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Post by Tealraven on Nov 2, 2020 17:47:16 GMT -5
I can't believe this
Legends: Darkstalker, pp. 14-15:
"He did not understand yet that he could see the future. He had no idea what the flashes meant. . . But in his mother's mind he found the idea of hope, and in his father's mind he traced the outline of something called patience."
Darkness of Dragons, pp. 355-356:
"What are your new names going to be?" Qibli asked.
"Oh -- I'm not sure," [Foeslayer] said.
"You should be Awesomeness," Kinkajou suggested.
"Salvation?" said Moon.
Foeslayer laughed. "That's a little grandiose for me."
(. . .)
"I have a name for you," Qibli said to Foeslayer. "If you're interested."
"Let's hear it," she said.
He smiled at the little dragon stuffing his face with strawberries. "I was thinking maybe... Hope?"
"Hope," she said thoughtfully. "I like that."
Do you think this was intentional or just a coincidence? What other instances of foreshadowing have you noticed in the series?
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Post by Ṣanɗypaw™ on Nov 2, 2020 20:59:55 GMT -5
Oh man, I didn't even notice that!
I could probably think of an instance of foreshadowing if my brain was currently working, lol.
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Post by foxstep on Nov 2, 2020 21:55:36 GMT -5
I did not notice that. That's so interesting!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2020 22:29:46 GMT -5
I never noticed that either! Usually, I would consider that to be a coincidence since it's one little word that just happened to be used twice in two situations, but knowing Tui's writing style and the fact that most of her books seem very well planned out, I wouldn't be surprised if it was intentional.
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Post by Brindlefern on Nov 2, 2020 23:17:54 GMT -5
Well Darkstalker's Legend DID come out long before DoD. I'd imagine Tui planned this to be very subtle forshadowing from the start.
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Post by Tealraven on Nov 3, 2020 0:01:03 GMT -5
That's what made me think it wasn't a coincidence. Darkstalker's Legend was full of little gems like that. In Clearsight's first chapter she briefly considers flying off to the Lost Continent instead of meeting Darkstalker, and of course, she eventually does just that. There's also a throwaway line about how Darkstalker would have to be "trapped underground for months with nothing else to do" to spend as much time studying the future as Clearsight did.
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Post by Ṣanɗypaw™ on Nov 3, 2020 11:30:31 GMT -5
This is why I love Tui- she's such a good writer, you can't tell the difference between foreshadowing or coincidence in her books.
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Post by *Faith* on Nov 3, 2020 15:35:51 GMT -5
I hadn't noticed that before. That's very interesting.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2020 15:58:22 GMT -5
I think about the hope line a lot. It's one of my favorite small details in the series, whether intentional or not.
I came across this one I somehow hadn't noticed earlier, too, which is what made me come actually post. It's also in Darkstalker:
“I’m not a dragon who goes flying in hurricanes!” she (Clearsight) said. “Do you know how unpredictable they are? The smallest wind shift or one piece of debris spinning in the wrong direction, and suddenly you’re in a whole other timeline — or everyone else is, because you’re dead.”
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Post by Ṣanɗypaw™ on Nov 9, 2020 20:43:02 GMT -5
I think about the hope line a lot. It's one of my favorite small details in the series, whether intentional or not. I came across this one I somehow hadn't noticed earlier, too, which is what made me come actually post. It's also in Darkstalker: “I’m not a dragon who goes flying in hurricanes!” she (Clearsight) said. “Do you know how unpredictable they are? The smallest wind shift or one piece of debris spinning in the wrong direction, and suddenly you’re in a whole other timeline — or everyone else is, because you’re dead.” Seeing Clearsight's quote about hurricanes amuses me to no end. |
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