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Re: It felt like the end of Grease when the car flew off Delireus Send a noteboard - 01/03/2017 11:23:18 PM

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View original postAs far as channelers taking over goes... They kinda have in some cultures. The Aiel for one.


View original postPersonally, what I think you are over looking though is the difference between "people want power" and "people randomly selected from the population will all be just fine with perhaps having to butcher their countrymen in order to maintain that power".


View original postChannelers at large aren't the Forsaken. They aren't just lone super knowledgeable channelers popping out of thin air. They need some one to train them. Thus they form groups. Thus said groups form rules and police themselves.

I'm glad it didn't happen, but for a group of people so vastly different than everyone else, with practically god-like powers (which many had been forgotten since AoL, but still, compared to a normal human, it's a totally different playing field) I just could see it happening, on a larger scale than it did. Yeah, channelers controlled their groups of people, but I was thinking mass take overs or malevolent rulers. Does that say a lot about what I think of people who have power? Probably.


View original postAs for the body swap thing... Honestly, I have no problem with it. Who even knows what was going on there, but it's not like the Power is the only "magic" in the setting, and their connection had been built up for a long time.


View original postHell, in case you(as I somehow did myself) missed it, it was HEAVILY implied that Rand was in some form acting as an out and out avatar to the Creator in the manhandling and sealing of the Dark One(giant column of the Light pouring from him and all)...

Yeah I can see that, and I assume the Creator did make Rand body swap, or at least help, but still, it was very shocking to me. I suppose I should look at it as his way of helping, because he never seemed to do anything else to help. With the Dark One having such a huge presence, talking to people, having so many active legions, I was annoyed that the Creator didn't do...something! But, I wil try to look at saving Rand as his 'something'


View original postAs for whats her name... My two cents is that she is another Chosen One from a past Age who under went that same transformation that Rand did. What with her seeming to show abilities/aspects like his... Which would in turn mean that God-Rand is basically immortal now.

Yes I believe this too, and I also think Rand is immortal as well now, which...to me sounds awful, but he's so chill and go-with-the-flow understanding now, I'm sure he'll be fine. I either see her as a past-Rand thing, or as the Creator herself, a woman, in contrast to the Dark One, the dark lord. Balance, and all that.

STILL, it's strange, even strange for WoT to me.

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How did you feel after completing AMoL? - Anonymous2000 - 24/02/2017 04:03:10 AM 1739 Views
Unsatisfied I suppose or perhaps regretful darius_sedai - 24/02/2017 02:54:12 PM 1182 Views
I'll post this again Tom - 25/02/2017 01:29:16 AM 883 Views
Very good post, can't argue with it. Anonymous2000 - 25/02/2017 02:40:18 AM 1102 Views
I can argue with some of it Joel - 25/02/2017 09:32:17 PM 1010 Views
You can say whatever you want, but you're wrong Tom - 25/02/2017 10:40:58 PM 962 Views
We are not discussing concrete facts, so objective error is impossible Joel - 26/02/2017 01:21:46 AM 1082 Views
In any discussion, error is possible. In your discussions, it's a near certainty. Tom - 28/02/2017 08:24:59 PM 921 Views
On a different topic, how important do you think that stuff is? Cannoli - 03/03/2017 07:20:15 AM 1034 Views
It's all about suspending disbelief, isn't it? Tom - 04/03/2017 01:13:12 AM 1002 Views
That makes a lot of sense. Cannoli - 08/03/2017 10:18:56 PM 998 Views
On further reflection, I think the religion element being left out is important. Tom - 04/03/2017 04:07:53 AM 930 Views
Middle-Earth? Cannoli - 08/03/2017 09:53:45 PM 1127 Views
A Elbereth Gilthoniel... Tom - 10/03/2017 04:48:50 PM 954 Views
Morning Star is actually a title of Mary, and the name of a summer camp run by nuns. Cannoli - 25/03/2017 09:59:31 PM 899 Views
Tolkien would also be familiar with Isaiah 14:12 Tom - 27/03/2017 05:09:49 PM 852 Views
Personally, "religion" in WoT makes perfect sense... For the AoL. Not so much the Third Age Dunstan - 09/03/2017 01:55:29 AM 1012 Views
But did they really undeniably prove this existence? darius_sedai - 09/03/2017 04:19:43 PM 1153 Views
Re: But did they really undeniably prove this existence? Dunstan - 10/03/2017 07:47:11 AM 1109 Views
I think we are saying similar things darius_sedai - 12/03/2017 08:31:13 PM 1054 Views
Some points Cannoli - 25/02/2017 11:54:50 PM 1005 Views
Well, some THINGS anyway. Joel - 26/02/2017 01:56:29 AM 971 Views
Your recognition of irony is profound Cannoli - 26/02/2017 08:39:47 AM 931 Views
Not great, but better; what all went to Hell after ACoS, Sanderson at least returned to Purgatory Joel - 25/02/2017 03:39:58 PM 928 Views
MAYBE in the pacing, but that is it. Sanderson got absolutely nothing else right beyond the events *NM* Cannoli - 25/02/2017 11:59:06 PM 718 Views
mosty disappointment damookster - 27/02/2017 10:15:29 PM 945 Views
Exhausted zodiac2000 - 27/02/2017 10:52:51 PM 938 Views
Total agree about Moiraine's return..... Anonymous2000 - 28/02/2017 03:57:57 AM 957 Views
With Demandred... That was likely at least somewhat the point. Dunstan - 28/02/2017 06:09:13 AM 890 Views
Not best pleased. nossy - 27/02/2017 11:59:06 PM 877 Views
It felt like the end of Grease when the car flew off Delireus - 01/03/2017 02:22:19 AM 936 Views
Re: It felt like the end of Grease when the car flew off Dunstan - 01/03/2017 08:39:23 AM 1056 Views
Re: It felt like the end of Grease when the car flew off Delireus - 01/03/2017 11:23:18 PM 1036 Views
Re: It felt like the end of Grease when the car flew off Dunstan - 02/03/2017 06:07:12 AM 914 Views
I still haven't read it. Stephen - 01/03/2017 08:03:53 PM 892 Views
Interesting, any reason why you haven't read it yet? *NM* Anonymous2000 - 01/03/2017 10:26:21 PM 521 Views
It was the end of their world as I knew it, and I felt fine. *NM* Cannoli - 02/03/2017 11:13:25 PM 568 Views
You were just happy that you-know-who died! *NM* Anonymous2000 - 03/03/2017 02:47:38 AM 561 Views
Disappointed, shocked, relieved. The Shrike - 03/03/2017 04:44:56 PM 853 Views
Curious - what were you hoping to happen to Rand at the end? *NM* Anonymous2000 - 03/03/2017 09:00:12 PM 582 Views
Me too! Delireus - 04/03/2017 10:19:21 AM 810 Views
Guess I'm in the minority, because I felt quite satisfied, all things considered. PseudoDragon - 03/03/2017 06:13:27 PM 767 Views
I cried and I was glad it was over! kazetaran - 04/03/2017 09:13:03 PM 962 Views
The Fouth Age is quite a fun little sandbox. Full of possibilities. *NM* *NM* Dunstan - 05/03/2017 07:11:30 AM 528 Views
there's just SO MUCH that could happen Delireus - 05/03/2017 09:33:26 AM 953 Views
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