I can't believe I'm doing a New Forum Intro post

Oh man, it's been ages since I've been on one of these, how fun.

Hi I'm Beldaran, you may call me Beldaran, it's pronounced Beldaran.

I'm the weird theology person on tumblr. Also the weird Japanese language person. Sometimes the weird mameshiba person. Always the extremely wordy person.

I enjoy talking about things, and also listening to people talk about things. I've been a student, a bagel baker, a student, an English teacher, a crisis hotline worker, a student, and a crisis shelter worker.

I'm also a huge nerd, and I keep pet jellyfish. So there's that.

 

StopHelping got it, Beldaran is Polgara's twin. I actually just got an ask on tumblr about that too. I guess there is some kind of serial killer also named Beldaran? D: I am not named for that one.

Nice to see familiar faces. And yeah, when my tank is stable I'm going to be posting SO many pictures.

 

I loved those books and absolutely mainlined all of Edding's stuff I could get my hands on as soon as I found him. My favorite was The Redemption of Althalus, which is like The Belgariad or The Elenium only all in one book.

 

Yeah, I learned of them kind of late, when I was 20, but quickly read all of The Belgariad when my then boyfriend (now spouse) introduced them to me.

I should have said David and Leigh, because they did write all the books together.

 

Yeah, I learned of them kind of late, when I was 20, but quickly read all of The Belgariad when my then boyfriend (now spouse) introduced them to me.

I should have said David and Leigh, because they did write all the books together.

 

Yeah. I really loved the Belgariad as a kid, it hasn't worn as well with age as it might.

Also, it has at least two continuity errors when you include the second set of books. One of which I always forget but I am pretty sure it involved something to do with Ce'Nedra's history or ancestry and I'd totally notice it again if I reread the books. The other is that in the Belgariad, Belgarath mentions a device he used to figure out why stars fall, and gave an explanation involving the weight of the dome over the world, but in the next book, we get plot points that unambiguously involve more conventional cosmology with stars being very large and very far. This upsets me. Oh, also, I think there's a plot/backstory thing involving the wolf who travels with the heroes in the second series, in that she's introduced as having had a mate ("I visit his bones sometimes"), but later I believe we find out that this was not so. And I can hardly believe that such a respectable wolf would lie.

As a side note, he also wrote a book, not in a series that I know of, called The Losers, which advances the theory that one of the things that keeps people suffering, poor, or whatever is that they will manufacture drama so they can feel good or important, rather than focusing on their problems. And I don't think this is entirely true or complete, but I think it's a very useful thing to keep in mind. (One of the examples is people who decide to talk about gang turf and get all excited about that instead of talking about how to make rent.)

And I think I just sort of assumed Beldaran was named after the character, although I couldn't remember who she was in the series because... everyone join in on the chorus... I'm really bad with names.

 

Yeah, I only ever read the one series by him, and a while into it there was quite a lot more capital M Morality than I was happy to deal with in a good, but not fantastic book series. I enjoyed it a lot, but I didn't reread it more than once and I doubt if I read it now I'd be as happy with it. But I still love the name Beldaran, and her weird half wizard half wolf heritage.

Well thank you! You are entirely too sweet. Feel free to hit me up here or over on tumblr. I've started leaving anon on recently because no one ever sends me rude messages. It's quite surprising actually.

 

Greetings back! I recognize your user name. *waves*

 

*intones* mameshibaaaaa...

 

mainichi hitotsu mamejishiki ra ra ra~

 

Noooooo Come, on I was about to ask that! .... I parse your name as Bel--d---an mostly, but actually looking at it, it's not that hard, so nvm. xD
Anywas, hi! I love your theology stuffs and I can't wait until I have more time to actually look at things.