Maybe death was a release from having to carry self-important harridans on their quests for power
Cannoli Send a noteboard - 05/09/2013 01:10:41 AM
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Though with books and movies the only preparation possible is steeling oneself against disappointment. That made AMoL less underwhelming than it would otherwise have been.
Naetheless, I am still angry Bela died while Faile and Olver lived. Apparently bad tempered whining and viciousness are virtues in Randland, and stoic good humor and faithfulness vices. Maybe that explains what happened to the Trakand brothers;
Just because Gawyn's only Trakand sibling exhibits far more traditionally manly qualities of responsibility and competant combat leadership is no reason to refer to Elayne as his brother. In fact, since they are the only known set of brothers in the series (Galad's relationship with Rand was fairly irrelevant), you probably didn't need to stick their not-shared last name in there. If you did need to modify "brothers", 'Elayne's' is shorter to write than 'Trakand' anyway.
Though with books and movies the only preparation possible is steeling oneself against disappointment. That made AMoL less underwhelming than it would otherwise have been.
Naetheless, I am still angry Bela died while Faile and Olver lived. Apparently bad tempered whining and viciousness are virtues in Randland, and stoic good humor and faithfulness vices. Maybe that explains what happened to the Trakand brothers; too bad for Gawyn he matured beyond his contrariness, else he might have survived (except, of course, he probably would have committed suicide-by-battle when Egwene died.)
Speaking of maturity and Egwene's death, how awesome is it that Rand's parting gift to her was a ribbon, which, in Egwene's story, generally represents immaturity in some way? Or that the ultimate role of their relationship is that her passing is what convinces Rand that the whole "friends and followers dying" issue is actually rather tolerable after all?
Cannoli
"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
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"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
I Would Like It Noted for the Record I Was Right on Egwenes Fate/Progression; Twice, Actually
- 28/08/2013 11:41:11 PM
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And I was wrong
- 29/08/2013 05:41:36 AM
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I read somewhere one should hope for the best but prepare for the worst. 
- 29/08/2013 10:18:18 AM
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- 29/08/2013 10:18:18 AM
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Gawyn matured?
- 30/08/2013 05:05:11 AM
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Yes; he grew beyond "I can ignore the rules and everyone must obey me because I know best."
- 30/08/2013 06:18:22 AM
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Because that's clearly Egwene's job, and there wasn't room for two of them in that relationship *NM*
- 30/08/2013 02:01:53 PM
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*NM*
- 30/08/2013 02:01:53 PM
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Essentially; maybe he did not so much mature as bow to the absurd.
- 30/08/2013 03:35:51 PM
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That was never an issue.
- 30/08/2013 05:19:43 PM
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And his character...development, for lack of a better word...in ToM appeared forgotten in aMoL
- 05/09/2013 01:01:06 AM
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Maybe death was a release from having to carry self-important harridans on their quests for power
- 05/09/2013 01:10:41 AM
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That's one opinion...
- 04/09/2013 06:06:15 PM
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Her death is a matter of fact, or fictional fact anyway.
- 04/09/2013 09:25:30 PM
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That wasn't what you predicted, though...
- 05/09/2013 02:49:06 AM
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Was her death not redemptive? Did she not admit Rand was right about the Seals?
- 05/09/2013 04:02:09 AM
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Re: Was her not death not redemptive? Did she not admit Rand was right about the Seals?
- 08/09/2013 05:14:32 AM
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Re: Was her not death not redemptive? Did she not admit Rand was right about the Seals?
- 17/11/2013 02:36:21 PM
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Re: Was her not death not redemptive? Did she not admit Rand was right about the Seals?
- 19/11/2013 02:25:14 AM
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Wow, you predicted a plot progression in a predictable and completely worthless series of books.
- 05/09/2013 04:08:38 AM
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Doubtless his middle school English teacher would be proud. *NM*
- 05/09/2013 04:11:12 AM
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Hey, c'mon, without the The Wheel of Time ya'll could not be here gracing us with your erudition.
- 05/09/2013 04:41:46 AM
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- 05/09/2013 04:41:46 AM
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Y'all, Texan, y'all. Not a badly constructed contraction of "you will". Sheesh.
- 05/09/2013 05:01:19 AM
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Numerous sources attest to "ya'll" in both Faulkner and Hemingway.
- 05/09/2013 05:36:31 AM
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Yes, and Faulkner in particular was known for his non-orthodox orthography
- 05/09/2013 07:17:47 AM
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"Non-orthodox" is a somewhat unorthodox spelling as well; does that invalidate it?
- 05/09/2013 11:05:57 PM
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No, that was a late night spelling mistake - unorthodox is what I meant
- 07/09/2013 08:42:12 AM
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It is not worthless, and that particular progression was not predictable enough for anyone else.
- 05/09/2013 04:34:11 AM
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I recall not caring about camps, or Jordan generally.
- 05/09/2013 03:06:43 PM
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Yet here we are.
- 05/09/2013 10:56:31 PM
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- 05/09/2013 10:56:31 PM
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I just check this board in hopes there will be an announcement that it will be closed. *NM*
- 07/09/2013 02:16:12 AM
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Same here, except it applies to the rest of the site as well. *NM*
- 07/09/2013 08:42:41 AM
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Pretty edgy for a Bush League Pedant.
- 14/09/2013 02:04:32 PM
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Re: I Would Like It Noted for the Record I Was Right on Egwenes Fate/Progression; Twice, Actually
- 25/10/2013 05:03:59 PM
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