Comparing Perrin and Faile to Beren and Luthien makes me want to gag.
I think that the question to ask is: will people be reading The Wheel of Time fifty years from now? My best guess is that it will be a very niche market if anyone does read it, akin to reading The Worm Ouroboros in the Twenty First Century.
As for Sanderson, read Mistborn. Seriously. It's better than most of the crap that people recommend at this site. It's certainly better than The Dresden Files, The Chronicles of Amber and anything by Goodkind, and probably better than a lot of other fantasy series that get mentioned around here. Once you've read that trilogy we can discuss Jordan vs. Sanderson with a better sense of perspective.
I think that the question to ask is: will people be reading The Wheel of Time fifty years from now? My best guess is that it will be a very niche market if anyone does read it, akin to reading The Worm Ouroboros in the Twenty First Century.
As for Sanderson, read Mistborn. Seriously. It's better than most of the crap that people recommend at this site. It's certainly better than The Dresden Files, The Chronicles of Amber and anything by Goodkind, and probably better than a lot of other fantasy series that get mentioned around here. Once you've read that trilogy we can discuss Jordan vs. Sanderson with a better sense of perspective.
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*
Gawyn's reaction regarding Elayne being knocked up by Rand
- 21/11/2010 10:44:42 AM
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he couldn't do much in front of Elayne. The Morgase reunions annoyed me a lot more...
- 21/11/2010 11:10:35 AM
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It was an Egwene chapter. Be glad she even noticed it was happening if it doesn't bring her power *NM*
- 22/11/2010 01:48:38 PM
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The less you attempt to understand the characters in WoT, the better off you are.
- 21/11/2010 08:22:30 PM
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<----CMB and BMB are that way.
- 22/11/2010 03:10:48 PM
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Deal with it. I'm not going anywhere. 
- 23/11/2010 08:10:59 PM
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- 23/11/2010 08:10:59 PM
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The Elaidas and Sevannahs of this world just won't go away. Where're the Seanchan when you need 'em? *NM*
- 23/11/2010 08:23:01 PM
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You're an idiot. *NM*
- 23/11/2010 09:55:25 PM
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You prove my point.
- 24/11/2010 01:57:05 AM
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No, I just don't waste my time with stupid people like you. *NM*
- 24/11/2010 02:25:35 AM
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- 24/11/2010 03:27:50 PM
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- 24/11/2010 03:27:50 PM
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Of course it's formulaic: It's a genre book to a large extent ABOUT the genre.
- 23/11/2010 08:49:56 PM
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You're misrepresenting this site and my position. 
- 23/11/2010 09:54:04 PM
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- 23/11/2010 09:54:04 PM
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I hear a lot of that, but I think you may be mistaking Jordans motives, too.
- 24/11/2010 12:49:53 AM
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Jordan only mentioned finishing in one more book once he knew he was dying.
- 24/11/2010 02:25:01 AM
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Jordan mentioned finishing in one when he reached the one with which he meant to finish.
- 24/11/2010 03:55:42 PM
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You sound like a Jordan apologist when you say that.
- 26/11/2010 10:57:31 PM
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Re: The less you attempt to understand the characters in WoT, the better off you are.
- 26/11/2010 09:41:04 AM
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Yes, it would have been nice if Gawyn took a sword to Elayne's baby bump. A shame indeed. *NM*
- 22/11/2010 04:45:15 AM
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*NM*
- 22/11/2010 04:45:15 AM
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That would have been much more entertaining than his monologue. *NM*
- 22/11/2010 08:47:15 AM
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I was much more amused by Nynaeve's reaction
- 22/11/2010 05:06:54 AM
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