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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 6028 Views
John McCain has a similar proclivity. *NM* RandAllThor - 28/09/2012 12:26:29 PM 1258 Views
The only people I've ever heard say "my friend" are foreign street vendors Marshall - 28/09/2012 01:19:00 PM 1347 Views
Potential customer = best kind of friend *NM* Artsapat - 28/09/2012 02:20:29 PM 805 Views
I agree in this particular instance. Nate - 28/09/2012 03:38:15 PM 1723 Views
Maybe they have been Quakers all along? *NM* dadof5 - 28/09/2012 03:39:24 PM 907 Views
Sanderson's handling of character interractions is pathetic.... DomA - 28/09/2012 06:43:48 PM 1590 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 2299 Views
Sorry, that's just not true... fionwe1987 - 28/09/2012 11:33:59 PM 1382 Views
A few things. Nate - 29/09/2012 02:40:47 AM 1730 Views
Great rebuttal! Fionwe got burned! *NM* Dark Knight - 29/09/2012 04:00:41 PM 972 Views
Re: A few things. DomA - 30/09/2012 06:07:57 PM 1911 Views
I posted something very similar at DM. Reposting... fionwe1987 - 28/09/2012 11:46:07 PM 1447 Views
Re: I posted something very similar at DM. Reposting... Cannoli - 29/09/2012 01:51:20 AM 1614 Views
Yes! fionwe1987 - 29/09/2012 02:26:39 AM 1568 Views
This is one of my biggest pet peeves as well Deadsy - 29/09/2012 04:56:53 AM 1591 Views
There are people who say that? Nate - 29/09/2012 05:16:58 AM 1440 Views
I complained about this regarding the Forsaken chapter Sidious - 28/09/2012 07:34:25 PM 1663 Views
I've long since accepted that Sanderson uses inaccurate terms like "powerful" darius_sedai - 29/09/2012 05:44:11 AM 1675 Views
To be fair, the last Moghedian PoV by RJ might have changed her a bit. Cannoli - 29/09/2012 03:27:31 PM 1356 Views
Which is the question I brought up in another thread darius_sedai - 29/09/2012 05:29:01 PM 1252 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 1347 Views
The burning question to me, after reading all of the comments above, is this... Shannow - 29/09/2012 08:50:50 AM 1583 Views
Piggybacking on someone else's established characters and near-climax-point plot? Cannoli - 29/09/2012 03:04:03 PM 1646 Views
Both of you disgust me Dark Knight - 29/09/2012 04:13:16 PM 1536 Views
This is not jealousy, it's being upset Marshall - 29/09/2012 07:52:51 PM 1432 Views
They could have hired a ghost writer. They chose not to. *NM* Dark Knight - 29/09/2012 09:34:27 PM 9948 Views
Your crappy taste in books means nothing Cannoli - 30/09/2012 09:23:51 PM 1938 Views
When did I ever say Eli Manning wasn't a good QB? Dark Knight - 01/10/2012 03:40:21 PM 1326 Views
To be fair... Sidious - 29/09/2012 04:36:52 PM 1411 Views
True ... He may not be perfect, and he certainly made some strange choices darius_sedai - 29/09/2012 05:37:29 PM 1322 Views
B-Sand is not a ghost writer Dark Knight - 29/09/2012 06:35:16 PM 2697 Views
Didn't say he should. darius_sedai - 29/09/2012 09:07:45 PM 2010 Views
I mostly agree with this. Nate - 29/09/2012 09:36:38 PM 1667 Views
What is it you want? Dark Knight - 29/09/2012 09:39:36 PM 1563 Views
We want to bitch about an inferior product. Duh. Cannoli - 29/09/2012 10:00:09 PM 4905 Views
Hmm that's true I guess. Sad though *NM* Dark Knight - 29/09/2012 10:07:25 PM 656 Views
It is what it is darius_sedai - 30/09/2012 12:52:20 AM 1173 Views
Those are not remotely the same thing Cannoli - 30/09/2012 09:14:49 PM 1451 Views
But they are the same in this instance darius_sedai - 30/09/2012 10:01:59 PM 1397 Views
You do know this isn't his series, right? Dark Knight - 29/09/2012 04:19:00 PM 1859 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 2251 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 1671 Views
I'd agree that I like his original works more than his WoT books beetnemesis - 01/10/2012 06:17:33 PM 1465 Views
It's fairly simple.... DomA - 30/09/2012 09:55:52 PM 1625 Views
Thanks for that insightful response... Shannow - 30/09/2012 10:37:27 PM 1290 Views
Try reading something instead of judging. I recommend the Mistborn trilogy *NM* Dark Knight - 01/10/2012 01:14:24 AM 628 Views
Forgotten Realms is big on clever spells and magic systems? Fanatic-Templar - 01/10/2012 05:27:05 AM 1261 Views
It's more... DomA - 01/10/2012 01:05:18 PM 2016 Views
Did you read Way of Kings? VTHokie - 03/10/2012 09:14:43 PM 1518 Views
No, nothing but the prologue DomA - 04/10/2012 02:56:14 AM 1291 Views
Re: The burning question to me, after reading all of the comments above, is this... RugbyPlayingAshaman - 11/10/2012 08:22:27 PM 1187 Views
I have an acquaintance who uses "my friend" as punctuation of every sentence. Kaldric - 05/10/2012 02:47:40 PM 1880 Views
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