I think there is more to these characters than being a mate, and I don't think the Pattern cares.
RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 02/06/2010 03:23:13 PM
I actually think it does a disservice to Elayne, Min and Aviendha to think that everything that they are must have been exceeded by Ilyena just because Lews Therin sometimes comments on some similarity between Rand's wives and Ilyena.
And I don't think the Pattern really cares about who will "mate" with the Dragon. Min's Viewings show what will happen to specific people, and prophetic dreams offer glimpses into the future. Neither actually gives us any indication as to what the Pattern "wants" or is programming for. Ilyena and their children ended up being destroyed by Lews Therin, which somewhat argues against the idea that the Pattern gives one whit for how to make the Dragon's life more pleasant.
The Pattern is a system, not a matchmaker or dating service.
And I don't think the Pattern really cares about who will "mate" with the Dragon. Min's Viewings show what will happen to specific people, and prophetic dreams offer glimpses into the future. Neither actually gives us any indication as to what the Pattern "wants" or is programming for. Ilyena and their children ended up being destroyed by Lews Therin, which somewhat argues against the idea that the Pattern gives one whit for how to make the Dragon's life more pleasant.
The Pattern is a system, not a matchmaker or dating service.
"Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness."
Matching the Dragon with a mate
- 02/06/2010 10:09:49 AM
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I think there is more to these women than simply being the Dragon's Mate
- 02/06/2010 12:09:10 PM
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What more IS there to being a woman?
- 02/06/2010 03:52:23 PM
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Re: What more IS there to being a woman?
- 02/06/2010 04:58:36 PM
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Re: What more IS there to being a woman?
- 03/06/2010 08:51:25 AM
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riiiight
- 03/06/2010 11:20:31 AM
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Re: riiiight
- 03/06/2010 01:53:49 PM
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the problem with your working out how strong they are is that it always begins with how much
- 03/06/2010 02:14:08 PM
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Re: the problem with your working out how strong they are is that it always begins with how much
- 03/06/2010 02:23:32 PM
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I never said that's all they were
- 03/06/2010 08:49:53 AM
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Re: I never said that's all they were
- 03/06/2010 11:44:51 AM
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Yeah Nynaeve is fantastic
- 02/06/2010 12:48:56 PM
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oh dear god no
- 02/06/2010 02:41:13 PM
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Back in the concept days I believe the DR was more like Tam and the love interest
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*NM*
Great post, but I would disagree with the top part
- 02/06/2010 05:58:59 PM
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- 03/06/2010 09:27:05 AM
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LOL
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Re: LOL
- 03/06/2010 12:41:20 PM
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Excellent point!
- 03/06/2010 12:50:03 PM
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Re: Excellent point!
- 03/06/2010 01:34:04 PM
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Re: Excellent point!
- 03/06/2010 02:05:19 PM
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Ah, so by great you mean Ghandi, and not Julius Caesar or Alexander the Great...
- 05/06/2010 08:57:52 AM
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I think there is more to these characters than being a mate, and I don't think the Pattern cares.
- 02/06/2010 03:23:13 PM
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- 02/06/2010 03:40:38 PM
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I doubt he needs one. They just get in the way.
- 02/06/2010 05:14:08 PM
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Re: I doubt he needs one. They just get in the way.
- 02/06/2010 08:30:32 PM
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Meh. How do we know they aren't awarded the way the Nobel Peace Prize is in our world?
- 02/06/2010 11:33:48 PM
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I don't know if Lanfear, the perfect woman didn't have a 3rd name it must have been
- 02/06/2010 11:49:02 PM
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