Wow, man. I am truly saddened at this post. And, in many ways, envious of your passion. Mostly because while these are my favorites stories ever, even when reading others these have always been the ones that most touched, but not on the level that you are describing, where I would be devastated.Fist and Faith wrote:No, but that's a great one!aliantha wrote:Did not!Fist and Faith wrote:Hell, ali sent me a letterbomb, fer Chrissakes!!
I *did* offer to send you my copy of AATE, tho -- is that what you're talking about?
And sorry, Sea. I hate to risk offending the woman with the consistently hottest avatars at the Watch. But them's the breaks. I have a strong opinion about retroactive continuity in the Chrons. It's fine in comic books. That's the nature of the medium. It's not supposed to be here. The Insequent were bad enough. Not just for the retcon, but for the errors their existence created in the previous books. I don't need to actually read the grandmother of all retcons to know what I think of her.
And none of you seem to understand that I'm not reading it out of self-preservation. The first two Chrons are the best thing I've ever read. The wonder they've brought to my life... The joy... The depth of thought... My love and passion for them can hardly be missed. Try a few of my dissections:
The Spoiled Plains
GILDEN-FIRE
The Search
The Defenders of the Land
The Gaddhi's Punishment
If MM comes back, he'll tell us if I'm still the #1 poster of all time in the first two Chrons forum. I couldn't begin to list posts, but here's a few of my threads:
The Vow's flaw
Haruchai/Zen Master
Two *extremely* cool chapters
Music in TCTC
Even tribute threads:
For the Giants
Let's hear if for Mhoram!
Haruchai "showing" emotion
There's no bigger fan anywhere.
And now, I'm devestated. The Final Chrons have broken my heart. I can't begin to tell you how sad it makes me. I've only spoken out about the things about it that bother me; I haven't said how it all hurts me. The only way for me to deal with it is to ignore it. The Final Chrons never happened. Yeah, I read the first two books. But I can't take any more.
However, I'm done criticizing. I've said all I was driven to say. (OK, maybe a quick shot here or there. ) And, of course, I can't go into any detail about AATE. And, believe it or not, I don't want to tear down the Final Chrons. I hope everyone enjoys it a lot more than I have. So, unless I'm addressed, I'll keep it to providing info when needed.
The only corrolary I can make is when Feist started the destruction of the Kingdom in the Silver Crown and so forth...the destruction and devastation to me did not seem like it could ever end in happiness for the Kingdom and so I stopped reading. But it never ruined my feelings towards the author or the earlier works in the same sense you are describing.
Hopefully at some point it will heal enough for you to restore your previous love for the Chrons.