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Hey! Light in the Night Send a noteboard - 17/03/2013 03:35:23 AM

Hi.


View original postIf you are going to give her a glorious death, then something along the lines of: "Bela struggled to regain her feet, but the long run had taken too much out of her, the wound too grievous. With a final exhausted heave, she rolled to her side and let out one last shuddering breath, then fell still."

See, that wasn't that hard, was it? Not to demean your clearly superior writing skills, of course.


Well, that took about 3 minutes, only because I'm a 2-finger-pecker on the keyboard. (Which really sounds funny when you write it out and makes for some wierd imagery)


View original postFor my money, I would much rather have seen her end up at Shayol Ghul and have Rand ride off on her. That would have been much more satisfying, if a bit on the mushy side.
I thought about that, but I also thought it would be a bit too contrived for my taste.


Yeah. I guess it's all how you feel about Bela, and another one of the instances where Sanderson missed the mark, IMO. He saw her only as a horse, while most felt she was at least a minor character, albeit in a non-speaking role. Even though you said you weren't into the whole "Bela, Narg" stuff, you obviously felt some outrage at his mishandling her demise.

BTW, I started to reply to your thread below, (had about 3 paragraphs written), when my PC decided it was going to do some updates that I had put off for an hour. So, I'll go work on that shortly.

Where once was Shadow
Now reigns Light
Darkness fades
Into the Night

I made the switch!
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Bela. Spoilers, of course. nossy - 15/03/2013 09:44:03 PM 1159 Views
well, look at it this way.... moondog - 15/03/2013 09:56:11 PM 860 Views
I've been looking back on the board for other opinions, but nossy - 15/03/2013 10:23:49 PM 769 Views
well, i think that's more to do with the author than the scene.... moondog - 18/03/2013 07:55:19 PM 705 Views
It certainly could have been worded differently.... Light in the Night - 16/03/2013 08:36:48 AM 676 Views
Liiiii-eeeeeet! nossy - 16/03/2013 10:03:35 AM 663 Views
Hey! Light in the Night - 17/03/2013 03:35:23 AM 727 Views
Where are you going to be when you aren't here? nossy - 17/03/2013 12:32:31 PM 770 Views
Re: Where are you going to be when you aren't here? Light in the Night - 19/03/2013 10:11:48 AM 571 Views
Re: Where are you going to be when you aren't here? nossy - 20/03/2013 08:37:32 PM 552 Views
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