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Re: It was extremely irritating... muppet Send a noteboard - 31/01/2013 02:47:46 PM
I thought it was interesting seeing potential interactions between male and female channelers in the next Age.

I liked that they were both kind of light-hearted. I liked that there was some budding romance that found a middle ground between "sheltered sheep-herder" and "Maiden of the Spear"

I also liked all the Gateway stuff with Androl. I'm actually a bit curious about that- Androl feels very much like a Brandon Sanderson character. He has a focused ability, and he does as much as he can with it. Honestly, if you put Androl in the Mistborn universe, he would fit right in.

(Although it was a BIT of a copout to say "Oh, I guess part of my Talent is that I can totally ignore the rules about 'knowing' a place"... and was there any justification as to how he happened to know where the lava in Dragonmount was?)

Anyway. I found their plotline a nice change of pace.

It felt like bad fan fiction. All the most extreme ideas on the use of gateways we've proposed here on the forum for years - well, Brandon went and used them.

So no one in the Age of Legends ever thought of spinning a horizontal gateway, or using a gateway to shield them from balefire?

Androl seemed to have massive plot armor, way beyond his importance as a character. By the time we reached the halfway mark it became clear that any scene he was involved in would somehow turn out badly for the Shadow.

Not a positive addition at all, in my view.


On this, we agree. Androl is Brandon's avatar in this story and it's very silly.
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So, am I the only one who kind of liked the whole Androl/Pevara plot? beetnemesis - 31/01/2013 02:30:15 PM 2240 Views
It was extremely irritating... Shannow - 31/01/2013 02:34:32 PM 1283 Views
Re: It was extremely irritating... muppet - 31/01/2013 02:47:46 PM 1404 Views
It felt like a plot tacked on as a vanity by Sanderson Joar Nessosin - 31/01/2013 02:49:09 PM 1062 Views
Indeed... Shannow - 31/01/2013 02:58:50 PM 1087 Views
Re: Indeed... muppet - 31/01/2013 03:05:44 PM 1196 Views
I kind of always thought RJ intended the minor characters to be bland darius_sedai - 03/02/2013 12:00:33 AM 912 Views
I'd say more like Mistborn than Harry Potter *NM* beetnemesis - 01/02/2013 02:53:30 PM 488 Views
I feel the same about Mat's luck powers. You talk about plot armor, his is a plot bulldozer. Bookwyrm - 01/02/2013 12:53:58 AM 959 Views
You're not the only one who liked it. I thought the mind meld was cool. *NM* Evil_Monkey - 31/01/2013 02:39:48 PM 860 Views
No I loved it too. *NM* Dreadlord - 31/01/2013 02:43:31 PM 466 Views
I liked it. Most of the whining about is hilarious. Zeratul - 31/01/2013 03:01:10 PM 1046 Views
I hated it because it reeked of sanderson pandering to "internet humour" for lack of a better term. ImmanuelXavier - 31/01/2013 04:47:54 PM 994 Views
Yep. I know what you mean, though it's hard to exactly quantify. muppet - 31/01/2013 04:49:12 PM 956 Views
I could really use an example here beetnemesis - 01/02/2013 02:56:50 PM 943 Views
I enjoyed it Ryan - 31/01/2013 04:37:42 PM 834 Views
It wasn't bad. However, it took away time from characters that readers were more invested in. *NM* Tom - 31/01/2013 04:52:25 PM 477 Views
Yeah, that's a legitimate complaint. *NM* beetnemesis - 01/02/2013 02:57:12 PM 474 Views
It was a fairly bad execution of some good ideas DomA - 31/01/2013 05:01:59 PM 1449 Views
That one line characterizes the last two books of WoT generally. *NM* Tom - 31/01/2013 08:52:06 PM 492 Views
He probably didn't have enough time to learn the characters completely Voscaia Sedai - 01/02/2013 01:45:11 PM 1008 Views
Re: He probably didn't have enough time to learn the characters completely DomA - 02/02/2013 04:48:45 PM 1163 Views
Well said... I would have waited for a better end product *NM* darius_sedai - 02/02/2013 05:50:16 PM 466 Views
I 100% agree with everything you said here! *NM* darius_sedai - 01/02/2013 02:16:56 PM 454 Views
Pretty much. But I think significant blame should be laid at Jordan's feet for his abysmal pacing. Ghavrel - 02/02/2013 10:48:06 AM 1018 Views
Yeah, yeah.. it's the f*cking silk washing's scene's fault DomA - 02/02/2013 05:59:30 PM 1292 Views
Damn you are on a roll ... Nicely said. *NM* darius_sedai - 03/02/2013 12:46:57 AM 554 Views
Its true, but RJ should get some blame Sidious - 05/02/2013 03:56:20 PM 1013 Views
Certainly RJ deserves some of the blame. But pacing issues were not the only issue with AMOL darius_sedai - 10/02/2013 02:45:02 PM 900 Views
i enjoyed this subplot tacotime20 - 05/02/2013 05:41:23 PM 1271 Views
Not the only one..I really enjoyed reading their story. *NM* Simon - 01/02/2013 02:05:21 PM 538 Views
It was my favourite subplot *NM* Sidious - 01/02/2013 02:17:26 PM 726 Views
I liked it more than reading about Perrin. And seeing Mat butchered even further. *NM* Deadsy - 03/02/2013 02:28:42 AM 577 Views
I really liked this plot-line! *NM* aragornital - 03/02/2013 07:23:48 AM 447 Views
I liked it, but that's because... orius - 10/02/2013 09:14:44 AM 1087 Views
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