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Mostly it's because it's clear in RJ's eyes that doing something like the things you suggest is wron IndigoAjahV2 Send a noteboard - 15/01/2013 12:41:03 PM
He seems very black and White and I feel he wouldn't be able to see Rand as a hero if "for the greater good" was an acceptable viewpoint. With SL and Dark Rand and the fact that IMO perfectly acceptable (as well as a couple of incidences of dubious) "hardening" was seen as evil on Rand's part we see this as a major theme in the book and RJ's characters couldn't have made harder choices and still been the good guys in his world. Despite that, Rand does make hard choices, and is criticised for it, does kill rulers as far ad he knew at the time (Aslasam) and in his eyes people dying because of him and his actions is as bad as him killing them ( a moral stance I sympathise and partially agree with) and plenty die because of that
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Somehow, I Actually Hate Faile MORE Now Joel - 14/01/2013 12:16:05 PM 3116 Views
Faile made Perrin less interesting Isaac - 14/01/2013 01:15:22 PM 1123 Views
She paralyzed his character development even when Jordan thought she advanced it. Joel - 14/01/2013 02:38:29 PM 1229 Views
I skipped those chapters during my re-read The Doctor - 14/01/2013 10:36:11 PM 1368 Views
I do not blame you, but that practically means skipping TPoD through KoD. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:16:17 AM 1045 Views
Re: She paralyzed his character development even when Jordan thought she advanced it. Zalvera - 15/01/2013 12:39:23 AM 1085 Views
You just hit on probably the major structural weakness of the series with respect to characters. Tom - 15/01/2013 02:54:59 AM 1083 Views
I think this is why I still enjoy Rand as a character so much IndigoAjahV2 - 15/01/2013 03:37:52 AM 1003 Views
There were plenty of hard choices, but they might have been handled better. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:58:30 AM 1178 Views
Though I too have wished for them to make really hard choices... Cannoli - 15/01/2013 09:37:34 AM 1131 Views
But they DO make hard choices; they just face relatively few hard consequences. Joel - 15/01/2013 10:08:19 AM 986 Views
Rand certainly flirted with the moral Event Horizon a few times, so did some of the others Isaac - 15/01/2013 10:33:23 AM 1167 Views
Mostly it's because it's clear in RJ's eyes that doing something like the things you suggest is wron IndigoAjahV2 - 15/01/2013 12:41:03 PM 1071 Views
You obviously have a much lower threshold than I do in defining "hard choices". *NM* Tom - 15/01/2013 03:47:52 PM 545 Views
We are introduced to them as they choose between abandoning home w/ a stranger v. staying to die Joel - 15/01/2013 04:46:02 PM 1012 Views
Joel, I just said I disagreed with you. I didn't want to debate this series for the sake of debate. *NM* Tom - 15/01/2013 05:43:55 PM 520 Views
Also, how is choosing not to die a hard choice? Tom - 15/01/2013 05:46:46 PM 916 Views
Because they had only a strange witchs word they would die, and leaving w/ her was perilous, too. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:17:16 PM 927 Views
And a trolloc attack Tom - 16/01/2013 02:28:00 PM 929 Views
True, but there was considerable debate about who brought whom. Joel - 16/01/2013 04:41:35 PM 1048 Views
Jordan said he put some of himself in all the ta'veren, but its clearly strongest with Perrin. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:27:10 AM 1064 Views
I'm glad you have seen the Truth. Tom - 14/01/2013 01:35:36 PM 1048 Views
It was neck and neck with her and Min for a long while, but Min finally saw past her own nose. Joel - 14/01/2013 02:09:13 PM 1033 Views
I just added a sentence at the end to make the series end properly. Tom - 14/01/2013 10:47:18 PM 1117 Views
