I haven't given up hope that Rand will seek Perrin and Mat in turn in TOM, as part of a circuit of meetings with people he cares for. I wouldn't be too surprised toward the end, Rand goes to one than the other, and suddenly wants to spend "quality time" with each of them, perhaps even insist the three of them must get together, because TG is about to start and this may be their last opportunity to spend an evening together, like in the old days. If such a thing happen, I'm guessing it would be extremely ackward at first, with Perrin and Mat believing this time this is it and Rand has completely lost it.... at least until they figure out he's in better mental/moral shape than ever after what happened on DM.
Well.. maybe that won't happen quite this way, but I certainly expect Rand to face some of the consequences of what he went through since LOC or so. He will want to spend "good times" with people he loves, but sadly he will have to face the fact he's massively undermined almost all his relationships through the series. Rand probably knows this all too well, and the relationshp that suffered the least (because they barely had time together) is the one he shares with Elayne, which makes me think she may be the first one he goes to, and the one he opens his heart to about his fears he's antagonized and lost everyone else, and how to gain them back before TG.
I like this idea a lot. I also hope, since he mentioned it at the very end of TGS, that he will apologize (or somehow make amends) with Hurin.
Obviously, Hurin isn't a major player as much as this relationship would be representative of the changed Rand.
Rand and Tam
16/07/2010 06:13:30 AM
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Re: Rand and Tam
16/07/2010 06:40:07 AM
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Yes but
16/07/2010 10:09:58 PM
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Don't forget that when Mat isn't on a mission or held by a promise
17/07/2010 01:07:41 AM
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Mat never wants to be around anything that might get him killed
17/07/2010 02:43:18 AM
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I need whatever you use to say things in 1/3rd the space that I do *NM*
17/07/2010 04:32:05 PM
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Re: Yes but
17/07/2010 02:45:00 AM
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I love this line of analysis, but Mat does tend to treat channelers like people
17/07/2010 04:39:09 PM
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Re: I love this line of analysis, but Mat does tend to treat channelers like people
21/07/2010 01:07:57 AM
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Re: Rand and Tam
17/07/2010 02:20:44 AM
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17/07/2010 02:53:41 AM
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I think Rand will get imprisoned by the Seanchan and so Rand won't have the chance...
21/07/2010 07:14:23 PM
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