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Re: Oooo! A smart one! She reads forums! Thank heavens an expert has come. Cannoli Send a noteboard - 19/08/2011 12:07:24 PM

I disagree strongly about the name calling even as I agree with many of the thoughts behind this post. It is infuriating when people use words like filler, padding as if their tastes and interests are the only things that count. I am re-reading CoT right now and really enjoying it, especially the sections that other people dislike. My favorite characters by far are those that most people dislike.
THE BATH SCENE IS IMPORTANT!!!! Why don't they get that?

On the other hand, we ALL have blind spots. And while, I have no problem with people pointing out each others blind spots, it should be done with humility and without name calling. (Asking them to remove the plank from our eye so that we can remove the sliver from theirs.)
Cast not your pearls before swine. Seriously, it's not like I'm going to change at this point.

Sorry if I am picking on you. I have tendency of going harder on people when I agree with them, since I don't want a good argument tainted.
Better on me than someone who will whine about it.
Cannoli
"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless

“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
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A Dance of Dragons will influence A Memory of Light? beelaa - 28/07/2011 03:30:30 PM 2509 Views
It's impossible for nothing to happen in AMoL. Marshall - 28/07/2011 07:30:02 PM 1476 Views
Oh, you're so cute in your innocence! Cannoli - 02/08/2011 06:14:37 AM 1208 Views
Good thing I wasn't drinking milk when I read this. RabidWombat - 07/08/2011 10:24:29 PM 1058 Views
Yeah, suck it WoT-haters! We're eclectic! *NM* Cannoli - 11/08/2011 02:00:05 AM 640 Views
Regardless of how bad it is, stuff still WILL happen. *NM* Marshall - 10/08/2011 05:30:02 PM 452 Views
Re: A Dance of Dragons will influence A Memory of Light? AshaShan - 28/07/2011 07:37:24 PM 1236 Views
Actually, there is growing discontent, even among those who've defended Martin. Libby - 07/08/2011 11:05:33 PM 1310 Views
Those who says that nothing happens in ADWD really need to read CoT Zeratul - 29/07/2011 12:02:23 PM 1244 Views
Watching grass grow is better than reading CoT, so it's not saying much for ADWD *NM* Praziquantel - 30/07/2011 02:10:12 AM 448 Views
~facepalm~ Libby - 08/08/2011 12:10:47 AM 1078 Views
A Dance of Dragons is hardly filler. *shrugs* *NM* everynametaken - 31/07/2011 04:43:58 PM 732 Views
Agreed. It could be argued that more happens in the epilogue of ADWD than all of CoT. *NM* RandAllThor - 01/08/2011 01:27:58 AM 464 Views
*NM* fionwe1987 - 01/08/2011 05:22:18 AM 438 Views
That's like a pissing match between Gigli and Ishtar. Tom - 02/08/2011 04:43:18 AM 970 Views
I regret wasting much of July reading it, so I respectfully disagree. Tom - 02/08/2011 04:41:39 AM 1064 Views
I do request that you don't lump ALL of fantasy into those two authors LadyLorraine - 02/08/2011 06:08:21 AM 1108 Views
You are completely overlooking his point, however. Cannoli - 02/08/2011 06:12:45 AM 1124 Views
F*** you, you idiot. *NM* Tom - 02/08/2011 06:13:48 AM 462 Views
At least he didn't ramble for five thousand words before actually making a point. *NM* everynametaken - 03/08/2011 11:04:06 PM 584 Views
Are you talking about Cannoli or Joel? : Larry - 03/08/2011 11:15:36 PM 1108 Views
*NM* everynametaken - 04/08/2011 04:19:40 AM 581 Views
There is that. Tom - 04/08/2011 04:51:39 PM 954 Views
And a direct reply: Tom - 02/08/2011 06:25:28 AM 1115 Views
that's fair enough LadyLorraine - 03/08/2011 12:22:34 AM 1041 Views
Pretty much. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 15/08/2011 04:49:40 PM 876 Views
Wait... You want intelligent meaningful books, but you're demanding action? A Deathwatch Guard - 02/08/2011 06:52:00 AM 1055 Views
I want one or the other. Tom - 02/08/2011 05:07:41 PM 921 Views
I don't mind a little of both Praziquantel - 02/08/2011 10:02:23 PM 861 Views
I think the issue is conflating fantasy with the multi-volume epics than anything I'd disagree with Larry - 03/08/2011 04:05:12 AM 1320 Views
That's debatable. *NM* Libby - 07/08/2011 11:07:51 PM 520 Views
Oooo! A smart one! She reads forums! Thank heavens an expert has come. Cannoli - 02/08/2011 06:24:47 AM 1133 Views
Re: Oooo! A smart one! She reads forums! Thank heavens an expert has come. RabidWombat - 07/08/2011 10:40:41 PM 1193 Views
Re: Oooo! A smart one! She reads forums! Thank heavens an expert has come. Cannoli - 19/08/2011 12:07:24 PM 1503 Views
I've wanted to say this for so long Japhy - 05/08/2011 02:21:10 AM 1059 Views
This "fluff" as you call it is important. Japhy - 05/08/2011 02:54:32 AM 1172 Views
Okay I'm not reading any of the replies in this thread until I finish ADwD, but I just wanted to say Sareitha Sedai - 10/08/2011 01:49:11 PM 1266 Views
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