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Re: You people are the insane ones Sidious Send a noteboard - 29/12/2015 12:10:51 PM

I'm trying not to turn these into whole things, but all you're doing is making ad hominem complaints. I'm not distorting anything. Nor am I exclusively citing events portrayed by Sanderson, whom everyone in this thread agrees is a shit writer with little to no comprehension of the books and characters, who is as ignorant of WoT as it is possible to be for someone who has read RJ's own notes and outlines. What did I distort or misrepresent, from a factual standpoint? I'm not talking about someone who starts with an automatic assumption that the PoV characters are inherently good and what they do is right, therefore, anyone who disagrees that burning a helpless unarmed woman alive is perfectly acceptable, is being unreasonable. If nothing else, Egwene did that. That is a fact, although I allowed for authorial incompetence, because we've never seen her do that sort of thing in RJ's books. You are the ones rabidly criticizing anyone who comments on that point as deranged and affecting some sort of moral superiority by dismissing someone out of hand, rather than engaging or even simply agreeing to disagree.

But how does any of this relate to Egwene being 'praised excessively for little to show for it? You've completely gone off on a tangent again.


What did I distort or misrepresent, from a factual standpoint?

Well for one, Egwene did not have an army to defeat Mesaana. That entire battle between the Black Ajah and Aiel etc was not Egwene's deed. Egwene battled Mesaana in private where no one could help her and defeated her. So factually you distorted this entire scene. You asked where you did it, and you did it here.

Secondly, what kind of argument is 'someone would have killed Taim.' The same could be said for any evil person in the series... eventually someone good would have killed them. So it's basically not a worthy deed if you kill a great source of evil, because 'eventually someone will kill them.' It's as farcical and fatalistic as the the way of the leaf!

As usual you were very concise with the truth again as you mention that anyone could go after Taim with one of the most powerful sa'angreal in existence, but of course fail to mention that he was wielding Sakarnen too. I suspect this is the sort of distortion that Fionwe is referring to, or 'merely flinging the Power at each other' because world war two was 'just lots of bombs'.

So good luck to that person who would have eventually killed him even though he was weaving balefire on a level not seen since the War of Power. Taim may have been a new Chosen, but he was still one of a handful of people who could directly command the Shadowspawn, say perhaps an entire army of Fades on that field. I also don't know why anyone battled Hesselam considering she would 'eventually' die anyway.

