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This is one of my biggest pet peeves as well Deadsy Send a noteboard - 29/09/2012 04:56:53 AM
Characters don't have ways of saying things anymore. I can't even imagine how crappy of a character Moiraine would have been if she wasn't always saying things "coolly" and "acidly" and... "Moiraine murmured." It was a HUGE part of RJ's characterization for all of the characters. When he had people saying things wryly, I could picture it instantly down to how I thought their mouths looked.


While I'm talking about pet peeves, it bothers me when people make excuses for Brandon by saying he's a new author. If I'm remembering correctly, he had five novels published before he started working on WoT. (Elantris, Mistborn series, and Arcatraz). He has since done at least four other books before AMOL. (Warbreaker, WOK, Arcatraz, another)
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If you have to call someone "my friend" three times in a couple of minutes, he isn't. Cannoli - 28/09/2012 11:59:13 AM 5797 Views
John McCain has a similar proclivity. *NM* RandAllThor - 28/09/2012 12:26:29 PM 1172 Views
The only people I've ever heard say "my friend" are foreign street vendors Marshall - 28/09/2012 01:19:00 PM 1146 Views
Potential customer = best kind of friend *NM* Artsapat - 28/09/2012 02:20:29 PM 719 Views
I agree in this particular instance. Nate - 28/09/2012 03:38:15 PM 1479 Views
Maybe they have been Quakers all along? *NM* dadof5 - 28/09/2012 03:39:24 PM 802 Views
Sanderson's handling of character interractions is pathetic.... DomA - 28/09/2012 06:43:48 PM 1348 Views
Now see, here I don't fully agree, or at least think it's a matter of taste. Nate - 28/09/2012 07:21:09 PM 2018 Views
Sorry, that's just not true... fionwe1987 - 28/09/2012 11:33:59 PM 1187 Views
A few things. Nate - 29/09/2012 02:40:47 AM 1435 Views
Great rebuttal! Fionwe got burned! *NM* Dark Knight - 29/09/2012 04:00:41 PM 868 Views
Re: A few things. DomA - 30/09/2012 06:07:57 PM 1683 Views
I posted something very similar at DM. Reposting... fionwe1987 - 28/09/2012 11:46:07 PM 1190 Views
Re: I posted something very similar at DM. Reposting... Cannoli - 29/09/2012 01:51:20 AM 1409 Views
Yes! fionwe1987 - 29/09/2012 02:26:39 AM 1341 Views
This is one of my biggest pet peeves as well Deadsy - 29/09/2012 04:56:53 AM 1394 Views
There are people who say that? Nate - 29/09/2012 05:16:58 AM 1187 Views
I complained about this regarding the Forsaken chapter Sidious - 28/09/2012 07:34:25 PM 1445 Views
I've long since accepted that Sanderson uses inaccurate terms like "powerful" darius_sedai - 29/09/2012 05:44:11 AM 1443 Views
To be fair, the last Moghedian PoV by RJ might have changed her a bit. Cannoli - 29/09/2012 03:27:31 PM 1165 Views
Which is the question I brought up in another thread darius_sedai - 29/09/2012 05:29:01 PM 1065 Views
Yes. The last time it happened to me it ended with the taxi driver fined by the NYPD. Tom - 29/09/2012 07:05:26 AM 1153 Views
The burning question to me, after reading all of the comments above, is this... Shannow - 29/09/2012 08:50:50 AM 1375 Views
Piggybacking on someone else's established characters and near-climax-point plot? Cannoli - 29/09/2012 03:04:03 PM 1420 Views
Both of you disgust me Dark Knight - 29/09/2012 04:13:16 PM 1350 Views
This is not jealousy, it's being upset Marshall - 29/09/2012 07:52:51 PM 1223 Views
They could have hired a ghost writer. They chose not to. *NM* Dark Knight - 29/09/2012 09:34:27 PM 9854 Views
Your crappy taste in books means nothing Cannoli - 30/09/2012 09:23:51 PM 1733 Views
When did I ever say Eli Manning wasn't a good QB? Dark Knight - 01/10/2012 03:40:21 PM 1127 Views
To be fair... Sidious - 29/09/2012 04:36:52 PM 1224 Views
True ... He may not be perfect, and he certainly made some strange choices darius_sedai - 29/09/2012 05:37:29 PM 1131 Views
B-Sand is not a ghost writer Dark Knight - 29/09/2012 06:35:16 PM 2497 Views
Didn't say he should. darius_sedai - 29/09/2012 09:07:45 PM 1789 Views
I mostly agree with this. Nate - 29/09/2012 09:36:38 PM 1411 Views
What is it you want? Dark Knight - 29/09/2012 09:39:36 PM 1384 Views
We want to bitch about an inferior product. Duh. Cannoli - 29/09/2012 10:00:09 PM 2099 Views
Hmm that's true I guess. Sad though *NM* Dark Knight - 29/09/2012 10:07:25 PM 567 Views
It is what it is darius_sedai - 30/09/2012 12:52:20 AM 945 Views
Those are not remotely the same thing Cannoli - 30/09/2012 09:14:49 PM 1221 Views
But they are the same in this instance darius_sedai - 30/09/2012 10:01:59 PM 1129 Views
You do know this isn't his series, right? Dark Knight - 29/09/2012 04:19:00 PM 1668 Views
Do you see us going to Mistborn boards to rip his series? Part of the problem is what you say. Cannoli - 29/09/2012 09:57:54 PM 2055 Views
Apologies for not being clear: I'm only referring to WoT. Haven't read any of his other work... Shannow - 30/09/2012 06:56:08 PM 1398 Views
I'd agree that I like his original works more than his WoT books beetnemesis - 01/10/2012 06:17:33 PM 1274 Views
It's fairly simple.... DomA - 30/09/2012 09:55:52 PM 1379 Views
Thanks for that insightful response... Shannow - 30/09/2012 10:37:27 PM 1097 Views
Try reading something instead of judging. I recommend the Mistborn trilogy *NM* Dark Knight - 01/10/2012 01:14:24 AM 535 Views
Forgotten Realms is big on clever spells and magic systems? Fanatic-Templar - 01/10/2012 05:27:05 AM 1062 Views
It's more... DomA - 01/10/2012 01:05:18 PM 1822 Views
Did you read Way of Kings? VTHokie - 03/10/2012 09:14:43 PM 1334 Views
No, nothing but the prologue DomA - 04/10/2012 02:56:14 AM 1077 Views
Re: The burning question to me, after reading all of the comments above, is this... RugbyPlayingAshaman - 11/10/2012 08:22:27 PM 969 Views
I have an acquaintance who uses "my friend" as punctuation of every sentence. Kaldric - 05/10/2012 02:47:40 PM 1672 Views
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