I'm baaaaaaack! My sporking style has possibly chaaaaanged! Hopefully for the better... My deliberate focus from here on in is to challenge myself not just to recap the chapter's events and snark about it (although snarking is admittedly a lot of fun) but to properly highlight what doesn't work and why, regarding plot, character motivations and ( Read more... )

I am not prepared. A demon hunter tells me this with a certain regularity. The Boy Scout in me bristles at the idea. In this instance it is completely true. I am attempting to spork the chapter Mind over Metal in Paolini’s Brisingr. I have never read this book. I have no intention of reading anything outside my self-assigned chapter here. This will ( Read more... )

Hello everyone! It’s time to get unwanted hugs from the Menoa tree!


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Hello, everyone, Anya here, and-HOLY SHIT DUCK AND COVER!


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I'm struggling to write a spork of the current chapter, which seems to be a running theme for me. I have some ideas of what to say, but I just can't articulate them. So, basically, I'm calling it quits and opening my chapters up to anyone who wants them. I have some random thoughts and research material for some of the chapters (such as articles on ( Read more... )

*claws her way out of the ground* I LIIIIIIIVE!

Yes, I’m aware of how late I am with this… Real Life has kind of been kicking my butt for the past month or so. Among other things, I got a job, and am still adjusting to both the time sink and the physical demands of retail. I only hope this sporking ends up being worth the wait.

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Hi everyone! It seems doomotter had some other things to do, so this chapter has fallen into my grabby little hands. And oh, boy, am I gonna have a fun time with this one ( Read more... )

Hello everyone! Bishop surrendered this chapter to Epistler, who then handed it off to me so that I can refresh my brain for Chapter 5 of Consequence (and perhaps get some spitefic fodder) by jumping aboard the Sporking Train. So here we are with “Four Strokes Upon the Drum”, a chapter title which doesn’t invoke a drumbeat so much as ring a bell.


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This is Part 2 of my spork of the chapter "Insubordination". It focuses on the battle and the aftermath, and I've finished it up with a brief discussion of what the chapter should have been.

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Ah, "Insubordination", my least favourite chapter in Brisingr, a chapter which fails on strategic and tactical levels, as well as featuring new characters whose actions make no sense and a feat of arms so unbelievable that you wouldn't find anything close to it in any medieval saga, romance, song or chronicle. I've tended to ramble a lot on ( Read more... )