Q&As with Christopher Paolini (and Chiara the Cat)
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
- Author Christopher Paolini answers more fan questions as Chiara the Cat makes a guest appearance. (And she steals the show.) Topics include:
00:00 Intro and Czech edition of To Sleep in a Sea of Stars reveal
01:00 Did Tenga ever find the answer?
01:11 Can a dragon become a shade? If so, how powerful would they be?
01:50 What is your favorite use of magic in the Inheritance Cycle?
02:22 Will Roran ever lift the rock? Is he worthy?
03:09 Will each season of the new Disney+ series be one of the four books, or will the show just focus on Eragon for now?
04:18 Are Nasuada's oppressive magic user policies going to be a major plot point in the future of the Inheritance universe?
05:16 Will you remake your lost interactive text-based adventure?
06:08 How was Kira responsible for the Nightmares? (Spoiler alert!)
08:16 Who were your biggest inspirations in writing? And was it ever harder for you to write in general?
09:46 Have you ever had to delete a scene you liked but didn't serve the story? And have you ever deleted all or part of a book because it wasn't working?
12:55 When is your next in person tour?
13:34 Does pineapple belong on a pizza?
13:53 Would you enjoy being an eternal entity, free to explore the universe but unable to talk to anybody ever again?
One of my favorite scenes from the Inheritance cycle was when eragon had to travel with garzvog (I don't remember the Urgal leader's name..) and he learns about Urgal culture and later on he decides to give chance to Urgals and Dwarfs on becoming dragon knights... I my head, I imagined the Urgals as being minotaurs, I didn't know there was a book with images of the Inheritance universe 😅
Super glad I'm not the only one who was confused on how the nightmares were created with the jelly and the doctor lol
This is a great Q&A and I can't wait for the Inheritance Cycle book next year.
Also your books have done a lot for me, so thank you.
I always love these sorts of fan interactions!
makes someone you look up to seem more like a real person.
I need more q&as, theyre keeping me sane while waiting for the next alagaesia book 😂
Thanks for making me obsessed with the inheritance cycle, i love these books
Holy shit, i did not expect the heart, thanks!
All creative work is inherently built on top of hundreds of man-hours that will never see the light of day.
As a musician I throw away somewhere between 50 - 90 % of all projects i start with. Many never pass 5 hours of time spent. But when Fortuna smiles down on me and if the initial idea is good, I’m in a good flow and I have time and motivation, then maybe, just maybe, I get a few minutes of actual music out of it, created over many dozens of hours, sometime over the span of months or years, even.
This quote has been used time and time again, because it’s so true: "An art pieces is never finished. It is merely abandoned."
In the end you gotta love the process at least as much as the goal of finishing it. Cos otherwise you’ll either never finish, trying to perfect something that can never be perfect, or you’ll be frustrated with the amount of time "wasted" on stuff you threw away, when thats rly the only way to give this skill a serious workout.
I´m so proud you own Czech versions! I´m from the Czech Republic 🇨🇿 and huge fan of your writing, I own and have read all of your books in Czech as well as in English.
When you go on tour you need to come the Roanoke VA. I NEED MY BOOKS SIGNED. You are the light that got me through the worst of my ptsd. You have made me smile when no one else could thank you.
Thank you for reading the Inheritance Cycle! It's humbling to know the books have helped you through difficult times.
I know that you understand that your books have gone all over the world, but I don't know if you realize how much you impact the lives of your readers. Like I said you truly helped me out when I needed it the most. I absolutely loved / hated, The fork,the witch, and the worm. I was over the moon about it.Then when I read it in one sitting I was so sad that I hade it read it over and over again for almost a week lol just to burn it into my mind. You are an amazing person just know the the lives you touch, and the people you help, is like looking at the Beor Mountains. You think you understand, but when standing closer to them you realize it is more then you could have ever dreamed.
Love these Q&As! Couldn’t click fast enough on the notification! Keep it up!
Can’t wait for more Alagaesia and more Murtagh!
You can hear the cat purring T_T!!!!!!
Yay for the Czech version!
Glad to see more of Q&As :)
Thanks for this stream Chris! Always a pleasure to hear from you. I wish you the best with the Eragon show. I know it will be a challenge, but you and the show's creators will prevail!
The Czech editions are always the coolest
There needs to be a VR game for Eragon!!!
5:20 I would love a game set in Alageasia
OMG the text based adventure!!! Yes I loved it so much. I had it all written out. Please please do another
Missed opportunity to call your cat Solembum
So this means we will expect a book five? Just found this channel today and this is the latest info I've seen.
