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Why Esselmont is an illiterate, lazy, MORON. badassashaman Send a noteboard - 31/05/2012 02:24:16 AM
I'm reading Orb, Sceptre, Throne now. While it has its perks, it cannot hang with even the least of Erikson's stuff (excepting Crak'd Pot Trail).

Here's my problem, the same problem I've always had with Esselmont:

He gets the details wrong. ACK!

(very minor spoilers below)





WHY IS K'RUL A WOMAN. K'RUL HAS NEVER BEEN A FREAKING WOMAN. Did he not read Gardens of the Moon? Deadhouse Gates? Memories of Ice? ANY of the book of the fallen? It's shit like this that drives me nuts in his books. And don't try to give me this "he/she can appear in any form he/she wants" crap, since the characters who have dealt with K'rul now call him a her, he a she, like that's what he's always been and they never had any reason to do different, even though it's clear that K'rul has not made an appearance for some time. That would be like making T'iam a guy, or having Togg and Fanderay just be lesbian wolf lovers.

The physical features of Leoman
The Queen of Dreams - like everything about her
everything about the crippled god (how was his thigh its own female *god* in stonewielder)

All I'm asking for is a little consistency here. tighten up, ICE. Not to mention all the typos.

EDIT: was super tired last night when I made the orginal post. I would never call Erikson any of those things intentionally. I love you, man!
This message last edited by badassashaman on 31/05/2012 at 11:20:05 PM
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Why Esselmont is an illiterate, lazy, MORON. - 31/05/2012 02:24:16 AM 2028 Views
I could point out the irony here. - 31/05/2012 03:37:24 AM 1156 Views
Rants do that to me. Sorry. *NM* - 31/05/2012 01:59:04 PM 415 Views
Re: I could point out the irony here. - 31/05/2012 02:10:08 PM 967 Views
I did write that at like half three in the morning. - 31/05/2012 04:24:29 PM 942 Views
My bad. - 31/05/2012 06:08:19 PM 900 Views
Ahh. I hadn't paid attention to the timestamp of your post. *NM* - 01/06/2012 01:55:40 PM 426 Views
No worries. *NM* - 01/06/2012 02:05:50 PM 413 Views
Only in Amercia does Esslemont get misspelled here *NM* - 01/06/2012 11:42:29 AM 750 Views
ROTLFMOA! *NM* - 01/06/2012 01:58:41 PM 433 Views
Re: Only in Amercia does Esslemont get misspelled here <--- that's ungrammatical!! - 01/06/2012 04:37:56 PM 1381 Views
- 01/06/2012 05:08:06 PM 1175 Views
well, in that case your answer for how could be "because of tn native speakers of engish" perhaps... - 06/06/2012 03:38:03 AM 1042 Views
Pfft! - 07/06/2012 06:59:35 AM 828 Views
Re: Pfft! - 08/06/2012 08:06:14 PM 1147 Views
Deitic anaphora? Jw. *NM* - 02/06/2012 02:58:26 AM 556 Views
Oh, damn you all. - 02/06/2012 04:13:40 AM 948 Views
Dude, it's because your post sucked. - 02/06/2012 12:43:03 PM 1268 Views
duly noted. - 02/06/2012 01:28:00 PM 1068 Views
Pfft! - 02/06/2012 05:00:30 PM 1141 Views
I look forward to hearing about them. - 03/06/2012 11:16:51 PM 914 Views

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