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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
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye!
Deus Vult!
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Alll the incompetent Forsaken talk lately... newyorkersedai - 29/04/2010 07:09:22 AM 1658 Views
Sammael? Fanatic-Templar - 29/04/2010 08:07:24 AM 881 Views
Re: Sammael? DomA - 29/04/2010 01:44:35 PM 706 Views
Re: Sammael? Sidious - 29/04/2010 02:50:07 PM 714 Views
Re: Sammael? DomA - 29/04/2010 04:27:54 PM 785 Views
Re: Sammael? Heiko - 29/04/2010 05:35:03 PM 783 Views
Re: Sammael? Fanatic-Templar - 29/04/2010 06:47:05 PM 619 Views
Sincerest apologies, the post should've been a reply... newyorkersedai - 29/04/2010 06:52:23 PM 687 Views
Don't sweat it. It's not like we're overflowing with threads and need to cut down on the clutter. *NM* Cannoli - 30/04/2010 01:52:37 AM 321 Views
Thanks for the support! =) *NM* newyorkersedai - 01/05/2010 03:01:25 AM 287 Views
Posting a reply at the bottom of a long thread is a good way for your points to be overlooked. *NM* Cannoli - 30/04/2010 01:51:55 AM 347 Views
Nope, they deserve their bad rap for being Typical Villains of the Week including Gimmicks RugbyPlayingAshaman - 29/04/2010 02:48:47 PM 680 Views
I agree Sidious - 29/04/2010 02:56:55 PM 645 Views
Re: Nope, they deserve their bad rap for being Typical Villains of the Week including Gimmicks DomA - 29/04/2010 05:04:56 PM 800 Views
Re: Nope, they deserve their bad rap for being Typical Villains of the Week including Gimmicks RugbyPlayingAshaman - 29/04/2010 06:05:40 PM 652 Views
Sorry - vanished-portal-deaths are like "Dead! His car fell in the river; we never found the body.." *NM* newyorkersedai - 29/04/2010 07:28:40 PM 336 Views
I was hoping the melting gateway meant they were burned out of existence at first. *NM* RugbyPlayingAshaman - 29/04/2010 08:10:16 PM 279 Views
Jordan didn't care in a 4 book series! newyorkersedai - 29/04/2010 07:24:24 PM 757 Views
Name one bit of good nature to any of the AoL lives of the Forsaken. Cannoli - 30/04/2010 01:49:53 AM 649 Views
What about Demandred? Sidious - 30/04/2010 05:12:55 AM 770 Views
D'oh! How come I didn't immediately think of a politician? Seriously? Cannoli - 30/04/2010 12:45:35 PM 812 Views
What is your argument? Fanatic-Templar - 30/04/2010 06:12:24 PM 672 Views
Indeed Sidious - 01/05/2010 09:35:06 AM 706 Views
Except LTT DID do good. You know, saving the world from the Dark One and all. He was good. QED Cannoli - 01/05/2010 05:06:31 PM 640 Views
and Demandred fought the Shadow for half the war... what's the point? Sidious - 01/05/2010 09:20:00 PM 708 Views
You can do good without being good. It's mostly the system's fault (credit? ) Cannoli - 01/05/2010 11:30:16 PM 672 Views
How do you judge people, if not by their actions? Fanatic-Templar - 02/05/2010 06:29:16 AM 707 Views
Hair, taste in clothes, and sense of humor. Faile wins! *NM* newyorkersedai - 02/05/2010 06:38:08 AM 293 Views
Faile has bad hair *NM* Sidious - 03/05/2010 05:06:23 AM 289 Views
To some extent, there was no evil since they lived in Utopia, newyorkersedai - 30/04/2010 07:08:32 AM 705 Views
The WoT does NOT feature a "small set of characters" FanEditor10 - 03/05/2010 12:06:56 AM 611 Views
I kinda thought most of those points were in what I already wrote newyorkersedai - 03/05/2010 02:53:04 AM 590 Views
Re: Alll the incompetent Forsaken talk lately... Kieran - 30/04/2010 02:44:06 AM 642 Views
I agree with a few of your points newyorkersedai - 30/04/2010 07:24:59 AM 693 Views
Re: I agree with a few of your points Kieran - 01/05/2010 01:13:03 AM 989 Views
someone recently posted audio to the Budapest? signing RJ did newyorkersedai - 01/05/2010 03:00:56 AM 620 Views
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