Now that BS is writing the books & after reading the prologue (which was mainly written by RJ, though) and ch. 1, I have to say that it starts to prey on my mind, if all the things which are written there are truly accurate. I don't mean that RJ would certainly formulate things differently than BS, that's obvious because RJ was simply much more powerfully eloquent than BS. I wonder, though, if the content is always correct. It's now even harder to determine if some things are intentionally, or maybe just blunders/inaccuraciesy (which even RJ made, of course).
Examples which could mean something or nothing would be that Moridin is suddenly using human servants, that Graendal isn't wearing her streith gown anymore, or - as Sidious pointed out - that the channeling effects are described quite scantily, that Tylee doesn't remark on the extreme height of the "man" (Trolloc) who attacks her, or - as some people pointed out - that some lines of the characters don't seem to fit them.
That also makes it more difficult to base theories on something, because one can basically never be 100 % sure that things are really "canon" (i. e. if RJ had really written the content that way).
Because of this uncertainty, I hope that BS will eventually publish his annotations, so that one can determine possible mistakes more easily.
Examples which could mean something or nothing would be that Moridin is suddenly using human servants, that Graendal isn't wearing her streith gown anymore, or - as Sidious pointed out - that the channeling effects are described quite scantily, that Tylee doesn't remark on the extreme height of the "man" (Trolloc) who attacks her, or - as some people pointed out - that some lines of the characters don't seem to fit them.
That also makes it more difficult to base theories on something, because one can basically never be 100 % sure that things are really "canon" (i. e. if RJ had really written the content that way).
Because of this uncertainty, I hope that BS will eventually publish his annotations, so that one can determine possible mistakes more easily.
TGS Prologue - your thoughts (part 3) *spoilers*
20/09/2009 09:38:16 PM
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Demandred's Proxies
20/09/2009 10:25:36 PM
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Does anyone else feel the LOC Forsaken plan was scrapped in an unsatisfactory way?
20/09/2009 10:47:37 PM
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Using the Bowl of Winds and cleansing the taint have altered the plan I guess. bad guys adapted *NM*
20/09/2009 11:02:25 PM
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Which Forsaken do you think will die in TGS?
20/09/2009 11:58:30 PM
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Theoretically they only get killed off in odd numbered books, right?
21/09/2009 04:11:37 AM
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Re: Which Forsaken do you think will die in TGS?
21/09/2009 06:33:07 AM
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Re: Which Forsaken do you think will die in TGS?
22/09/2009 02:16:58 AM
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That would be a great twist--- Elza could end up saving Rand from his own ability to kill a woman
22/09/2009 02:46:03 AM
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A few more thoughts after a re-read of the prologue
21/09/2009 05:20:17 PM
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Agree with most of this, not sure about Justice and I think Fain...
21/09/2009 05:41:29 PM
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Anyone else dislike the way the Power is being described?
22/09/2009 03:48:58 PM
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Who made this Gateway anyway?
22/09/2009 05:03:48 PM
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Re: Who made this Gateway anyway?
22/09/2009 11:04:06 PM
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Hmmm...
23/09/2009 02:50:44 PM
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Can't spy
23/09/2009 06:10:40 PM
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I meant Moridin's messenger as a possible spy
23/09/2009 06:35:04 PM
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A general problem
22/09/2009 06:47:45 PM
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I found it interesting that creatures in the blight don't obey the Chosen
23/09/2009 10:08:44 PM
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Re: I found it interesting that creatures in the blight don't obey the Chosen
24/09/2009 02:53:17 AM
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Theory on the beautiful messenger
25/09/2009 06:48:58 AM
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Re: Theory on the beautiful messenger
27/09/2009 02:46:44 PM
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It's strange...
27/09/2009 03:35:45 PM
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Time line
27/09/2009 09:12:31 PM
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Re: Time line
27/09/2009 09:40:41 PM
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Why is it impossible?
27/09/2009 11:58:02 PM
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Re: Why is it impossible?
28/09/2009 01:02:53 AM
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