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Griselame
Acolyte
France
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 Posted - 07 May 2005 : 15:34:07
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Well , I'm a huge fan of FR setting , but sometimes the novels just don't match with the quality of this universe...
Drizz't first three novels were superior , epic , etc....But I remember a few monthes later , I started to read "Pool of Darkness" or somethin'like that....And there was that THING that got me also dying of laughing , and it became a private joke around my game table....At a moment , the heroes (with the bodybuilded magician girl....starting good huh  ) reach an haunted island near Phlan(which means "piece of cake" in French...continuing well) and there they meet an undead priest (oh oh the laugh starts again) called (oh lord...)....MARTINEZ !!!!!! 
MMOUUUUUAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS SO RIDICULOUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!And why not Bonanza , Starsky and Hutch , or somethin as stupid as that !!!!!! Mister Ward , are you human or Martian ?
My god it kills me every time I try to read it again....
Ah....And what about your good times with some FR novels ?
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Winterfox
Senior Scribe
895 Posts |
Posted - 08 May 2005 : 06:15:44
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DDH_101
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1272 Posts |
Posted - 08 May 2005 : 07:20:05
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Hmm... I remember reading this one fanfiction non-canon FR story. The whole thing was already really far-fetched with a plot about some fighters' tournament on an island ruled by a powerful archmage, which also sadly revolves around Drizzt and Artemis.
Anyways, there's a major character in the story named RICO. Now the name already got me snickering, but then the author description of the man's appearance and his attitude made Rico sound like Antonio Banderas' mariachi character. Lol.
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 08 May 2005 : 11:03:38
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While not ridiculous, or even particularly funny, I found the names of Liriel's two main Ruathymian friends in Tangled Webs to be quite funny, since Hrolf (modernised to Rolf) and Ulf happens to be the name of my mother's sisters' husbands. |
There is a rumour going around that I have found god. I think is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
4607 Posts |
Posted - 08 May 2005 : 14:11:01
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 08 May 2005 : 14:21:37
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Originally posted by Dargoth
Elaine Cunningham/Danlio Thanns "Paladin song" in Silver Shadows
The song of Danilo's magic sword in Elfsong. Not to mention Elaith's reaction to it.
Several of the interactions between Basel Indolur and Tzigone.
Arilyn explaining to a halfling inn-keeper exactly how he'd be skewered if he didn't tell her where Macumail had gone to in Silver Shadows
Very funny woman that Elaine Cunningham, do check the earlier pages of the Ask Elaine Cuningham scroll for her depiction of what'd happen if Liriel and a certain ranger of Mielikki should encounter each other. |
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SirUrza
Master of Realmslore
USA
1283 Posts |
Posted - 08 May 2005 : 14:40:40
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| Several scens in Stormlight made me chuckle. |
"Evil prevails when good men fail to act."
The original and unapologetic Arilyn, Aribeth, Seoni Fanboy. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36845 Posts |
Posted - 08 May 2005 : 14:48:26
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Originally posted by Kajehase
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Originally posted by Dargoth
Elaine Cunningham/Danlio Thanns "Paladin song" in Silver Shadows
The song of Danilo's magic sword in Elfsong. Not to mention Elaith's reaction to it.
Several of the interactions between Basel Indolur and Tzigone.
Arilyn explaining to a halfling inn-keeper exactly how he'd be skewered if he didn't tell her where Macumail had gone to in Silver Shadows
Very funny woman that Elaine Cunningham, do check the earlier pages of the Ask Elaine Cuningham scroll for her depiction of what'd happen if Liriel and a certain ranger of Mielikki should encounter each other.
To save people the effort of scrolling thru all that:
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I received in this morning's email a note that quoted a post from the RAS board, something I wrote in response to the perennial question, "What would happen if Drizz and Liriel met?" For those who might be interested in my take on the matter, here 'tis.
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Liriel: (Oo! Cute little drow toyboy! Thank you, Eilistraee, goddess of the butt-neckid moonlit dance.)
Drizzt: (Danger! Matron-in-the-making! Strengthen me, Mielikki, whose unicorn favors the chaste and virtuous.) ::draws his two scimitars::
Liriel: ::sniffs:: "Put away the cutlery, honey, and take a look at THESE twins..."
::At this inopportune moment, Catti-brie walks in, and the ensuing catfight makes the season three showdown between Buffy and Faith look like a sorority tea party.::
I do like that one. 
I also had to laugh at a lot of the interplay between Danilo and Elaith in Elfsong... And I laughed in Elfshadow when Arilyn said the bed was too small for a pair of newlywed halflings. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 08 May 2005 : 14:57:59
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Hmmm... Perhaps we should retitled this scroll as the "things that Elaine Cunningham has written in FR novels that made you laugh"...
