And aside from that, there's so many other illogical things going on that it makes my brain hurt.
I honestly feel bad that I can't seem to like the series, when Lizzie wants me to so badly. XD; And especially when I'm hoping she'll like Advent Children.
And now I'd better get back to trying desperately to sort out the gift fics.
Lizzie keeps hoping that I'll get into Eragon, and while I'm determined to look in the book at least once to be fair, I'm just getting less and less impressed every time I read things about it. I finally found where I read the detailed stuff about the Star Wars ripoffs, and there were other reasons there for me to not like the thing. There were complaints about inconsistencies (and some were pretty bad), and his writing "style." And to back up their words, they had passages from the books on the site. And I winced. I winced so bad. The "style" was definitely amateurish, like something badly put together on a fanfiction site. And it also made me worry that I've made some of those mistakes, especially if I can't fully concentrate on what I'm writing or if I'm rushing something. It caused me to go back and rewrite some of Lisa's blurb.
Also of big complaint is the fact that the guy is a Gary Stu. Anything he puts his mind to, he accomplishes, in much less time then is even logical! And there's always convenient ways out of their problems, i.e., deus ex-machinas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina -.- I hate that! It's what Winx Club has been suffering from this season, instead of utilizing the great plot possibilities that are before them. I've gotten so exasperated that I want to write my own version of Winx's third season. XD;
This is the website, BTW: http://www.anti-shurtugal.com/ I believe it was TMV who showed it to me a long time ago.
I guess the bottom line for me is that, Why would I want to support a series that so blatantly rips off from the masters? That's not fair. Why should Paolini mooch off of their ideas? And aside from that, there's so many other illogical things going on that it makes my brain hurt.
I honestly feel bad that I can't seem to like the series, when Lizzie wants me to so badly. XD; And especially when I'm hoping she'll like Advent Children.
And now I'd better get back to trying desperately to sort out the gift fics.
