You now sound as cryptic as Sanderson does and Jordan did.
Tom Send a noteboard - 18/10/2010 06:29:45 PM
I'm drawing a few assumptions from what you said in this post, though:
1. The revelation of Asmodean's killer may actually be much more than just an incidental name-dropping event, as in, "Oh, it was Graendal", which means that Jordan (and then Sanderson) kept it from us for more reasons than just to mess with us. I hope this is the case because I always felt that randomly keeping it from us was just mean-spirited and petty.
2. The changes in the Fox and Snake song are material to the plot development in Towers of Midnight. The phrase actually appears to be "Courage to strengthen, fire to --ind, music to daze, iron to blind", suggesting that the Finns can't be killed in the conventional sense, but could be hurt with iron weapons to be blinded and thus incapable of stopping someone's escape. Perhaps the second word is "find"?
3. There is a very unexpected twist in a major character's plot line that substantially affects what we know. While I continually and fervently hope it is Faile being exposed as a Darkfriend, there are a lot of other possibilities, like Bashere being exposed as Demandred (ironically, this is also tied to Faile - she would know if it was really her father before her or not) or another major "good" character turning out to be very, very evil (Thom, for example).
More cryptic comments from you would be appreciated, even though they are also frustrating at a certain level.
1. The revelation of Asmodean's killer may actually be much more than just an incidental name-dropping event, as in, "Oh, it was Graendal", which means that Jordan (and then Sanderson) kept it from us for more reasons than just to mess with us. I hope this is the case because I always felt that randomly keeping it from us was just mean-spirited and petty.
2. The changes in the Fox and Snake song are material to the plot development in Towers of Midnight. The phrase actually appears to be "Courage to strengthen, fire to --ind, music to daze, iron to blind", suggesting that the Finns can't be killed in the conventional sense, but could be hurt with iron weapons to be blinded and thus incapable of stopping someone's escape. Perhaps the second word is "find"?
3. There is a very unexpected twist in a major character's plot line that substantially affects what we know. While I continually and fervently hope it is Faile being exposed as a Darkfriend, there are a lot of other possibilities, like Bashere being exposed as Demandred (ironically, this is also tied to Faile - she would know if it was really her father before her or not) or another major "good" character turning out to be very, very evil (Thom, for example).
More cryptic comments from you would be appreciated, even though they are also frustrating at a certain level.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
This message last edited by Tom on 18/10/2010 at 06:30:49 PM
I just received my review copy of ToM
15/10/2010 10:52:23 PM
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Thanks for showing off Mr. Fancy Pants
15/10/2010 10:56:57 PM
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I've received some interesting things over the years
16/10/2010 12:39:59 AM
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Meh. I wish people would get over it.
16/10/2010 08:04:37 AM
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Seriously. A lot of people have been so stupid over this whole style thing. Sheesh!
17/10/2010 01:31:45 AM
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See, I never anticipated it being the same in the first place...
17/10/2010 03:20:16 AM
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Lucky you!
16/10/2010 01:56:16 AM
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Oh, just think about belief and order a bit
16/10/2010 02:01:31 AM
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Re: I just received my review copy of ToM
16/10/2010 02:06:36 AM
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I'm only 160 pages into it and won't finish it tonight...I think
16/10/2010 02:17:53 AM
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I'd be interested in this question as well, once you've finished. *NM*
16/10/2010 02:28:39 AM
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Has it lived up to your initial excitement on looking at the ending thus far? *NM*
16/10/2010 11:11:44 AM
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It's a surprising book in many ways
16/10/2010 03:25:13 PM
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A few questions, assuming you've now finished
16/10/2010 03:39:57 PM
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I don't read in a lineal fashion, so I'm only 50% done
16/10/2010 03:58:34 PM
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Damn. I bet we're in for a cliffhanger. *NM*
16/10/2010 04:01:56 PM
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16/10/2010 04:03:48 PM
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I think you'd have denied it if it weren't true. I call unspoken confirmation. *NM*
16/10/2010 04:13:47 PM
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Is this in reference to Brandon's 'small unnoticed detail' from books 4-6?
17/10/2010 10:35:37 PM
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Ironically Sanderson's signature looks like he tried to cross out his own name from the title page *NM*
16/10/2010 12:22:33 PM
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Warning for everyone who tends to read the Glossary first
16/10/2010 03:16:09 PM
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Certainly...
16/10/2010 03:36:29 PM
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Or it might be that the glossary reveals that the murderer him/herself gets done over in ToM.
16/10/2010 03:41:21 PM
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Maybe, maybe not
16/10/2010 03:59:36 PM
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Demandred killed Asmodean?
16/10/2010 04:34:27 PM
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Oh I know!
16/10/2010 04:44:54 PM
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Those are separate things
16/10/2010 04:48:31 PM
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Can you at least say this much
16/10/2010 05:26:55 PM
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Some found it so
16/10/2010 05:28:56 PM
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That would seem to rule out everyone but...
17/10/2010 10:33:08 PM
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Obviously Slayer has the power to block someone from the OP for three seconds!
16/10/2010 05:07:10 PM
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I'm surprised no one has commented on the autographed quote in my second photo
16/10/2010 04:06:14 PM
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Re: I'm surprised no one has commented on the autographed quote in my second photo
16/10/2010 04:25:27 PM
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Re-read that song line sometime
16/10/2010 04:33:12 PM
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Re: Re-read that song line sometime
16/10/2010 11:50:54 PM
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Um, I know that
16/10/2010 11:52:04 PM
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I know you know that. I was just noting the odd thing you hinted at explicitly. *NM*
16/10/2010 11:55:21 PM
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Re: I just received my review copy of ToM
16/10/2010 04:24:51 PM
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And one last general question from me
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Thematically, TGS
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Thanks, I'm happy with either the thematic or "stuff happening" model. *NM*
16/10/2010 06:40:22 PM
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I forgot to mention that the dedication page references both Linda and Mike *NM*
17/10/2010 12:24:40 AM
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You now sound as cryptic as Sanderson does and Jordan did.
18/10/2010 06:29:45 PM
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Ha! I actually said a lot more than I meant to, ironically enough
18/10/2010 10:19:43 PM
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