I really love your works and writes Christopher. I wouldn't be the same without you and your content. Thanks you for making my life the best I could have dreamed, because you can't imaginate how can you be important to me. I'm really thankful, Christopher Paolini, you're the best writer in the world. 🤩🥰❤️
Thanks for reading the series!
@@christopher_paolini Thanks to you for creating the best fantasy world ❤️
Sooo....did the Dragon Shade idea just become a future idea for you?! Because that question just shook me and makes me want to imagine a future story to include this monstrocity.
I'm soo glad you mentioned Redwall 🥰!!!
Ik this is 2 weeks later, but seeing as how Disney is working on the Eragon TV adaptation, is it safe to say we won't be seeing the soliders who are immune to pain, along with the other bloody battles that frequent the series? Ik the answer is obvious I just thought itd be fun to ask lol
For a future Q&A: How do you think the Urgals would react to one of their kind becoming a rider? And how would they react if the rider went under the same physical transformation that Eragon did? Thanks so much!
So now that Eragon is tending to the new order of riders. In his free time what knowledge does Eragon pursue. Does he seek to further his scholarly studies or does he spend his free time attending to current problems and relations.
Since Eragon is free to grow both in wisdom, knowledge, and power. I was really hoping we'd get a clue on what facet he's strengthening at the moment.
Also I have a feeling that the new egg hatched for an urgal.
I read the Wizard of the Earthsee after first two Eragon books, and I was like - hmm, somewhere we have already seen the ancient language, true names of things and people etc.😊 Definitely see this aspect of influence. Although in Inheritance it is more fully developed, with its own sentences, grammar.
Btw, I have read many fantasy books, but it is incredible how you described Arya's character, I was actually able to fall in love with her lol. And after the end it was like 'nooo, I need more Arya, where is Arya?' 😅
You should definitely include her in any future stories about Alagaesia, it would make things way more emotional.
Roran is my favorite character in any story ever. ❤
A shade, dragon or rider, is top of my wishlist for an antogonist in any upcoming Alagaesia literature
For the upcoming disney plus show, do you have any ideas on how to visualise mental communication?
My idea was that they would make the dragons speak with their mouths and not through telepathy.
I liked your books very much. However, the ending saddened me because Eragon did not end up in a relationship with Arya. I hope with all my heart that this relationship will be possible in the future book :)
Well, unless something very unfortunate happens, they both have hundreds if not thousands of years to live. So they could get a chance someday. I would imagine after a thousand years or so that Eragon might hand over the reign of the riders to someone else who is more in touch with the current world of Alagaesia rather than the one he grew up in. Then maybe he can be with Arya.
I have a question about begining of the Inheritance cycle - did you have every character written, before you begin to write the whole story, or you had some scenario about the whole storyline ? I nearly readed Eragon again and alot of things what characters say is true late in story... Like in beggining, when Brom telling some details to Eragon and meaning him not exactly some things. Like short talk about Selena, or about his later trainings and other... Im very curious about it, how you did it step by step .. thank you
Was just catching up on your Q&A’s and I just wanted to say. Please turn down any TVshow/movie deals unless they allow you to be seriously involved.
Disney these days have a strong reputation for ruining good things and I’m sure us fans are willing to wait for the right deal than get another Version of the last movie.
Much love.
To be fair, the only direction Disney can go is up. Like Disney fucked Star Wars because Star Wars was always so elevated and beloved.
The inheritance books aren’t as well know lm, even with the movie, by a looooong shot and those that only the know the terribad movie it can only be better
@@nicholasjaworski9368 never underestimate someone’s ability to fuck something up 🤣
@@leewolf6434 absolutely however the movie could literally not be made any worse
@@nicholasjaworski9368 funny enough I actually watched the movie first as a kid and enjoyed it. Notably I was a “book worm” when I was young. It wasn’t until I was about 22 I got into reading and one of the first series I read was the inheritance cycle and OH MY how I loved it, my reaction was literally “This is sooo good why isn’t this on TV already!!” and now I can’t even think about the movie without throwing up in my mouth. They got sooooo much wrong and literally missed out like 90% of the book.
Hi! Could you share how many copies of TSIASS were sold so far?
Thanks!
when will the new book be out?
Question. If you deviate from the main story in the Disney+ series, will the series still be considered cannon?
