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Velius posted:Not to be overly contrary, but did you, you know, read the portions of the book that aren't retrospective? He's a washed up innkeeper, in hiding who is as much despised as the things he fought against. That's one of the more interesting parts of the story - he's brilliant, and yet flawed enough that he's his own worst enemy. Even if the telling of his tale redeems him somehow, he's still hit rock bottom, most of which will likely be his own fault. Don't forget that he's burned out any magical ability he once had and is basically as helpless as the next guy against the monsters he's unleashed on the world.
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My memory is that his immediate instinctive impulse to put the bar fire out is the use of sympathy with a drink he spills on the bar, but it doesn't work and he has to do it the hard way. And then there's the conversation between the Chronicler and Kvothe's fairy servant later. Also, Kvothe's method of dealing with the monsters that show up in the village is to beat them to death with an iron rod instead of something more sensible. (And we know he could kill things with great finality in the past, a big deal was made about the ruined cobblestones in the square where he killed somebody as yet unnamed during his university days. I'm assuming he used naming to kill the royal rear end in a top hat and was expelled for it.)
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