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Forum Name: Symphony of the Sword/The Order of the Rose
Topic ID: 455
Message ID: 20
#20, RE: Meanwhile: OOTR: Underground
Posted by Bodhi on Sep-10-14 at 03:03 PM
In response to message #19
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>>And, really, Nall needs to get the hell over it. Whiny, moody Nall
>>might be story enhancing to some, but isn't exactly entertaining.
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>I find this comment far more amusing then I should, and not in a nice
>way.

Glad to be of service.

I cannot help the fact that Nall pouting like a twelve-year-old girl irritates me. The stories he is in have consistently built his character and drawn him as a person aware of who and what he is and his place in the current scheme of things. So, yes, some self-examination may be due. And, yes, some self-reflection will allow him to correct/examine/accept some heretofore unnoticed weak points in his psychological framework due to being raised in Midgard alongside Corwin instead of in his native realm.

That said, Nax was a bully, a killer, and a black mark on the family name. Nall killed him not for sport, but to defend himself and Umi. It's an out-of-character reason (my opinion) for Nall to angst. Nax had it coming, practically goaded Nall into it, and if the roles were reversed, any reader of the story knows Nax would have neither hesitated nor damned the waste of it all.

Given that at least two weeks have elapsed and he's still awkward as hell around Corwin, of all people. Get actual help from some source (Corwin offered!) and work it out. My statement stands, might be story enhancing to some, but isn't exactly entertaining.

-Bodhi