Not in Rand - Edit 1
Before modification by malekithe at 05/12/2010 10:01:31 AM
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 rules of channeling is not stereotypical. Hunting men who use magic is not stereotypical. etc etc
Rand and the Forsaken are a disney movie.