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<blockquote data-quote="DMZ2112" data-source="post: 6523658" data-attributes="member: 78752"><p>My pet theory is that Weis and Hickman have been trying to quietly kill Dragonlance ever since they lost creative control in the early 90s. Much like its contemporary, Legacy of the Darksword, Dragons of Summer Flame reads like an ending. They kill /Tanis/ anonymously in battle, for gods' sakes. They send the gods away again, when their return is the /central conceit/ of all Dragonlance.</p><p></p><p>I can't believe it was their intention that things go on, and when they did, I think Weis and Hickman took every opportunity they were given to discredit the post-Summer Flame setting. I see no other explanation for Mina and the War of Souls disintegration (Qualinesti -- what a <em>train wreck</em>).</p><p></p><p>I mean, it's not like they suffered matching strokes -- the Lost Chronicles and their recent work in other settings have been wonderful.</p><p></p><p>In my personal Dragonlance timeline, Paladine still steps down and becomes Valthonis, but he does so much earlier -- Takhisis' "plan to absorb the power of Chaos as he is sealed" goes the way anyone would expect and she immolates at the end of the War of Chaos. Whoops. The Age of Mortals never occurs, the Knights of Takhisis still become the (much cooler) Knights of Neraka, and Mina remains blissfully asleep at the bottom of the ocean. <strong><em>Forever.</em></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If I were Wizards I'd do setting crunch for as many of these first UAs as possible. Get some traction. Sell some classic PDFs. Then when the books come out in a few years you have a community to which to sell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DMZ2112, post: 6523658, member: 78752"] My pet theory is that Weis and Hickman have been trying to quietly kill Dragonlance ever since they lost creative control in the early 90s. Much like its contemporary, Legacy of the Darksword, Dragons of Summer Flame reads like an ending. They kill /Tanis/ anonymously in battle, for gods' sakes. They send the gods away again, when their return is the /central conceit/ of all Dragonlance. I can't believe it was their intention that things go on, and when they did, I think Weis and Hickman took every opportunity they were given to discredit the post-Summer Flame setting. I see no other explanation for Mina and the War of Souls disintegration (Qualinesti -- what a [I]train wreck[/I]). I mean, it's not like they suffered matching strokes -- the Lost Chronicles and their recent work in other settings have been wonderful. In my personal Dragonlance timeline, Paladine still steps down and becomes Valthonis, but he does so much earlier -- Takhisis' "plan to absorb the power of Chaos as he is sealed" goes the way anyone would expect and she immolates at the end of the War of Chaos. Whoops. The Age of Mortals never occurs, the Knights of Takhisis still become the (much cooler) Knights of Neraka, and Mina remains blissfully asleep at the bottom of the ocean. [B][I]Forever.[/I][/B] If I were Wizards I'd do setting crunch for as many of these first UAs as possible. Get some traction. Sell some classic PDFs. Then when the books come out in a few years you have a community to which to sell. [/QUOTE]
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