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It just goes to show the tone BS continuously set with Mat A Deathwatch Guard Send a noteboard - 25/03/2013 12:18:15 AM

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Evidently BS felt the best way to capture Mat's humor was for him to be a gag comic or something. That first scene featuring BS's Mat was jarring, as RJ would never have Mat be so put out because nobody appreciated the aliases he came up with. That was very, very lame. Jarringly so.

He was to be either a comic character, or a rogue type one, always sauntering, gambling, drinking, etc. And Mat certainly always had all those traits in him, it's just that when RJ wrote him, they were not the entire extent of his personality and character.

Oh, and that reminds me of one other instance! A big one too. Mat riding out during one of the White Tower group's battles to lead an assault himself. The real Mat hated fighting and had to be dragged into it. He wouldn't lead an assault by himself on a mere lark--not to mention that even aside from his personality, he always said that a general's place was in the back, observing rather than participating.

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His ability to write RJ's characters "correctly"..... Anonymous2000 - 23/03/2013 03:10:46 AM 2276 Views
I'm not the most attentive or critical of readers... A Deathwatch Guard - 23/03/2013 04:50:53 AM 1564 Views
Re: I'm not the most attentive or critical of readers... Dunstan - 23/03/2013 05:10:41 AM 1343 Views
I'm confused... What are you talking about? *NM* A Deathwatch Guard - 23/03/2013 11:53:16 AM 569 Views
The aliases Nighthawk is talking about... Dunstan - 24/03/2013 01:58:14 AM 1209 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 628 Views
Can you mention some specific examples of problems with Mat? Anonymous2000 - 23/03/2013 04:56:36 PM 1314 Views
Some of it was before AMOL A Deathwatch Guard - 23/03/2013 11:33:22 PM 1341 Views
Don't forget him making up aliases Nighthawk - 24/03/2013 01:31:05 AM 1620 Views
It just goes to show the tone BS continuously set with Mat A Deathwatch Guard - 25/03/2013 12:18:15 AM 1257 Views
It may not be fair. nossy - 23/03/2013 12:12:44 PM 1724 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 662 Views
Please give a few examples..... *NM* Anonymous2000 - 24/03/2013 04:09:28 PM 555 Views
Re: Please give a few examples..... DomA - 25/03/2013 07:23:01 PM 1567 Views
Re: Please give a few examples..... Dunstan - 25/03/2013 07:45:26 PM 1287 Views
Same here. j-whitt987 - 25/03/2013 09:59:56 PM 1380 Views
Well, part of the problem with Uno IS from way back when. nossy - 26/03/2013 12:01:46 AM 1416 Views
Well... DomA - 26/03/2013 06:02:11 PM 1414 Views
Re: Well... Cannoli - 26/03/2013 11:54:42 PM 1359 Views
Knowing how fast Sanderon's "re-read" was, it's no surprise Marshall - 27/03/2013 05:03:37 PM 1401 Views
Thanks for the well done and detailed reply.....but I must admit..... Anonymous2000 - 26/03/2013 02:53:02 AM 1360 Views
I still say Harriet and Co. erred in getting a fantasy novelist Nighthawk - 23/03/2013 09:35:01 PM 1311 Views
Maybe, but if thay had we'd still be waiting for ToM... *NM* HyogaRott - 25/03/2013 12:02:39 PM 570 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 618 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 1109 Views
Re: His ability to write RJ's characters "correctly"..... Kandor Almagra - 01/05/2013 12:07:48 AM 1263 Views
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