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Eh. Technically, EVERY fictional story has this. beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 30/10/2009 09:56:50 PM
In every story, an author decides things are going to happen. The events may SEEM realistic, or natural, but in the end it's all because the author said "this is going to happen."

Good authors are the ones who mask this, and make everything seem to flow naturally.

Now, RJ does that. Things do flow naturally, usually. But sometimes, almost as if to lampshade the phenomenon, ta'veren-ness happens obviously.
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I love how ta'veren = main character - 30/10/2009 07:51:19 PM 1017 Views
I've always thought that was one of RJ's best ideas - 30/10/2009 07:55:19 PM 717 Views
Re: I've always thought that was one of RJ's best ideas - 30/10/2009 07:57:59 PM 698 Views
the thing is... most of the fandom expected Verin to go to Mat - 30/10/2009 08:01:29 PM 633 Views
I thought and theorized that she was going to the Tower =) *NM* - 30/10/2009 09:39:22 PM 286 Views
I don't like this. It reeks of 'deus ex machina' and makes things too convenient. *NM* - 30/10/2009 09:38:39 PM 243 Views
Eh. Technically, EVERY fictional story has this. - 30/10/2009 09:56:50 PM 602 Views
I disagree. - 30/10/2009 11:16:23 PM 637 Views
Even that is part of this, though - 30/10/2009 11:43:55 PM 594 Views
That's a myopic view... - 31/10/2009 08:54:33 AM 614 Views

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