Because the variables we see are rarely as specific.
RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 03/06/2010 03:18:16 PM
For example, we know the Pattern might make an opponent t'a'veren in order to counter an existing t'a'veren, implying that the Pattern operates on a broader basis than "must supply Dragon with convenient female lover/sidekick".
I think the main argument against the Pattern arranging for a mate is that all of Rand's most significant help and lessons came from women other than Elayne, Min or Aviendha.
I just think that if you applied the chain of reasoning you employ here to the series overall, it all becomes a mundane mess of things the Pattern programmed for, when it seems to me that the Pattern operates on a macro level, with specifics on the micro level coming about because of t'a'veren chance and the act of living your life out.
I think the main argument against the Pattern arranging for a mate is that all of Rand's most significant help and lessons came from women other than Elayne, Min or Aviendha.
I just think that if you applied the chain of reasoning you employ here to the series overall, it all becomes a mundane mess of things the Pattern programmed for, when it seems to me that the Pattern operates on a macro level, with specifics on the micro level coming about because of t'a'veren chance and the act of living your life out.
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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?
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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
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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Re: Matching the Dragon with a mate
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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Re: I think there is more to these characters than being a mate, and I don't think the Pattern cares
02/06/2010 03:40:38 PM
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Hmm...
03/06/2010 09:28:55 AM
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Because the variables we see are rarely as specific.
03/06/2010 03:18:16 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.
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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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