Pft. That book has so many sequels there is no cannon any more. Heck, in the second book in the series there are four near-identical chapters told from slightly different viewpoints and then they... gah.
As a religious historian (though a non-christian), my real issue with it is that by all accounts it seems like it isn't just vaguely non-canonical, but actively and very intentionally anti-canonical. It seems like it was almost designed to insultingly twist around the story in the most anti-orthodox way possible.
To put it in terms of what we're talking about here, this isn't just un-canonical, this is like a Superman story where Superman goes on a killing spree for no good reason, lex luthor is a bumbling idiot, and Pa Kent was a child abuser. Its like a comic written by a guy who despises comics in order to intentionally make a point about how stupid comics are, all the while claiming that this is totally true to the spirit of the legend.
Where did it all go wrong, Casey? I can’t pinpoint it, but it was already too late when they remade 3:10 to Yuma and took a movie that was mostly two men talking about morality in a hotel room and put in a Gatling gun.
This is my gaming circle minus my ACKS players. I am such an asshole. Since they're in the big city now, the players really wanted to know if there were any magic weapons for sale. ACKS ain't 3e or 4e though. There is exactly one magic weapon for sale. I rolled randomly to see what it was and... ...it's a cursed -2 sword. So I told the players there's a weapons dealer/fence who's looking to get rid of a magic sword he's gotten ahold of...cheap. Only 6,000gp when usually a +1 item would be 10,000gp. So far they are not suspicious. They're going to be so pissed at me. I can barely contain my excitement.
Not stone giants, storm giants, and I've heard they take up way too much screen time for such a minor part of the book. ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm on board with all giants.
ReplyDeletePft. That book has so many sequels there is no cannon any more. Heck, in the second book in the series there are four near-identical chapters told from slightly different viewpoints and then they... gah.
ReplyDeleteCome on, ASH LAW; it's post-modern meta-narrative exploring intertextualities. Get with the program.
ReplyDeleteAs a religious historian (though a non-christian), my real issue with it is that by all accounts it seems like it isn't just vaguely non-canonical, but actively and very intentionally anti-canonical. It seems like it was almost designed to insultingly twist around the story in the most anti-orthodox way possible.
ReplyDeleteTo put it in terms of what we're talking about here, this isn't just un-canonical, this is like a Superman story where Superman goes on a killing spree for no good reason, lex luthor is a bumbling idiot, and Pa Kent was a child abuser. Its like a comic written by a guy who despises comics in order to intentionally make a point about how stupid comics are, all the while claiming that this is totally true to the spirit of the legend.