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the reason you can't find real people as accomplished is no one lives that long in real life! darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 06/05/2010 08:50:58 PM
I try to sometimes make analogies to real-life characters from our history, even including some fictional characters from mythology. I somewhat stand at a loss for an analogy for LTT simply because he excelled in too many areas.

He's talked up to be the leader of the world both politically, physically, as a general, and in the One Power. This is just total overkill--nobody is a total jack of all trades to the point that they exceed the skill of everyone. Michael Jordan could not sing, Albert Einstein could not play ping pong, and General Patton couldn't beat me in Starcraft.


I'd argue that these men may have be capable of singing, ping-ponging and starcraft victory if they had a lifetime to master these things. AoL Channelers lived for hundreds of years before they became so accomplished. LTT was 300-400 years old at least... given that lifespan he could easily master so many things!
Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
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Character discussion 1 : Lews Therin Telamon Sidious - 03/05/2010 05:13:30 AM 1433 Views
A tragic hero Etzel - 03/05/2010 02:44:35 PM 609 Views
I thought that was supposed to be left up to the reader to decide. Gher - 03/05/2010 03:45:07 PM 553 Views
Yeah, there seems to be an answer in the notes, though Etzel - 03/05/2010 04:12:27 PM 600 Views
Re: A tragic hero Sidious - 03/05/2010 04:34:23 PM 580 Views
Re: A tragic hero Datakim - 03/05/2010 04:47:01 PM 544 Views
Not to mention--how old was LTT? He really had no adult children? Marshall - 03/05/2010 11:29:54 PM 499 Views
Re: Not to mention--how old was LTT? He really had no adult children? Sidious - 04/05/2010 05:22:19 AM 518 Views
Re: Not to mention--how old was LTT? He really had no adult children? DomA - 05/05/2010 03:29:57 PM 520 Views
And even normals had extended lifespans - Mieran's servant was sixty & in his prime. Cannoli - 06/05/2010 05:38:43 PM 522 Views
This makes me wonder ... darius_sedai - 06/05/2010 08:34:04 PM 474 Views
Well, Lews Therin is insane with only brief moments of coherence *NM* Lordling - 04/05/2010 06:42:09 PM 306 Views
well he is insane after all... darius_sedai - 06/05/2010 08:27:05 PM 456 Views
How perfect/imperfect was Lews Therin? Sidious - 03/05/2010 04:28:11 PM 607 Views
Re: How perfect/imperfect was Lews Therin? Datakim - 03/05/2010 04:53:22 PM 538 Views
LTT was close to perfect, and he barely managed to eke out a draw with the Shadow. Gher - 03/05/2010 09:16:29 PM 508 Views
What flaws? Lews Therin HAD no flaws. It's just you average folk being bitter about perfection... Shannow - 03/05/2010 08:39:19 PM 652 Views
Who's bitter? Sidious - 04/05/2010 05:20:36 AM 550 Views
Bitter is too strong a word. More "conditioned" to search for character flaws in literature... Shannow - 05/05/2010 03:48:49 PM 472 Views
A rather unrealistic character in my opinion Marshall - 03/05/2010 11:27:32 PM 531 Views
Re: A rather unrealistic character in my opinion Watcher - 04/05/2010 12:32:33 PM 551 Views
TGS ought to have put an end to that flawed reasoning DomA - 04/05/2010 04:31:16 PM 628 Views
I have a question Sidious - 04/05/2010 06:32:16 PM 540 Views
Re: I have a question DomA - 04/05/2010 11:47:54 PM 524 Views
Overly convoluted theory, in my view... Shannow - 05/05/2010 09:48:11 AM 519 Views
The Pattern can do this, so complicated or not, it happens all the time. RJ already said... RugbyPlayingAshaman - 05/05/2010 07:14:56 PM 593 Views
but thats how they got 12 books out of it so far... *NM* Iceman - 06/05/2010 04:29:50 PM 218 Views
I agree. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 05/05/2010 07:10:50 PM 429 Views
Nods in agreement *NM* darius_sedai - 06/05/2010 08:36:45 PM 200 Views
the reason you can't find real people as accomplished is no one lives that long in real life! darius_sedai - 06/05/2010 08:50:58 PM 470 Views
Did the LTT soul exist/reside in TAR as a Hero of the Horn ... Shishka - 04/05/2010 06:22:36 PM 581 Views
Re: Did the LTT soul exist/reside in TAR as a Hero of the Horn ... DomA - 05/05/2010 12:22:09 AM 515 Views
But... Etzel - 05/05/2010 10:19:18 AM 465 Views
Re: But... DomA - 05/05/2010 02:44:18 PM 479 Views
Lews Therin's funny Talent Sidious - 04/05/2010 06:34:26 PM 528 Views
Wards can detect people. Gher - 05/05/2010 12:21:02 AM 491 Views
In hindsight Ryan - 05/05/2010 08:39:21 AM 479 Views
Re: In hindsight Watcher - 05/05/2010 12:20:36 PM 453 Views
Re: In hindsight RugbyPlayingAshaman - 05/05/2010 04:42:45 PM 460 Views
Re: Lews Therin's funny Talent DomA - 05/05/2010 03:12:26 PM 520 Views
Unrealistic and unsympathetic for the most part RugbyPlayingAshaman - 05/05/2010 04:28:34 PM 474 Views
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