Gratuitous deaths do not make a good story, any more than giving main characters plot armour.
Character death should occur when it is valuable to the story.
Character death should occur when it is valuable to the story.
It seems even more contrived when every main character death is a major plot point. One or two should die at non-critical junctures. If Faile had died with the Shaido, Perrin still could have defeated them and struck a deal with Elayne. If Gawyn had died fighting the first Bloodknife encountered ( *sigh* ), Egwene could have been rescued another way and no big deal.
I don't want every main character to die, but GRRM hasn't done that, for all the criticism. Bran, Jon, Dany, Stannis, the Dwarf, etc. main characters from near the start, are all still around.
What's the deal with the "extra person" in the artwork for Eye of the World?
03/01/2011 11:14:57 PM
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Re: What's the deal with the "extra person" in the artwork for Eye of the World?
03/01/2011 11:31:42 PM
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Apparently there is an extra person on the front cover and inside cover.
04/01/2011 12:13:10 AM
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What Jordan said on the matter
04/01/2011 12:54:15 AM
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Apparently that's who Brandon Sanderson was talking about. DomA has good points, though.
04/01/2011 04:14:40 AM
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Re: Apparently there is an extra person on the front cover and inside cover.
04/01/2011 02:57:45 AM
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An extra leaving the TR
04/01/2011 12:39:37 AM
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"Only red shirts die" - tell me about it. Wheel of Time is worse than Harry Potter.
04/01/2011 04:13:25 AM
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Maybe I'm a sap, but I prefer "only red shirts die" to George R.R. Martin's "only red shirts live." *NM*
05/01/2011 04:58:31 AM
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I still half expect Egwene to die.
07/01/2011 04:00:06 AM
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This is being judged on an absurd standard.
07/01/2011 07:39:18 AM
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Re: This is being judged on an absurd standard.
08/01/2011 05:38:30 AM
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It's a shame - no real loss considering all of the "red shirts" the series eventually accumulated.
04/01/2011 04:10:00 PM
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