How does a world replete with powerful magic never use it to improve anyones life? Because most peoples knowledge of that great power begins with the Breaking and ends with the machiavellian Aes Sedai. Imagine a world where everyone was a member of Earth First from birth: If someone offered them refineries that "poisoned the world for the profit of corporate conspiracies" how many would accept? Even the relatively "enlightened" Aes Sedai do not fully nor even MOSTLY understand the One Powers mechanics, regularly being crippled, killed or outright annihilated by the few limited experiments they still attempt. They DO understand and rightly fear their consistently catastrophic history of exploiting the One Power to gain temporal power. So Hogwarts was never on the table for anyone.
I really think the only explanation for this stuff is Jordan's failure of imagination. Maybe people would fear the Power that broke the world being used for their homes, but how are they going to know, or prevent it or undo it? Warding a home against vermin without people's knowledge or consent is far more justifiable from a public health perspective than mandatory "ring" vaccination programs.
Actually he wasn't all that eager to get married.
)That was Sandersonian bullshit. Mat always had a sense of duty and personal obligation, from his proud assertion that he does his chores every day back in EotW, to his loyalty to Rand even under the influence of the Shadar Logoth dagger, and the extremes to which he is dragged on his quest in tDR. He always took care of his men and retainers, and placed himself in danger or took up leadership positions when necessary. He disdained nobles for their stereotypical sensibilities and behaviors, and probably for his perception of their failures at the obligations of their positions, as well as their abuse of their powers and privileges (see, for example, his sarcastic comments to his gambling companions regarding their loss of aristocratic immunity to prosecution). Perrin is the one who actually shirks the duties of a noble, though out of not understanding their significance, rather than reluctance to undertake them.
I didn't see any of that. IDK what Harriet was protecting, because the finished product, especially the companion/dictionary thing, reeks of desperation to shove something onto the market to take advantage of a devoted fan base before it dissipates. However conscientious Sanderson might have been, his actual writing and command of the English language were appalling, from even a casual re-read, and he got many of the characters and details flat out wrong. I could understand not conveying the story properly, but making sure all the fact are just right, as an expression of conscientiousness, but that's not what we got.
"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
- 24/02/2017 04:03:10 AM
2061 Views
- 25/02/2017 09:32:17 PM
1331 Views
- 28/02/2017 08:24:59 PM
1226 Views
