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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 3270 Views
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Re: There is not enough Egwene hate. Three days without ANY is too long. SSJPabs - 02/09/2009 01:50:29 AM 1295 Views
What I like about Egwene al'Vere BlackAdder - 02/09/2009 02:52:54 AM 1820 Views
Her capabilty to love is astonishing. AliasRY - 02/09/2009 05:23:24 AM 1325 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 1363 Views
Re: Her capabilty to love is astonishing. Corwin - 02/09/2009 06:38:55 AM 1310 Views
Re: Her capabilty to love is astonishing. lilltempest - 03/09/2009 02:48:58 AM 1240 Views
Re: Her capabilty to love is astonishing. Corwin - 03/09/2009 05:34:35 AM 1198 Views
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Re: Her capabilty to love is astonishing. AliasRY - 02/09/2009 04:50:12 PM 1173 Views
Re: Her capabilty to love is astonishing. Sidious - 02/09/2009 04:54:43 PM 1064 Views
I take objection to Mat. entyti - 03/09/2009 02:34:37 AM 1197 Views
I don't really agree Sidious - 03/09/2009 05:13:46 AM 1155 Views
not a wish ranagrande - 03/09/2009 01:30:30 PM 1119 Views
Re: not a wish Sidious - 03/09/2009 04:42:53 PM 1140 Views
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I think you're being a bit unfair entyti - 04/09/2009 12:50:19 AM 1229 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 588 Views
Funny, I can't recall ANYTHING you've contributed for like, months back, now. Cannoli - 04/09/2009 11:32:05 PM 1294 Views
Bah... here's my version Sidious - 02/09/2009 04:40:00 PM 1361 Views
Re: Bah... here's my version ranagrande - 02/09/2009 07:20:21 PM 1316 Views
I'll dispute #2 and #4 beetnemesis - 02/09/2009 09:36:55 PM 1223 Views
OK RugbyPlayingAshaman - 02/09/2009 10:10:26 PM 1048 Views
Re: OK Sidious - 03/09/2009 05:10:46 AM 1092 Views
Re: OK RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/09/2009 04:12:07 PM 1123 Views
Yes, I have always wondered about that. AliasRY - 03/09/2009 08:31:43 AM 1058 Views
Re: Bah... here's my version BlackAdder - 03/09/2009 02:22:24 AM 1100 Views
Rand had to do the same thing, though. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/09/2009 04:14:22 PM 1284 Views
Bah right back. Cannoli - 04/09/2009 11:54:30 PM 1449 Views
Re: Bah right back. BlackAdder - 05/09/2009 03:04:09 PM 1147 Views
Ah, just like the good ol' days Dai Shan of Malkier - 02/09/2009 07:31:36 PM 1103 Views
Hear, hear! *NM* beetnemesis - 02/09/2009 09:37:43 PM 511 Views
... entyti - 02/09/2009 09:37:50 PM 1141 Views
Now you just need your 35 part series on her... lilltempest - 03/09/2009 02:45:16 AM 1346 Views
That is a Wise One approach. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/09/2009 04:43:53 PM 1168 Views
So what? Cannoli - 04/09/2009 11:30:28 PM 1237 Views
Re: Now you just need your 35 part series on her... ßelals Girl - 03/09/2009 09:07:22 PM 1204 Views
Why do you hate me so much? *NM* Egwene - 04/09/2009 09:40:34 PM 551 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 1158 Views
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