Brigitte specifically said he had already been born and that he was already "out there somewhere - a baby or a small boy". This is what started the whole speculation in the first place.
Gaidal Cain was still in tel'aran'rhiod in tFoH (or was it tSR? One of them). There's a short scene where he tells Birgitte she's an idiot for talking to Nynaeve and Elayne. He gets spun out sometime after that, meaning he can't be more than an infant yet.
So...what was this "heartbreaking scene" with Olver in ToM?
01/12/2010 04:12:34 AM
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His POV almost angered me
01/12/2010 04:48:14 AM
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olver is upset you feel that way. olver just wants to be able to kill the shaido that took his dad
01/12/2010 07:33:43 AM
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Just then Shaidar Haran came and cut off Olvers head.
01/12/2010 11:53:59 AM
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There's really absolutely no point to his character if he isn't Gaidal Cain.
01/12/2010 02:16:26 PM
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He's EveryCairhienin; prob'ly RJ didn't call him that 'cos it hurts the eye and mouth too much.
01/12/2010 02:50:30 PM
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That reply made me wish we had a vomiting smiley. Melodramatic much? *NM*
02/12/2010 12:49:03 AM
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can do double duty, but they call it "Epic Fantasy" for a reason.
02/12/2010 01:04:42 AM
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That theory never even made sense.
01/12/2010 07:45:49 PM
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What are you talking about?
02/12/2010 12:50:00 AM
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He's too old
02/12/2010 01:47:03 AM
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No he isn't.
02/12/2010 04:57:46 AM
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Yes, yes he is.
02/12/2010 06:27:25 AM
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I can deal with the "spoiled" part (more or less) but it sure doesn't make him sympathetic. *NM*
01/12/2010 02:15:04 PM
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I believe someone posted before, and I do forget who, but I shall paraphrase.
01/12/2010 05:44:58 AM
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Hehe
01/12/2010 01:57:16 PM
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I really don't remember that
01/12/2010 02:17:52 PM
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Re: I really don't remember that
01/12/2010 02:19:58 PM
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Hah, I remember that. He was all "Everyone killed themselves! It's SAD!"
01/12/2010 03:08:24 PM
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And here it registered so little with me I don't even remember it happening.
02/12/2010 12:54:40 AM
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The "GASP Moment" that produced so much speculation leading up to KoD
01/12/2010 03:13:56 PM
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I think it was supposed to be heartbreaking that a child was spending his days
01/12/2010 05:42:40 PM
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no...no I don't forget. I have a good emotional memory and it wasn't THAT long ago...
01/12/2010 08:16:17 PM
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I generally liked ToM, but the Olver PoV did make me cringe a bit. *NM*
02/12/2010 02:12:54 PM
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