That Graendal might sneak away, if he simply attacks her palace. And therefore he came up with the brilliant Compulsion/balefire idea to verify it. It makes no sense to let Rand think this all through in an intense scene, but later reveal that Rand couldn't do anything to kill Graendal, because she would anticipate every move. RJ would never let Rand look like an idiot and Graendal brilliant in such a way, just for a ridiculous twist.
I don't think that it makes Rand look like an idiot. So Rand came up with this Compulsion/Balefire verification idea. It was a good one. But we're also talking about him trying to kill one of the most brilliant minds of her time (The Age of Legends)...on her home turf. He's trying to outsmart someone who has a lifetime of experience in outsmarting someone else.
There is no shame in loosing to that.
As I've said time and time again, Graendal didn't have to anticipate her palace getting nuked in order to not get killed. All she had to do is realize that she has been located (which she knows by the fact that the guy showed up out of the blue on his own...no guards...no horse) and get out of dodge.
Think how awesome it would be to have a Rand who was so sure that he had her pegged, but was wrong. That he had this one thing under control...only to find out that he had been out-manuvered yet again. Talk about him quickly approaching the edge of panic. That no matter what his own plans and actions are...that the Shadow is one step ahead of him. That they very well may get the last laugh (as they did last time).
His will make his despirate charge up Hamburger Hill (Shaol Ghul) all the more despirate.
~Jeordam
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Saving the Princess, Humanity, or the World-Entire since 1985
Saving the Princess, Humanity, or the World-Entire since 1985
So your name is Graendal...
03/02/2010 04:38:42 PM
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Nice
03/02/2010 05:46:45 PM
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Well we know she has a weather/temperature warding screen around her palace
03/02/2010 05:58:27 PM
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There's one other possibility...
03/02/2010 11:42:25 PM
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But...
04/02/2010 01:03:05 AM
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Nope...
04/02/2010 06:19:56 AM
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Point granted.
04/02/2010 06:56:19 AM
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Read the books
04/02/2010 03:47:23 PM
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04/02/2010 06:13:00 PM
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04/02/2010 06:35:27 PM
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Yeah, that's why I figured I'd post my Sidious wish-fulfillment theory below .
04/02/2010 07:44:22 PM
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So your name is Robert Jordan
03/02/2010 05:53:43 PM
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But unfortunately and tragically...
03/02/2010 06:01:15 PM
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This thought is so grotesque...
03/02/2010 07:20:20 PM
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Re: This thought is so grotesque...
03/02/2010 07:40:01 PM
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Actually no Forsaken has ever beaten or outsmarted Rand in a confrontation before.
03/02/2010 08:50:41 PM
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Uhhh...
03/02/2010 09:01:57 PM
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Yeah, but...
03/02/2010 09:21:51 PM
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But I think you're misreading the rules of the game.
03/02/2010 09:31:40 PM
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Rand considers...
04/02/2010 10:10:59 AM
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I don't think....
04/02/2010 06:11:03 PM
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O_O
03/02/2010 09:25:17 PM
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Yeah, and this is exactly what we see when Rand kills Graendal with a force of light. *NM*
03/02/2010 09:29:08 PM
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When Rand thinks that he kills....
03/02/2010 09:34:41 PM
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Well, then we agree, I also think Graendal is definitely dead! *NM*
04/02/2010 10:06:31 AM
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That is not true..
03/02/2010 11:50:18 PM
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This was a typical...
04/02/2010 10:17:56 AM
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There was nothing typical about it!
04/02/2010 08:48:16 PM
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Re: That is not true..
04/02/2010 03:57:56 PM
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There's a difference between Semirhage's death & Graendal's (possible) death
04/02/2010 06:48:11 PM
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So your name is Sidious
04/02/2010 12:57:46 AM
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Re: So your name is Sidious
04/02/2010 03:48:52 PM
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You're offering me a throne? Thanks Siddy, you're my favourite archnemesis!
04/02/2010 06:16:54 PM
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