RJ doesn't break trends - he's a man set in his ways. If he wanted up up the ante for the Last Battle, why did he kill Semirhage? She is undoubtedly one of the most well established characters of terror in the series, and he removed her quite casually. There's no reason to say that RJ would give Graendal a greater degree of reverence.
RJ doesn't break trends? If so, why was Arad Doman left to the bugs? Rand failed there, as he has never before failed in a country. The place is in chaos, much worse off then when Rand came.
This book, like tPoD, is Rand at his darkest hour. He loses big time in this book. He loses trust. He loses a country. He breaks his word. He decides to kill women. He drives away his greatest supporters.
All these are markers of his descent to madness and darkness. Graendal's survival would just be one more failure in a huge list. Totally unsurprising and thematically relevant.
The Forsaken always lose totally and utterly against Rand. There is rarely a sacrifice on the part of the Light. I find it completely plausible that RJ would remove Graendal in this way. You'd think he'd hold back his strongest Forsaken for the Last Battle, but even you say that the trend is against this. He's got Demandred for the Last Battle, and I've long predicted that he will meet a pathetic end - just like the other 13. It's all very saccharin and romantic.
Yes, just like Semirhage's sacrifice was also totally useless? Look at it as you will, that was a victory for the Shadow.
And I'm tired of the romantic and sweet comments. No one with that kind of outlook is going to prepare a story for Rand as we saw in tGS.
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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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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But RJ/BS brike convention in this book...
04/02/2010 08:52:44 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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