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Therava is clever? Lordling Send a noteboard - 13/10/2010 07:29:09 PM
For me it's Therava. She's just so utterly pitiless. And unlike pretty much every other BA or Forsaken or Seanchan antagonist, there's no arrogance to her; she really is as hard and cruel and clever as she thinks she is.

I don't think we've ever seen any indication of her being clever. Forceful, scary, ascetic, intent, bondage lady..But she hasn't done anything actually intelligent. She did try to get one over on Sevanna, but still.

But you're right that Therava is scary, I think so too. I think the new Padan Fain (in ToM) may well be the new scariest character. Prior to reading the prologue I thought he was just a dull shadow wannabe.

A shame that these minor characters are the most frightening, that they have this human evil that is scary. The Shadow/Dark One/Ishamael should have been terrifying, but isn't. The DO is an impersonal entity and that isn't frightening. Ishamael could have been deeply creepy (a mad nietzscheistic (??) philosopher) but he isn't, at all.
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Which character do you find scariest? redqueen - 13/10/2010 06:39:28 PM 1905 Views
Therava is clever? Lordling - 13/10/2010 07:29:09 PM 1144 Views
Fain has always "scared" me the most. LadyLorraine - 13/10/2010 07:50:49 PM 1028 Views
Lanfear Yunalesca - 13/10/2010 08:07:42 PM 1094 Views
Lanfear always made me laugh darius_sedai - 13/10/2010 08:35:02 PM 961 Views
Yeah, i was talking to someone about Lanfear newyorkersedai - 13/10/2010 11:25:20 PM 1044 Views
Re: Yeah, i was talking to someone about Lanfear DomA - 14/10/2010 03:31:25 AM 1126 Views
You seem to mistake "plan" with "goal" Narg - 14/10/2010 06:23:07 AM 1072 Views
Re: You seem to mistake "plan" with "goal" DomA - 14/10/2010 11:06:14 PM 1073 Views
I love our conversations newyorkersedai - 15/10/2010 02:08:59 AM 1130 Views
Me too Sidious - 14/10/2010 11:31:43 AM 959 Views
We've discussed this before darius_sedai - 14/10/2010 09:48:26 PM 897 Views
Moridin/Ishamael, because he reminds me of me ... goddamn *NM* Velveti - 14/10/2010 04:25:04 AM 456 Views
Lanfear and Ishamael are both two sides of the same coin, and both crack me up. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 14/10/2010 07:58:46 PM 1072 Views
I'd say this differently ... more like which character SHOULD be scariest to me... darius_sedai - 13/10/2010 08:51:45 PM 1161 Views
What he said. Plus one. Keira - 14/10/2010 02:21:06 AM 995 Views
a very good point. *NM* LadyLorraine - 14/10/2010 04:29:28 AM 371 Views
Absolutely. Seriana Sedai - 14/10/2010 08:02:58 PM 883 Views
Nods in agreement *NM* darius_sedai - 14/10/2010 09:07:08 PM 492 Views
Bela Bookwyrm - 13/10/2010 09:09:26 PM 1095 Views
Far.AUT, Same here *NM* Nargs - 13/10/2010 09:53:23 PM 445 Views
Second that! *NM* lodlom - 14/10/2010 01:39:21 AM 552 Views
as a horse person and a future equine practitioner LadyLorraine - 14/10/2010 04:30:09 AM 881 Views
Bela is NOT a pony BlackAdder - 14/10/2010 04:32:25 PM 895 Views
well. do we actually know how tall she is? LadyLorraine - 15/10/2010 01:09:55 AM 897 Views
Egwene Cannoli - 14/10/2010 12:14:33 AM 1158 Views
I think you misunderstand Egwene *NM* Helene - 14/10/2010 04:52:18 AM 442 Views
Indeed Sidious - 14/10/2010 11:28:14 AM 933 Views
Even if she's a fraction as bad as I make her out, who is most likely to be around for a while? Cannoli - 15/10/2010 03:12:02 PM 944 Views
But she's not scary... her idealism is tempered by pragmatism - a benevolent dictator type. *NM* Helene - 15/10/2010 03:28:05 PM 455 Views
