Why do people think Olver is an expert in Snakes and Foxes?
redhand Send a noteboard - 29/10/2009 04:25:22 AM
And since the storyline with Mat was just a teaser (what was it, a whole two or three chapters in the entire book?) it also makes sense that this next book will focus a lot more on Mat, and how he rescues Moiraine along with Thom and Noal. (minor theory, not sure if anyone has submitted this: Noal dies, and Olver becomes the third person to tag along. His superior knowledge of Snakes and Foxes allows them to be beaten and they all escape.)
I don't get this. Olver still play the game of Snakes and Foxes, thinking he can win; while Mat (and all adults) already knows it is not possible to win following the rules. It is only a children's game. So what does Olver knows about the game that Mat does not already know?
It is like the game of tug-of-war. Once people understands what the game is truly about, it becomes meaningless in a competitive sense. You would never see it in an Olympic Game.
My early speculation for ToM (With a new Theory):
- 28/10/2009 11:54:23 PM
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My thoughts
- 29/10/2009 04:08:29 AM
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Why do people think Olver is an expert in Snakes and Foxes?
- 29/10/2009 04:25:22 AM
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Maybe because of his obsession with it?
- 29/10/2009 05:06:21 AM
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Re: Maybe because of his obsession with it?
- 29/10/2009 06:17:37 AM
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Maybe they'll need his way to cheat, not to follow the rules? *NM*
- 31/10/2009 12:16:15 PM
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Some children solve rubic's cubes because they don't understand how hard it is.
- 26/11/2009 06:23:02 PM
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