Re: RJ finally got a villain right, then killed him in the same book.
scooter Send a noteboard - 16/07/2010 03:01:30 AM
It is a sad fact that if you made a montage of the Forsaken dealings with the good guys, sped it up, and played "Yakety Sax" (blooper reel music) as the theme music it would fit quite well.
That's hardly unique to the WoT universe, though... The baddies always seem to have more numbers, better equipment, more supplies, and fewer obstacles. But incompetence also seems to be an inherent trait of the Dark and it's champions.
If bad guys trusted each other and worked as a team, they wouldn't have any issues either. It seems if the FS did that in Rnadland, they could basically have the 'civilized world' wrapped and tied up with a bow for the DO on TG...but discord and infighting and paranoia are also inherent qualities of the Dark.
Because of these things, among others, you'd be able to look at the bad guys from just about any creation and put their greatest moments to a blooper reel much easier than to a rendition of 'We Are the Champions.'
After all, lets not forget that WoT is classic 'High Fantasy' and so the bad guys are supposed to look bad and lose.
Scooter
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RJ finally got a villain right, then killed him in the same book.
- 15/07/2010 10:10:16 PM
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Re: RJ finally got a villain right, then killed him in the same book.
- 16/07/2010 03:01:30 AM
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The Forsaken are not THE villain(s), they are cannon fodder!
- 19/07/2010 04:16:04 AM
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And that's why they're crappy villains
- 19/07/2010 07:24:05 AM
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Cannoli misses the point. The Forsaken are all villains. It is the Dark One that is the true evil
- 19/07/2010 04:01:34 PM
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The Forsaken are henchmen. Like the eels in The Little Mermaid or the hyenas in The Lion King
- 20/07/2010 03:14:37 AM
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Absolutely correct, but you miss the point.
- 20/07/2010 02:48:22 PM
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Exactly.
- 20/07/2010 04:08:22 PM
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My point is simply that you are mistaking their place in the hierarchy
- 20/07/2010 11:46:52 PM
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No
- 19/07/2010 08:01:03 PM
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I'll call your "no" and raise you a "WTH?"
- 19/07/2010 08:44:19 PM
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The Dark One is the threat. He is the enemy from whom the world needs saving, NOT the Forsaken
- 20/07/2010 02:35:48 AM
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Re: The Dark One is the threat. He is the enemy from whom the world needs saving, NOT the Forsaken
- 21/07/2010 05:29:51 AM
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