Re: That's a good question. I can't think why I left him off the list
DomA Send a noteboard - 10/01/2013 04:04:44 AM
Serious question.
I think I've not enjoyed a "final arc" so much in a very long time. The minute he went after Demandred I started laughing, and didn't stop until five minutes after reading his death scene.
Some part of my brain told me it was wrong to feel some much pleasure at the anticipated humiliating end and even worse during his scene with Galad, but the part of me that thought "fuck that, it's Gawyn" won.
I think I've not enjoyed a "final arc" so much in a very long time. The minute he went after Demandred I started laughing, and didn't stop until five minutes after reading his death scene.
Some part of my brain told me it was wrong to feel some much pleasure at the anticipated humiliating end and even worse during his scene with Galad, but the part of me that thought "fuck that, it's Gawyn" won.
I think I might have been dreading his success, but the bit with him curled up in a hole, whimpering his last breath urging his brother not to hate his brother's other brother (one good thing about all the deaths is it saves the twins from having to awkwardly explain a lot of their familial relationships down the road), was priceless. I have to wonder, does Sanderson realize how that whole bit was, or did he think it was a heroic finish and part 1 of Act III in the epic romantic tragedy of Egwene & Gawyn, rather than SOOO thematically suited to both of them.
I don't know. With TGS he sure got me fooled he liked Gawyn all too much. But I've been told it's pretty much the opposite.
Well, that was fun
- 09/01/2013 09:32:09 AM
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Here there be spoilers for the Mistborn trilogy and other thoughts.
- 09/01/2013 10:13:03 AM
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Packing so much into Chapter 37 was Sanderson's brain child. *NM*
- 09/01/2013 11:25:30 AM
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I read that one little line about You Know Who and I pictured you whooping with unbridled glee. 
*NM*
- 09/01/2013 07:05:54 PM
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*NM*
- 09/01/2013 07:05:54 PM
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You didn't enjoy Gawyn?
- 09/01/2013 11:13:07 PM
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I laughed too. That was hilarious.
- 09/01/2013 11:40:12 PM
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I was actually expecting that...
- 10/01/2013 12:02:01 AM
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I felt it was fitting, but not funny...
- 10/01/2013 12:05:30 AM
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By all out, you mean throwing away what she believes to be the sine qua non of the Tower's survival?
- 10/01/2013 01:00:14 AM
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What else was she supposed to do?
- 10/01/2013 01:20:46 AM
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I'm just saying that Egwene's actions give the lie to her expressed priorities.
- 10/01/2013 01:29:06 AM
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It doesn't at all...
- 10/01/2013 01:39:53 AM
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I don't fault her for PTSD, but for pursuing power despite valid reasons why she might botch it
- 10/01/2013 01:46:05 AM
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Re: I don't fault her for PTSD, but for pursuing power despite valid reasons why she might botch it
- 10/01/2013 01:52:22 AM
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That's a good question. I can't think why I left him off the list
- 10/01/2013 12:58:53 AM
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Re: That's a good question. I can't think why I left him off the list
- 10/01/2013 04:04:44 AM
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Nah, tGS consisted largely of people talking smack to Gawyn and setting him straight.
- 10/01/2013 04:43:16 AM
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