Which is the question I brought up in another thread
darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 29/09/2012 05:29:01 PM
IIRC, the last we got of her from RJ's pen was her experience of the Cleansing. I can't recall if she was in KoD, for some reason. However, the last we saw of her, it implied she might have had a transformative experience from the sheer quantity of terror she suffered. She could be experiencing a kind of flipped form of PTSD, whereby she feels that surviving a near-encounter with the Choedan Kal means a mere Forsaken isn't worth being afraid of.
Another reason could be the apparent lifting of her restrictions since then, being allowed to wear her own mindtrap, if I read the scene right. Or a combination of the two.
None of this speculation, of course, undermines the criticisms of Sanderson in this thread. Rather it just goes to show another way the series is suffering, because all we have are hints of a significant character transformation, that may lead Moghedian to do something extraordinarily out of character in aMoL that will seem ridiculous and coming from left field, when it was simmering all along.
Another reason could be the apparent lifting of her restrictions since then, being allowed to wear her own mindtrap, if I read the scene right. Or a combination of the two.
None of this speculation, of course, undermines the criticisms of Sanderson in this thread. Rather it just goes to show another way the series is suffering, because all we have are hints of a significant character transformation, that may lead Moghedian to do something extraordinarily out of character in aMoL that will seem ridiculous and coming from left field, when it was simmering all along.
I was curious about her character change and wondering if people thought it was something RJ planned (as you say she had a near death experience at the Cleansing and spoke of never being afraid again). Or if her changes were something indicating Sanderson didn't understand the character ... You bring up a good alternative that is the character went through change, but the new author handled it poorly
Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
If you have to call someone "my friend" three times in a couple of minutes, he isn't.
28/09/2012 11:59:13 AM
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The only people I've ever heard say "my friend" are foreign street vendors
28/09/2012 01:19:00 PM
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Sanderson's handling of character interractions is pathetic....
28/09/2012 06:43:48 PM
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Now see, here I don't fully agree, or at least think it's a matter of taste.
28/09/2012 07:21:09 PM
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Sorry, that's just not true...
28/09/2012 11:33:59 PM
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I posted something very similar at DM. Reposting...
28/09/2012 11:46:07 PM
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I complained about this regarding the Forsaken chapter
28/09/2012 07:34:25 PM
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I've long since accepted that Sanderson uses inaccurate terms like "powerful"
29/09/2012 05:44:11 AM
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To be fair, the last Moghedian PoV by RJ might have changed her a bit.
29/09/2012 03:27:31 PM
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Which is the question I brought up in another thread
29/09/2012 05:29:01 PM
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Yes. The last time it happened to me it ended with the taxi driver fined by the NYPD.
29/09/2012 07:05:26 AM
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The burning question to me, after reading all of the comments above, is this...
29/09/2012 08:50:50 AM
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Piggybacking on someone else's established characters and near-climax-point plot?
29/09/2012 03:04:03 PM
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Both of you disgust me
29/09/2012 04:13:16 PM
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To be fair...
29/09/2012 04:36:52 PM
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True ... He may not be perfect, and he certainly made some strange choices
29/09/2012 05:37:29 PM
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B-Sand is not a ghost writer
29/09/2012 06:35:16 PM
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Didn't say he should.
29/09/2012 09:07:45 PM
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What is it you want?
29/09/2012 09:39:36 PM
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We want to bitch about an inferior product. Duh.
29/09/2012 10:00:09 PM
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Hmm that's true I guess. Sad though *NM*
29/09/2012 10:07:25 PM
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It is what it is
30/09/2012 12:52:20 AM
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You do know this isn't his series, right?
29/09/2012 04:19:00 PM
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Do you see us going to Mistborn boards to rip his series? Part of the problem is what you say.
29/09/2012 09:57:54 PM
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Apologies for not being clear: I'm only referring to WoT. Haven't read any of his other work...
30/09/2012 06:56:08 PM
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I'd agree that I like his original works more than his WoT books
01/10/2012 06:17:33 PM
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It's fairly simple....
30/09/2012 09:55:52 PM
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Thanks for that insightful response...
30/09/2012 10:37:27 PM
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Try reading something instead of judging. I recommend the Mistborn trilogy *NM*
01/10/2012 01:14:24 AM
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It's more...
01/10/2012 01:05:18 PM
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Re: The burning question to me, after reading all of the comments above, is this...
11/10/2012 08:22:27 PM
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I have an acquaintance who uses "my friend" as punctuation of every sentence.
05/10/2012 02:47:40 PM
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