It always feels kind of cheap to think of it that way though.
Joel Send a noteboard - 23/10/2010 08:07:34 AM
Yeah, too bad Olver =/= Gaidal. 
Taimandred's another great example; the only reason it's not an OBVIOUS fact is the author said point blank it's not true. But OTHERWISE it's an airtight, irrefutable and utterly compelling theory. 
Oh, it was all in the master plan to do it like that. Misdirection, my dear boy. Misdirection.
The author knows where all the leads, false and otherwise go, so if he leaves us a trail of bread crumbs into a blind alley just so he can jump out and shout, "GOTCHA!" my initial response is "yes, you deliberately withheld information vital to learning the truth AND deliberately set out false ones to convince us otherwise. " Imagine I were babysitting your two year old and at the end of the day/nite/month/whatever you come home:
"Watch this, " I tell you with a smirk. Then I turn to the two year old and ask, "Can you count to ten for mommy?" after which you hear her say, "17, 5, 39, 715, 33, 4373, 12, 25, 815, 10!" Then I smack her and say, "No, IDIOT, it's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!" Then I turn back to you, grin restored and say, "It took me ALL DAY to teach her to count it wrong, but it was worth it; isn't that FUNNY?"
Well, is it...?
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Last First in wotmania Chat
Slightly better than chocolate.
Love still can't be coerced.
Please Don't Eat the Newbies!
LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
Something sweet I caught in the re-read 
- 21/10/2010 11:53:08 PM
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- 21/10/2010 11:53:08 PM
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Nice! I welcome a happy ending for the WoT's healthiest realtionship! *NM*
- 22/10/2010 01:07:10 AM
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oh I don't know.
- 22/10/2010 03:03:56 AM
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Yes, it's up to those 2 pair to show it. But the ear-nuzzling in public! We must have some rules. *NM*
- 23/10/2010 03:26:13 AM
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Re: Something sweet I caught in the re-read
- 22/10/2010 02:23:31 AM
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- 22/10/2010 02:23:31 AM
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That's how I took it, too, and always considered it the basis of the Olver=Gaidal theories.
- 23/10/2010 03:07:18 AM
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Re: That's how I took it, too, and always considered it the basis of the Olver=Gaidal theories.
- 23/10/2010 05:06:24 AM
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Sometimes it almost felt like RJ set us up for that kind of stuff.
- 23/10/2010 05:21:19 AM
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Re: Sometimes it almost felt like RJ set us up for that kind of stuff.
- 23/10/2010 06:05:21 AM
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It always feels kind of cheap to think of it that way though.
- 23/10/2010 08:07:34 AM
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Do we know that Min can't see past lives?
- 22/10/2010 08:46:59 AM
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RJ himself confirmed that all of mins visions were about the future. *NM*
- 22/10/2010 05:58:52 PM
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Yes, Min only sees the future, per RJ. (woops, fixed the bad link)
- 23/10/2010 03:09:56 AM
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