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Graendal told Sammael she likes them tall. 6' is pretty tall for a man. I was thinking about 5'10 for Demandred and Sammael, cementing the almost theme.... Not quite "tall" for a man. Rand also seems very tall.... He's supposed to be of enviable height. No one wants to be 6'6... I know, I have cousins who are so tall and they hate it. Most women don't like it either according to them. Apart from not being able to sit in cars or plane seats easily, its ungainly personally and socially.
Graendal told Sammael she likes them tall. 6' is pretty tall for a man. I was thinking about 5'10 for Demandred and Sammael, cementing the almost theme.... Not quite "tall" for a man. Rand also seems very tall.... He's supposed to be of enviable height. No one wants to be 6'6... I know, I have cousins who are so tall and they hate it. Most women don't like it either according to them. Apart from not being able to sit in cars or plane seats easily, its ungainly personally and socially.
In the first couple of books, Rand got a few comments on his height, and sometimes he seemed awkward because of it, but by tSR when he had his 'air of command' thing going there was less of that. Kind of like how the initial impression of Moiraine was that even though she was short, she carried herself as if she was the right height and other people were gangling freaks. I imagine that once Rand got that self-assurance, people felt puny around him.
The number of very tall men is quite remarkable. I'm 6' and most men are as tall or shorter than me. It makes more sense that Rand is about 6'2 with the male Forsaken a little shorter, and Aielmen at about 6'4 with Bael at a healthy 7'.
Anyway to each his own. If Rahvin can have ++1 power then it matters even less that he is 6'6...
I'm enjoying reading the Companion and it's grammar. It's as if a Japanese person who is learning English wrote many of the parts.... "Mesaana's mind was destroyed during this mental battle..." 
Heh, yeah.
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Deus Vult!
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“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye!
Deus Vult!
*MySmiley*
Here at last: the characters' heights list
- 25/11/2015 01:26:12 AM
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Was Be'lal's height not listed or did you forget him?
- 25/11/2015 02:43:44 AM
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He was not.
- 25/11/2015 11:05:43 AM
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Wasn't that his dream?
- 25/11/2015 02:46:49 PM
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I was referring to her assessment of the dream.
- 25/11/2015 04:59:06 PM
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I always find this stuff interesting! I wonder how accurate he was throughout the books
- 25/11/2015 03:13:02 PM
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It's probably why he had all these notes for them to check.
- 25/11/2015 05:03:32 PM
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indeed ... the sheer volume of the notes is rather remarkable
- 25/11/2015 08:30:56 PM
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Re: indeed ... the sheer volume of the notes is rather remarkable
- 26/11/2015 02:01:17 PM
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But this way, we do the work, and Team Jordan gets paid the same!
- 26/11/2015 11:20:38 PM
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Given how big deal Min's shortness was, I'm surprised she's taller than Egwene or Nynaeve *NM*
- 25/11/2015 05:35:30 PM
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Thought Demandred/Sammael were shorter
- 26/11/2015 01:48:16 PM
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Well, Rand wore it poorly in the beginning.
- 26/11/2015 11:26:28 PM
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You misspelled "its" as "it's" in a sentence complaining about grammar. *NM*
- 28/11/2015 12:28:30 AM
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