The Forsaken are lame ducks. The Dark One is the only real villain in the series.
RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 29/10/2009 04:11:14 PM
...it turns out that there is nothing elite about them - they are simply there because they are the most venal and corruptible. The Dark One promoted them because they are so selfish that they are easily controlled! Not for superior channeling or skill or intelligence or accomplishments, but because they were incredibly selfish jerks who happened to be born with natural power.
I've been sure of this since the begining. Seeing how lame Ishamael was really served to devalue the Forsaken in my estimation. It is clear that the Dark One is playing them all, and the fact that the "most powerful" were among the first to falter or die through their personal quirks and weaknesses.
"Paired opposites define your longings, and those longings imprison you." - the Forsaken are fictional counterparts to Herbert's old saying.
At this point, I'm just waiting for Ishamael/Moridin to become Shaidar Haran's pleasure slave.
"Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness."
Black sisters, and the irrelevance of Verin's revelation
- 29/10/2009 03:56:54 PM
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The Forsaken are lame ducks. The Dark One is the only real villain in the series.
- 29/10/2009 04:11:14 PM
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Re: The Forsaken are lame ducks. The Dark One is the only real villain in the series.
- 31/10/2009 12:45:35 AM
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There's also Fain, Slayer, and a bunch of non-DF's who nevertheless do heaps of evil.
- 13/12/2009 02:36:36 PM
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Nice comparison - Black Ajah and Muslims. Wow. *NM*
- 31/10/2009 11:10:03 AM
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Your point being?
- 01/11/2009 07:28:54 AM
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I wonder when Sheriam joined the Blacks, and how much she grew up after.
- 05/11/2009 05:24:06 AM
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(this is a joke btw)