But men like Rhuarc, Tam, Bashere are all much more accomplished men than Rand.
Rand has already accomplished more in his life than most men have accomplished in dozens of lives. Rand and his ta'veren effect have accomplished far more than regular men like Bashere and Tam could ever dream of accomplishing.
If you are talking about emotional maturity, then it is obvious that those men are more mature.
If Rand were to die now, his greatest accomplishement would remain his epiphany on DM, destroying the CK and turning himself around, all on his own. The Cleansing of saidin was a team effort.
His courage, not really his skills (his performance as leader of a mixed gender circle was probably pathetic, by AOL standards... except I'm guessing that letting a man with zero experience of linking handle the CK would have been anathema, and if he was the only one available, they'd probably have dithered and end up missing the opportunity)
I would have to disagree here. Rand was relying on the memories of Lews Therin to accomplish many of his feats, so there is no way that his mixed gender circle would have been considered 'pathetic by AOL standards.'
It is not relevant that Rand's greatest accomplishment was a team effort. Rand is a general, so his greatest efforts should be team accomplishments.
Rand's other individaul major contributions such as saving the Horn of Valere, saving Cairhien, and offing several Forsaken.
Moiraine is already considered a legend among Aes Sedai for killing 2 Forsaken, but Rand has killed far more Forsaken than she has.
Rand is already the greatest man of his age, and he has barely even started with his emotional maturity and what he is actually supposed to achieve.
The rest of your post was great.
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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- 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
- 02/06/2010 02:55:45 PM
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Re: Matching the Dragon with a mate
- 02/06/2010 02:15:35 PM
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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
- 03/06/2010 12:01:27 PM
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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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- 02/06/2010 10:42:17 PM
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- 02/06/2010 10:42:17 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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