I have a question. So I'm almost finishing reading Inheritance for the second time and I noticed something during the final confrontation with Galbatorix. It seemed to me like Galbatorix actually killed himself and not Eragon. Is this correct? Was there something I missed? Can you give some clarification?
from my understanding of the events, yes Galbatorix killed himself when he tried to "unmake" something, like in the Belgariad series from David Eddings
It's somehow similar to how Voldemort killed himself with his own spell without Harry saying 'Avada Kedavra'.
You know how glaedr explained on vroengard how an elf destroyed himself and all the energy in him exploded all over the island? Galbatorix did that
A question ive been wondering for a while. Is the Rigmar streching routine that the elves do based of any real life routine in history?
I would guess it would be Tai Chi based on how the more advanced parts of Tai Chi are. I could be wrong however.
You said to sleep in a sea of stars will become a tv series, which platform will it publish (netflix, disny+ etc)??
I would guess that the outlet hasn’t been decided yet. I’m guessing they’ll write the episodes, then the shop it around.
I actually have a few ideas for the upcoming live action adaptation of Eragon. I would like to have Guillermo Del Toro as the director and Mark Gustafson and Steven Spielberg as producers alongside you. And for the magical creatures i would like the director to use practical effects as well as cgi. That means self made armor and make up for the Urgals and Razac and the use of advanced animatronics for the dragons, Lethrblaka and Fanghur. I would also like all the dragons to have four legs and 2 wings to make them look different from the dragons from Game Of Thrones. I would also like each character to have a good written character arc. I would also like all the dragons to speak with their mouths. I would also like the series to make the Inheritance series fairytale like and i would like each season of the show to have distinct colors to match the passage of the nature seasons.
Todos lo queremos, pero lo veo difícil amigo.
that is a BIG CAT i love her
Forgive me if you've been asked this before; which genre do you find easier to write between sci-fi and fantasy? Do you find either to be more enjoyable to write?
so is this a monthly thing now
also are you ever going to do the live stream q-and-a again, like with 99 during the tweetstorms, where we can ask you questions from the discord?
Actually, yes, I am planning to do a live Q&A in December when I come up for air from my latest round of edits. More info to come soon.
I would love a open world rpg set in alagasia. You could be a dragon rider. Pick your race. gender. maybe pick your dragon or it could be randomized. Maybe a campaign that you could play through as eragon. Or maybe other main characters. Then you could fly around do stuff I don't know if it should be set in the riders glory or downfall. Or after galbatorix. Who knows I would love to play it and would spend a pretty penny to play.
Wasn't the Menoa Tree posessed? Or is that, erm, friendly posession?
Are u going to make sure that Disney follows and respects the lore?
I'll do my absolute best! I talk a bit more on this here: ruclips.net/video/tSj2cxwSG-U/видео.html
@@christopher_paolini thank you just want the TV Show to be great
We need to see an eragon comic run at some point
Not that it would do anything but whoever made the IMBD post called "Eragon Reboot Cast" picked PERFECT actors to play the characters (except for maybe Vin Diesel as Garrow lol-- I just can't see it).
I'm honestly shook on how perfect they have it...
I would love to meet ur sister Angela, she's been my favorite character since her introduction, ur sister really did well wen she made u keep her character in the story for every book 😁 I always smile whenever she talks.... Lol watch out for ferrets! 😂
I have a question and a statement to put out there. Q: what did the menoa tree take from eragon and saphira?
Ps. My wife and I are having twins, we middle-named each after a character from the inheritance cycle. Ember saphira, and Asher Roran-Blaze
Did you really name your children that!!??
@@michaellaurie3902 we did
What an ending 🤣🤣🤣
TELL ME WHAT THE MANOA TREE TOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!! THATS ALL I NEED lol
His virginity and ability to bare children with Urgals😂
@@PsudoeGaming*bear
Where can submit a question for a Q&A? I would love to submit a question or two.
Feel free to ask here! I'll have my assistant add your questions to our list for upcoming Q&As.
@@christopher_paolini Okay. One of my questions is Can you give us any more clues to the name of Book 5 in the Inheritance Cycle?
@@christopher_paolini when does the new book drop?
Would you ever do a book tour in Australia?
Yes, I've done a book tour there in the past and would love to come back again in the future!
@@christopher_paolini That is Awesome! If you ever come back, please keep Brisbane in mind 😄
I have a question for you, if you have a series, can you put a pre-sequel as a book 0 in that series. Such as follows, 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4....
