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Damned if you do, damned if you don't. A series this big, bound to have its problems with story arc. *NM* Bryce Send a noteboard - 06/10/2009 12:31:55 PM
Mysteries aren't story arcs and the Moraine's return hasn't gotten 2 or 3 chapters each book where they take a bath, discuss Moraine, some other noble agrees Moraine needs rescuing, but another disagrees, so they can't do anything yet, but it's very important.

Mat meeting Tuon wouldn't have fitted the story if he stumbled across her in LOC.

Really there are two that draggedddd - Perrin and Faile and Elayne for Andor. And I think RJ was damned to some extent no matter how he did it. Fans weren't happy with no Perrin in TFOH, or no Mat in TPOD.

Both these storylines would (IMO) have worked better if they'd been absent from one or two of the books - with more chapters in the ones left in.

So you could have had Perrin go to Ghealdan at the end of ACOS. So him next in WH, with the capturing of Faile at the end of that. Not seen in COT, then the whole rescue in KOD. Elayne travels to Andor in TPOD, not seen in WH, then everything in COT (the only change I think that would have been required is no clue about where Aviendha left to, since we get that - Arad Doman - from Rand in KOD).

So you'd have had the same storylines, but a decent amount happening in each book they are in. Though if that had occurred I'd expect RJ would have copped grief for leaving out favourite characters instead.

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Story arcs that take forever to conclude make *some* parts of the series boring - 05/10/2009 07:55:44 PM 1793 Views
Strange you left out the obvious one - 05/10/2009 08:44:57 PM 754 Views
Yeah that one! - 05/10/2009 09:03:30 PM 690 Views
I'm still waiting to see what makes Andor so super special - 05/10/2009 10:34:26 PM 621 Views
It's mostly dead weight... - 06/10/2009 10:03:58 AM 646 Views
Perrin IS the worst! - 07/10/2009 03:33:34 AM 538 Views
There are two that were killers to read - 05/10/2009 09:26:35 PM 735 Views
I think... - 05/10/2009 09:30:07 PM 640 Views
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Ugh, Morgase! - 06/10/2009 10:06:37 AM 593 Views
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Maybe their real role in The Last Battle.... - 10/10/2009 02:42:29 AM 557 Views
Re: They are the key to the last battle - 13/10/2009 10:37:57 AM 575 Views
Perrin and Faile were definitely a major one - 05/10/2009 11:04:20 PM 635 Views
The best love interest arc by far was Rand & Aviendha - 06/10/2009 01:47:58 AM 645 Views
Yeah. Elayne saw Rand for 15 minutes and was suddenly in love with him - 06/10/2009 05:50:56 AM 685 Views
That's true.... - 07/10/2009 03:36:22 AM 559 Views
Eh, I think it's just because he's had the least interaction with her - 07/10/2009 03:32:33 PM 554 Views
Its still funny - 09/10/2009 05:06:57 PM 614 Views
I'd call it ironic. - 10/10/2009 02:43:41 AM 521 Views
Totally agree. I thought this was weak writing. *NM* - 06/10/2009 12:30:03 PM 246 Views
I completely agree. - 07/10/2009 06:49:27 PM 627 Views
Nice of RJ to give us the option though - 07/10/2009 07:48:36 PM 536 Views
Agree - yet I feel RJ was damned either way - 06/10/2009 04:31:05 AM 654 Views
Damned if you do, damned if you don't. A series this big, bound to have its problems with story arc. *NM* - 06/10/2009 12:31:55 PM 371 Views
Most of those arn't story arcs... - 06/10/2009 06:37:08 AM 628 Views

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