View original postI've said on numerous occasions that the first six books were fun entertainment, and after that I read on just to see how the damn thing ended, which was very, very poorly.
Fair enough; I do not dispute that much (TGS was pretty good, but apparently the last gasp of quality writing in the series.) However, it does not make the whole series "worthless;" at least the first half had value, if only as entertainment. The pretense all resident literature snobs always knew Jordan far beneath them is just that: Pretentious. Were it true none would be here to express disgust for Jordan. If people want to call it a guilty pleasure, something they grew out of or whatever, fine, but to say it was always narratively barren is to say they devoted years of life to something narratively barren. "Who is the greater fool, the fool or the fool who follows him?"
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Slightly better than chocolate.
Love still can't be coerced.
Please Don't Eat the Newbies!
LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
I Would Like It Noted for the Record I Was Right on Egwenes Fate/Progression; Twice, Actually
28/08/2013 11:41:11 PM
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And I was wrong
29/08/2013 05:41:36 AM
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I read somewhere one should hope for the best but prepare for the worst.
29/08/2013 10:18:18 AM
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Gawyn matured?
30/08/2013 05:05:11 AM
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Yes; he grew beyond "I can ignore the rules and everyone must obey me because I know best."
30/08/2013 06:18:22 AM
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Because that's clearly Egwene's job, and there wasn't room for two of them in that relationship *NM*
30/08/2013 02:01:53 PM
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Essentially; maybe he did not so much mature as bow to the absurd.
30/08/2013 03:35:51 PM
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That was never an issue.
30/08/2013 05:19:43 PM
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And his character...development, for lack of a better word...in ToM appeared forgotten in aMoL
05/09/2013 01:01:06 AM
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Maybe death was a release from having to carry self-important harridans on their quests for power
05/09/2013 01:10:41 AM
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That's one opinion...
04/09/2013 06:06:15 PM
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Her death is a matter of fact, or fictional fact anyway.
04/09/2013 09:25:30 PM
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That wasn't what you predicted, though...
05/09/2013 02:49:06 AM
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Was her death not redemptive? Did she not admit Rand was right about the Seals?
05/09/2013 04:02:09 AM
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Re: Was her not death not redemptive? Did she not admit Rand was right about the Seals?
08/09/2013 05:14:32 AM
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Re: Was her not death not redemptive? Did she not admit Rand was right about the Seals?
17/11/2013 02:36:21 PM
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Re: Was her not death not redemptive? Did she not admit Rand was right about the Seals?
19/11/2013 02:25:14 AM
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Wow, you predicted a plot progression in a predictable and completely worthless series of books.
05/09/2013 04:08:38 AM
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Doubtless his middle school English teacher would be proud. *NM*
05/09/2013 04:11:12 AM
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Hey, c'mon, without the The Wheel of Time ya'll could not be here gracing us with your erudition.
05/09/2013 04:41:46 AM
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Y'all, Texan, y'all. Not a badly constructed contraction of "you will". Sheesh.
05/09/2013 05:01:19 AM
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Numerous sources attest to "ya'll" in both Faulkner and Hemingway.
05/09/2013 05:36:31 AM
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Yes, and Faulkner in particular was known for his non-orthodox orthography
05/09/2013 07:17:47 AM
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"Non-orthodox" is a somewhat unorthodox spelling as well; does that invalidate it?
05/09/2013 11:05:57 PM
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No, that was a late night spelling mistake - unorthodox is what I meant
07/09/2013 08:42:12 AM
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It is not worthless, and that particular progression was not predictable enough for anyone else.
05/09/2013 04:34:11 AM
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I recall not caring about camps, or Jordan generally.
05/09/2013 03:06:43 PM
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Yet here we are.
05/09/2013 10:56:31 PM
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I just check this board in hopes there will be an announcement that it will be closed. *NM*
07/09/2013 02:16:12 AM
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Same here, except it applies to the rest of the site as well. *NM*
07/09/2013 08:42:41 AM
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Pretty edgy for a Bush League Pedant.
14/09/2013 02:04:32 PM
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Re: I Would Like It Noted for the Record I Was Right on Egwenes Fate/Progression; Twice, Actually
25/10/2013 05:03:59 PM
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