I'm starting my new book now, which will be called Delmar...It will be the Pre-Sequel to book 1 Salem And The Sphinx War. It will be numbered as book 0 in the Dragon Friends Of Delmore.
I'm not Christopher Paolini, but I've seen prequels usually numbered as 0.5 in series. It becomes more of a headache when there are multiple prequels, but then you can just number them based on however many there are. For example, if a series has a prequel trilogy, you can number them 0.3, 0.6, and 0.9.
Don't take this as a final answer though, I don't know how they handle this in the publishing industry.
awwww kiara purr
Why did you get rid of the unicorn?!?!
Fr, i want to see that
Please please reboot the text based game!!!
R u on social media? Please may I have ur tags? I Wana animate Eragon as written word for word if that interests u 😊🙏❤️
he's on all of them just search christopher paolini
A shade as a dragon rider? Like, they were already a shade, and then their dragon chose them?
Or in the event of a rider who overreached with sorcery and became a shade as a consequence.
My question would be if the dragon would still be bound to them afterward. Because a shade, from what I understand, is no longer the person but a collection of dark spirits. So I think either the bond would break, or the dragon would also have to be possessed or enslaved for it to work.
@@AveryPowers77 I'm not certain. Carsaib still existed in some capacity within the shade Durza, as was apparent when Eragon was experiencing the Shade's memories. I am imagining more of a possession or situation like in the movie "Get Out."
What that would do to a Dragon Bond, I have no clue, but I doubt it would break it. Dragon and Rider are stitched together at the soul, so maybe a rider can be more resistant? Maybe it would require more or stronget spirits, with the Rider and Dragon both needing to be possessed? It's hard to really think about with no in-setting president having been set.
@@wilsonmiranne214 Yeah with no explanation of exactly how the bond works and could be broken all of it is just speculation. I would say that it might break because a shades true name would be different than the riders but true names change throughout your life so I doubt that would be the case. Idk how it would work, but I cant imagine a good-minded dragon would do all the horrible things a shade would ask of them unless they were forced to. Because from what I understand bonded dragons don't have to follow the riders orders. But I am planning on rereading the books again because it has been a few years so maybe I am forgetting something.
@@AveryPowers77 You haven't said anything inaccurate. Neither party in the bond is beholden to the word of the other (Eragon's decision to remain in Helgrind in Brisingr as an example).
About the closest comparison that I can think to make would be Eragon's episodic back pain as a result of his duel with Durza. When he would undergo the episodes, Saphira was still herself (though immediately aware), and decidedly chose to shelter Eragon as best as she could from the pain mentally.
Given that loose precedence, it could be that the rider shade would be projecting that kind of constant abuse and pain mentally at their bonded dragon to wear it down.
Scratch all of that, as a new thought occurs to me while typing. If a rider is made a shade, it would stand to reason that, as a matter of self preservation, it would want to make a shade of the dragon. Likewise for self preservation, as well as a means of grimly 'rescuing' their bonded partner, it would stand to reason that a dragon would decide to kill their rider, should it detect that they summoned more or stronger spirits that the rider could handle.
I imagine that the latter would make for a very pretty and sad short story.
@Christopher Paolini
What was Eragon's True Name, you never went into detail what was his True Name in the 4th book?
His true name was Joem Ama 😁
Here's a lip reading of eragon lol ruclips.net/video/lmmCOqEUN8s/видео.html
No pineapple pizza unless your drunk.
Hey brother, if the rumors are true and Netflix is taking on your book series, don’t let them Witcher it.
It’s Disney+ not Netflix as far as I know
Inheritance is on Disney+. To Sleep In a Sea of Stars doesn’t have an outlet yet.
Hey Chris, it's 13 Feb 2022 and I just finished the 4th Eragon book, it's SO F******* AMAZING!!! 😍 I also watched that awful movie Hollywood made 😢 ... Well, I'm an animater, 32 yrs old with 20 years exp and I would love to animate Eragon episodes with u backing me? Perhaps there's some way u and I could talk about it? I've done quite a few sketches that I'd love to show u so that u can see just how much ur novels has inspired me. I would like to animate ur novels exactly as u have written it, word for word and exactly how u described each area, each movement etc. I already have some really talented voice actors who r just as inspired as I am and who r ready to do this with me asap... If there's a way for me to contact u directly PLEASE PLEASE PLEEEEEASE let me know, thank you so much for ur amazing piece of literature. Atra gulia un ilian tauthr ono un atra ono waise skoliro fra rauthr
That’s kind of what I figured with Kira and the creation of the maw