Perrin is a pathetic character. Luckily I think Cyndane is only a shell of the original Lanfear, so I'm not too upset about it.
You might be Mark, it's hard to tell. What you heard about Perrin killing Cyndane isn't fully accurate.
It's hard to tell how you'll react. I can tell you this, make of it what you wish:
To me, she has the best Forsaken story arc in AMOL, and the most satisfying final scene of them all. It's a matter of tastes. Lanfear, Moridin and Graendal were always my dearest trio, and of the three it's Lanfear who shone the most in AMOL for me, though all the Forsaken are good this time around. She's a serious contender to outshining Demandred. For me, she did. For big fans of Demandred and impressive OP stuff, they won't see it this way.
Brandon nailed her to near perfection. He achieved that with few characters, but with Lanfear, man he's good. Each of her scenes was a deep pleasure to read.
It depends which Cyndane/Lanfear you like most, though. Cyndane the pet/warrior, the mysterious, seductive, temperamental and perverse Lanfear of TGH or TDR, the more vulnerable, in a way, more megalomaniac Lanfear of the beginning of TSR, the more playful, vicious and calculating and in the end wholly insane and out of control Lanfear of TSR and TFOH.
She's always been a polymorph, physically and mentally, and she's bit of all of those in AMOL, but some aspects are more dominant and one or two is absent.
But Last Chance got herself a fitting last plan, and it's extremely interesting.. for fans of the character anyway.
I'm glad he managed to pull off the Forsaken and their personae - it's been long overdue.
Personally I've never been a fan of Cyndane. For me, Lanfear died at the Docks and came back uglier, weaker and tamed - not Lanfear at all if you ask me. However, I'll be really glad if she's showing some of her old stuff, in which case the Perrin thing might get to me. I don't know how she kicks the bucket, but Perrin is an accomplished dreamwalker who may even exceed Egwene in ability, so it might not be too disastrous if he finishes her off there.
I've never been able to invest in the reincarnated Forsaken emotionally - I always liked the original thirteen. Osan'gar, Aran'gar, Moridin, Cyndane were all deeply affected by their deaths and came back with poor results. I'm hoping Hesselam has some good moments...
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02/01/2013 10:54:06 PM
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Thanks!
03/01/2013 04:53:30 AM
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+1 - Give us some f'ing spoilers!
03/01/2013 04:59:50 AM
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I can tell you about Lanfear hehe *spoilers*
03/01/2013 06:00:09 PM
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03/01/2013 06:33:03 PM
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Why would you think this is "misuse"? *NM*
03/01/2013 06:35:21 PM
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Re: Why would you think this is "misuse"?
03/01/2013 06:49:00 PM
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That's still ridiculous...
03/01/2013 07:18:35 PM
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Re: That's still ridiculous...
03/01/2013 07:34:23 PM
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03/01/2013 07:36:02 PM
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You react to the series in your way, I react to it in my way!
03/01/2013 07:40:02 PM
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You kinda did spoiler something
03/01/2013 04:09:40 PM
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