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Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions kHz1000 - 26/12/2015 08:46:07 PM 2344 Views
My answers gban007 - 27/12/2015 02:55:35 AM 1306 Views
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Black Ajah darius_sedai - 28/12/2015 02:44:04 AM 1335 Views
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Re: Mine Sidious - 28/12/2015 09:51:54 AM 1194 Views
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Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions Cannoli - 28/12/2015 12:40:49 PM 1642 Views
Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions kHz1000 - 28/12/2015 01:53:00 PM 1438 Views
Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions Cannoli - 29/12/2015 11:35:09 AM 1282 Views
Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions kHz1000 - 29/12/2015 05:12:46 PM 1310 Views
So about Egwene... Sidious - 28/12/2015 04:26:47 PM 1511 Views
Re: So about Egwene... Cannoli - 28/12/2015 10:52:29 PM 1343 Views
Why do you bother? *NM* darius_sedai - 29/12/2015 01:23:10 AM 762 Views
Seriously... fionwe1987 - 29/12/2015 01:30:34 AM 1326 Views
Sadly I have to agree Sidious - 29/12/2015 08:46:58 AM 1360 Views
You people are the insane ones Cannoli - 29/12/2015 11:21:24 AM 1381 Views
Re: You people are the insane ones Sidious - 29/12/2015 12:10:51 PM 1428 Views
Re: You people are the insane ones Cannoli - 30/12/2015 11:25:09 AM 1378 Views
Yet it's Mesaana who forces the head to head confrontation with Egwene darius_sedai - 30/12/2015 05:25:00 PM 1370 Views
I don't get the "circumstances being created" argument anyway... fionwe1987 - 31/12/2015 02:53:14 AM 1180 Views
Re: I don't get the "circumstances being created" argument anyway... Sidious - 31/12/2015 06:28:33 AM 1326 Views
Damn stupid WoT, never working out the way you think it should! Cannoli - 04/01/2016 01:38:45 AM 1354 Views
So you agree, Egwene eliminated on of the Forsaken in a direct conflict darius_sedai - 04/01/2016 03:28:35 AM 1216 Views
Yeah. I just don't see how it redounds to her credit, or is particularly impressive. Cannoli - 04/01/2016 07:17:20 AM 1411 Views
Re: Yeah. I just don't see how it redounds to her credit, or is particularly impressive. darius_sedai - 04/01/2016 03:59:18 PM 1334 Views
Re: Yeah. I just don't see how it redounds to her credit, or is particularly impressive. Sidious - 04/01/2016 04:19:00 PM 1353 Views
Well, to put things in context fionwe1987 - 04/01/2016 04:28:00 PM 1386 Views
Re: Well, to put things in context Sidious - 04/01/2016 07:05:27 PM 1633 Views
That's not the worst argument given how lame many of them were darius_sedai - 04/01/2016 06:37:44 PM 1407 Views
Uh oh Sidious - 04/01/2016 07:03:08 PM 1966 Views
*grabs Dewars* *NM* darius_sedai - 04/01/2016 08:24:05 PM 871 Views
Re: You people are the insane ones Sidious - 30/12/2015 06:22:02 PM 1483 Views
Apparently, Egwene shouldn't have killed the Sharans... fionwe1987 - 31/12/2015 02:56:08 AM 1411 Views
it's just an excuse to not give credit to a character he doesn't like darius_sedai - 31/12/2015 04:44:17 AM 1574 Views
Exactly. The double standard has always existed in Cannoli's rants. fionwe1987 - 31/12/2015 05:31:42 AM 1502 Views
Yes well I've only recently started to realize how distasteful it is Sidious - 31/12/2015 06:27:26 AM 1527 Views
Wow... the board was alive 5 years ago! fionwe1987 - 31/12/2015 08:34:03 AM 1465 Views
LOL ... Someday you'll come to realize how right we were!!! *NM* darius_sedai - 31/12/2015 05:23:18 PM 898 Views
How is this a concession? Cannoli - 04/01/2016 08:05:38 AM 1599 Views
Re: How is this a concession? Sidious - 04/01/2016 10:49:20 AM 1656 Views
You can dislike Cannoli, you can claim his arguments are biased... TyrReborn - 31/12/2015 07:09:55 PM 1482 Views
Offended? No, I find it funny, in a needs medication way darius_sedai - 31/12/2015 07:50:28 PM 1344 Views
It is possible gban007 - 01/01/2016 05:59:51 AM 1475 Views
It's also possible that he created a bunch of sock puppet handles to pat himself on the back darius_sedai - 01/01/2016 06:53:27 AM 1446 Views
Re: It's also possible that he created a bunch of sock puppet handles to pat himself on the back Sidious - 01/01/2016 08:43:43 AM 1401 Views
She's. Not. A. Real. Person. Cannoli - 02/01/2016 01:49:37 AM 1445 Views
Re: She's. Not. A. Real. Person. Sidious - 02/01/2016 04:16:39 AM 1427 Views
Re: She's. Not. A. Real. Person. lilltempest - 08/01/2016 10:33:22 PM 1392 Views
Fair enough gban007 - 01/01/2016 09:31:47 AM 1214 Views
Where did I say someone who reads his posts are dumb or something? darius_sedai - 01/01/2016 05:15:30 PM 1192 Views
