The Official Inheritance Spork, Part 2: Hammerfall

[mage_apprentice]

Hello, everyone! Stealingvowels was sick and busy and unfortunately didn’t get the chance to do her chapter, so I’m posting in her place. In the last chapter, we found Eragon in a battle and he expanded his equipment by obtaining Plot Coupon Spear, which triples his stat points. Suddenly, something happened to Roran!

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[13thfriday]

This scene tells me that Paolini is afraid of killing off his beloved characters (much like Masashi Kishimoto is with Sasuke in his Naruto manga).

I don't read Naruto, nor One Piece, so I don't entirely know what I'm talking about, but both those series sell extremely well in Japan, and I doubt either artist would be "allowed" to kill off a primary character - I highly doubt it matters if they're afraid to do so or not, their publishers want them to keep their series going a loooong time.

I completely agree with you about Paolini though. I haven't finished the book yet, but I'm not expecting any major character to really die, even though Paolini's publicity machine said one would.

...anyway, thanks for your spork! This was a chapter I skimmed through in my hurry to get to something more interesting; I had to check the chapter a couple of times to see if your spork exaggerated or if what you described really did happen (like when Eragon sent someone flying into the ceiling of a freaking CASTLE (which probably has really high ceilings). But then I keep forgetting that Eragon is stronger and more ruggedly handsome than any man or elf. Silly me. :D)

[mage_apprentice]

but both those series sell extremely well in Japan, and I doubt either artist would be "allowed" to kill off a primary character - I highly doubt it matters if they're afraid to do so or not, their publishers want them to keep their series going a loooong time.

You give the publishers WAAAAYYYY too much power and credit. Both manga writers, while they might not have the power to put in whatever they want, have control over their plots. I didn't read One Piece, but I can see a clear cohesive plot that was well-planned and written out long before drawing the scenes even started. If they wanted to kill off a primary character then the manga writers are free to do so, the publisher's desire to make more money be damned.
As for primary characters being killed off, take a good look at the Hellsing manga. The only reason why we don't think Alucard dies in the end is because of one little epilogue. After that, it's done. Ten manga books for you, and that's all the books that are going to be sold yet they still sell like hotcakes.

Nope. Didn't exaggerate much in this. I feel that exaggerating when it comes to this book might end up being misleading. Of course, toning down things would be misleading too, but Paolini is known for going above and beyond in exaggerating his own writing.