[Dragaera] Tiassa -- Chapter the Sixth vs Epilogue -- spoiler (fwd)

[Louis Eastman]

Vlad has probably never met Paarfi, or at least he didn't before
Teckla/Phoenix. Paarfi would probably treat him poorly if how he writes
about Easterners reflects his views, and we haven't heard anything about
Paarfi getting ressurected.

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Alexx Kay <alexx at panix.com> wrote:

> >
> >
> > On Mon, 25 Apr 2011, Scott Schultz wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On Wed, 20 Apr 2011, Scott Schultz wrote:
> >>
> >>>>> s
> >>>>> p
> >>>>> o
> >>>>> i
> >>>>> l
> >>>>> e
> >>>>> r
> >>>>>
> >>>>> s
> >>>>> p
> >>>>> a
> >>>>> c
> >>>>> e
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>
>
> >>> We suspect Paarfi's Texts (those we've read, since his monographs
> >>> and _Three Broken Strings_ haven't come to us) are published after
> >>> Vlad's
> >> lifetime,
> >>> because they say they postdate Zerika's reign.  Per the intro to _TPG_,
> >>> Paarfi had been working on pre-Interregnum history beforehand,
> >>> and at the time of its publishing hasn't traced Khaavren & Cie's
> >>> influence
> >> as far as _FHYA_.
> >>
> >> I'm failing to see how the above statement relates to the travels of the
> >> Tiassa through time or to Paarfi's possession of it before Vlad's
> >> possession
> >> of it (relative to the tiassa's own timeline).
> >
> > My belief (not having checked the Timeline) is that Paarfi's Texts appear
> > after Vlad's expected lifetime, and that much of the research involved
> > occurs after as well.  If the idea is that Paarfi gets the tiassa and
> > turns from a plodder into a rock star, it seems simpler to have that
> > happen after the events of _Tiassa_.  (Note that in the archives I
> > did think about the Piroiad not being written under the influence.)
>
> I think it would be fair to say that the *research* started *long* before
> his acquisition of the tiassa.  Remember, _TPG_ was originally intended as
> a minor diversion from his much more comprehensive history project about
> events leading up to the Interregnum.
>
> Also, while the Paarfi texts that *we* have were published when Vlad would
> be either old or dead (barring life extension, etc.), Paarfi had 'popular'
> books published well before then.  Cawti has read some (P 15), and Vlad
> has read them often enough to be able to quote a line before having his
> morning klava, a line which is immediately recognized by Kiera (O 142).
> It wouldn't be completely ludicrous for Vlad to have met Paarfi at an
> author appearance or some such.
>
> Alexx
>
> Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and
>  getting out of the way before it is understood.
>
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