...Wow, this post went pretty far afield. I hope you understand what I'm saying. tGS was a bit more self-referential than other WoT books, but not in a bad, or a meta way. Just in a "We have 13 books of plot here, let's have some of it pay off, eh?" kind of way.
Yeah, it was. But I really doubt that much of that had to do with Sanderson. It may have been a subconscious move on Sanderson's part, he's mentioned in his Mistborn annotations that he enjoys reflection by characters and flashback moments.
But I think RJ wanted us to know the end was near. We're not building to something anymore, we're there, or very close to it.
I get what you're saying now, but I still don't think anything was simply a fan-service, other than the fact that epic fantasy writing as a whole is something of a fan service .
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thoughts and things I found funny
09/11/2009 01:29:03 AM
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Re: thoughts and things I found funny
09/11/2009 03:36:35 AM
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There were definitely a lot of fan-servicey callbacks
09/11/2009 03:42:41 PM
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I agree there were fan-ish things
09/11/2009 04:11:37 PM
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Bela obviously has a role to play in T'armon Gaidon!
09/11/2009 04:22:24 PM
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Actually it wouldn't surprise me if she was at the Last Battle
09/11/2009 06:43:35 PM
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of course she will be (not sure what the joke is here) - also, she's Harriet's favorite character *NM*
09/11/2009 10:27:01 PM
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I think most of those are perfectly acceptable.
09/11/2009 10:46:36 PM
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Hm. Let me explain. I meant it more like... when you watch the season finale of a show.
10/11/2009 07:26:00 AM
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Alright, maybe I see what you mean...
12/11/2009 10:11:45 PM
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