And then there’s Ryn. This. This right here is the worst crime in the entire series. Ryn bribes his way into an archive. OK, nothing really wrong there- but then he cuts up a lot of the stored newspapers to make a clippings board. Those are one of a kind remaining, archive copies of the daily newspaper in a semi-feudal technology setting. That means a massive amount of time to create one. He was let in to a library, and he destroyed things. And Ryn receives nothing. Not a scolding, the destruction is not even found out before That Thing that Happens. (I’ve mentioned it before and those posts went missing.) Since the archive is underground, it could have survived. The (blank) was not complete.
And then there’s Ryn. This. This right here is the worst crime in the entire series. Ryn bribes his way into an archive. OK, nothing really wrong there- but then he cuts up a lot of the stored newspapers to make a clippings board. Those are one of a kind remaining, archive copies of the daily newspaper in a semi-feudal technology setting. That means a massive amount of time to create one. He was let in to a library, and he destroyed things. And Ryn receives nothing. Not a scolding, the destruction is not even found out before That Thing that Happens. (I’ve mentioned it before and those posts went missing.) Since the archive is underground, it could have survived. The (blank) was not complete.
The fire wasn’t random. It was done by Eldor.. So the question is, did Eldor WANTED the archive to survive? And frankly, I don’t think so. On the other hand, why he would recreate the archive in the illusion then?
Of course, Ryn doesn’t KNOW that yet – even if the archive wasn’t real he couldn’t use it as excuse for this destruction.
@ HKMaly:
The archive was underground, so it could have survived. The ground floor building wouldn’t. The fire was less than complete, and large chunks of buildings survived. But the issue wasn’t the fire it’s that the team’s pet hamster went and intentionally destroyed hundreds of years of only-remaining-copy newspapers “just because.”
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And then there’s Ryn. This. This right here is the worst crime in the entire series. Ryn bribes his way into an archive. OK, nothing really wrong there- but then he cuts up a lot of the stored newspapers to make a clippings board. Those are one of a kind remaining, archive copies of the daily newspaper in a semi-feudal technology setting. That means a massive amount of time to create one. He was let in to a library, and he destroyed things. And Ryn receives nothing. Not a scolding, the destruction is not even found out before That Thing that Happens. (I’ve mentioned it before and those posts went missing.) Since the archive is underground, it could have survived. The (blank) was not complete.
Vicious Sand wrote:
The fire wasn’t random. It was done by Eldor.. So the question is, did Eldor WANTED the archive to survive? And frankly, I don’t think so. On the other hand, why he would recreate the archive in the illusion then?
Of course, Ryn doesn’t KNOW that yet – even if the archive wasn’t real he couldn’t use it as excuse for this destruction.
@ HKMaly:
The archive was underground, so it could have survived. The ground floor building wouldn’t. The fire was less than complete, and large chunks of buildings survived. But the issue wasn’t the fire it’s that the team’s pet hamster went and intentionally destroyed hundreds of years of only-remaining-copy newspapers “just because.”