because you said that it didn't start stereotypical. And it started pretty much the most stereotypical it comes.
Farm boy turns out to be Hero.
Hero has to leave Home to keep it safe. Is guided by wise and enigmatic magic user. Only strangeness here is that in this book, the magic user doesn't have a beard.
Farm Boy struggles with his abilities and his danger to others.
Farm Boy continues to make awesome achievements despite little actual skill or expierence, relying mostly on innate power and luck.
I mean, I have a hard time getting through the first few chapters of tEotW because it's just so damned stereotypical!! I could easily change the character and use the first chapter to start any fantasy series!
Not with Rand, but with other characters. Aes Sedai were not very stereotypical. Just the fact that women ruled and controlled the world was anything but stereotypical.
All the hundred different rules and intricateness of channeling is not stereotypical. Hunting men who use magic is not stereotypical. etc etc
Rand and the Forsaken are a Disney movie, hence what I and many like me dislike about the series.
This message last edited by malekithe on 05/12/2010 at 10:01:31 AM
Pointless characters and deaths in WoT
- 04/12/2010 05:49:01 AM
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Other pointless characters
- 04/12/2010 06:26:50 AM
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why would you read the series and visit fan sites if you hate it all that much? *NM*
- 04/12/2010 06:38:47 AM
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Re: why would you read the series and visit fan sites if you hate it all that much?
- 04/12/2010 06:41:23 AM
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If you didn't get Rand's transformation, you're not the intended audience...
- 04/12/2010 06:58:20 AM
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Oh, love of course.
- 04/12/2010 07:13:10 AM
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Yeah, while you're busy not believing that, you should believe in things like the One Power too.
- 04/12/2010 10:28:46 AM
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You've completely missed the point
- 04/12/2010 02:03:06 PM
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You've completely missed the point!
- 05/12/2010 08:54:47 AM
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what do you mean? these powers have been manifesting for a while! You need to read more closely
- 05/12/2010 03:15:21 PM
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You're right, why would love ever be the Base of Goodness???
- 05/12/2010 08:59:27 AM
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You're proving my point actually
- 05/12/2010 09:33:23 AM
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? at what point was this series not supposed to be stereotypical?
- 05/12/2010 09:36:06 AM
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Well...
- 05/12/2010 09:42:04 AM
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uhm, we do?
- 05/12/2010 09:48:32 AM
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Not in Rand
- 05/12/2010 09:55:02 AM
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channeling isn't far from stereotypical
- 05/12/2010 10:10:20 AM
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Again, why are you on this board or even reading this series?
- 04/12/2010 02:30:22 PM
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Uh excuse me.
- 05/12/2010 09:05:27 AM
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since you are so very unhappy, I fail to see why you continue to read the books
- 05/12/2010 09:09:36 AM
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Don't twist things to suit yourself
- 05/12/2010 09:38:42 AM
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I would be unhappy with that ending because the Creator has never worked directly.
- 05/12/2010 09:44:17 AM
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I'd say there's been some unusualness.
- 05/12/2010 09:52:22 AM
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If Rand was one of the supporting heroes, maybe. But he's the "messiah" character
- 05/12/2010 10:15:42 AM
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Actually, it's got zilch to do with "good" or "evil".
- 05/12/2010 01:37:49 PM
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actually, we don't know how it is done and I like my theory just fine, thank you 
- 05/12/2010 05:48:19 PM
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- 05/12/2010 05:48:19 PM
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We haven't had a Rand POV, so I don't think you can say for certain that it's random.
- 06/12/2010 03:16:43 AM
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And right down the page is "Easy life of lightside heroes"
- 04/12/2010 10:43:55 AM
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Re: Pointless characters and deaths in WoT
- 05/12/2010 01:56:53 PM
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