Continuing with the apparent trend toward all things Elf and Elaine... One scene I recall in particular toward the end of Elfshadow where Elaith makes the off-hand remark that he has made arrangements to have Danilo killed. The "by-the-way" fashion in which it was delivered really was quite amusing.
And the reason... "I don't particularly like him", Elaith says... .
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 08 May 2005 : 15:07:30
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Originally posted by The Sage
Hmmm... Perhaps we should retitled this scroll as the "things that Elaine Cunningham has written in FR novels that made you laugh"...
Continuing the trend...
"There are other women?"
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DDH_101
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1272 Posts |
Posted - 08 May 2005 : 22:35:54
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Oh, the talks of Elaine Cunningham's books made me remember several scenes that made me laugh.
The first one, in Elfshadow, was when Arilyn and Danilo were staying the night at some abandoned shrine. It was amusing to read about Danilo describing the place as dark as "Cyric's shorts".
Then there's also Evermeet, with the banter between Lauril and Moira (sp?).
You know, this thread made me realize why I enjoyed Elaine Cunningham's books so much. It's the entertaining dialogues and witty humour that makes me interested in them. I mean, most FR writers can write about sword fights and dueling archmages, but to have one that can make you laugh; that's rare. |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 08 May 2005 : 23:28:56
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Originally posted by DDH_101
Then there's also Evermeet, with the banter between Lauril and Moira (sp?).
Maura is the correct spelling if I recall correctly.
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You know, this thread made me realize why I enjoyed Elaine Cunningham's books so much. It's the entertaining dialogues and witty humour that makes me interested in them. I mean, most FR writers can write about sword fights and dueling archmages, but to have one that can make you laugh; that's rare.
Well said. If anyone enjoys her humor, check out Elaine Cunningham's blog. I find more than a few of her entries quite amusing. |
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 09 May 2005 : 05:33:09
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Continuing the trend I'll add that I laughed at loud (see it can be spelled out ) when I first read the final part of the initial encounter between Liriel and Fyodor.
And breaking the trend...
I found Dave Gross's short story in the Realms of Dragons anthology (How Sharper Than A Serpent's Tooth to be quite amusing.
"Perhaps..." said the dragon. "Perhaps I have been a bit rude." |
There is a rumour going around that I have found god. I think is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.
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Hoondatha
Great Reader
USA
2449 Posts |
Posted - 09 May 2005 : 07:17:02
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| Anything that has Belkram and Itharr in it usually has me rolling around in the isles (an impressive feat, since I usually read the books in my house). For that matter, any book with the Knights in it. (Gee, is it any wonder Shadows of the Avatar is my all-time favorite FR series?) |
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Blueblade
Senior Scribe
USA
804 Posts |
Posted - 17 May 2005 : 20:47:14
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| Agreed. For me, Ed provides the ggreatest frequency and variety of yuks in Realms novels, from witty comments to puns to bad jokes to pratfall farce character situations. |
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LordAnki
Seeker
USA
73 Posts |
Posted - 18 May 2005 : 02:12:30
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Well, Icewind Dale trilogy made me laugh alot.
Then The City of Towers (Eberron book really good btw) made me laugh really hard |
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VEDSICA
Senior Scribe
USA
466 Posts |
Posted - 18 May 2005 : 03:31:45
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| The Bouldershoulder Bros. made me laugh a bunch.Danilo is a funny as well. |
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Shadovar
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 18 May 2005 : 11:48:56
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| Well, Pavel and Will in the Year of Rogue Dragons trilogy are another pair that are humorous enough to make me laugh, especially the insults they exchange with each other. |
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The Blue Sorceress
Learned Scribe
107 Posts |
Posted - 18 May 2005 : 14:03:44
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Originally posted by Shadovar
Well, Pavel and Will in the Year of Rogue Dragons trilogy are another pair that are humorous enough to make me laugh, especially the insults they exchange with each other.
I'm rather fond of them too. I just finished read The Rite and I chuckled a few times because of the two of them.
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Josh Davids
Seeker
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Posted - 19 May 2005 : 01:21:33
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I will go with Hoondatha here, Itharr and Belkram, those two just crack me up. I think Hoon might remember the breast incident, that was the first time I shot pepsi out of my nose.
After that I will have to go with Torm and Rathan in Elminster in Hell. The spiral staircase and the innkeepers ugly wife and what happened to poor Rathan after he tripped. Years after reading that book I still have those two mental images playing through my mind, says something about how funny I thought those scenes were.
As for other stuff, have to go with Elaine as well.