Not directly gban007 - 01/01/2016 09:09:05 PM 1279 Views
And yet I'm being told I'm the one acting offended darius_sedai - 02/01/2016 01:15:15 AM 1180 Views
See, this is the crap I'm talking about. TyrReborn - 01/01/2016 06:20:16 PM 1253 Views
Re: See, this is the crap I'm talking about. Sidious - 01/01/2016 07:25:38 PM 1351 Views
Okay, Mark, all kidding and stuff aside, you're being the asshole, here. Cannoli - 02/01/2016 03:49:08 AM 1344 Views
Okay... Sidious - 02/01/2016 04:50:24 AM 1280 Views
About insults... fionwe1987 - 02/01/2016 05:04:47 AM 1239 Views
I don't know where to even respond about all this! darius_sedai - 02/01/2016 07:39:43 PM 1236 Views
Re: I don't know where to even respond about all this! Sidious - 03/01/2016 10:39:10 AM 1269 Views
LOL ... Love it *NM* darius_sedai - 03/01/2016 04:17:02 PM 704 Views
Re: Okay... Cannoli - 02/01/2016 12:55:37 PM 1533 Views
Um, I think you are going a bit far with your assumptions darius_sedai - 01/01/2016 07:35:23 PM 1226 Views
Cannoli's the one who got offended. fionwe1987 - 31/12/2015 09:23:45 PM 1248 Views
Yeah, because I was talking about the books, and then you three started talking about me. Cannoli - 02/01/2016 03:55:23 AM 1266 Views
Re: Yeah, because I was talking about the books, and then you three started talking about me. fionwe1987 - 02/01/2016 04:56:36 AM 1220 Views
Re: You can dislike Cannoli, you can claim his arguments are biased... Sidious - 01/01/2016 08:41:18 AM 1240 Views
Right? Hell, I was semi-mocking YOU for even bothering to get into it with Cannoli! *NM* darius_sedai - 01/01/2016 05:20:58 PM 664 Views
Re: You people are the insane ones fionwe1987 - 29/12/2015 02:13:32 PM 1258 Views
Re: You people are the insane ones Cannoli - 30/12/2015 11:50:13 AM 1523 Views
Re: You people are the insane ones fionwe1987 - 30/12/2015 05:07:09 PM 1376 Views
My admittedly scratch memory gban007 - 31/12/2015 08:32:51 AM 1263 Views
Re: My admittedly scratch memory fionwe1987 - 31/12/2015 08:47:58 AM 1314 Views
Thanks gban007 - 01/01/2016 06:14:45 AM 1215 Views
One thing... fionwe1987 - 01/01/2016 06:42:10 AM 1171 Views
Re: One thing... Sidious - 01/01/2016 08:49:00 AM 1193 Views
Re: One thing... fionwe1987 - 01/01/2016 01:40:21 PM 1250 Views
We need a term for stuff like that. I nominate "pulling a Brandon" because "BS" is so common. Cannoli - 02/01/2016 02:13:19 AM 1249 Views
Interesting gban007 - 01/01/2016 09:18:43 AM 1228 Views
Re: Interesting darius_sedai - 01/01/2016 05:29:38 PM 1244 Views
Re: Interesting gban007 - 01/01/2016 06:50:26 PM 1172 Views
Or perhaps a mixed circle could figure it out darius_sedai - 01/01/2016 07:40:02 PM 1168 Views
Maybe it's like a broken bone? gban007 - 01/01/2016 09:10:26 PM 1223 Views
Re: Maybe it's like a broken bone? darius_sedai - 02/01/2016 01:13:05 AM 1215 Views
Re: My admittedly scratch memory Cannoli - 02/01/2016 02:10:44 AM 1442 Views
Here we go with the selective criticisms again... fionwe1987 - 02/01/2016 04:23:47 AM 1298 Views
It's not selective to point out legitimate differences in circumstances. Cannoli - 02/01/2016 12:25:07 PM 1489 Views
not true, the Sul'dam's mission was to capture or kill as many marath'damane as they could darius_sedai - 02/01/2016 08:49:28 PM 1207 Views
How are they supposed to do that without a'dam? Cannoli - 04/01/2016 01:45:52 AM 1318 Views
enemy combatant in an active hot zone darius_sedai - 04/01/2016 03:34:15 AM 1204 Views
Only if they were germane to the issue... fionwe1987 - 03/01/2016 09:32:22 AM 1184 Views
Timing of the creation of the three oaths gban007 - 03/01/2016 08:22:12 PM 1207 Views
Re: Timing of the creation of the three oaths darius_sedai - 03/01/2016 08:56:35 PM 1361 Views
Cheers gban007 - 03/01/2016 09:50:41 PM 1140 Views
Re: Cheers darius_sedai - 03/01/2016 10:35:34 PM 1309 Views
Re: Only if they were germane to the issue... Cannoli - 04/01/2016 07:15:58 AM 1265 Views
Q.E.D. fionwe1987 - 04/01/2016 12:29:58 PM 1544 Views
Re: Q.E.D. Sidious - 04/01/2016 02:41:19 PM 1436 Views
Interesting... fionwe1987 - 28/12/2015 02:31:33 PM 1286 Views
Re Perrin gban007 - 29/12/2015 07:24:41 AM 1345 Views
Perrin is right almost all the time. How is he not smart? Cannoli - 04/01/2016 08:26:18 AM 1474 Views
Re: Perrin is right almost all the time. How is he not smart? kHz1000 - 04/01/2016 01:44:53 PM 1328 Views
Re: Perrin is right almost all the time. How is he not smart? Cannoli - 07/01/2016 12:24:28 AM 1567 Views
Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions Morning - 18/01/2016 04:40:03 PM 1091 Views
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Overrated characters Morning - 06/02/2016 04:24:55 PM 1100 Views
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