...it very much played into some of my expectations.
Two expectations in particular: one, the Red Ajah will evolve from hunting men who channel into working directly with the Asha'man, and two, the AS will eventually take the Asha'man as Warders, the Asha'man replacing the traditional Warders, maybe involving mutual bonds between the two. Now neither actually happened since these were Fourth Age theories of mine, but the Androl/Pevara plot represents some first steps towards it.
I kind of don't remember who Androl is exactly, and it doesn't help that the BT plot here first started developing right when the series hit it low point. The only Asha'man I remember (besides Logain and Taim of course) are the main ones that spent time doing stuff outside the BT, Flinn, Narishma, and Grady. I'm going to have to go over some of the previous books, but Androl seems to have first appeared in WH.
Pevara's easier to remember since she's been around since aCoS, and she's more memorable. It helps that she's just about the only Red who is sympathetic (maybe Tarna and Silviana too, but Tarna got Turned in ToM?). Most of the other Reds we've seen are either Black Ajah (Liandrin, Katerina) or psycho bitches (Elaida, Toveine), or both (Galina).
The whole Red Ajah working with the Asha'man is touched on not only with Androl and Pevara bonding each other and working together, but also in that Androl bring the point up directly with Pevara. The Red's old purpose is gone, so what do they do now? The whole full telepathy aspect was interesting, it's kind of like the Warder and wife bonds are sort of incomplete and so only give a limited empathy, but combine the two of them and they become a greater whole. It's very well possible that the AS may eventually prefer Asha'man as Warders because there's additional advantages.
Two expectations in particular: one, the Red Ajah will evolve from hunting men who channel into working directly with the Asha'man, and two, the AS will eventually take the Asha'man as Warders, the Asha'man replacing the traditional Warders, maybe involving mutual bonds between the two. Now neither actually happened since these were Fourth Age theories of mine, but the Androl/Pevara plot represents some first steps towards it.
I kind of don't remember who Androl is exactly, and it doesn't help that the BT plot here first started developing right when the series hit it low point. The only Asha'man I remember (besides Logain and Taim of course) are the main ones that spent time doing stuff outside the BT, Flinn, Narishma, and Grady. I'm going to have to go over some of the previous books, but Androl seems to have first appeared in WH.
Pevara's easier to remember since she's been around since aCoS, and she's more memorable. It helps that she's just about the only Red who is sympathetic (maybe Tarna and Silviana too, but Tarna got Turned in ToM?). Most of the other Reds we've seen are either Black Ajah (Liandrin, Katerina) or psycho bitches (Elaida, Toveine), or both (Galina).
The whole Red Ajah working with the Asha'man is touched on not only with Androl and Pevara bonding each other and working together, but also in that Androl bring the point up directly with Pevara. The Red's old purpose is gone, so what do they do now? The whole full telepathy aspect was interesting, it's kind of like the Warder and wife bonds are sort of incomplete and so only give a limited empathy, but combine the two of them and they become a greater whole. It's very well possible that the AS may eventually prefer Asha'man as Warders because there's additional advantages.
So, am I the only one who kind of liked the whole Androl/Pevara plot?
31/01/2013 02:30:15 PM
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It was extremely irritating...
31/01/2013 02:34:32 PM
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It felt like a plot tacked on as a vanity by Sanderson
31/01/2013 02:49:09 PM
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Indeed...
31/01/2013 02:58:50 PM
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Re: Indeed...
31/01/2013 03:05:44 PM
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I kind of always thought RJ intended the minor characters to be bland
03/02/2013 12:00:33 AM
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I feel the same about Mat's luck powers. You talk about plot armor, his is a plot bulldozer.
01/02/2013 12:53:58 AM
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You're not the only one who liked it. I thought the mind meld was cool. *NM*
31/01/2013 02:39:48 PM
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I liked it. Most of the whining about is hilarious.
31/01/2013 03:01:10 PM
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I hated it because it reeked of sanderson pandering to "internet humour" for lack of a better term.
31/01/2013 04:47:54 PM
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It wasn't bad. However, it took away time from characters that readers were more invested in. *NM*
31/01/2013 04:52:25 PM
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It was a fairly bad execution of some good ideas
31/01/2013 05:01:59 PM
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That one line characterizes the last two books of WoT generally. *NM*
31/01/2013 08:52:06 PM
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He probably didn't have enough time to learn the characters completely
01/02/2013 01:45:11 PM
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Re: He probably didn't have enough time to learn the characters completely
02/02/2013 04:48:45 PM
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Pretty much. But I think significant blame should be laid at Jordan's feet for his abysmal pacing.
02/02/2013 10:48:06 AM
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Yeah, yeah.. it's the f*cking silk washing's scene's fault
02/02/2013 05:59:30 PM
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Damn you are on a roll ... Nicely said. *NM*
03/02/2013 12:46:57 AM
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Its true, but RJ should get some blame
05/02/2013 03:56:20 PM
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Certainly RJ deserves some of the blame. But pacing issues were not the only issue with AMOL
10/02/2013 02:45:02 PM
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I liked it more than reading about Perrin. And seeing Mat butchered even further. *NM*
03/02/2013 02:28:42 AM
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I liked it, but that's because...
10/02/2013 09:14:44 AM
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