I immediately thought of the Nynaeve vs Semirhage comparison which he apparently "casually" settled after years of debate.
And then added a - "I'm pretty sure I'm right," at the end.
In hindsight, it might have been nothing more than him never paying much attention to Semirhage, as Lanfear was a far more compelling female Forsaken, and since Nynaeve is a female heroine of great strength, he just naturally assumed that she must be stronger than Semirhage. Particularly as there are only 6 females stronger than Nynaeve.
I would now not be surprised at all if Sanderson was in fact wrong on that, and Semirhage turns out to be one of the 6 above Nynaeve.
The point is, we just can't know anymore.
Hopefully the Encyclopedia will eventually settle these issue, once published.
And then added a - "I'm pretty sure I'm right," at the end.
In hindsight, it might have been nothing more than him never paying much attention to Semirhage, as Lanfear was a far more compelling female Forsaken, and since Nynaeve is a female heroine of great strength, he just naturally assumed that she must be stronger than Semirhage. Particularly as there are only 6 females stronger than Nynaeve.
I would now not be surprised at all if Sanderson was in fact wrong on that, and Semirhage turns out to be one of the 6 above Nynaeve.
The point is, we just can't know anymore.
Hopefully the Encyclopedia will eventually settle these issue, once published.
Very interesting QA with Brandon
- 20/04/2012 11:19:02 PM
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I found it painful to read
- 21/04/2012 09:53:31 AM
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Agreed ... He got some softball questions here and couldn't answer them ... But there is a lot
- 22/04/2012 04:26:27 AM
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Re: Agreed ... He got some softball questions here and couldn't answer them ... But there is a lot
- 22/04/2012 08:06:38 AM
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Re: Agreed ... He got some softball questions here and couldn't answer them ... But there is a lot
- 22/04/2012 02:39:41 PM
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Re: Very interesting QA with Brandon
- 22/04/2012 02:53:38 AM
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This certainly makes a mockery of a lot that us 20-year long readers of Wot used to hold dear...
- 23/04/2012 09:50:51 AM
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Re: This certainly makes a mockery of a lot that us 20-year long readers of Wot used to hold dear...
- 23/04/2012 02:39:30 PM
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I think you may be giving RJ more credit than his due here
- 24/04/2012 10:35:28 PM
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Re: This certainly makes a mockery of a lot that us 20-year long readers of Wot used to hold dear...
- 24/04/2012 05:46:03 AM
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Re: This certainly makes a mockery of a lot that us 20-year long readers of Wot used to hold dear...
- 24/04/2012 08:10:15 AM
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It's got little to do with obsession...
- 25/04/2012 01:20:48 AM
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Re: It's got little to do with obsession...
- 25/04/2012 05:05:40 PM
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Re: It's got little to do with obsession...
- 27/04/2012 12:58:36 AM
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Question about TGS and ToM:
- 27/04/2012 02:20:34 AM
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Very similar to you
- 27/04/2012 09:50:52 PM
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Are there plans for rewrites / reordering of the books?
- 29/04/2012 01:17:48 PM
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of course there's no plan
- 30/04/2012 06:15:49 AM
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Egwene...
- 27/04/2012 05:41:13 AM
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Re: Egwene...
- 27/04/2012 09:30:32 PM
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Re: Egwene...
- 28/04/2012 09:44:43 AM
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I don't find it all that surprising
- 28/04/2012 03:56:41 PM
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Re: I don't find it all that surprising
- 29/04/2012 08:07:55 AM
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Re: I don't find it all that surprising
- 30/04/2012 07:54:14 AM
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I suspect Cadsuane will die before that happens
- 30/04/2012 07:06:04 PM
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Re: I suspect Cadsuane will die before that happens
- 30/04/2012 08:36:44 PM
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Not sure Cadsuane will ever be reigned in by anyone
- 01/05/2012 01:18:44 AM
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Re: Egwene...
- 30/04/2012 07:41:11 AM
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Re: Egwene...
- 01/05/2012 07:10:35 PM
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Re: Egwene...
- 01/05/2012 10:51:09 PM
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Re: This certainly makes a mockery of a lot that us 20-year long readers of Wot used to hold dear...
- 01/05/2012 12:08:33 AM
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Re: This certainly makes a mockery of a lot that us 20-year long readers of Wot used to hold dear...
- 24/04/2012 10:49:54 PM
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For me it's interesting simply because it is not all that well defined
- 24/04/2012 11:16:14 PM
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Elminster vs Karsus, Darth Vader vs Darth Revan, Demandred vs Sammael - who has more midichloriants.
- 25/04/2012 03:13:17 PM
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