[books] oh dear

[kaberett]

I was feeling a little bad for increasingly going "this book... is a weirdly Christianised vaguely-[culture]-flavoured bad A:tLA knockoff" and then I read the acknowledgements, wherein the first expression of thanks was to a clearly-Christian god followed, a bit later, by acknowledgement of Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino as storytelling inspirations.

Whereupon it struck me that it absolutely contained an extended scene involving memories of children running laughing around a now-desecrated littered-with-bones temple, and all of a sudden I found myself much less able to seriously entertain the idea that the extent to which I was going "... really" meant I was A Bad Person.

(I feel it would be a bit mean to be this scathing if I were naming it, but I wanted to share my amusement and am not above individual personal warnings-off if you want to know the title & author!)

Comments

[glass_icarus]

... o m g

The ignorance-is-bliss vs. popcorn dilemma has rarely been so strong.

[kaberett]

YOU'RE WELCOME

[kaberett]

seriously the conflicted prince's evil father IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TEMPLE DESECRATION

[glass_icarus]

... that is indeed the Perfect Icon

also scales are now tipped toward popcorn (with possible upgrade - downgrade? - to wine)

[kaberett]

the statues LIGHT UP ON THE SOLSTICE

[kaberett]

there's a MAGIC ISLAND

[thisonething]

Oh no. :( There's 'inspired by' and then there's, well, that.

What's the title?

[watersword]

So I take it you're not reading C.S. Lewis?

[kaberett]

Ha, not in this instance, no. :-p

[killing_rose]

Okay, can you DM me the title? I find myself curious.

[vass]

Woooooow. (And yes please, I would like to know.)

[swingandswirl]

... charming.

(I'd like to know as well, please, so I can stay far away!)

[silveradept]

Someone didn't spend enough time filing the serial numbers off, you say? And then didn't particularly do a great job of the narrative and such?

[kaberett]

MmHMM

[batrachian]

"Inspiration"

Right.

Sure.

[kaberett]

IT'S OKAY THEY LIST SEVERAL OTHER SOURCES OF INSPIRATION TOO

it's actually pretty great, the more I think about it the more I'm going "... and that's THAT plot point... and that's THAT one..."

[batrachian]

I am not averse to filling serial numbers off and using it as a basis for stories.

BUT YOU HAVE TO USE A FILE

[sporky_rat]

I SIMPLY MUST KNOW.