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It may not be fair. nossy Send a noteboard - 23/03/2013 12:12:44 PM

View original postMuch of the criticism of BS seems to focus on his ability (or lack thereof) of writing RJ's characters exactly the same as RJ.....mannerisms, dialogue, actions, etc.


View original postSo, my question is this. Is it really fair to hold it against him that some characters are not perfect? I assume this is extremely hard to do, inheriting a ton of characters from another author, especially from someone with a very distinctive style and history of exactness.

I still can't decide. However, I don't know that I care that much when an individual character isn't quite right; I care when they aren't even present. For me, it was worse to see my favorite characters do something major in one paragraph (or off-screen) or not do anything at all, when there were hours of Trolloc fights. I'm sure it was going to be that way with Jordan too, to some degree, but I do think he would have tied things up better for his main roles. I can't imagine he wouldn't have. What we got was very unsatisfying, for me.
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His ability to write RJ's characters "correctly"..... Anonymous2000 - 23/03/2013 03:10:46 AM 2329 Views
I'm not the most attentive or critical of readers... A Deathwatch Guard - 23/03/2013 04:50:53 AM 1608 Views
Re: I'm not the most attentive or critical of readers... Dunstan - 23/03/2013 05:10:41 AM 1392 Views
I'm confused... What are you talking about? *NM* A Deathwatch Guard - 23/03/2013 11:53:16 AM 597 Views
The aliases Nighthawk is talking about... Dunstan - 24/03/2013 01:58:14 AM 1259 Views
Mat IS a D&D character who broke through the 4th wall and kept hearing his player roll dice. *NM* Bookwyrm - 24/03/2013 07:09:22 AM 653 Views
Can you mention some specific examples of problems with Mat? Anonymous2000 - 23/03/2013 04:56:36 PM 1379 Views
Some of it was before AMOL A Deathwatch Guard - 23/03/2013 11:33:22 PM 1391 Views
Don't forget him making up aliases Nighthawk - 24/03/2013 01:31:05 AM 1657 Views
It just goes to show the tone BS continuously set with Mat A Deathwatch Guard - 25/03/2013 12:18:15 AM 1309 Views
It may not be fair. nossy - 23/03/2013 12:12:44 PM 1777 Views
Not perfect, but I did expect them to be good. And they weren't good. They were very bad. Awful. *NM* Marshall - 23/03/2013 08:30:23 PM 689 Views
Please give a few examples..... *NM* Anonymous2000 - 24/03/2013 04:09:28 PM 580 Views
Re: Please give a few examples..... DomA - 25/03/2013 07:23:01 PM 1620 Views
Re: Please give a few examples..... Dunstan - 25/03/2013 07:45:26 PM 1333 Views
Same here. j-whitt987 - 25/03/2013 09:59:56 PM 1426 Views
Well, part of the problem with Uno IS from way back when. nossy - 26/03/2013 12:01:46 AM 1469 Views
Well... DomA - 26/03/2013 06:02:11 PM 1473 Views
Re: Well... Cannoli - 26/03/2013 11:54:42 PM 1400 Views
Knowing how fast Sanderon's "re-read" was, it's no surprise Marshall - 27/03/2013 05:03:37 PM 1455 Views
Thanks for the well done and detailed reply.....but I must admit..... Anonymous2000 - 26/03/2013 02:53:02 AM 1411 Views
I still say Harriet and Co. erred in getting a fantasy novelist Nighthawk - 23/03/2013 09:35:01 PM 1352 Views
Maybe, but if thay had we'd still be waiting for ToM... *NM* HyogaRott - 25/03/2013 12:02:39 PM 595 Views
Or would not have needed a ToM. Maybe a pro could have follow RJs plan & kept it to one book. *NM* Cannoli - 26/03/2013 11:56:03 PM 645 Views
Re: Or would not have needed a ToM. Maybe a pro could have follow RJs plan & kept it to one book. Lo'oris - 29/04/2013 08:16:49 PM 1159 Views
Re: His ability to write RJ's characters "correctly"..... Kandor Almagra - 01/05/2013 12:07:48 AM 1311 Views
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