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Paolini Strikes Again
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Lessien
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Funny. Eragon is pretty spoiled (may I cite the infamous "I want meat" incident), but he forgets his own birthday. If Paolini was any sort of realist, Eragon would remember his birthday and make everyone else remember it too.
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sunstruckdream
Simply fantastical!
A good point indeed. Another thought: why doesn't Eragon INFURIATE Brom? I mean, seriously. It seems like he's supposed to be a practical, sensible and wise man. Yet he doesn't seem to mind having this self-absorbed kid hanging around all the time. In fact, he seems to like it. I don't understand where that connection comes from. Did I miss something? ...Or did Paolini?
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The best explanation for this conundrum I have is that Eragon is the ultimate Mary-Sue, so since Paolini is this self-absorbed kid (I'm assuming) and not everyone in real life ignores his faults, he's living out his fantasy of having everyone ignore his faults through Eragon. Therefore, Brom ignores every fault Eragon has.
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That makes sense....in a twisted Paolini sort of way.
Random side note, I gave blood yesterday and while interviewing me to make sure I haven't don't anything that could mess up my blood, the person doing all these tests asked me what I thought of Eragon. I can picture it now: "Oh, you liked Eragon? Sorry, we can't use your blood.
We can't have you contaminating the poor unsuspecting person who might be receiving it."
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sunstruckdream
Simply fantastical!
Haha! You should have been like, "Why? ...Do YOU?!" and then thrown in a threat to repeal your offer of blood. 
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