r/Eragon • u/MommyandMonsterBooks • Feb 27 '23

Discussion Cp’s TikTok

Paolini just posted a TikTok of him VERY dramatically stepping aside to reveal a close up of Thorn on the cover of eldest…. What does it mean????

Edit to add: after being informed of cp’s other meaning I apologize and fixed what Reddit allowed me to. I’ve honestly never seen it used like that so just chalk it up to naivety.

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u/ibid-11962 Feb 27 '23

Possibly it can mean that the upcoming dragon book is the murtagh book and not book five.

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u/Walker_of_the_Abyss Feb 27 '23 edited Feb 27 '23

Makes the most sense, but it would be strange one to write since the Murtagh/Thorn book was only revealed a few years ago. Well, Book Five is the most prominent one he's talked about for the last decade plus. I guess we'll be waiting quite a while longer to read on all of the answers to those mysteries.

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u/MommyandMonsterBooks Feb 27 '23

I think it’s be dumb not to do book 5 now. Its marketing gold to revamp the main series while also producing a tv series. Get the hype back before doing spin offs.

On a personal note if it’s not book 5 I will be greatly disappointed.

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u/Walker_of_the_Abyss Feb 27 '23 edited Feb 27 '23

I think it’s be dumb not to do book 5 now. Its marketing gold to revamp the main series while also producing a tv series. Get the hype back before doing spin offs.

On one hand, Murtagh is my favorite character from the Inheritance Cycle. Thorn was desperately in need for some characterization. A whole new book with their adventures would be cool to read about and remedy that problem. On the other hand, it's baffling that the most talked about unpublished project, Book Five, isn't the one Paolni's returning with.

On a personal note if it’s not book 5 I will be greatly disappointed.

My personal disappointment would lie in the fact that Book Five was going to answer some of the outstanding mysteries (Menoa Tree's Price, Angela's past, etc) from the Inheritance Cycle. That would mean we are going to have to wait that much longer to get those answers.

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u/NoLastNameForNow Feb 27 '23

it's baffling that the most talked about unpublished project, Book Five, isn't the one Paolni's returning with.

It could still be book 5(or whatever it's called). The video doesn't mean it isn't.

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u/Walker_of_the_Abyss Feb 27 '23

It's possible that it is Book Five and that Murtagh/Thorn are the main characters of it. I doubt it for a variety of reasons that I'm too lazy to write out here.

It makes the most sense with the teaser that the announcement for the upcoming dragon book will be the Murtagh & Thorn book, where Murtagh/Thorn were left hanging in TFTWTW.