He's obviously responsible, but it's not a very serious offense.
Gher Send a noteboard - 02/02/2011 10:46:09 PM
He simply does not seem to have the nose for interesting situations that RJ had. Not only does Sanderson fail to make the visions particularly interesting or entertaining, he also fails to use them as chronological markers, which RJ frequently did, instead providing completely generic scenes: Rand and Min eating, Rand sitting in a chair looking grim, and so forth.
Showing specific scenes nails down the timeline. With RJ, a mistake like that is an oops, with Sanderson, it's "This guy has no idea what he's doing!!!". Plus, if they decide to combine two Mat viewpoints later on while in the editing phase, a vision could easily get moved out of place. Keeping them generic prevents that. It's obviously not an ideal solution, but it's safer and forgivable, IMO. This way we can know that the visions are still happening, so we don't have to wonder if they're disappearing or if Sanderson forgot they existed.
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Why did the rainbow visions get so boring?
02/02/2011 05:17:45 PM
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Because the idiot sanderson ruined them, like he ruined most other things. *NM*
02/02/2011 05:47:34 PM
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Who would have written the end of WoT better yet still similar to RJ? *NM*
02/02/2011 06:39:53 PM
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Let them whine.
02/02/2011 08:03:13 PM
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It's incredible that some readers actually seem to prefer Sanderson's attempts at being an author
02/02/2011 10:32:31 PM
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You forgot the part where Jordan was a terrible author.
03/02/2011 06:20:13 AM
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Yeah, it's mindboggling that someone may have a different taste than you
03/02/2011 01:55:57 PM
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Re: Yeah, it's mindboggling that someone may have a different taste than you
03/02/2011 07:27:02 PM
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Re: Yeah, it's mindboggling that someone may have a different taste than you
04/02/2011 08:17:39 AM
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Because that's life
02/02/2011 08:18:22 PM
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It isn't life though. It's entertainment, and there's so much fun potential for that connection
02/02/2011 08:27:45 PM
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It's definitely better when they see something interesting, or important
02/02/2011 10:19:50 PM
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I disagree
02/02/2011 10:30:49 PM
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Like it or not, Sanderson is to blame for this
02/02/2011 10:37:14 PM
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He's obviously responsible, but it's not a very serious offense.
02/02/2011 10:46:09 PM
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Re: He's obviously responsible, but it's not a very serious offense.
03/02/2011 03:51:04 PM
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I put the blame more on Team Jordan.
03/02/2011 06:52:42 PM
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Re: I put the blame more on Team Jordan.
04/02/2011 01:30:21 AM
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I don't think Sanderson is a good writer. I just don't think Jordan was a good writer, either.
*NM*
04/02/2011 02:11:28 AM
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But even then, all he saw was Mat talking/flirting with Tuon.
02/02/2011 10:37:33 PM
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You're probably right. There was a post not long ago about the characters tinkling
02/02/2011 10:40:37 PM
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Here's my question: why are there so many songs about rainbows? *NM*
04/02/2011 04:43:02 AM
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