Re: This certainly makes a mockery of a lot that us 20-year long readers of Wot used to hold dear...
dacole Send a noteboard - 01/05/2012 12:08:33 AM
Heh I think your focus on this one topic and saying how BS is terrible for not having every aspect of it memorized is crazy. It is not as important as character, theme, and plot worldbuilding never is. Yes this is an opinion an opinion I have a right to.
The hatred for BS and his writing and how he is destroying the books has gotten rather ridiculous and using his answers to what ARE minor points as evidence of that is rather ridiculous IMHO. Certainly you have the right to disagree with me. Now if he was writing the characters in a way that made them out to be very different people than they were in the previous books then I would have a problem. Not having every tiny detail on instant recall, no that doesn't really bother me.
As for evidence that RJ made up some of the answers to his questions on the spot we only have to look to the contradictions that appeared in his work.
In general I feel a lot of people on this site spend to much time analyzing a set of fiction works *shrug* but then I am very much a work first kind of person (which seems to be a dieing breed unfortunately).
Glad to see I generated some discussion but reading through all these replies would take much more time than I want to devote to it.
There is no proof that RJ made things up to satisfy questions.
In your opinion, which I'll remind you is not the only opinion that counts. Some people like myself, Shannow and a few others enjoy talking about the OP. Others enjoy different things. For you to tell us what is actually important is as ridiculous as telling someone exactly what animals are important and what aren't in a zoo.
No one is obsessing. Some of us have made the OP into a pet subject. It's a fleshed out magical system that can be debated in detail, and not just a mystical magical system like in most other tales. Just because it doesn't interest you doesn't mean you should run down others who enjoy the topic.
The hatred for BS and his writing and how he is destroying the books has gotten rather ridiculous and using his answers to what ARE minor points as evidence of that is rather ridiculous IMHO. Certainly you have the right to disagree with me. Now if he was writing the characters in a way that made them out to be very different people than they were in the previous books then I would have a problem. Not having every tiny detail on instant recall, no that doesn't really bother me.
As for evidence that RJ made up some of the answers to his questions on the spot we only have to look to the contradictions that appeared in his work.
In general I feel a lot of people on this site spend to much time analyzing a set of fiction works *shrug* but then I am very much a work first kind of person (which seems to be a dieing breed unfortunately).
Glad to see I generated some discussion but reading through all these replies would take much more time than I want to devote to it.
Again as has been said. This obsessive attention to minor details is crazy and ridiculous and unimportant for the themes and major import of the story. As well I expect much of these type of answers Jordan was making up when asked. He did have to change things in the books to fit with his answers at some points.
There is no proof that RJ made things up to satisfy questions.
The "science" of how things in the world work are far and away extremely less important than the characters, the themes, and how those characters and themes are handled.
In your opinion, which I'll remind you is not the only opinion that counts. Some people like myself, Shannow and a few others enjoy talking about the OP. Others enjoy different things. For you to tell us what is actually important is as ridiculous as telling someone exactly what animals are important and what aren't in a zoo.
I certainly haven't been "obsessing" for twenty years over how exactly strong each of the channelers is...I would be getting myself some help if I had been. There is being a superfan and then there is being Sheldon Cooper level crazy.
No one is obsessing. Some of us have made the OP into a pet subject. It's a fleshed out magical system that can be debated in detail, and not just a mystical magical system like in most other tales. Just because it doesn't interest you doesn't mean you should run down others who enjoy the topic.
Very interesting QA with Brandon
- 20/04/2012 11:19:02 PM
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I found it painful to read
- 21/04/2012 09:53:31 AM
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Agreed ... He got some softball questions here and couldn't answer them ... But there is a lot
- 22/04/2012 04:26:27 AM
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Re: Agreed ... He got some softball questions here and couldn't answer them ... But there is a lot
- 22/04/2012 08:06:38 AM
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Re: Agreed ... He got some softball questions here and couldn't answer them ... But there is a lot
- 22/04/2012 02:39:41 PM
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Re: Very interesting QA with Brandon
- 22/04/2012 02:53:38 AM
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This certainly makes a mockery of a lot that us 20-year long readers of Wot used to hold dear...
- 23/04/2012 09:50:51 AM
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Re: This certainly makes a mockery of a lot that us 20-year long readers of Wot used to hold dear...
- 23/04/2012 02:39:30 PM
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I think you may be giving RJ more credit than his due here
- 24/04/2012 10:35:28 PM
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Re: This certainly makes a mockery of a lot that us 20-year long readers of Wot used to hold dear...
- 24/04/2012 05:46:03 AM
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Re: This certainly makes a mockery of a lot that us 20-year long readers of Wot used to hold dear...
- 24/04/2012 08:10:15 AM
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It's got little to do with obsession...
- 25/04/2012 01:20:48 AM
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Re: It's got little to do with obsession...
- 25/04/2012 05:05:40 PM
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Re: It's got little to do with obsession...
- 27/04/2012 12:58:36 AM
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Question about TGS and ToM:
- 27/04/2012 02:20:34 AM
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Very similar to you
- 27/04/2012 09:50:52 PM
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Are there plans for rewrites / reordering of the books?
- 29/04/2012 01:17:48 PM
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of course there's no plan
- 30/04/2012 06:15:49 AM
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Egwene...
- 27/04/2012 05:41:13 AM
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Re: Egwene...
- 27/04/2012 09:30:32 PM
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Re: Egwene...
- 28/04/2012 09:44:43 AM
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I don't find it all that surprising
- 28/04/2012 03:56:41 PM
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Re: I don't find it all that surprising
- 29/04/2012 08:07:55 AM
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Re: I don't find it all that surprising
- 30/04/2012 07:54:14 AM
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I suspect Cadsuane will die before that happens
- 30/04/2012 07:06:04 PM
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Re: I suspect Cadsuane will die before that happens
- 30/04/2012 08:36:44 PM
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Not sure Cadsuane will ever be reigned in by anyone
- 01/05/2012 01:18:44 AM
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Re: Egwene...
- 30/04/2012 07:41:11 AM
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Re: Egwene...
- 01/05/2012 07:10:35 PM
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Re: Egwene...
- 01/05/2012 10:51:09 PM
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Re: This certainly makes a mockery of a lot that us 20-year long readers of Wot used to hold dear...
- 01/05/2012 12:08:33 AM
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Re: This certainly makes a mockery of a lot that us 20-year long readers of Wot used to hold dear...
- 24/04/2012 10:49:54 PM
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For me it's interesting simply because it is not all that well defined
- 24/04/2012 11:16:14 PM
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Elminster vs Karsus, Darth Vader vs Darth Revan, Demandred vs Sammael - who has more midichloriants.
- 25/04/2012 03:13:17 PM
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