When is this shown to be the case?
Rand has the option of destroying the world, and there was no one else to influence him in any way.
Certainly, the Pattern played a role in his choice. As he himself said, he wouldn't have won through but for the people he knew and who loved him. But that doesn't mean he didn't have a choice.
Same with everyone else. Isn't the voice telling Rand in EotW that the choice to fight Ishy is his ample proof that choice does exist?
Rand is the Great Serpent
08/02/2011 04:21:32 AM
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Yeah, that seems logical, funny to see rand bite himself in the ass :p *NM*
08/02/2011 06:31:44 AM
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I want to reply and say that's not exactly how I picture it, but I don't want to be dirty. *NM*
08/02/2011 06:50:17 AM
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That actually seems cosmically plausible - but I really hope this is not the case
08/02/2011 03:27:29 PM
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But that has always been the case. I am astounded that it isn't recognized more often...
08/02/2011 03:58:24 PM
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This. There's a reason one of his archetypes is the Fisher King. *NM*
08/02/2011 07:00:05 PM
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The issue is that the Fisher King story is about the Land, not the People
08/02/2011 08:02:24 PM
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None of this is contradicted by what I have posited
08/02/2011 09:16:48 PM
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But the chess analogy is what I'm seeing - the Dragon is necessary in degree not in total.
09/02/2011 02:42:15 PM
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The Fisher King is not a messianic myth.
08/02/2011 10:07:44 PM
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Fisher King title and legends are connected to the Messianic mythos
09/02/2011 09:47:14 PM
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The disciples, not Jesus, were the "fishers of men." EDITED.
09/02/2011 10:08:24 PM
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Yeah, you're right about the fish - I was reaching (and typed too fast to think)
10/02/2011 05:30:29 PM
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Re: But that has always been the case. I am astounded that it isn't recognized more often...
09/02/2011 07:47:14 AM
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You two are like a married couple without the benefit of the makeup sex.
09/02/2011 09:30:10 AM
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Huh? No. You are so off it's not even funny.
09/02/2011 03:16:05 AM
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Looks like somebody hasn't read The Gathering Storm.
09/02/2011 06:17:55 AM
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Re: Looks like somebody hasn't read The Gathering Storm.
09/02/2011 06:20:21 AM
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Atop Dragonmount, for one...
09/02/2011 07:36:56 AM
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I'm exhausted, so I may be misremembering.
09/02/2011 09:27:18 AM
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You sound like Ishamael
09/02/2011 02:38:52 PM
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Re: You sound like Ishamael
09/02/2011 03:17:58 PM
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I'm definitely not confusing this with the real world roflmao
09/02/2011 03:54:04 PM
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Re: I'm definitely not confusing this with the real world roflmao
09/02/2011 06:10:01 PM
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Seems to me that you're confused.
09/02/2011 08:27:06 PM
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The amount of elitism on this board would be depressing if it weren't so damned funny.
09/02/2011 09:18:13 PM
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What depresses me...
09/02/2011 11:23:13 PM
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I, personally, like it. It makes sense for the Dragon to be an incarnation of the Serpent.
09/02/2011 11:39:28 PM
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