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Good ones. RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 24/02/2010 03:54:37 PM
My biggest one was the end of EOTW. When Rand kills Aginor and then is suddenly somewhere else flying around and then is walking up some weird stairway in the air and fries Ishy and saves his ghost mom from fades. I honestly felt like it was some of the worst story telling I had ever read. I had no idea what was going on. I almost refused to read TGH based on the end of EOTW.


I'm glad I started at TSR because EOTW was horrible. I don't even remember that section - the book was unmemorable.

My next biggest one was Ishy's flying sword fight with Rand at the end of TGH. Why on Earth does Ishy do this? He could kill Rand at his leisure with Saidin if wants, or he can kill him with even more ease using the TP. Instead he does the one thing at which Rand is almost certainly more deadly than him? He sword fights him?! WTF? This sequence still makes no sense to me. I have heard all the explanations for this and none of them satisfies me. It simply does not fit well with the rest of the series IMO.


I know many fans are enamored with Ishamael, but dying in Book II is pretty hard to recover your former level of threat. RJ basically undermined the Forsaken by showing the one that, next to Lanfear, is supposed to be the most powerful get defeated in the second book.

A series of minor ones: Channelers should have protective wards around themselves much more often than they do. I have a running "wtf?" reaction to channelers walking into dangerous situations without giving themselves some basic protection.


I have to believe that they actually do have protective wards around them, because many of the Aes Sedai seem to stroll around on a battlefield without getting struck by flying arrows, crossbow bolts or glancing blows from melee weaponry. Moiraine herself mentions that she can erect a defensive weave around the group in EOTW, but fears that the Forsaken would tear through it easily and find their hiding place, so I think it is safe to assume that all Aes Sedai can do this for themselves or their warders, and only the strongest can do it over entire areas.
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What were your biggest "WTF?" moments? Yondaime - 24/02/2010 05:17:21 AM 1835 Views
Re: What were your biggest "WTF?" moments? Fanatic-Templar - 24/02/2010 07:29:39 AM 991 Views
I don't think you got what he said... fionwe1987 - 24/02/2010 03:03:19 PM 975 Views
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Re: I don't think you got what he said... Narg - 24/02/2010 03:38:00 PM 743 Views
Can't agree with that. Fanatic-Templar - 24/02/2010 05:33:01 PM 834 Views
Re: Can't agree with that. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 24/02/2010 06:40:24 PM 748 Views
But in Aviendha's case... Fanatic-Templar - 24/02/2010 08:10:55 PM 689 Views
Re: But in Aviendha's case... RugbyPlayingAshaman - 24/02/2010 09:00:01 PM 642 Views
That's true. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 24/02/2010 11:51:03 PM 347 Views
So this is the last sandwhich? fionwe1987 - 24/02/2010 11:43:37 PM 667 Views
Your argument is irrelevant. Fanatic-Templar - 24/02/2010 11:58:45 PM 746 Views
No it isn't... fionwe1987 - 25/02/2010 05:23:58 PM 653 Views
Re: No it isn't... Fanatic-Templar - 25/02/2010 06:27:36 PM 787 Views
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This debate about Lan's one liner has gone far too long. Narg - 26/02/2010 04:49:45 PM 790 Views
Re: No it isn't... Fanatic-Templar - 26/02/2010 06:44:10 PM 711 Views
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WTF Moment Kieran - 24/02/2010 07:34:52 AM 867 Views
I don't get these Cannoli - 24/02/2010 03:18:44 PM 1097 Views
These were I found surprising/confusing on my first read Yondaime - 24/02/2010 03:52:12 PM 905 Views
If you think her "Magic Tight Rope Dancing Skills" were confusing Artsapat - 24/02/2010 04:05:18 PM 958 Views
Indeed. I've learned a bit of juggling too (from same person) Yondaime - 24/02/2010 04:19:40 PM 785 Views
Thom said he had the fastest hands he had ever seen Cannoli - 24/02/2010 05:15:05 PM 784 Views
oh, well in that case it's totally plausible darius_sedai - 27/02/2010 12:50:47 PM 737 Views
Another from Mat: Narg - 24/02/2010 05:06:15 PM 771 Views
Actually, this one is not so much Yondaime - 24/02/2010 06:40:06 PM 825 Views
The most important thing to take away from this is... RugbyPlayingAshaman - 24/02/2010 07:00:18 PM 738 Views
A few: Narg - 24/02/2010 03:27:56 PM 858 Views
Good ones. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 24/02/2010 03:54:37 PM 821 Views
To be fair. LightsongTheBold - 24/02/2010 05:26:34 PM 898 Views
Re: To be fair. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 24/02/2010 06:52:25 PM 685 Views
Re: What were your biggest "WTF?" moments? RugbyPlayingAshaman - 24/02/2010 03:49:44 PM 854 Views
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Re: What were your biggest "WTF?" moments? RugbyPlayingAshaman - 24/02/2010 06:33:50 PM 862 Views
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Re: What were your biggest "WTF?" moments? RugbyPlayingAshaman - 24/02/2010 08:54:34 PM 834 Views
Hmm... Sidious - 27/02/2010 09:55:59 AM 712 Views
realy? darius_sedai - 27/02/2010 12:53:05 PM 667 Views
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Good call. Narg - 28/02/2010 07:22:47 AM 639 Views
In hindsight, just about everything from the frist 3 books darius_sedai - 27/02/2010 01:11:25 PM 809 Views
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