Brandon was just following Jordan's example in this
Zeratul Send a noteboard - 24/01/2013 02:49:44 PM
For most of the series, the Wise Ones were really underused as a fighting force for no reason besides that it would've have made things too easy for Rand and the Light side.
I mean at the start of LoC Rand had thousands of them available yet he was all "I need the Asha'man otherwise I have no chance against the Tower. He didn't have any of them guarding his back when meeting with Elaida's representatives. he didn't take any besides Aviendha when he went after Rahvin. Even after Dumai's wells which showed the traidition of them staying out of battle is over, he never used anywhere. Not against Samail, not against the Seanchan, not even when the Asha'man renegades attacked him and made him really distrustful of the Asha'man in the end of PoD and he needed someone to guard his back at the Cleansing and help him kill Rochaid and company.
Besides, given how overpowered channellers are compared to normal people, the normals would've been just cannon fodder if there were thousands of channellers on both sides. Which is something Jordan clearly didn't want since he spent so much pages on Perrin, Elayne, Rand, etc, gathering big conventional armies and preparing them for the LB.
I mean at the start of LoC Rand had thousands of them available yet he was all "I need the Asha'man otherwise I have no chance against the Tower. He didn't have any of them guarding his back when meeting with Elaida's representatives. he didn't take any besides Aviendha when he went after Rahvin. Even after Dumai's wells which showed the traidition of them staying out of battle is over, he never used anywhere. Not against Samail, not against the Seanchan, not even when the Asha'man renegades attacked him and made him really distrustful of the Asha'man in the end of PoD and he needed someone to guard his back at the Cleansing and help him kill Rochaid and company.
Besides, given how overpowered channellers are compared to normal people, the normals would've been just cannon fodder if there were thousands of channellers on both sides. Which is something Jordan clearly didn't want since he spent so much pages on Perrin, Elayne, Rand, etc, gathering big conventional armies and preparing them for the LB.
Where to begin....
23/01/2013 05:22:12 AM
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23/01/2013 01:18:31 PM
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I think Rand and Moridin sword fought because channeling at SG is v dangerous so they minimised it
24/01/2013 12:40:45 AM
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Re: Where to begin....
23/01/2013 04:11:13 PM
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There was a HUGE goldmine of complexity that RJ planted in the story that BS just completely ignored *NM*
23/01/2013 06:35:17 PM
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Brandon was just following Jordan's example in this
24/01/2013 02:49:44 PM
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Seriously, the entire book I was scratching my head wondering why the hell the Channelers
25/01/2013 06:32:26 AM
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Hey John
24/01/2013 04:04:39 PM
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Re: Hey John
24/01/2013 05:45:30 PM
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Yeah, his writing annoys me greatly at times
24/01/2013 06:57:50 PM
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Re: Yeah, his writing annoys me greatly at times
25/01/2013 04:55:54 AM
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I'm as much of a "mainstream" reviewer as a fantasy one these days, so...
25/01/2013 05:16:16 AM
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25/01/2013 08:37:48 PM
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All but remains, for me at least, is a story that isn't as memorable as it could have been
27/01/2013 03:03:59 AM
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Re: All but remains, for me at least, is a story that isn't as memorable as it could have been
28/01/2013 09:26:24 PM
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Perrin growled. Slayer was too quick! Perrin was fast, too. Sooner or later, one of them would..." *NM*
24/01/2013 08:23:12 PM
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At one point he used the word "arabesque" - how can something be that without Arabic culture? *NM*
24/01/2013 09:25:54 PM
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Indeed...
25/01/2013 03:14:22 AM
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He actually said he took "many advanced courses in linguistics"? That makes it even worse.
25/01/2013 02:19:31 PM
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Re: He actually said he took "many advanced courses in linguistics"? That makes it even worse.
25/01/2013 08:53:38 PM
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Well, Brigham Young is the *best* Mormon university out there.
26/01/2013 01:37:16 AM
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Re: Well, Brigham Young is the *best* Mormon university out there.
26/01/2013 03:20:09 PM
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You still Trolling the WoTBoards Larry?
24/01/2013 11:06:14 PM
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Ha! I've mellowed a bit, though!
25/01/2013 04:56:47 AM
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Been there
26/01/2013 09:27:10 PM
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I went to the World's Fair in 1982 with my family - again, small world!
27/01/2013 03:08:27 AM
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Were you the one who came up with "Selene was Mesaana"?
25/01/2013 07:44:01 AM
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