Works for me. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:13:16 AM 2062 Views
In all fairness Egwene did in fact pay homage to Bela darius_sedai - 14/01/2013 08:36:40 PM 989 Views
Bela has been there for Egwene all the time. fionwe1987 - 14/01/2013 10:16:22 PM 1202 Views
Egwene and Bela Aes_Gesserit - 15/01/2013 08:13:17 AM 958 Views
I thought Noal was riding Bela... *NM* Tom - 14/01/2013 10:47:56 PM 504 Views
I did, too, at first, but "horse"=/="pony." Joel - 15/01/2013 06:08:03 AM 941 Views
I think she fed her an apple once in TV or somewhere, too, but otherwise she ignored her. Joel - 15/01/2013 06:12:26 AM 1125 Views
Dramatic much? Bella lived a good life in TV and later in Salidar darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 12:54:15 AM 7803 Views
Actually, I never understood why people LOVE that horse so much. She is just a horse! *NM* aragornital - 15/01/2013 07:52:29 AM 565 Views
Pony. She is a pony. A loyal, goodnatured, overperforming and underappreciated pony. Joel - 15/01/2013 08:32:21 AM 1072 Views
honestly a child and a horse and you think the kid should be butchered? darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 12:58:32 AM 1063 Views
The whole series is based upon the love of Bela and Narg and her struggle to come to terms with his MightyYT - 16/01/2013 04:01:59 AM 862 Views
The real problem echooff - 15/01/2013 11:30:37 AM 1025 Views
Faile will surely domineer someone into pulling Tams carts for him. Joel - 15/01/2013 03:04:35 PM 977 Views
The women in WoT are monsters Sidious - 15/01/2013 11:59:39 AM 1468 Views
I do not consider most of the others all that bad, just idiosyncratic. Joel - 15/01/2013 03:05:51 PM 1250 Views
Oh...I think we know :-) *NM* echooff - 16/01/2013 04:31:18 PM 600 Views
I try to give them, or rather her, the benefit of a doubt. Joel - 16/01/2013 04:48:22 PM 912 Views
Re: Tuon Zalvera - 15/01/2013 03:33:34 PM 1180 Views
I had not noticed that before, but you are right. Joel - 15/01/2013 07:45:53 PM 961 Views
I agree completely... lilltempest - 15/01/2013 05:19:40 PM 1215 Views
Not to argue, but I think RJ created a world where women had the power darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 01:17:11 AM 1069 Views
Agreed ... Nynaeve and Lan are the closest thing to "Healthy" in the series darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 01:09:29 AM 910 Views
Tell me then... Nargs - 18/01/2013 09:08:08 AM 975 Views
That's a fallacious question Tom - 18/01/2013 03:21:56 PM 1057 Views
Are you saying... Nargs - 18/01/2013 09:21:34 PM 975 Views
That is a pathetic answer. Tom - 19/01/2013 04:56:13 AM 926 Views
You're a pathetic ass Nargs - 19/01/2013 06:48:47 AM 951 Views
LOL - that's funny, coming from you, one of the most pathetic fanboys around here. *NM* Tom - 19/01/2013 02:32:18 PM 476 Views
Sad for you. *NM* Nargs - 19/01/2013 09:24:59 PM 504 Views
Oh, gosh, this could take a while. Joel - 18/01/2013 05:58:15 PM 1014 Views
How exactly was Faile the cause for Hopper's death? Zeratul - 19/01/2013 12:31:55 AM 926 Views
Because her kidnapping was the reason Perrin led his hodge podge army to rescue her, and got trapped Joel - 19/01/2013 01:00:26 AM 846 Views
Her kidnapping... Nargs - 19/01/2013 01:32:40 AM 864 Views
I said outright I do not fault her as a character for that (only Jordan for writing it that way. ) Joel - 19/01/2013 07:35:57 PM 933 Views
No it wasn't ... The dreamspike plot would have happened even had she not been kidnapped darius_sedai - 20/01/2013 01:24:25 AM 889 Views
Exactly Zeratul - 20/01/2013 06:59:33 PM 1169 Views
Wow... Nargs - 19/01/2013 01:49:56 AM 998 Views
Culture is sometimes a reason, but never an excuse. Joel - 19/01/2013 08:04:52 PM 986 Views
Just off color Nargs - 19/01/2013 10:03:58 PM 1084 Views
? Joel - 19/01/2013 10:44:28 PM 967 Views
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