My gut feeling is that when Rand lives again, it will be under the following 2 conditions:
1. Only a very select few will know Rand lives. The general population will believe that the Dragon Reborn died (for good!) during the Last Battle.
2. After living again, Rand will look substantially different than he does now.
#2 is needed in order for #1 to be true. If Rand lives again looking like he does now, too many people would recognize him, and it would eventually become public knowledge that he survived. I don't think that will happen, so ...
And, I don't expect him to live on as a recluse; if he's to be Elayne's part-time husband, he'll be a public figure (more or less). But no one outside the select few will know he was the Dragon Reborn, because he won't look like Rand.
The "body-swap" theory can satisfy both conditions, but there are a few DFs who know what Moridin looks like (and presumably some of them will survive the LB), and if they see him as Elayne's husband (say), it could be problematic.
The "ripped-from-TAR" theory wouldn't satisfy both conditions unless Rand looked different after he was ripped from TAR. Some people have suggested he could look like LTT after being ripped from TAR. Based on my (admittedly limited) understanding of Heroes in TAR, I don't see why that would be the case, but it's possible I suppose.
At this point I'm not married to either idea. But at least they could satisfy my 2 conditions, whereas other theories I've seen cannot.
1. Only a very select few will know Rand lives. The general population will believe that the Dragon Reborn died (for good!) during the Last Battle.
2. After living again, Rand will look substantially different than he does now.
#2 is needed in order for #1 to be true. If Rand lives again looking like he does now, too many people would recognize him, and it would eventually become public knowledge that he survived. I don't think that will happen, so ...
And, I don't expect him to live on as a recluse; if he's to be Elayne's part-time husband, he'll be a public figure (more or less). But no one outside the select few will know he was the Dragon Reborn, because he won't look like Rand.
The "body-swap" theory can satisfy both conditions, but there are a few DFs who know what Moridin looks like (and presumably some of them will survive the LB), and if they see him as Elayne's husband (say), it could be problematic.
The "ripped-from-TAR" theory wouldn't satisfy both conditions unless Rand looked different after he was ripped from TAR. Some people have suggested he could look like LTT after being ripped from TAR. Based on my (admittedly limited) understanding of Heroes in TAR, I don't see why that would be the case, but it's possible I suppose.
At this point I'm not married to either idea. But at least they could satisfy my 2 conditions, whereas other theories I've seen cannot.
Rise and fall, turn the Wheel,
'cause all life is
is really just a circle.
-BHT&tM
'cause all life is
is really just a circle.
-BHT&tM
attn: Etzel re: theories on the fulfillment of Rand's death prophecies
12/10/2010 12:35:42 AM
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Horn Double Death
12/10/2010 05:30:47 AM
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If he dies when called by the Horn...
12/10/2010 05:34:56 AM
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Re: If he dies when called by the Horn...
12/10/2010 05:53:53 AM
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Re: If he dies when called by the Horn...
12/10/2010 05:55:28 AM
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There's also the "ripped from TAR after death" theory, ala Birgitte (re how Rand lives again).
12/10/2010 04:37:26 PM
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That be my theory
12/10/2010 04:45:55 PM
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and from all other people
12/10/2010 05:33:45 PM
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And your point is? *NM*
12/10/2010 05:35:35 PM
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It's not specifically your theory. or a theory that you thought of first..... *NM*
13/10/2010 04:32:48 PM
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Nobody said I thought of it first.
13/10/2010 04:36:45 PM
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Think of it this way, Emma...
13/10/2010 06:00:11 PM
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Re: Think of it this way, Emma... *NM*
13/10/2010 06:26:09 PM
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Some more thoughts ...
12/10/2010 05:03:58 PM
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I don't think it is necessary that Rand be a public figure as Elayne's husband.
12/10/2010 05:08:10 PM
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It's not that I think it's necessary, per se ...
12/10/2010 05:44:03 PM
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On that particular point...
12/10/2010 06:05:59 PM
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That's reasonable speculation, I think ...
12/10/2010 07:58:23 PM
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I don't know that Egwene's lack of recognition necessarily means anything...
12/10/2010 08:07:11 PM
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Yep, I agree ...
12/10/2010 09:18:57 PM
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I'm not so sure the 'blood on the rocks' isn't a red herring any more.
13/10/2010 06:23:18 PM
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By the way ...
12/10/2010 10:07:49 PM
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