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| HexZeroRouge |  I dont want to keep reading! (HELP!) |
| Member Since: December 2004  RK: 1 MP: 12   | Thursday February 24, 2005 9:40 PM I just finished the Legends trilogy and I dont think I can read about how the gods leave krynn and the dissapreance of magic! Its too depressing! Are they really worth the read? It was hard enough getting through Raistlin's death, now the obliteration of his very existence? Cmon! As if being ripped apart by Takhisis wasnt bad enough, now everything he works for gets thrown back in his face. And the poor children. I would rather live/die in the war of the lance then live through what they must have to go through. But... I want to keep reading.. I dont want it to stop either : |
| Shallandra | RE: I dont want to keep reading! (HELP!) |
   Member Since: January 2005  RK: 11 MP: 4,654  | Thursday February 24, 2005 10:21 PM RAISTLIN DIES?!?!? OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!! Isn't there ANY thread I can read on this board that WON'T talk about one of the characters in this blasted series dying?!?? AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! !!!! [[Edited by Dream_Knight on Wednesday April 20, 2005 8:19 PM]] "If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." ~ Mario Andretti "Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet." ~ Chinese Proverb "Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried." ~ G.K. Chesterton |
| Suzine | RE: I dont want to keep reading! (HELP!) |
 Member Since: February 2003  RK: 3 MP: 513  | Friday February 25, 2005 2:23 PM Er...he gets better? Oh, keep reading. I assure you, a couple more books and you'd start grumbling on why the DL authors don't let him die  One day, someday, a whole week might pass without someone bemoaning Raist's death/doomed love/bunnies/boxer shorts. And then entropy will grind to a halt and the universe as we know it will end. Bur "Days of our lives" will keep on going, probably. Personally, I think that if Anne Rice had even one ounce more of hot air inside her, she'd float gently towards the heavens and disappear into space. Not that it would necessarily be a bad thing. -FW |
| Novaximus | RE: I dont want to keep reading! (HELP!) |
  Member Since: June 2001  RK: 13 MP: 6,586 | Sunday February 27, 2005 6:59 AM The funny thing is fantasy can create more twists and turns then a Jerry Springer show. Hex, I'd at least read through the core novels if you liked the series so far. The important thing is to be able to let go of the original characters. [[Edited by Novaximus on Sunday February 27, 2005 7:00 AM]] ± Sometimes to become great one must become small ± |
| eswiftfire | RE: I dont want to keep reading! (HELP!) |
 Member Since: May 2000  RK: 15 MP: 8,256  | Sunday February 27, 2005 7:17 AM Do what I told my li'l sister to do. Move away from Dragonlance after you've finished Legends. There are gazillions of other better fantasy titles out there. |
| Damien | RE: I dont want to keep reading! (HELP!) |
    Member Since: July 2002  RK: 16 MP: 10,222 | Sunday February 27, 2005 5:51 PM The Legends trilogy sucks.The Chronicles trilogy wasn't much better. If you're so morally opposed to reading about the end of the Gods and all that good stuff, I'd suggest moving backwards in the Dragonlance timeline. All of the greatest DL books are all set pre-Chronicles. The Legend of Huma Kaz, The Minotaur Land of the Minotaurs The Elven Nations Trilogy The Dwarven Nations Trilogy The Dragons The Kagonesti Lord Soth Etc etc. There are too many good books to name, really. Dragonlance is, while not the most mature of epic of settings, a great setting in its own right and deserves that respect. Too many claim that only the "main books" (Chronicles and Legends) are worth reading - and that everything else is crap and should be avoided, and that there are other "better" fantasy series' out there. I disagree, because "better" is a subjective term that doesn't really apply here. A book is a book. If you really enjoy a book, then it's no better - in general - than any other book you enjoy that amount. I enjoy reading The Legend of Huma as much (though in a different way) as I enjoy reading The Silmarillion or The Once and Future King. So before giving up on Dragonlance, or reading books you aren't really sure you want to delve into - try some of the history of Krynn stuff. Enjoy. American by birth. Anti-Christ by choice. "My god has a bigger dick than your god." "Tolerance is the policy of those men who no longer believe in anything." |
| TheShadowlord | RE: I dont want to keep reading! (HELP!) |
 Member Since: October 2000 RK: 13 MP: 6,049 | Monday February 28, 2005 4:40 AM After reading "Knight of the BLack Rose" I thought "Lord Soth" kinda ruined it.It made Soth into a rather distasteful character from the beginning, rather than a real hero who genuinly falls from grace. I feel happy...I feel happy! "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen Roberts |
| Damien | RE: I dont want to keep reading! (HELP!) |
| Member Since: July 2002 RK: 16 MP: 10,222 | Monday February 28, 2005 9:41 AM I agree to some extent. But I think they were really just different approaches to the same character. Whereas Knight of the Black Rose exhibits a Soth that was indeed a Knight in all senses - Lord Soth exhibits a Soth that had every opportunity to -become- a true hero but could not due to his inherent selfishness and greed - which ultimately was his downfall.So one book makes him a hero - the other illustrated his opportunities to be a hero. Both books, I feel, were good in their own right. American by birth. Anti-Christ by choice. "My god has a bigger dick than your god." "Tolerance is the policy of those men who no longer believe in anything." |
| eswiftfire | RE: I dont want to keep reading! (HELP!) |
Member Since: May 2000 RK: 15 MP: 8,256 | Tuesday March 1, 2005 1:32 AM That is true. Books are just like music. There's no 'better'. It's a matter of preferences. Liking Dragonlance is kinda like liking Linkin Park, I can claim that there are 'better' bands out there, but if you love Linkin Park, you can stick with them for an eternity. It's all up to you, really.[[Edited by eswiftfire on Tuesday March 1, 2005 1:34 AM]] |
| HexZeroRouge | RE: I dont want to keep reading! (HELP!) |
| Member Since: December 2004 RK: 1 MP: 12 | Wednesday March 2, 2005 2:32 PM I make a post on how I loved the series especially the climatic ending and everyone turns into an Anti-Raistlin heretic. Its not like im in here sobbing about his death, I simply said it was a very eventful part of the series.. Get over it and stop looking through peoples posts for things to complain about and start talking about the actual topic, as was intended. Thanks.Ive already read Legend of Huma then skipped to Kaz the Minotaur, they were what got me into Dragonlance. But there is far too much I havent learned about the world of Krynn to simply stop now. I supose i'll read Knight of the Black Rose. Lord Soth and the events surrounding the Cataclysm are really interesting. Then perhaps i'll read the story about Tanis' dark years, but I dont know, it got kind of annoying reading about Tanis after the War of the Lance.. Ever since he met up with Kitiara in Flotsam he started being real insecure and rather pathetic... And, if you actually paid attention to my first post, youll see its not Raistlin that is my "hero", but the MAGIC. Raistlin was the embodiment of Magic, the most powerful mage to have existed. It makes sense for one who is astonished by magic to take heart to the one who has mastered it far beyond any other ever thought possible. And Dragons, Dragons rule. =) [[Edited by HexZeroRouge on Wednesday March 2, 2005 2:33 PM]] [[Edited by HexZeroRouge on Wednesday March 2, 2005 2:39 PM]] |
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