The Dark One is the same. He wants to utterly destroy everything, so that he can undo time. For him, the Wheel is an eyesore. He wants to create the anti-Creation, but he can't do it while he's in prison and while the Pattern is sitting where he wants to build his house. Naturally everyone thinks he's the most evil thing ever, especially because he wants to eradicate everyone and everything. However, the Creator would do the same if the DO ever imprisoned him, and he managed to get out.
Think about it, the Creator imprisoned the DO at the moment of creation. Thus the DO was free all the way up until the Wheel came into existence. Seems logical that in order to be free Shai'tan will have to destroy the Wheel, in effect making the Wheel his actual prison.
Perhaps as you say he'll remake the Pattern in his own vision, and imprison the Creator, in effect making the DO the Creator and the Creator the DO.
The Creator may have put the DO in a hole and built his house on it, and thus it's as you say. Or he imprisoned him and made the Wheel at the same time.
I'm pretty sure the Myrddraal, Trollocs and anything else with the essence of the TP in them consider the DO to be their saviour and the Creator to be the devil. It seems like shadowspawn have inherent evil in them, and resist the pattern for no apparent reason. They can't even Travel. That's a hint of what anti-creation is.
Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
The Dark One vs. the Creator
- 09/06/2010 09:54:41 PM
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What I never understand in any fantasy series...
- 09/06/2010 10:22:13 PM
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Here's another stumper for these things, but first
- 10/06/2010 12:08:41 AM
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Without discussing theodicy (that's a CMB sort of discussion)...
- 10/06/2010 03:53:31 AM
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It's name is the Creator, maby it's unable to destroy the DO? *NM*
- 15/06/2010 09:02:12 AM
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I think I get the goal of the one in WoT though. *NM*
- 10/06/2010 12:11:57 AM
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Please elaborate, then. *pulls up chair and offers to pour alcohol* *NM*
- 10/06/2010 03:55:50 AM
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It's like Aerosmith said...
- 10/06/2010 01:36:17 AM
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But Shai'tan is operating as though it's about the goal, not the journey. *NM*
- 10/06/2010 03:55:27 AM
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I agree that Shaitan must've been behind the "Crying/Crazy/Amazin'" songs *NM*
- 10/06/2010 03:25:26 PM
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I don't agree with many of these people - I think the bad guys have plausible agendas
- 10/06/2010 08:45:52 AM
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Personally I think the Wheel is the DOs prison not just an "eyesore"
- 10/06/2010 12:29:13 PM
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Probably a chicken and egg scenario
- 10/06/2010 03:29:34 PM
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probably!
- 11/06/2010 02:18:29 AM
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Well...
- 10/06/2010 04:32:45 AM
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Re: Well...
- 10/06/2010 11:10:55 PM
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- 11/06/2010 12:20:28 AM
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- 11/06/2010 01:34:33 AM
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