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Message: <blockquote data-quote="phoenixgod2000" data-source="post: 4026646" data-attributes="member: 29808">no, its not totally ridiculous. It's totally irrational.  There is a difference.  I Love the books Enders Game and The Wizard of Earthsea.  I consider them some of the finest literature of their respective types.  But the authors (in my eyes) came out with sequals that not only were far inferior books, but managed to taint my enjoyment of the original books because all I can think of as I'm reading is the fate that is in store for them.My brain obssesses over stuff like that. I can't not know what is the official canon of the realms and not have it taint my memories and my campagain. Maybe I should be able to, but I can't. I can't read the novel Silverfall, and not be horrified at the fates of my girls, the seven sisters.  I can't know that vast patches of the realms have been replaced and possibly destroyed and know that my group's characters were on those pieces of land and are now dead. I can't ignore the fact that the trials and tribulations and happily ever afters of my characters are essentially  gone and most of the characters of my players are eighty years dead.Ed Greenwood's work, is in my mind, essentially optimistic. That is why I like the seven sisters and Elminster. they are joyful warriors for their causes.  There is no optimism in what I have read so far of the current realms.  Just the doom of what came before.Jon</blockquote>