Hmmm nothing else comes to my mind right now. There have been others but nothing sticks in my mind like Elaine and Ed..you know I wonder if it is because they both start with E.
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Hoondatha
Great Reader
USA
2449 Posts |
Posted - 19 May 2005 : 07:10:14
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Just thought of another one. In Spellfire, Torm's listening to a conversation Narm and Shandril are having in their bedchamber by hanging on the roof. His hand slips and he slides down, off the roof.
Fortunately he catches himself on a ledge a little below the window, unfortunately crushing the small bird in the nest upon that ledge. He looks down at the bird under his fingers and says, essentially, "Oh, yuck."
The bird cranes its neck up at him and replies in Elminster's voice, "How do you think I feel?" |
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Thelonius
Senior Scribe
Spain
730 Posts |
Posted - 19 May 2005 : 20:29:20
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| The moment i most enjoyed (and laughed in addition), was the magical battle between Robillard, Daudermont's wizard and the great and unforgettable Harkle Harpell from Longsaddle, i really wanted to die when Harkle uses the variation of The Great Hand of Bigby. |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 20 May 2005 : 00:35:46
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Originally posted by Josh Davids
Hmmm nothing else comes to my mind right now. There have been others but nothing sticks in my mind like Elaine and Ed..you know I wonder if it is because they both start with E.
Well, by that logic you'd think I would be funny. *ahem*
The Bouldershoulders, Drizzt getting all tongue twisted flirting with Innovindil, all kinds of things that Ed and Elaine have written (too numerous to mention), and (most on my mind at the moment) Zyx the faerie dragon (Erin Tettensor's short in RotD2). To paraphrase:
"Zyx was not the sort of dragon to allow a petty thing like evidence get in the way of carefully cultivated prejudice."
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"The less well-known but equally fearsome. . ."
But you'd have to read the story first. And you should -- 'cuz it's hilarious.
Cheers
P.S. Oh, and yes, Erin starts with "E" as well.
P.P.S. Speaking of which, Ed "E" Gentry's conclusion to the webstory:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/fr/realmsdragon2phil |
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'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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Ebonshine
Acolyte
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Posted - 20 May 2005 : 23:57:01
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Will and Pavel are funny, but I really like the Avariel and the faerie dragon banter in year of rogue dragons.
Their names escape me at the moment. Jivex and "something" Nightwing.
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Fenian
Acolyte
Japan
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Posted - 21 May 2005 : 14:50:46
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I love the interactions of Artemis and Jarlaxe in Realms of Dragons.
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"A dragon! Never before in my life have I seen a dragon, but in the short time that I traveled with you, I've met two of the **** ed things!"
I read this quote in another forum and I just had to buy the book.Quite funny indeed.
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Winterfox
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 22 May 2005 : 10:06:21
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Originally posted by Ebonshine
Will and Pavel are funny, but I really like the Avariel and the faerie dragon banter in year of rogue dragons.
Their names escape me at the moment. Jivex and "something" Nightwing.
The Avariel's way with words is great.
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khorne
Master of Realmslore
Finland
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Posted - 22 May 2005 : 13:28:21
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Taegan is interesting. He is the first elf I`ve heard of who thinks that humans are superior to elves. |
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Ebonshine
Acolyte
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Posted - 22 May 2005 : 17:20:35
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Yes, Taegan Nightwind is his name and his panache when speaking to friends, enemies, and the like is amusing.
And I agree that it is interesting to see an elf, from the reclusive avariel no less, that desires to be like humans and shuns his own elven heritage.
Intriguing character. |
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Chosen of Bane
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 22 May 2005 : 17:34:56
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Originally posted by khorne
Taegan is interesting. He is the first elf I`ve heard of who thinks that humans are superior to elves.
This is the main reason why I like this character. It would have been very easy to use the cookie-cutter elven personality of superiority. |
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The Blue Sorceress
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 22 May 2005 : 20:37:01
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Originally posted by Fenian
I love the interactions of Artemis and Jarlaxe in Realms of Dragons.
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"A dragon! Never before in my life have I seen a dragon, but in the short time that I traveled with you, I've met two of the **** ed things!"
I read this quote in another forum and I just had to buy the book.Quite funny indeed.
Ah yes, that reminds me. I think the funniest thing I ever read in an FR book was Entreri's initial reaction to Jarlaxle pretending to be Drizzt, and then Jarlaxle's following impersonation attempt. Hilarious.
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Crust
Learned Scribe
USA
273 Posts |
Posted - 23 May 2005 : 12:14:11
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Belkram and Itharr of The Shadows of the Avatar series made me laugh, especially in Shadows of Doom.
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