In the immortal words of the computer kid and Bruce Willis from the latest Die Hard movie:
Computer kid: "Do you have a plan?"
Bruce Willis "Find that so and so and kill him"
Computer kid: "I meant a plan as in a way to do that"
Lanfear's goal was to control Rand. Her plan for doing so was absolutely foolish. Rhavin's goal was to control the most powerful nation in Randland. Rhavin's plan for doing so was no more foolish than Lanfear's.
Lanfear's goal may have been reasonable, but her plan was downright laughable. Her goal was not any more reasonable than Rhavin's, and her plan was just as ridiculous.
Computer kid: "Do you have a plan?"
Bruce Willis "Find that so and so and kill him"
Computer kid: "I meant a plan as in a way to do that"
Lanfear's goal was to control Rand. Her plan for doing so was absolutely foolish. Rhavin's goal was to control the most powerful nation in Randland. Rhavin's plan for doing so was no more foolish than Lanfear's.
Lanfear's goal may have been reasonable, but her plan was downright laughable. Her goal was not any more reasonable than Rhavin's, and her plan was just as ridiculous.
You don't seem to have read what I wrote, as it's exactly what I argued. She had a good plan and the goal this plan was trying to accomplish was perfectly in line with what Ishamael and Shai'tan seem to want, but she was pathetic at implementing her plan because she totally overestimated the effects she would have on Rand, and that crucial bit didn't worked out as she expected. Her whole plan hinged on him falling in love with her easily. He gave her every sign of rejecting her in Tear, and still she deluded herself this was almost a done deal and Rand was soon to be in her pocket. It's Lanfear, not her plan, that was foolish. I mean honestly... for a woman like her seducing a 18 y.o. with raging hormones was far from a foolish plan, and making herself rare and leaving Rand to start desiring her presence was a better tactic than constantly trying to seduce him. The odds were she'd achieve the seduction without breaking a sweat. She just picked the rare teenager who wouldn't fall in love with her just by watching her and getting her attention!
Which character do you find scariest?
13/10/2010 06:39:28 PM
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Lanfear
13/10/2010 08:07:42 PM
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Lanfear always made me laugh
13/10/2010 08:35:02 PM
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Yeah, i was talking to someone about Lanfear
13/10/2010 11:25:20 PM
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Re: Yeah, i was talking to someone about Lanfear
14/10/2010 03:31:25 AM
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You seem to mistake "plan" with "goal"
14/10/2010 06:23:07 AM
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Re: You seem to mistake "plan" with "goal"
14/10/2010 11:06:14 PM
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Lanfear and Ishamael are both two sides of the same coin, and both crack me up.
14/10/2010 07:58:46 PM
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I'd say this differently ... more like which character SHOULD be scariest to me...
13/10/2010 08:51:45 PM
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Egwene
14/10/2010 12:14:33 AM
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I think you misunderstand Egwene *NM*
14/10/2010 04:52:18 AM
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Indeed
14/10/2010 11:28:14 AM
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Even if she's a fraction as bad as I make her out, who is most likely to be around for a while?
15/10/2010 03:12:02 PM
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But she's not scary... her idealism is tempered by pragmatism - a benevolent dictator type. *NM*
15/10/2010 03:28:05 PM
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Someone who compromises her good intentions to keep herself in power - how is that comforting?
15/10/2010 06:22:12 PM
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Seconded. And the world is stuck with her for hundreds of years...
19/10/2010 07:59:31 PM
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Welcome back. I was starting to feel like a voice crying in the wilderness.
20/10/2010 07:27:53 PM
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Thanks! With the new book coming, I couldn't leave you here alone with the Egg worshipers!
20/10/2010 10:02:28 PM
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Slayer
14/10/2010 04:53:01 AM
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Re: Slayer
14/10/2010 08:38:16 AM
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I find Slayer to be a bigger joke than Demandred
14/10/2010 11:41:48 AM
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Seconded. I never understood what all the fuss was about Slayer. *NM*
14/10/2010 03:07:28 PM
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I agree. He is hilarious.
14/10/2010 04:16:18 PM
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I don't know why, I just find him one of the scarier people. He reminds me of Freddy Krueger
14/10/2010 05:41:06 PM
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I think of Moghedien and Lanfear scarier in terms of T'A'R
14/10/2010 07:38:58 PM
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That's an interesting point. The Ta'veren effect is rather scary if you think about it
14/10/2010 09:47:02 PM
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I don't find Shaidar Haran scary, because I'm not a channeler. *NM*
16/10/2010 08:15:49 AM
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Re: I find Slayer to be a bigger joke than Demandred
15/10/2010 05:00:54 AM
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Unfortunately, most of the points you listed aren't true, are unsubstantiated or show how weak he is
15/10/2010 04:27:34 PM
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Shadar Haran
14/10/2010 11:28:44 AM
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If not for the same reasons, I agree this is the best of the conventionally scary characters.
15/10/2010 03:15:02 PM
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gholam *NM*
14/10/2010 01:55:18 PM
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Yes.
14/10/2010 08:00:12 PM
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the gray man
14/10/2010 08:44:07 PM
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Good example!
15/10/2010 01:00:57 AM
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