What flaws? Lews Therin HAD no flaws. It's just you average folk being bitter about perfection...
Shannow Send a noteboard - 03/05/2010 08:39:19 PM
Lews Therin was indeed without flaws:
He was the strongest channeler of the Age
He was the most charismatic leader
He was the most brilliant strategist
He was the best swordsman
He was compassionate
He was loved by his men
He was super intelligent
He was physically imposing
So what were his flaws? That he was arrogant? Not according to the Forsaken, who called him soft and unable to make hard decisions.
To me you would be refusing to accept reality if you had all those attributes and were still not confident in your abilities.
I think Lews Therin was indeed perfect. It was just that the situation he faced was an impossible one. Lesser men would have fared far worse than he did, given the circumstances.
He was the strongest channeler of the Age
He was the most charismatic leader
He was the most brilliant strategist
He was the best swordsman
He was compassionate
He was loved by his men
He was super intelligent
He was physically imposing
So what were his flaws? That he was arrogant? Not according to the Forsaken, who called him soft and unable to make hard decisions.
To me you would be refusing to accept reality if you had all those attributes and were still not confident in your abilities.
I think Lews Therin was indeed perfect. It was just that the situation he faced was an impossible one. Lesser men would have fared far worse than he did, given the circumstances.
Character discussion 1 : Lews Therin Telamon
- 03/05/2010 05:13:30 AM
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A tragic hero
- 03/05/2010 02:44:35 PM
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I thought that was supposed to be left up to the reader to decide.
- 03/05/2010 03:45:07 PM
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Re: A tragic hero
- 03/05/2010 04:34:23 PM
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Re: A tragic hero
- 03/05/2010 04:47:01 PM
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Not to mention--how old was LTT? He really had no adult children?
- 03/05/2010 11:29:54 PM
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Re: Not to mention--how old was LTT? He really had no adult children?
- 04/05/2010 05:22:19 AM
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Re: Not to mention--how old was LTT? He really had no adult children?
- 05/05/2010 03:29:57 PM
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And even normals had extended lifespans - Mieran's servant was sixty & in his prime.
- 06/05/2010 05:38:43 PM
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Well, Lews Therin is insane with only brief moments of coherence *NM*
- 04/05/2010 06:42:09 PM
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How perfect/imperfect was Lews Therin?
- 03/05/2010 04:28:11 PM
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Re: How perfect/imperfect was Lews Therin?
- 03/05/2010 04:53:22 PM
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LTT was close to perfect, and he barely managed to eke out a draw with the Shadow.
- 03/05/2010 09:16:29 PM
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What flaws? Lews Therin HAD no flaws. It's just you average folk being bitter about perfection...
- 03/05/2010 08:39:19 PM
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Who's bitter?
- 04/05/2010 05:20:36 AM
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Bitter is too strong a word. More "conditioned" to search for character flaws in literature...
- 05/05/2010 03:48:49 PM
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A rather unrealistic character in my opinion
- 03/05/2010 11:27:32 PM
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TGS ought to have put an end to that flawed reasoning
- 04/05/2010 04:31:16 PM
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I have a question
- 04/05/2010 06:32:16 PM
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Re: I have a question
- 04/05/2010 11:47:54 PM
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Overly convoluted theory, in my view...
- 05/05/2010 09:48:11 AM
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The Pattern can do this, so complicated or not, it happens all the time. RJ already said...
- 05/05/2010 07:14:56 PM
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*NM*
the reason you can't find real people as accomplished is no one lives that long in real life!
- 06/05/2010 08:50:58 PM
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Did the LTT soul exist/reside in TAR as a Hero of the Horn ...
- 04/05/2010 06:22:36 PM
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Re: Did the LTT soul exist/reside in TAR as a Hero of the Horn ...
- 05/05/2010 12:22:09 AM
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Lews Therin's funny Talent
- 04/05/2010 06:34:26 PM
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Wards can detect people.
- 05/05/2010 12:21:02 AM
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