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Re: This thought is so grotesque... RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 03/02/2010 07:40:01 PM
That we might really find out in ToM or AMoL that Graendal sneaked away before Rand balefired the palace. On a re-read of this scene TGS we would then laugh about Rand's pretentious & ridiculous explanation how to outsmart someone like Graendal, because - as we know now - it isn't possible at all and Rand is just an idiot to try it.


I think Rand's little speech deserves to be laughed at. It is so at odds with many of the concepts of the series that I think it was meant to show how unbalance Rand was, not to illustrate a successful strategy.

I mean, how many times has Rand "reached across a table and punched" a Forsaken before "playing their game" now? Basically, this was his mentality earlier in the series, and in many ways it illustrates his regression to insanity IMHO.

He's *never* beaten a Forsaken at their own game - his M.O. is pretty consistent; he shows up, mostly as a shock assault, a reaction to their own offensive or in a surprise attack, and proceeds to chase the Forsaken once he figures out where they are.
"Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness."
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So your name is Graendal... RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/02/2010 04:38:42 PM 1426 Views
First off.... Jeordam - 03/02/2010 04:51:46 PM 649 Views
Re: First off.... RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/02/2010 05:09:06 PM 494 Views
Nice Sidious - 03/02/2010 05:46:45 PM 575 Views
Well we know she has a weather/temperature warding screen around her palace RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/02/2010 05:58:27 PM 493 Views
Not really Sidious - 03/02/2010 06:02:27 PM 473 Views
Re: Not really RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/02/2010 06:12:05 PM 582 Views
There's one other possibility... fionwe1987 - 03/02/2010 11:42:25 PM 580 Views
But... Fanatic-Templar - 04/02/2010 01:03:05 AM 462 Views
Nope... fionwe1987 - 04/02/2010 06:19:56 AM 620 Views
Point granted. Fanatic-Templar - 04/02/2010 06:56:19 AM 615 Views
Read the books Sidious - 04/02/2010 03:47:23 PM 581 Views
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Sidious - 04/02/2010 06:35:27 PM 535 Views
Yeah, that's why I figured I'd post my Sidious wish-fulfillment theory below . Fanatic-Templar - 04/02/2010 07:44:22 PM 568 Views
Thanks! And I just copy pasted... fionwe1987 - 04/02/2010 09:03:21 PM 461 Views
Is it really that plausible? Sidious - 04/02/2010 04:18:25 AM 473 Views
Ahhh, but... fionwe1987 - 04/02/2010 06:22:46 AM 553 Views
Re: Ahhh, but... Sidious - 04/02/2010 06:40:40 PM 475 Views
So your name is Robert Jordan Etzel - 03/02/2010 05:53:43 PM 773 Views
But unfortunately and tragically... RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/02/2010 06:01:15 PM 546 Views
This thought is so grotesque... Etzel - 03/02/2010 07:20:20 PM 529 Views
Re: This thought is so grotesque... RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/02/2010 07:40:01 PM 523 Views
Actually no Forsaken has ever beaten or outsmarted Rand in a confrontation before. Etzel - 03/02/2010 08:50:41 PM 513 Views
Uhhh... Jeordam - 03/02/2010 09:01:57 PM 638 Views
Yeah, but... Etzel - 03/02/2010 09:21:51 PM 501 Views
But I think you're misreading the rules of the game. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/02/2010 09:31:40 PM 440 Views
Rand considers... Etzel - 04/02/2010 10:10:59 AM 437 Views
I don't think.... Jeordam - 04/02/2010 06:11:03 PM 604 Views
O_O RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/02/2010 09:25:17 PM 477 Views
Yeah, and this is exactly what we see when Rand kills Graendal with a force of light. *NM* Etzel - 03/02/2010 09:29:08 PM 196 Views
When Rand thinks that he kills.... Jeordam - 03/02/2010 09:34:41 PM 467 Views
Well, then we agree, I also think Graendal is definitely dead! *NM* Etzel - 04/02/2010 10:06:31 AM 208 Views
He defeats every Forsaken because he doesn't play their game Sidious - 04/02/2010 04:23:23 AM 580 Views
I agree. *NM* Etzel - 04/02/2010 10:11:51 AM 559 Views
I think there is a sexual dynamic here RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/02/2010 04:45:49 PM 468 Views
Bingo Sidious - 03/02/2010 06:03:19 PM 544 Views
That is not true.. fionwe1987 - 03/02/2010 11:50:18 PM 588 Views
This was a typical... Etzel - 04/02/2010 10:17:56 AM 441 Views
There was nothing typical about it! fionwe1987 - 04/02/2010 08:48:16 PM 568 Views
Rand wasn't at all afraid of Graendal Etzel - 04/02/2010 09:22:53 PM 530 Views
Of course he was! Even Nynaeve and Min noticed! fionwe1987 - 04/02/2010 09:32:52 PM 598 Views
Re: That is not true.. Sidious - 04/02/2010 03:57:56 PM 666 Views
There's a difference between Semirhage's death & Graendal's (possible) death Jeordam - 04/02/2010 06:48:11 PM 672 Views
But RJ/BS brike convention in this book... fionwe1987 - 04/02/2010 08:52:44 PM 589 Views
So your name is Basel Gill. Fanatic-Templar - 04/02/2010 12:53:13 AM 499 Views
So your name is Sidious Fanatic-Templar - 04/02/2010 12:57:46 AM 594 Views
Just use the TARDIS. *NM* Great Lord of Chaos - 04/02/2010 05:04:52 AM 314 Views
Re: So your name is Sidious Sidious - 04/02/2010 03:48:52 PM 452 Views
You're offering me a throne? Thanks Siddy, you're my favourite archnemesis! Fanatic-Templar - 04/02/2010 06:16:54 PM 545 Views
A throne of beetles Sidious - 04/02/2010 06:35:58 PM 490 Views
How exactly do you fashion a throne out of live beetles? Fanatic-Templar - 04/02/2010 07:46:42 PM 507 Views
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