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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 2118 Views
hehe I think I fell asleep during that read :p *NM* Kieran - 17/03/2010 01:12:55 AM 476 Views
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All the way through, up to ripping her self-delusional assessments of her "achievements" in KoD Cannoli - 02/04/2010 09:27:54 PM 944 Views
A shame I missed it, then orius - 04/04/2010 08:55:40 AM 924 Views
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Cliffs notes anyone? *NM* Narg - 17/03/2010 05:31:02 AM 1584 Views
TLDR *NM* Nargs - 17/03/2010 05:43:01 AM 666 Views
Trolloc luRns da Reeading? jiggy - 17/03/2010 08:27:23 AM 1236 Views
Too long, didnt read *NM* Nargs - 17/03/2010 04:23:34 PM 423 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 453 Views
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Re: Did the characters come too easily to power? Underwood - 17/03/2010 01:38:02 PM 1021 Views
Thank you *NM* Cannoli - 18/03/2010 03:17:52 PM 522 Views
I agree, very well written and thought out. Ryan - 19/03/2010 07:32:59 AM 1013 Views
I did read it and it was good dadof5 - 17/03/2010 02:33:26 PM 902 Views
I agree... *NM* car'a'aman - 17/03/2010 02:48:19 PM 471 Views
That depends on certain interpretations... Cannoli - 18/03/2010 03:29:15 PM 1153 Views
Rand is at the perfect position after TGS for his downfall... car'a'aman - 17/03/2010 02:49:55 PM 1013 Views
Re: Rand is at the perfect position after TGS for his downfall... Macharius - 17/03/2010 06:15:18 PM 961 Views
I agree Cannoli - 18/03/2010 03:35:05 PM 1107 Views
Strong vs. Hard in other words ajfurst - 19/03/2010 05:10:41 AM 951 Views
Loooong *NM* Sidious - 17/03/2010 03:52:25 PM 512 Views
Look who's talking - look at how you write "long" ! Cannoli - 18/03/2010 02:06:42 PM 873 Views
I usually read Cannoli's epic-length posts... Myrdhyn - 17/03/2010 04:08:33 PM 1018 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 470 Views
I'd suggest you had more paragraphs......with a lot of spacing..... *NM* car'a'aman - 19/03/2010 04:42:05 AM 503 Views
Oh I know. I've been lurking here/wotmania for a VERY long time. Myrdhyn - 22/03/2010 01:31:30 PM 951 Views
Sheesh, you people are babies. I read it. Some good points. beetnemesis - 17/03/2010 05:35:08 PM 954 Views
Re: Sheesh, you people are babies. I read it. Some good points. newyorkersedai - 17/03/2010 10:08:34 PM 1126 Views
Oh and I forgot to add newyorkersedai - 18/03/2010 01:41:28 AM 1003 Views
I would say those cases are both examples of aknowledging their own limitations and priorities Cannoli - 18/03/2010 04:02:13 PM 1069 Views
Re: Sheesh, you people are babies. I read it. Some good points. Cannoli - 18/03/2010 03:37:09 PM 991 Views
Re: Did the characters come too easily to power? Macharius - 17/03/2010 06:10:22 PM 1005 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 1152 Views
I think this is an excellent analysis redqueen - 18/03/2010 01:56:33 PM 1047 Views
Thanks. *NM* Cannoli - 18/03/2010 04:28:52 PM 508 Views
While most of this is true... fionwe1987 - 19/03/2010 06:47:19 AM 930 Views
Siuan's failure to properly help Rand should motivate Egwene to overthrow...oh, right. Egwene. Cannoli - 19/03/2010 11:52:10 PM 953 Views
What do you mean by "properly"? fionwe1987 - 20/03/2010 07:57:26 AM 881 Views
She did that because the Black Ajah was her personal boogeyman Cannoli - 20/03/2010 09:58:54 AM 1085 Views
Re: The To'Raken Lord Haart - 06/04/2010 06:00:07 AM 988 Views
Re: The To'Raken Cannoli - 07/04/2010 11:31:47 PM 1191 Views
Re: The To'Raken orius - 09/04/2010 06:22:38 AM 869 Views
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