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That kind of thing always annoys me. Joel Send a noteboard - 25/11/2010 02:52:03 PM
Sure, you got the main detail right, but your reasoning was completely off.

I went back and read the chapter in TGS... there is no reason why anyone should even think that Graendal might live on. There was no mention of the bird, no nothing. It was deus ex machina of the finest kind.

What basically happened was the "Graendal survived" people were groping around in the dark and struck gold.

It was deliberately set up so that there was no conceivable way she could escape, just so a contrived and completely impossible to anticipate escape could be provided and make us all feel stupid. I suppose we could argue that if there's no body you can't be sure, but that seems a little to meta for me, especially after things like "Sammael is toast".
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I was right! In your face. guttering flame - 24/11/2010 06:57:21 AM 1210 Views
relax big guys. *NM* Velveti - 24/11/2010 01:48:58 PM 259 Views
Yeah, we gloated about this weeks ago! *NM* darius_sedai - 24/11/2010 02:12:50 PM 256 Views
I still call shenanigans, but... whatever beetnemesis - 24/11/2010 02:36:44 PM 670 Views
+1 Lord Haart - 26/11/2010 08:43:23 AM 752 Views
spoor of the moment? Larry - 24/11/2010 05:44:11 PM 706 Views
She was in a hurry. And scared. *NM* Gher - 25/11/2010 03:46:16 PM 238 Views
Live and learn! guttering flame - 29/11/2010 05:48:18 AM 581 Views
No, you guys were really wrong. eucatastrophe - 24/11/2010 08:52:15 PM 690 Views
That kind of thing always annoys me. Joel - 25/11/2010 02:52:03 PM 581 Views
I didn't mind she lived. I only minded that she was worthless afterward and nothing came of it *NM* Deadsy - 25/11/2010 03:42:40 PM 258 Views
What he gets for posting ToM threads when he's only read a few chapters, I reckon. Joel - 25/11/2010 05:11:17 PM 573 Views
I'm still scratching my head over this. (I've finished the book) guttering flame - 29/11/2010 05:44:20 AM 565 Views
Don't blame you (and, thanks, now I don't have to sweat spoilers--and neither do you). Joel - 29/11/2010 01:49:21 PM 682 Views
No reason for Rand to think so moratcorlm - 27/11/2010 01:14:29 AM 569 Views
Outwitted? Really? Lord Haart - 26/11/2010 08:40:28 AM 553 Views
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