Constellations don't really change shape, but stars will disappear and new stars will show up depending on how far north or south you go, so I'm going to assume that's what she's talking about. I'm going to ignore the question of whether they've actually gone far enough south for them to not recognize any of the stars. What kind of constellations do they even have?
I recall that PaoPao once claimed Alawhatsit was roughly the size of the Western United States. I grew up in the Northern U.S., and have visited Southern California. There was no major change in the constellations. I have a friend who lived in Hawaii who said that it isn't spectacularly different that far south. I think PaoPao was just copying something he read in a better book without realizing its impossibility.
Yeah, I've traveled all over the continental US and across the pond to visit my Irish relatives and I've never noticed a significant change in the constellations in any of those places (I did, however, notice change in length of daylight pretty quickly after traveling from the American South to Ireland!). I think that's something you'd have to make a pretty significant change in latitude to really pick up on. Unless you've been trained to navigate by the stars, in which case you would definitely note even small changes in constellations.
Then again, if you live somewhere there's no artificial light out of doors, no weather forecasts, no satnavs and no enclosed forms of transport, you will see the stars a whole lot more often; you'll see them far more more clearly (light pollution in the developed world now is such you have to travel to wilderness areas these days to see stars that used to be visible over towns); and you'll need to study the night sky to find your way around and to judge tomorrow's weather. So yes, you very likely would notice changes that most modern western people just wouldn't pick up on.
This might be One of the best chapters of the book, and I think the best so far.
You could even play devil's advocate here and think that Roran only said those last sentences as an hyperbole, and there is pretty much nothing wrong with the chapter left.
(And now that I think of it, ¿It is well know un the Varden that the Imperials are supposed to be mindslaved? I remember a comment at the end of the book, but it was about the civilians. I don't remember anything about the soldiers un Roran's chapters)
One question: you say that killing lotes of enemies is not badass but disturbing, and yet in en older post I saw you saying that it WAS badass, but the people un this series are not badass characters and it dotes not work, por something.
Hm. What a quick chapter. Is it just me or does Katrina not give birth until afterwards anyway making this "what if" conversation moot? Either that or she gives birth in Brisingr (never read it until now) or I completely forgot about it in Inheritance?? Which is probable.
“I’ll just have to ensure we kill every last one of Galbatorix’s soldiers, capture all the cities in the Empire, defeat Murtagh and Thorn, and behead Galbatorix and his turncoat dragon before your time comes. That way, there will be no need for you to go away.”
This is what actually happens, which I feel ruins this whole chapter.
To be honest, I never really got the feeling that they were actually a couple. It was said they were married and they had a baby and all, but they never really felt like an actual couple. A relationship is made of two equal partners, both being relevant to eachother. But in this case, Katrina becomes irrelevant soon after this short chaper, and it comes across as if she doesn't matter to Roran. She just becomes an object that chimes in once in a while, with Roran not even giving two fucks about her reputation (Washing bandages, anyone?), well-being (He threatened to tie her to a tree trunk if she doesn't let him do her job, and was serious about it) or even future beyond "Run away when I die, to people I don't know.". Remember, this is also a guy that roped her into a marriage without any money, home, or even a family with either to back him up besides Eragon Mc-I-Am-So-Special-I-Could-Fart-Rainbows-If-I-Wanted, who (If I need to remember you) also doesn't have a single coin to his name
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I recall that PaoPao once claimed Alawhatsit was roughly the size of the Western United States. I grew up in the Northern U.S., and have visited Southern California. There was no major change in the constellations. I have a friend who lived in Hawaii who said that it isn't spectacularly different that far south. I think PaoPao was just copying something he read in a better book without realizing its impossibility.
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You could even play devil's advocate here and think that Roran only said those last sentences as an hyperbole, and there is pretty much nothing wrong with the chapter left.
(And now that I think of it, ¿It is well know un the Varden that the Imperials are supposed to be mindslaved?
I remember a comment at the end of the book, but it was about the civilians. I don't remember anything about the soldiers un Roran's chapters)
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Can you please explain it a bit more clearly?
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Hm. What a quick chapter. Is it just me or does Katrina not give birth until afterwards anyway making this "what if" conversation moot? Either that or she gives birth in Brisingr (never read it until now) or I completely forgot about it in Inheritance?? Which is probable.
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“I’ll just have to ensure we kill every last one of Galbatorix’s soldiers, capture all the cities in the Empire, defeat Murtagh and Thorn, and behead Galbatorix and his turncoat dragon before your time comes. That way, there will be no need for you to go away.”
This is what actually happens, which I feel ruins this whole chapter.
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A relationship is made of two equal partners, both being relevant to eachother. But in this case, Katrina becomes irrelevant soon after this short chaper, and it comes across as if she doesn't matter to Roran. She just becomes an object that chimes in once in a while, with Roran not even giving two fucks about her reputation (Washing bandages, anyone?), well-being (He threatened to tie her to a tree trunk if she doesn't let him do her job, and was serious about it) or even future beyond "Run away when I die, to people I don't know.". Remember, this is also a guy that roped her into a marriage without any money, home, or even a family with either to back him up besides Eragon Mc-I-Am-So-Special-I-Could-Fart-Rainbows-If-I-Wanted, who (If I need to remember you) also doesn't have a single coin to his name ( ... )
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