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.
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!
This message last edited by darius_sedai on 06/05/2010 at 08:54:35 PM
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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