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Re: Oooo! A smart one! She reads forums! Thank heavens an expert has come. Cannoli Send a noteboard - 19/08/2011 12:07:24 PM

I disagree strongly about the name calling even as I agree with many of the thoughts behind this post. It is infuriating when people use words like filler, padding as if their tastes and interests are the only things that count. I am re-reading CoT right now and really enjoying it, especially the sections that other people dislike. My favorite characters by far are those that most people dislike.
THE BATH SCENE IS IMPORTANT!!!! Why don't they get that?

On the other hand, we ALL have blind spots. And while, I have no problem with people pointing out each others blind spots, it should be done with humility and without name calling. (Asking them to remove the plank from our eye so that we can remove the sliver from theirs.)
Cast not your pearls before swine. Seriously, it's not like I'm going to change at this point.

Sorry if I am picking on you. I have tendency of going harder on people when I agree with them, since I don't want a good argument tainted.
Better on me than someone who will whine about it.
Cannoli
"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless

“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
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A Dance of Dragons will influence A Memory of Light? beelaa - 28/07/2011 03:30:30 PM 2745 Views
It's impossible for nothing to happen in AMoL. Marshall - 28/07/2011 07:30:02 PM 1716 Views
Oh, you're so cute in your innocence! Cannoli - 02/08/2011 06:14:37 AM 1461 Views
Good thing I wasn't drinking milk when I read this. RabidWombat - 07/08/2011 10:24:29 PM 1310 Views
Yeah, suck it WoT-haters! We're eclectic! *NM* Cannoli - 11/08/2011 02:00:05 AM 804 Views
Regardless of how bad it is, stuff still WILL happen. *NM* Marshall - 10/08/2011 05:30:02 PM 585 Views
Re: A Dance of Dragons will influence A Memory of Light? AshaShan - 28/07/2011 07:37:24 PM 1488 Views
Actually, there is growing discontent, even among those who've defended Martin. Libby - 07/08/2011 11:05:33 PM 1556 Views
Those who says that nothing happens in ADWD really need to read CoT Zeratul - 29/07/2011 12:02:23 PM 1495 Views
Watching grass grow is better than reading CoT, so it's not saying much for ADWD *NM* Praziquantel - 30/07/2011 02:10:12 AM 558 Views
~facepalm~ Libby - 08/08/2011 12:10:47 AM 1329 Views
A Dance of Dragons is hardly filler. *shrugs* *NM* everynametaken - 31/07/2011 04:43:58 PM 876 Views
Agreed. It could be argued that more happens in the epilogue of ADWD than all of CoT. *NM* RandAllThor - 01/08/2011 01:27:58 AM 588 Views
*NM* fionwe1987 - 01/08/2011 05:22:18 AM 562 Views
That's like a pissing match between Gigli and Ishtar. Tom - 02/08/2011 04:43:18 AM 1207 Views
I regret wasting much of July reading it, so I respectfully disagree. Tom - 02/08/2011 04:41:39 AM 1330 Views
I do request that you don't lump ALL of fantasy into those two authors LadyLorraine - 02/08/2011 06:08:21 AM 1357 Views
You are completely overlooking his point, however. Cannoli - 02/08/2011 06:12:45 AM 1360 Views
F*** you, you idiot. *NM* Tom - 02/08/2011 06:13:48 AM 577 Views
At least he didn't ramble for five thousand words before actually making a point. *NM* everynametaken - 03/08/2011 11:04:06 PM 702 Views
Are you talking about Cannoli or Joel? : Larry - 03/08/2011 11:15:36 PM 1388 Views
*NM* everynametaken - 04/08/2011 04:19:40 AM 731 Views
There is that. Tom - 04/08/2011 04:51:39 PM 1189 Views
And a direct reply: Tom - 02/08/2011 06:25:28 AM 1374 Views
that's fair enough LadyLorraine - 03/08/2011 12:22:34 AM 1302 Views
Pretty much. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 15/08/2011 04:49:40 PM 1126 Views
Wait... You want intelligent meaningful books, but you're demanding action? A Deathwatch Guard - 02/08/2011 06:52:00 AM 1305 Views
I want one or the other. Tom - 02/08/2011 05:07:41 PM 1184 Views
I don't mind a little of both Praziquantel - 02/08/2011 10:02:23 PM 1127 Views
I think the issue is conflating fantasy with the multi-volume epics than anything I'd disagree with Larry - 03/08/2011 04:05:12 AM 1592 Views
That's debatable. *NM* Libby - 07/08/2011 11:07:51 PM 648 Views
Oooo! A smart one! She reads forums! Thank heavens an expert has come. Cannoli - 02/08/2011 06:24:47 AM 1426 Views
Re: Oooo! A smart one! She reads forums! Thank heavens an expert has come. RabidWombat - 07/08/2011 10:40:41 PM 1437 Views
Re: Oooo! A smart one! She reads forums! Thank heavens an expert has come. Cannoli - 19/08/2011 12:07:24 PM 1757 Views
I've wanted to say this for so long Japhy - 05/08/2011 02:21:10 AM 1313 Views
This "fluff" as you call it is important. Japhy - 05/08/2011 02:54:32 AM 1453 Views
Okay I'm not reading any of the replies in this thread until I finish ADwD, but I just wanted to say Sareitha Sedai - 10/08/2011 01:49:11 PM 1547 Views
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