The entire story, including the re-Sealing of Shai'tan's bore, was RJ's story.
ImmanuelXavier Send a noteboard - 20/03/2013 11:56:45 PM
So all the events in this book were what he had in his mind, technically. The Sealing really was the ending of the series.
Don't mean to be pedantic, but the way you've written out your post makes it sound like you think sanderson wrote something other than what RJ had planned for the final book.
As for the epilogue, you have to keep in mind that RJ started this series out asking the question: How would it feel like to know you have to save the world, while knowing you are going mad?
Rand had been carrying this spectacular burden that no other human could possibly carry. And after serving his duty, he was free of all burdens and could enjoy the wonders of the worl. The ending of the epilogue was perfect IMO.
What was the "ending" that RJ had in mind for all of these years?
- 20/03/2013 04:37:22 AM
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That was what he wrote, so I would say yeah
- 20/03/2013 03:50:40 PM
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But was it only that one small, specific scene? Not the entire epilogue chapter? *NM*
- 20/03/2013 08:13:14 PM
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No, it was the whole epilogue
- 20/03/2013 08:29:39 PM
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Hm.
- 20/03/2013 08:34:34 PM
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There were a LOT of parallels between the epilogue and the first prologue in EOTW
- 20/03/2013 11:50:45 PM
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The entire story, including the re-Sealing of Shai'tan's bore, was RJ's story.
- 20/03/2013 11:56:45 PM
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Oh, I'm sure BS wrote all of the main points that RJ wanted.....
- 21/03/2013 12:51:08 AM
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Rand was already mad by that point. This is pretty well established. *NM*
- 21/03/2013 04:02:33 AM
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He was going mad for mundane reasons, but he was actually going mad faster
- 21/03/2013 04:56:07 AM
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I'm of the opinion that we we will never know the exact details
- 21/03/2013 10:11:43 PM
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I like to think that he intended to give more of the secendary characters their payoff
- 22/03/2013 02:48:47 AM
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