D'oh! How come I didn't immediately think of a politician? Seriously?
Cannoli Send a noteboard - 30/04/2010 12:45:35 PM
We gotta remember that this series was supposed to be much shorter. Since all of the Chosen were "good" at some point, important people and pillars of the community, their flaws are well-remembered. This also highlights their respective personalities, and why they'd sell out *the whole world* for power. In a 3-4 book series, you don't need to do a lot more with the persona of 13 big bads.
Actually, by all indication, none of them were ever good. Exactly what about any of them suggests they were "good" people. Yes, some of them did do some good, but that was because of the way their society worked. They were playing along. There is no indication that they had any sort of genuine interest in being good people. They were always bad, and when the Dark One came, it gave them an outlet. The man ran for office, and wanted to be the top dog. Since his culture had all positive values, he had to emulate those. No indication he was after the public welfare or anything other than having his ego stroked.
Cannoli
"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
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Deus Vult!
"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
Alll the incompetent Forsaken talk lately...
- 29/04/2010 07:09:22 AM
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Sammael?
- 29/04/2010 08:07:24 AM
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Sincerest apologies, the post should've been a reply...
- 29/04/2010 06:52:23 PM
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Don't sweat it. It's not like we're overflowing with threads and need to cut down on the clutter. *NM*
- 30/04/2010 01:52:37 AM
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Posting a reply at the bottom of a long thread is a good way for your points to be overlooked. *NM*
- 30/04/2010 01:51:55 AM
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Nope, they deserve their bad rap for being Typical Villains of the Week including Gimmicks
- 29/04/2010 02:48:47 PM
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Re: Nope, they deserve their bad rap for being Typical Villains of the Week including Gimmicks
- 29/04/2010 05:04:56 PM
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Re: Nope, they deserve their bad rap for being Typical Villains of the Week including Gimmicks
- 29/04/2010 06:05:40 PM
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Sorry - vanished-portal-deaths are like "Dead! His car fell in the river; we never found the body.." *NM*
- 29/04/2010 07:28:40 PM
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I was hoping the melting gateway meant they were burned out of existence at first. *NM*
- 29/04/2010 08:10:16 PM
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Jordan didn't care in a 4 book series!
- 29/04/2010 07:24:24 PM
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Name one bit of good nature to any of the AoL lives of the Forsaken.
- 30/04/2010 01:49:53 AM
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What about Demandred?
- 30/04/2010 05:12:55 AM
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D'oh! How come I didn't immediately think of a politician? Seriously?
- 30/04/2010 12:45:35 PM
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What is your argument?
- 30/04/2010 06:12:24 PM
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Indeed
- 01/05/2010 09:35:06 AM
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Except LTT DID do good. You know, saving the world from the Dark One and all. He was good. QED
- 01/05/2010 05:06:31 PM
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and Demandred fought the Shadow for half the war... what's the point?
- 01/05/2010 09:20:00 PM
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You can do good without being good. It's mostly the system's fault (credit? )
- 01/05/2010 11:30:16 PM
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How do you judge people, if not by their actions?
- 02/05/2010 06:29:16 AM
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The WoT does NOT feature a "small set of characters"
- 03/05/2010 12:06:56 AM
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I kinda thought most of those points were in what I already wrote
- 03/05/2010 02:53:04 AM
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Re: Alll the incompetent Forsaken talk lately...
- 30/04/2010 02:44:06 AM
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I agree with a few of your points
- 30/04/2010 07:24:59 AM
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