Friday, July 09, 2010

A Fan fiction and the pain it put me through


"The Inheritance Cycle".... This has been a story that has fascinated me. I have read some 15 or so novels in English and this I daresay is among the closest to my heart. One reason: it is fantasy. I love fantasy more than anything. It takes me to another world. It makes me live among the people in the false-world. No! not false world. It is my world in the times that I read fantasies. Be it Harry Potter or Lord of the rings or Inheritance. Inheritance is not yet finished though. (As on 9/7/2010). I had read all the first three books of the series: Eragon, Eldest & Brisingr. I was awaiting the fourth with longing. I wanted to finish reading the fourth one as soon as possible. The waiting that Paolini put me through was too much. So I turned back to the first three books and read them again and the end of the read, my thirst had not quenched. It had only increased. So I turned my attention to fan-fictions and there were quite a lot. I read them. They were not well written. I hadn't expected them to be. There were dark tales, romantic tales and all. Then at last my eyes fell upon Eldunari by wildskysong alias Kallie in fanfiction.net. This seemed to be a neatly formed story. Had its own dark spots: Eragon's capture and the sort. But it was lovable. I liked reading it mainly because of the way the author handled Arya's feelings for Eragon and Eragon's dealing with Galbatorix. I thought it may finally quench my thirst. But alas, by the end I was cursing the writer much more than I was adoring her story at the middle part of Eldunari: She had killed Eragon. Just because she wanted Murtagh to be the rider's leader. I liked Murtagh's character. He was a real hero. But once he killed Hrothgar, all was gone. I finally started hating him after that: but no!!, I couldn't. He was such a fiercely good natured guy that hating him was impossible. But Eragon is different. He is "the hero". He can't die. He simply can't die....... The girl(wildskysong) has started some sequel named Edoc' sil to her Eldunari and had hinted eragon's resurrection using a phoenix feather at the end of Eldunari and the blasted Edoc' sil has just begun and now I am in deep distress. But I know something better.... I made Eragon live in my own version of the last two chapters of Eldunari. After all it is a fan-fiction of a fantasy: a world that I can make on my own.