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You might actually want to read what people wrote. RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 10/02/2011 03:13:52 PM
Seems to me that you're confused - just because you think a thematic element is presented in a certain way, doesn't mean you are right or that your interpretation should automatically trump others. In this case, just because characters have a saying doesn't mean this reveals some true nature underlying the universe. The characters saying "The Wheel weaves as the wheel wills" do not know how the Pattern functions or why. Relying on that statement is misleading.


You just described what you are doing. You are assuming that your view is correct.


I told the OP that I thought this idea was plausible, even though it would undermine my opinion as to what a major theme in the series was.

Your response was "Huh? No. You are so off it's not even funny.", and in that post, you proceed to give your opinion as to what a saying means. Sounds like you're assuming your point of view is right, and ignored the part of my post where I agreed with the OP.
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Rand is the Great Serpent entyti - 08/02/2011 04:21:32 AM 1806 Views
Yeah, that seems logical, funny to see rand bite himself in the ass :p *NM* Kieran - 08/02/2011 06:31:44 AM 523 Views
I want to reply and say that's not exactly how I picture it, but I don't want to be dirty. *NM* Deadsy - 08/02/2011 06:50:17 AM 566 Views
there once was a man from nantucket? *NM* nigelgoboom - 08/02/2011 07:18:47 AM 483 Views
Bwah ha ha! Dirty minds think alike! *NM* Evil_Monkey - 08/02/2011 03:41:30 PM 463 Views
That actually seems cosmically plausible - but I really hope this is not the case RugbyPlayingAshaman - 08/02/2011 03:27:29 PM 1143 Views
But that has always been the case. I am astounded that it isn't recognized more often... Shannow - 08/02/2011 03:58:24 PM 1011 Views
This. There's a reason one of his archetypes is the Fisher King. *NM* Ghavrel - 08/02/2011 07:00:05 PM 522 Views
The issue is that the Fisher King story is about the Land, not the People RugbyPlayingAshaman - 08/02/2011 08:02:24 PM 925 Views
A good example Kieran - 08/02/2011 08:27:44 PM 947 Views
None of this is contradicted by what I have posited entyti - 08/02/2011 09:16:48 PM 866 Views
But the chess analogy is what I'm seeing - the Dragon is necessary in degree not in total. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/02/2011 02:42:15 PM 1005 Views
Yes, those are the rules in chess... entyti - 10/02/2011 05:34:25 AM 921 Views
The Fisher King is not a messianic myth. Ghavrel - 08/02/2011 10:07:44 PM 983 Views
Fisher King title and legends are connected to the Messianic mythos RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/02/2011 09:47:14 PM 1174 Views
The disciples, not Jesus, were the "fishers of men." EDITED. Ghavrel - 09/02/2011 10:08:24 PM 831 Views
Yeah, you're right about the fish - I was reaching (and typed too fast to think) RugbyPlayingAshaman - 10/02/2011 05:30:29 PM 834 Views
Re: But that has always been the case. I am astounded that it isn't recognized more often... fionwe1987 - 09/02/2011 07:47:14 AM 917 Views
You two are like a married couple without the benefit of the makeup sex. Ghavrel - 09/02/2011 09:30:10 AM 1073 Views
*NM* fionwe1987 - 10/02/2011 02:53:17 AM 417 Views
*NM* Sir Tybalt - 10/02/2011 02:52:28 PM 485 Views
Huh? No. You are so off it's not even funny. Velveti - 09/02/2011 03:16:05 AM 1078 Views
Looks like somebody hasn't read The Gathering Storm. Ghavrel - 09/02/2011 06:17:55 AM 963 Views
Re: Looks like somebody hasn't read The Gathering Storm. Velveti - 09/02/2011 06:20:21 AM 970 Views
Atop Dragonmount, for one... fionwe1987 - 09/02/2011 07:36:56 AM 990 Views
I'm exhausted, so I may be misremembering. Ghavrel - 09/02/2011 09:27:18 AM 949 Views
That was Tam. Gher - 09/02/2011 05:09:45 PM 1005 Views
That is a key difference. Japhy - 09/02/2011 06:38:24 PM 829 Views
Re: Atop Dragonmount, for one... Velveti - 09/02/2011 03:12:02 PM 974 Views
Not at all! fionwe1987 - 10/02/2011 02:58:39 AM 869 Views
You sound like Ishamael RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/02/2011 02:38:52 PM 953 Views
Re: You sound like Ishamael Velveti - 09/02/2011 03:17:58 PM 934 Views
I'm definitely not confusing this with the real world roflmao RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/02/2011 03:54:04 PM 1033 Views
Re: I'm definitely not confusing this with the real world roflmao Velveti - 09/02/2011 06:10:01 PM 1025 Views
Seems to me that you're confused. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/02/2011 08:27:06 PM 777 Views
Seems to me that YOU'RE confused. Velveti - 10/02/2011 02:09:41 AM 958 Views
You might actually want to read what people wrote. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 10/02/2011 03:13:52 PM 848 Views
The amount of elitism on this board would be depressing if it weren't so damned funny. Ghavrel - 09/02/2011 09:18:13 PM 895 Views
What depresses me... entyti - 09/02/2011 11:23:13 PM 826 Views
I, personally, like it. It makes sense for the Dragon to be an incarnation of the Serpent. Ghavrel - 09/02/2011 11:39:28 PM 947 Views
I didn't mean to hijack it - other replies did RugbyPlayingAshaman - 10/02/2011 02:51:35 PM 907 Views
It is of little consequence entyti - 10/02/2011 05:36:40 PM 875 Views
Relax homeboy. It was a joke. *NM* Velveti - 10/02/2011 02:07:55 AM 498 Views
I guess the DO just has "Serpent Envy?" *NM* newyorkersedai - 12/02/2011 01:13:40 PM 434 Views
*NM* entyti - 12/02/2011 02:47:09 PM 450 Views
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