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Why not? That's mine. Cannoli Send a noteboard - 25/09/2011 01:24:45 AM
I don't think there's much to say about Egwene, which is one of the reasons the board is so quiet these days. Once you've single-handedly destroyed the Black Ajah, there's really not much more to say. Its like when a beautiful flower blossoms... attacking it and saying that its an ugly flower doesn't really get much attention, just funny looks.

That Sanderson went and Mary Sue-d Egwene?


I have barely even re-read the two latest books. I think the board is dead because Sanderson's writing boils down to nothing more than a recapitulation of the events of WoT. All the other stuff that made it interesting and gave it depth is gone. Sidious & his fellow channeling aficionados have no new developments in the One Power to puzzle over, and those of us who are interested in the society and setting have no additional material to read into. Despite the long-awaited arrival of main characters in Arad Domon, I really feel that I know little more about the country and its culture than I did after reading KoD. Hell, I think I learned more about the Borderlands from Nynaeve's visit in KoD than I learned about Arad Domon from Nynaeve & Rand spending significant parts of two books there!

RJ created all this stuff and the little details and other information eased into the writing naturally. Sanderson had to learn it, and then find a way to convey to the readers the important and relevant information to the immediate story. It is not remotely the same, and as a result, with no new material in five years, we are running out of things to say about it.
Cannoli
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- The Crownless

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How Egwene ruined WoT long before Eye of the World. (by dating Rand) - 22/09/2011 01:33:19 PM 2438 Views
*Goes off to read M/M slashfic* *NM* - 22/09/2011 05:09:13 PM 554 Views
Ahh, the Cannoliposts are back - 24/09/2011 01:46:23 AM 1036 Views
Re: Ahh, the Cannoliposts are back - 24/09/2011 05:34:12 AM 1186 Views
Did you forget the link? - 24/09/2011 07:35:30 PM 1036 Views
My bad, thanks. - 25/09/2011 01:17:52 AM 993 Views
Meh - 24/09/2011 08:45:23 AM 1003 Views
Re: Meh - 24/09/2011 10:54:05 AM 1098 Views
He did say SINGLE handed, and that hand was Verins. So no, no credit for the series-ruiner - 25/09/2011 01:14:01 AM 1102 Views
Oh please - 26/09/2011 05:58:24 PM 877 Views
That is an excellent argument. - 28/09/2011 12:42:46 PM 1083 Views
Re: That is an excellent argument. - 28/09/2011 01:13:30 PM 1007 Views
Re: That is an excellent argument. - 29/09/2011 01:03:59 PM 953 Views
Re: That is an excellent argument. - 29/09/2011 01:14:26 PM 946 Views
I don't think the two are comparable... - 29/09/2011 06:41:25 PM 971 Views
Egwene was a backup plan. - 29/09/2011 09:32:56 PM 969 Views
- 29/09/2011 10:44:37 PM 957 Views
Re: Meh - 24/09/2011 08:02:19 PM 935 Views
Seriously? That's your theory for why the board is so quiet these days? - 24/09/2011 09:24:16 PM 1276 Views
Why not? That's mine. - 25/09/2011 01:24:45 AM 1090 Views
Do you really think Sanderson is the one responsible for Mary Sue-ing Egwene?? - 25/09/2011 07:37:59 AM 1019 Views
Whats with all the nice talk? - 26/09/2011 06:02:32 PM 1063 Views
The Egwene worship is beginning to amuse me instead of just disgusting me... - 26/09/2011 07:29:04 PM 1529 Views
to be fair... - 28/09/2011 02:07:37 PM 1105 Views
I'm pretty sure you've already posted this one before. *NM* - 24/09/2011 06:35:25 PM 488 Views
The central idea about Egwene's motive isn't new, but I expanded it to show the lingering effect. *NM* - 25/09/2011 01:26:43 AM 539 Views
True that. *NM* - 25/09/2011 05:21:20 AM 499 Views
That was actually a fairly interesting read... nice effort. *NM* - 24/09/2011 09:21:05 PM 639 Views
I didn't even read that... - 25/09/2011 03:18:09 AM 922 Views
To be fair - 26/09/2011 05:54:45 PM 963 Views
Awesome. And all true. Poor Rand. *NM* - 25/09/2011 07:00:47 AM 564 Views

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