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D'oh! How come I didn't immediately think of a politician? Seriously? Cannoli Send a noteboard - 30/04/2010 12:45:35 PM
We gotta remember that this series was supposed to be much shorter. Since all of the Chosen were "good" at some point, important people and pillars of the community, their flaws are well-remembered. This also highlights their respective personalities, and why they'd sell out *the whole world* for power. In a 3-4 book series, you don't need to do a lot more with the persona of 13 big bads.
Actually, by all indication, none of them were ever good. Exactly what about any of them suggests they were "good" people. Yes, some of them did do some good, but that was because of the way their society worked. They were playing along. There is no indication that they had any sort of genuine interest in being good people. They were always bad, and when the Dark One came, it gave them an outlet.


The man ran for office, and wanted to be the top dog. Since his culture had all positive values, he had to emulate those. No indication he was after the public welfare or anything other than having his ego stroked.
Cannoli
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye!
Deus Vult!
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Alll the incompetent Forsaken talk lately... newyorkersedai - 29/04/2010 07:09:22 AM 1646 Views
Sammael? Fanatic-Templar - 29/04/2010 08:07:24 AM 872 Views
Re: Sammael? DomA - 29/04/2010 01:44:35 PM 693 Views
Re: Sammael? Sidious - 29/04/2010 02:50:07 PM 704 Views
Re: Sammael? DomA - 29/04/2010 04:27:54 PM 775 Views
Re: Sammael? Heiko - 29/04/2010 05:35:03 PM 772 Views
Re: Sammael? Fanatic-Templar - 29/04/2010 06:47:05 PM 609 Views
Sincerest apologies, the post should've been a reply... newyorkersedai - 29/04/2010 06:52:23 PM 679 Views
Don't sweat it. It's not like we're overflowing with threads and need to cut down on the clutter. *NM* Cannoli - 30/04/2010 01:52:37 AM 319 Views
Thanks for the support! =) *NM* newyorkersedai - 01/05/2010 03:01:25 AM 282 Views
Posting a reply at the bottom of a long thread is a good way for your points to be overlooked. *NM* Cannoli - 30/04/2010 01:51:55 AM 345 Views
Nope, they deserve their bad rap for being Typical Villains of the Week including Gimmicks RugbyPlayingAshaman - 29/04/2010 02:48:47 PM 671 Views
I agree Sidious - 29/04/2010 02:56:55 PM 634 Views
Re: Nope, they deserve their bad rap for being Typical Villains of the Week including Gimmicks DomA - 29/04/2010 05:04:56 PM 789 Views
Re: Nope, they deserve their bad rap for being Typical Villains of the Week including Gimmicks RugbyPlayingAshaman - 29/04/2010 06:05:40 PM 640 Views
Sorry - vanished-portal-deaths are like "Dead! His car fell in the river; we never found the body.." *NM* newyorkersedai - 29/04/2010 07:28:40 PM 333 Views
I was hoping the melting gateway meant they were burned out of existence at first. *NM* RugbyPlayingAshaman - 29/04/2010 08:10:16 PM 276 Views
Jordan didn't care in a 4 book series! newyorkersedai - 29/04/2010 07:24:24 PM 748 Views
Name one bit of good nature to any of the AoL lives of the Forsaken. Cannoli - 30/04/2010 01:49:53 AM 639 Views
What about Demandred? Sidious - 30/04/2010 05:12:55 AM 760 Views
D'oh! How come I didn't immediately think of a politician? Seriously? Cannoli - 30/04/2010 12:45:35 PM 801 Views
What is your argument? Fanatic-Templar - 30/04/2010 06:12:24 PM 661 Views
Indeed Sidious - 01/05/2010 09:35:06 AM 695 Views
Except LTT DID do good. You know, saving the world from the Dark One and all. He was good. QED Cannoli - 01/05/2010 05:06:31 PM 632 Views
and Demandred fought the Shadow for half the war... what's the point? Sidious - 01/05/2010 09:20:00 PM 695 Views
You can do good without being good. It's mostly the system's fault (credit? ) Cannoli - 01/05/2010 11:30:16 PM 661 Views
How do you judge people, if not by their actions? Fanatic-Templar - 02/05/2010 06:29:16 AM 697 Views
Hair, taste in clothes, and sense of humor. Faile wins! *NM* newyorkersedai - 02/05/2010 06:38:08 AM 291 Views
Faile has bad hair *NM* Sidious - 03/05/2010 05:06:23 AM 284 Views
To some extent, there was no evil since they lived in Utopia, newyorkersedai - 30/04/2010 07:08:32 AM 697 Views
The WoT does NOT feature a "small set of characters" FanEditor10 - 03/05/2010 12:06:56 AM 601 Views
I kinda thought most of those points were in what I already wrote newyorkersedai - 03/05/2010 02:53:04 AM 580 Views
Re: Alll the incompetent Forsaken talk lately... Kieran - 30/04/2010 02:44:06 AM 630 Views
I agree with a few of your points newyorkersedai - 30/04/2010 07:24:59 AM 683 Views
Re: I agree with a few of your points Kieran - 01/05/2010 01:13:03 AM 976 Views
someone recently posted audio to the Budapest? signing RJ did newyorkersedai - 01/05/2010 03:00:56 AM 613 Views
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