Rand was more scary than any Forsaken had been because he wasn't a caricature as they are, and RJ seemed to be unable to show the level of depravity and villainy they had sunk to without injecting comedy into it. I think he assumed readers would be shocked and sickened by the imagery in Graendals' palace and etc. He was a bit prudish in that regard.
"Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness."
RJ finally got a villain right, then killed him in the same book.
- 15/07/2010 10:10:16 PM
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- 16/07/2010 03:01:30 AM
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Yes, basically.
- 16/07/2010 01:36:13 PM
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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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- 21/07/2010 05:29:51 AM
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