Someone who compromises her good intentions to keep herself in power - how is that comforting? Cannoli - 15/10/2010 06:22:12 PM 984 Views
That is not at all what idealsim tempered by pragmatism is. Helene - 15/10/2010 07:56:10 PM 1038 Views
Dear heavens, let's hope so. Joel - 14/10/2010 04:50:37 PM 892 Views
Seconded. And the world is stuck with her for hundreds of years... lilltempest - 19/10/2010 07:59:31 PM 1190 Views
Welcome back. I was starting to feel like a voice crying in the wilderness. Cannoli - 20/10/2010 07:27:53 PM 858 Views
Thanks! With the new book coming, I couldn't leave you here alone with the Egg worshipers! lilltempest - 20/10/2010 10:02:28 PM 1186 Views
Fain was scary in the first 2 books eucatastrophe - 14/10/2010 02:13:44 AM 925 Views
Basil Gill *NM* Matrimony Cauthon - 14/10/2010 02:28:03 AM 453 Views
he moves surprisingly quick!!! *NM* LadyLorraine - 14/10/2010 04:31:41 AM 444 Views
Slayer Helene - 14/10/2010 04:53:01 AM 969 Views
Re: Slayer Timthetrolloc - 14/10/2010 08:38:16 AM 931 Views
I find Slayer to be a bigger joke than Demandred Sidious - 14/10/2010 11:41:48 AM 928 Views
Seconded. I never understood what all the fuss was about Slayer. *NM* RandAllThor - 14/10/2010 03:07:28 PM 395 Views
but he skins wolves in dreamland! ooooh scary *NM* darius_sedai - 14/10/2010 03:48:32 PM 415 Views
I agree. He is hilarious. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 14/10/2010 04:16:18 PM 862 Views
I had the same lol reaction BlackAdder - 14/10/2010 04:40:24 PM 1138 Views
And even worse...he's related to Rand, Lan and Galad RugbyPlayingAshaman - 14/10/2010 07:33:45 PM 995 Views
I don't know why, I just find him one of the scarier people. He reminds me of Freddy Krueger Helene - 14/10/2010 05:41:06 PM 779 Views
I think of Moghedien and Lanfear scarier in terms of T'A'R RugbyPlayingAshaman - 14/10/2010 07:38:58 PM 966 Views
That's an interesting point. The Ta'veren effect is rather scary if you think about it darius_sedai - 14/10/2010 09:47:02 PM 1006 Views
I don't find Shaidar Haran scary, because I'm not a channeler. *NM* Helene - 16/10/2010 08:15:49 AM 416 Views
Re: I find Slayer to be a bigger joke than Demandred Timthetrolloc - 15/10/2010 05:00:54 AM 991 Views
Unfortunately, most of the points you listed aren't true, are unsubstantiated or show how weak he is RugbyPlayingAshaman - 15/10/2010 04:27:34 PM 1248 Views
Re: Slayer BlackAdder - 14/10/2010 04:42:10 PM 786 Views
Shadar Haran Sidious - 14/10/2010 11:28:44 AM 970 Views
Shadar Haran is definitely the scariest RugbyPlayingAshaman - 14/10/2010 03:44:39 PM 882 Views
gholam makes it close though. Joel - 14/10/2010 04:54:46 PM 859 Views
If not for the same reasons, I agree this is the best of the conventionally scary characters. Cannoli - 15/10/2010 03:15:02 PM 959 Views
Narg: who else is both evil and genius? *NM* Lohikaarme - 14/10/2010 01:28:11 PM 422 Views
gholam *NM* Deadsy - 14/10/2010 01:55:18 PM 466 Views
second *NM* Foxhead - 14/10/2010 03:02:52 PM 406 Views
yep. *NM* mazza3 - 14/10/2010 06:51:15 PM 395 Views
Yes. Seriana Sedai - 14/10/2010 08:00:12 PM 879 Views
the gray man Deadsy - 14/10/2010 08:44:07 PM 847 Views
Good example! Seriana Sedai - 15/10/2010 01:00:57 AM 866 Views
sammael has this moment in aCoS Foxhead - 15/10/2010 11:36:07 PM 976 Views
True. Seriana Sedai - 16/10/2010 10:23:15 PM 924 Views
Re: Which character do you find scariest? Evil_Monkey - 14/10/2010 08:00:39 PM 882 Views
Does the DO count as a character? If so the DO. *NM* Knightscape - 15/10/2010 12:15:42 AM 393 Views
As the books progressed, 'scary' changed Zaphod - 15/10/2010 06:31:43 AM 985 Views
Of humans, Rhadam Asunawa moratcorlm - 16/10/2010 08:52:34 PM 858 Views
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