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Sheesh, you people are babies. I read it. Some good points. beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 17/03/2010 05:35:08 PM
Essentially, he's saying that the main characters have never had to make any real difficult or morally ambiguous choices.

Rand has never had to overthrow an otherwise good man for not joining him (the nobles are generally pictured as worthless), Egwene didn't have to actually war against the tower, or deal with Elaida, and so on. Everyone (for the most part) manages to come out of their trials squeaky-clean.


Hmm.

The "unpleasantness" after the Aiel War might qualify for this. We still don't know everything that happened, there. Black Ajah, secret killings, and more. There might have been a group of Aes Sedai that were pretty brutal in trying to figure out what the BA was up to.

Perrin allowing the Seancean to collar the Shaido Wise Ones could be a big one, although it's mostly been glossed over.

Rand's balefiring of Graendal's keep? Could be, but it IS one of the Forsaken...

Mat leaving enemy soldiers to die, instead of offering aid? Eh.

Yeah, I see what you mean. None of these are really in the category of what you were saying.
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Did the characters come too easily to power? Cannoli - 16/03/2010 11:37:31 PM 2068 Views
hehe I think I fell asleep during that read :p *NM* Kieran - 17/03/2010 01:12:55 AM 457 Views
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Not necessarily Cannoli - 18/03/2010 03:17:10 PM 1036 Views
Good post. xero_space - 27/03/2010 01:43:24 PM 878 Views
Unfortunately, no. Cannoli - 31/03/2010 10:23:58 AM 992 Views
Re: Unfortunately, no. orius - 02/04/2010 07:54:10 AM 808 Views
All the way through, up to ripping her self-delusional assessments of her "achievements" in KoD Cannoli - 02/04/2010 09:27:54 PM 890 Views
A shame I missed it, then orius - 04/04/2010 08:55:40 AM 880 Views
Re: A shame I missed it, then xero_space - 10/04/2010 08:17:38 AM 851 Views
Cliffs notes anyone? *NM* Narg - 17/03/2010 05:31:02 AM 1564 Views
TLDR *NM* Nargs - 17/03/2010 05:43:01 AM 649 Views
Trolloc luRns da Reeading? jiggy - 17/03/2010 08:27:23 AM 1154 Views
Too long, didnt read *NM* Nargs - 17/03/2010 04:23:34 PM 407 Views
Cmon ppl pls reply to this, Cannoli has spent such a long time writing it.... I couldn't be bothered *NM* car'a'aman - 17/03/2010 10:31:38 AM 434 Views
*NM* car'a'aman - 17/03/2010 10:32:04 AM 434 Views
Re: Did the characters come too easily to power? Underwood - 17/03/2010 01:38:02 PM 979 Views
Thank you *NM* Cannoli - 18/03/2010 03:17:52 PM 508 Views
I agree, very well written and thought out. Ryan - 19/03/2010 07:32:59 AM 960 Views
I did read it and it was good dadof5 - 17/03/2010 02:33:26 PM 857 Views
I agree... *NM* car'a'aman - 17/03/2010 02:48:19 PM 450 Views
That depends on certain interpretations... Cannoli - 18/03/2010 03:29:15 PM 1108 Views
Rand is at the perfect position after TGS for his downfall... car'a'aman - 17/03/2010 02:49:55 PM 965 Views
Re: Rand is at the perfect position after TGS for his downfall... Macharius - 17/03/2010 06:15:18 PM 918 Views
I agree Cannoli - 18/03/2010 03:35:05 PM 1061 Views
Strong vs. Hard in other words ajfurst - 19/03/2010 05:10:41 AM 911 Views
Loooong *NM* Sidious - 17/03/2010 03:52:25 PM 490 Views
Look who's talking - look at how you write "long" ! Cannoli - 18/03/2010 02:06:42 PM 828 Views
I usually read Cannoli's epic-length posts... Myrdhyn - 17/03/2010 04:08:33 PM 975 Views
Ha! Imagine if I didn't double-space the paragraphs. That is a fairly new practice on my part. *NM* Cannoli - 18/03/2010 03:36:13 PM 457 Views
I'd suggest you had more paragraphs......with a lot of spacing..... *NM* car'a'aman - 19/03/2010 04:42:05 AM 489 Views
Oh I know. I've been lurking here/wotmania for a VERY long time. Myrdhyn - 22/03/2010 01:31:30 PM 908 Views
Sheesh, you people are babies. I read it. Some good points. beetnemesis - 17/03/2010 05:35:08 PM 910 Views
Re: Sheesh, you people are babies. I read it. Some good points. newyorkersedai - 17/03/2010 10:08:34 PM 1079 Views
Oh and I forgot to add newyorkersedai - 18/03/2010 01:41:28 AM 958 Views
I would say those cases are both examples of aknowledging their own limitations and priorities Cannoli - 18/03/2010 04:02:13 PM 1023 Views
Re: Sheesh, you people are babies. I read it. Some good points. Cannoli - 18/03/2010 03:37:09 PM 942 Views
Re: Did the characters come too easily to power? Macharius - 17/03/2010 06:10:22 PM 960 Views
I was more focussed on the cost of GETTING power, not the prices of discharging it responsibly Cannoli - 18/03/2010 04:27:18 PM 1098 Views
I think this is an excellent analysis redqueen - 18/03/2010 01:56:33 PM 1005 Views
Thanks. *NM* Cannoli - 18/03/2010 04:28:52 PM 493 Views
While most of this is true... fionwe1987 - 19/03/2010 06:47:19 AM 879 Views
Siuan's failure to properly help Rand should motivate Egwene to overthrow...oh, right. Egwene. Cannoli - 19/03/2010 11:52:10 PM 904 Views
What do you mean by "properly"? fionwe1987 - 20/03/2010 07:57:26 AM 838 Views
She did that because the Black Ajah was her personal boogeyman Cannoli - 20/03/2010 09:58:54 AM 1042 Views
Re: The To'Raken Lord Haart - 06/04/2010 06:00:07 AM 934 Views
Re: The To'Raken Cannoli - 07/04/2010 11:31:47 PM 1143 Views
Re: The To'Raken orius - 09/04/2010 06:22:38 AM 828 Views
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