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Re: I really hate that he's putting real people's names into it Sidious Send a noteboard - 08/10/2009 04:51:31 PM

Name competitions are close to the fastest way to cheapen something. I can't believe that any respectable author could consider this, even if the characters are completely irrelevant.

It violates almost everything that is special to a fantasy series, least of all including reality. Some of those names aren't even WoT-like.. Eric, Fitzgerald, Han...

I'm just glad Barbie from QoTW wasn't included. Reading about Barbie Sedai would just be too much.

I really hate it when people have to reduce classy things into cereal box quality popularity shows just to get a small and transient rise out of the masses.


See, Dark Lord or whatever you are, I think it was done this time more as a gift to us. This isn't a normal book series. There is a very big group of core followers who have devoted a large chunk of their lives to this series. We're not talking a handful of years. In many cases its more than a decade. It wasn't done in such a way as to draw fans in but to reward fans for dedication. Or that's how I've seen it.

Also, he said adapted them. We don't know what that means.


Yes well he didn't name a Forsaken after me. If I can't be a Forsaken, then no one can be a Youngling.
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I really hate that he's putting real people's names into it Sidious - 08/10/2009 05:21:21 AM 948 Views
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Yup, think Daved Hanlon. *NM* RandAllThor - 08/10/2009 11:58:07 AM 457 Views
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Re: I really hate that he's putting real people's names into it callandor1000 - 08/10/2009 04:16:52 PM 932 Views
Re: I really hate that he's putting real people's names into it Sidious - 08/10/2009 04:51:31 PM 859 Views
Re: I really hate that he's putting real people's names into it callandor1000 - 08/10/2009 04:54:37 PM 881 Views
Re: I really hate that he's putting real people's names into it Sidious - 08/10/2009 07:18:41 PM 905 Views
Sorry, Sidious, but someone else's name has been 'chosen' RabidWombat - 10/10/2009 03:33:25 AM 950 Views
Yes, because the Younglings will not exist after that battle? *NM* Cannoli - 08/10/2009 11:17:31 AM 430 Views
Probably they will exist... Etzel - 10/10/2009 08:08:01 AM 903 Views
God I hate Twitter. It's the most annoying piece of garbage on the internet. callandor1000 - 08/10/2009 04:13:44 PM 968 Views
Isn't it though? Handel - 08/10/2009 05:47:44 PM 986 Views
There are sometimes interesting tidbits to be found, though. Etzel - 10/10/2009 10:02:44 AM 801 Views
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