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Re: not a wish ranagrande Send a noteboard - 03/09/2009 05:01:33 PM
You may be right, but the Snakes at least left him preoccupied with his destiny and convinced that it must come true. Would have looked at Tuon twice had he not known about the prophecy? I honestly don't think so.
Oh I completely agree with you on that, which is what I meant with the self-fulfilling prophecy line. It's a tactic that has been around nearly as long as literature has and is perhaps most famously seen in Oedipus Rex. He hears a prophecy and decides to avoid it, so he radically alters the course of his life with the end result being that he causes the prophecy to come true. Mat has a fairly similar experience.

The counter-argument is that because it was destiny, or fate, it would have happened anyway without the interference of the Oracle/Snake people. My counter-counter-argument is that counter-history is dumb, because there is no way to ever possibly know.
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There is not enough Egwene hate. Three days without ANY is too long. Cannoli - 02/09/2009 12:05:29 AM 3496 Views
Re: There is not enough Egwene hate. Three days without ANY is too long. Handel - 02/09/2009 12:57:07 AM 1519 Views
Re: There is not enough Egwene hate. Three days without ANY is too long. SSJPabs - 02/09/2009 01:50:29 AM 1478 Views
What I like about Egwene al'Vere BlackAdder - 02/09/2009 02:52:54 AM 2002 Views
Her capabilty to love is astonishing. AliasRY - 02/09/2009 05:23:24 AM 1509 Views
I particularly like how her declaration of love is practically the first thing she ever says to him. Cannoli - 02/09/2009 06:24:01 AM 1526 Views
Re: Her capabilty to love is astonishing. Corwin - 02/09/2009 06:38:55 AM 1505 Views
Re: Her capabilty to love is astonishing. lilltempest - 03/09/2009 02:48:58 AM 1394 Views
Re: Her capabilty to love is astonishing. Corwin - 03/09/2009 05:34:35 AM 1385 Views
Re: Her capabilty to love is astonishing. Sidious - 02/09/2009 04:42:43 PM 1407 Views
Re: Her capabilty to love is astonishing. AliasRY - 02/09/2009 04:50:12 PM 1330 Views
Re: Her capabilty to love is astonishing. Sidious - 02/09/2009 04:54:43 PM 1225 Views
I take objection to Mat. entyti - 03/09/2009 02:34:37 AM 1353 Views
I don't really agree Sidious - 03/09/2009 05:13:46 AM 1326 Views
not a wish ranagrande - 03/09/2009 01:30:30 PM 1307 Views
Re: not a wish Sidious - 03/09/2009 04:42:53 PM 1303 Views
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I think you're being a bit unfair entyti - 04/09/2009 12:50:19 AM 1400 Views
Oh goodie another useless cannoli post---let me know if you ever come up with something original *NM* NaClH2O - 02/09/2009 11:56:27 AM 669 Views
Funny, I can't recall ANYTHING you've contributed for like, months back, now. Cannoli - 04/09/2009 11:32:05 PM 1475 Views
Bah... here's my version Sidious - 02/09/2009 04:40:00 PM 1559 Views
Re: Bah... here's my version ranagrande - 02/09/2009 07:20:21 PM 1518 Views
I'll dispute #2 and #4 beetnemesis - 02/09/2009 09:36:55 PM 1454 Views
OK RugbyPlayingAshaman - 02/09/2009 10:10:26 PM 1215 Views
Re: OK Sidious - 03/09/2009 05:10:46 AM 1257 Views
Re: OK RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/09/2009 04:12:07 PM 1298 Views
Yes, I have always wondered about that. AliasRY - 03/09/2009 08:31:43 AM 1196 Views
Re: Bah... here's my version BlackAdder - 03/09/2009 02:22:24 AM 1257 Views
Rand had to do the same thing, though. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/09/2009 04:14:22 PM 1448 Views
Bah right back. Cannoli - 04/09/2009 11:54:30 PM 1634 Views
Re: Bah right back. BlackAdder - 05/09/2009 03:04:09 PM 1315 Views
Ah, just like the good ol' days Dai Shan of Malkier - 02/09/2009 07:31:36 PM 1263 Views
Hear, hear! *NM* beetnemesis - 02/09/2009 09:37:43 PM 594 Views
... entyti - 02/09/2009 09:37:50 PM 1309 Views
Now you just need your 35 part series on her... lilltempest - 03/09/2009 02:45:16 AM 1542 Views
That is a Wise One approach. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/09/2009 04:43:53 PM 1336 Views
So what? Cannoli - 04/09/2009 11:30:28 PM 1454 Views
Re: Now you just need your 35 part series on her... ßelals Girl - 03/09/2009 09:07:22 PM 1383 Views
Why do you hate me so much? *NM* Egwene - 04/09/2009 09:40:34 PM 618 Views
I'm rereading FoH right now, and it's so weird now that I pay attention to Egwene beetnemesis - 04/09/2009 09:41:19 PM 1310 Views
Enough... please Itachi - 01/11/2009 01:13:15 PM 1218 Views
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