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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
"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless

“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
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Alll the incompetent Forsaken talk lately... newyorkersedai - 29/04/2010 07:09:22 AM 1795 Views
Sammael? Fanatic-Templar - 29/04/2010 08:07:24 AM 975 Views
Re: Sammael? DomA - 29/04/2010 01:44:35 PM 806 Views
Re: Sammael? Sidious - 29/04/2010 02:50:07 PM 812 Views
Re: Sammael? DomA - 29/04/2010 04:27:54 PM 887 Views
Re: Sammael? Heiko - 29/04/2010 05:35:03 PM 870 Views
Re: Sammael? Fanatic-Templar - 29/04/2010 06:47:05 PM 695 Views
Sincerest apologies, the post should've been a reply... newyorkersedai - 29/04/2010 06:52:23 PM 791 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 361 Views
Thanks for the support! =) *NM* newyorkersedai - 01/05/2010 03:01:25 AM 322 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 377 Views
Nope, they deserve their bad rap for being Typical Villains of the Week including Gimmicks RugbyPlayingAshaman - 29/04/2010 02:48:47 PM 755 Views
I agree Sidious - 29/04/2010 02:56:55 PM 722 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 899 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 729 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 371 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 315 Views
Jordan didn't care in a 4 book series! newyorkersedai - 29/04/2010 07:24:24 PM 856 Views
Name one bit of good nature to any of the AoL lives of the Forsaken. Cannoli - 30/04/2010 01:49:53 AM 727 Views
What about Demandred? Sidious - 30/04/2010 05:12:55 AM 852 Views
D'oh! How come I didn't immediately think of a politician? Seriously? Cannoli - 30/04/2010 12:45:35 PM 886 Views
What is your argument? Fanatic-Templar - 30/04/2010 06:12:24 PM 767 Views
Indeed Sidious - 01/05/2010 09:35:06 AM 794 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 721 Views
and Demandred fought the Shadow for half the war... what's the point? Sidious - 01/05/2010 09:20:00 PM 795 Views
You can do good without being good. It's mostly the system's fault (credit? ) Cannoli - 01/05/2010 11:30:16 PM 763 Views
How do you judge people, if not by their actions? Fanatic-Templar - 02/05/2010 06:29:16 AM 789 Views
Hair, taste in clothes, and sense of humor. Faile wins! *NM* newyorkersedai - 02/05/2010 06:38:08 AM 337 Views
Faile has bad hair *NM* Sidious - 03/05/2010 05:06:23 AM 320 Views
To some extent, there was no evil since they lived in Utopia, newyorkersedai - 30/04/2010 07:08:32 AM 775 Views
The WoT does NOT feature a "small set of characters" FanEditor10 - 03/05/2010 12:06:56 AM 687 Views
I kinda thought most of those points were in what I already wrote newyorkersedai - 03/05/2010 02:53:04 AM 670 Views
Re: Alll the incompetent Forsaken talk lately... Kieran - 30/04/2010 02:44:06 AM 717 Views
I agree with a few of your points newyorkersedai - 30/04/2010 07:24:59 AM 778 Views
Re: I agree with a few of your points Kieran - 01/05/2010 01:13:03 AM 1062 Views
someone recently posted audio to the Budapest? signing RJ did newyorkersedai - 01/05/2010 03:00:56 AM 689 Views
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