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i started reading elric of the melnibone- the classic fantasy we all have to thank for the dnd alignment chart AND for raistlin majere, who is very heavily modeled on elric.
not sure how i stand yet on who did it better- elric or raistlin- but i can say this. the elric saga is NOT FUN. its not. its dark and bitter and the antithesis of tolkien. this is bad end tolkien. this is let melkor out of the void and end the world tolkien.
and it makes me appreciate dragonlance that much more, because yes dragonlance can be tragic and riddled with evil, but mostly dragonlance is fun. friendship saves people. adventures are exciting. it’s cool and it’s wacky and it’s cheesy but god is it a relief to come back to.
Oh man, I first read those book when I was fifteen, just after reading LotR. Moorcock kicked Tolkien in the balls and stole his lunch money and maybe I was one fucked up kid, but I really appreciated the nihilism and everything-sucks-lets-blow-it-all-up approach after Tolkien’s whaa whaa everything good is ending.
I still love Elric, but he and Raistlin should never, never meet. They’d probably get on brilliantly and go around the multiverse killing gods together. They’d turn the fabric of reality into Gruyere.
Im enjoying it because its got similar vibes to the skyrim run im doing right now, and also because im all for tolkiens bad guys winning. The fifth age sucks and i would be delighted to serve melkor and sauron. That said, im taking it in small doses. Elrics bleak as shit lol DO NOT LET HIM MEET RAISTLIN DEAR GOD. Theyd fuck up so many timestreams reality itself would collapse. Quick question though: why is elric always drawn shirtless? Im not complaining, the man’s gorgeous, but WHY
It was the art style at the time, and Moorcock played into it shamelessly. You should check out his Mars novels, where he added Burroughs to his fuck-you-I’m-doing-this-shit-properly list. Everyone walks around stark naked and looks like a refugee from a Boris Valejo painting.
I have a headcanon that Elric escapes at the end of Stormbringer and ends up wandering across the multiverse killing gods that get too big for their boots. Krynn was a nice change since he could just sit back and eat popcorn. Yeah, Raistlin and Elric tag teaming would be terrifyingly awesome.
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i started reading elric of the melnibone- the classic fantasy we all have to thank for the dnd alignment chart AND for raistlin majere, who is very heavily modeled on elric.
not sure how i stand yet on who did it better- elric or raistlin- but i can say this. the elric saga is NOT FUN. its not. its dark and bitter and the antithesis of tolkien. this is bad end tolkien. this is let melkor out of the void and end the world tolkien.
and it makes me appreciate dragonlance that much more, because yes dragonlance can be tragic and riddled with evil, but mostly dragonlance is fun. friendship saves people. adventures are exciting. it’s cool and it’s wacky and it’s cheesy but god is it a relief to come back to.
Oh man, I first read those book when I was fifteen, just after reading LotR. Moorcock kicked Tolkien in the balls and stole his lunch money and maybe I was one fucked up kid, but I really appreciated the nihilism and everything-sucks-lets-blow-it-all-up approach after Tolkien’s whaa whaa everything good is ending.
I still love Elric, but he and Raistlin should never, never meet. They’d probably get on brilliantly and go around the multiverse killing gods together. They’d turn the fabric of reality into Gruyere.
Im enjoying it because its got similar vibes to the skyrim run im doing right now, and also because im all for tolkiens bad guys winning. The fifth age sucks and i would be delighted to serve melkor and sauron. That said, im taking it in small doses. Elrics bleak as shit lol DO NOT LET HIM MEET RAISTLIN DEAR GOD. Theyd fuck up so many timestreams reality itself would collapse. Quick question though: why is elric always drawn shirtless? Im not complaining, the man’s gorgeous, but WHY
It was the art style at the time, and Moorcock played into it shamelessly. You should check out his Mars novels, where he added Burroughs to his fuck-you-I’m-doing-this-shit-properly list. Everyone walks around stark naked and looks like a refugee from a Boris Valejo painting.
I have a headcanon that Elric escapes at the end of Stormbringer and ends up wandering across the multiverse killing gods that get too big for their boots. Krynn was a nice change since he could just sit back and eat popcorn. Yeah, Raistlin and Elric tag teaming would be terrifyingly awesome.