Re: I'll have to think about that interpretation... Was Rand really blind?
rmb Send a noteboard - 29/10/2009 08:07:31 PM
I don't have the book with me right now, but in the scene where he meets Tuon, she mentions in her POV how his eyes look old and gray, while his body is that of a young man.
Later on, Nynaeve (I think) comments on how his eyes keep changing from gray to blue. Maybe it reflects the personalities that are leaking into him.
Anyway, in the final dragonmount scene, when lews therin is removed and the blindness is supposedly passed, it says that Rand opens his own eyes for the first time.
Later on, Nynaeve (I think) comments on how his eyes keep changing from gray to blue. Maybe it reflects the personalities that are leaking into him.
Anyway, in the final dragonmount scene, when lews therin is removed and the blindness is supposedly passed, it says that Rand opens his own eyes for the first time.
And how could Rand see from Moridin or Lew Therin's eyes? Lews Therin doesn't currently have eyes. Moridin's eyes are in a totally different location.
Part of the color change you may have noticed is Rand's change in mental status. Tam said that Rand had corpse eyes.
I think Rand's blindness may have been more of a symbolic blindness-- his soul was blinded with darkness and he had lost all joy and love. That is also a form of blindness.
I am still totally open to be swayed, however, as I wasn't totally clear on this blindness issue myself. The only thing I am relatively certain about is that the blindness issue is now over.
Part of the color change you may have noticed is Rand's change in mental status. Tam said that Rand had corpse eyes.
I think Rand's blindness may have been more of a symbolic blindness-- his soul was blinded with darkness and he had lost all joy and love. That is also a form of blindness.
I am still totally open to be swayed, however, as I wasn't totally clear on this blindness issue myself. The only thing I am relatively certain about is that the blindness issue is now over.
So Rand was pretty much blind since he got injured by Semi in KoD. The other characters mention how his eyes changed from blue to old gray, which meant he was using Moridin's and Lews Therin's eyes in tGS until the end when he opened his true eyes. I thought the whole blindness thing was nicely done although very subtle.
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- 29/10/2009 06:27:44 PM
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I'll have to think about that interpretation... Was Rand really blind?
- 29/10/2009 07:07:06 PM
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Re: I'll have to think about that interpretation... Was Rand really blind?
- 29/10/2009 08:07:31 PM
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His eyes have ALWAYS changed between blue and gray. WTF are you going on about?
- 31/10/2009 07:33:31 AM
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