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Definitely. He's a ginger. They have no souls. *NM* Great Lord of Chaos Send a noteboard - 05/12/2010 02:43:40 PM
I must admit, I struggled to take Rand seriously for some time due to the strange hair colour RJ picked for his hero. Red headed heroes aren't exactly common in fiction.

In fact, I struggle to think of a single prominent figure in real life or in fiction who was red headed.

If I think of red heads, I think of Conan o Brien, and err... some of William Wallace's sidekicks in Braveheart, and err... yip, that's about it. And maybe that kid who was Harry Potter's side kick.

Heroes are typically dark haired or blond haired, or even white haired on occasion.

Moridin cuts a far more heroic figure, with his black hair and blue eyes, and of course Demandred, with his black hair and dark eyes. Or even some of the blond, brown or even grey haired guys in the series.

Is it just me? If I'm wrong, please give me other examples of red headed heroes in either literature or even in real life, for that matter.
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Rand: Does his red hair make it difficult to imagine him as a hero for some of you too? Shannow - 05/12/2010 01:06:54 PM 2594 Views
I think the Norse god Tyr was often portrayed with red-hair Etzel - 05/12/2010 01:18:28 PM 2620 Views
Interesting... Shannow - 05/12/2010 01:23:33 PM 2154 Views
I mean Etzel - 05/12/2010 01:47:07 PM 2549 Views
The Flash is a red head darius_sedai - 05/12/2010 03:23:23 PM 1718 Views
be careful not to compare greek then to greek now LadyLorraine - 05/12/2010 06:29:51 PM 2041 Views
Re: be careful not to compare greek then to greek now mogi67 - 05/12/2010 11:30:55 PM 1906 Views
SHHHHHH we don't speak of such things! *NM* LadyLorraine - 06/12/2010 12:00:02 AM 967 Views
*nod* RugbyPlayingAshaman - 06/12/2010 04:39:02 PM 1653 Views
Rand's a FireCrotch - see video malekithe - 06/12/2010 07:59:00 AM 1953 Views
Plus Rand is so tall--- that people are constantly staring at his 'fire-crotch' *NM* Reishi - 06/12/2010 08:40:20 AM 1041 Views
After all AIEL=SPARTANS Lohikaarme - 13/12/2010 05:01:36 PM 1996 Views
No. Chas - 05/12/2010 02:09:47 PM 1893 Views
Agreed. *NM* Stephen - 05/12/2010 03:30:15 PM 823 Views
James Joyce: REAL-LIFE redheaded hero. Damn straight. *NM* shaiel - 05/12/2010 04:17:13 PM 833 Views
It really is more of a reflection of pop culture than historical parallels where blond=ideal. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 06/12/2010 04:36:53 PM 1692 Views
Definitely. He's a ginger. They have no souls. *NM* Great Lord of Chaos - 05/12/2010 02:43:40 PM 954 Views
Horrbile example, but... Sandwich - 05/12/2010 03:27:47 PM 1849 Views
That guy is REALLY not a professor. >.< Haha. *NM* shaiel - 05/12/2010 03:59:22 PM 987 Views
hilarious I totally remember those books! Never read them, but I worked at a bookstore darius_sedai - 05/12/2010 04:35:59 PM 1769 Views
He really is Golden/Redheaded with Green/Gray eyes. *NM* Velveti - 05/12/2010 03:47:47 PM 786 Views
And a one-eyed snake riding in a red bush *NM* Reishi - 06/12/2010 08:42:42 AM 839 Views
No. *NM* LadyLorraine - 05/12/2010 05:42:55 PM 825 Views
Not at all Comet Sedai - 05/12/2010 05:54:11 PM 1556 Views
Super Gogeta... lol *NM* Tansu Targli - 05/12/2010 05:56:25 PM 849 Views
No, not at all. The only visualization problem I've had with characters are Rand and Lanfear newyorkersedai - 05/12/2010 06:12:57 PM 2249 Views
Re: No, not at all. The only visualization problem I've had with characters are Rand and Lanfear Lord Haart - 06/12/2010 12:55:58 AM 1878 Views
HAHAHAHA!!! *NM* Kieran - 06/12/2010 02:43:44 AM 779 Views
"hahaha" at which part? *NM* newyorkersedai - 08/12/2010 11:12:59 PM 777 Views
his height comparisons were always suspect Deadsy - 06/12/2010 02:57:20 AM 1650 Views
He's also compared to people with a wide variety of heights. Joel - 06/12/2010 03:09:24 AM 2117 Views
*bonks you on the head* Deadsy - 06/12/2010 03:23:16 AM 2165 Views
The good thing about personal pronouns is they're widely applicable; it's also the bad thing. Joel - 06/12/2010 03:34:36 AM 1682 Views
The comparison that got me was when they said that Demandred's Johnson was '2nd best' *NM* Reishi - 06/12/2010 08:41:36 AM 935 Views
It's all about proportions, and taste. Joel - 06/12/2010 03:17:39 AM 1668 Views
Gross. All I can think of when you say proportions is Rand's huge dong covered in red pubes Reishi - 06/12/2010 08:38:31 AM 1993 Views
Sounds like a personal problem. Joel - 06/12/2010 11:44:27 AM 1822 Views
At least Rand's pubic hair matches Elayne and Aviendha *NM* Guava - 06/12/2010 02:51:52 AM 864 Views
Or as some would say, do the curtains match the rug? *NM* Reishi - 06/12/2010 08:35:44 AM 853 Views
What could his hair color possibly have to do with it? Joel - 06/12/2010 03:42:24 AM 1615 Views
Ginger-hate is real... red heads just can't be taken seriously *NM* Reishi - 06/12/2010 08:37:14 AM 1135 Views
No, no, the rule is they can't be taken INTERNALLY. Joel - 06/12/2010 11:45:51 AM 1793 Views
The Highlander?? There Can Be Only One. dadof5 - 06/12/2010 07:09:38 PM 1472 Views
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