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  1. 02-25-2008 08:04 PM #1
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    Default The Hick Narrator

    Probably one of the worst things IMO in the series is what I affectionately the call "The Hick Narrator". I found the "storytellers" in Eyes of the Dragon and Black House to be charming and engaging. They added to the overall feel of the story.

    This guy comes off as some pretentious and half-literate and I just want to punch him in the face. The Calla-speak comes off as out of place here, and the little commentaries (like the infantile jabs at Walter calling him the "left nut of Satan" for example) just bug me no to end.

    Am I the only one who feels this way?
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    Oh yeah, the kind of "wild west" dude.

    Yeah, he annoyed me sometimes, too.



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    What do you have against hicks?
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    Bill Hicks is awesome! Oh, the narrator of the comic series. Yeah, he comes off as kind of a putz. Of course, I only have comic #1 so far, though I have read them all, so I may be misremembering.
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    The hands of the many must join as one.
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  5. 02-26-2008 05:53 AM #5
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    you're not alone. the calla-speak seeems forced [like the revised Gunslinger seems forced to me as well] and unnecessary.
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    The narrator doesn't bother me.
    "It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.

    "When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
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    Quote Originally Posted by RUBE View Post
    What do you have against hicks?
    The inbreeding, mostly.
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    I can't help how hot my sister is...our child will be beautiful.
    "It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.

    "When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
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    Quote Originally Posted by All_Hail_The_Crimson_King View Post
    I can't help how hot my sister is...our child will be beautiful.
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