Why would we have ever gotten the sense that the shadow was winning or is even capable of winning? Instead, everyone thinks the shadow is stupid and completely inept.
Most of the shadow's wins have been off screen or we dont know about the shadow's wins. We dont even know, really, about the shadow's losses! Did the DO mean for semmy to get off'd and for Rand to use the TP? We dont know!
Shortcoming of the series is that we dont know whats going on with the forces of the dark. Jordan wanted us to feel anxiety about whether the light side would win or not. I dont think this goal has been met or ever will be met.
It would have been awsome to know what mazrim taim's deal was from the get go and not almost after the fact.
It would have been awsome if moiraine didnt get lost through the portal but instead got turned by 13 myrdraal and for us to see it as it happened!
All of this so that we could have felt more dread and more like the shadow could possibly win.
As it is, i have no doubt that the inept shadow will succumb to the good guys! Bah!
Most of the shadow's wins have been off screen or we dont know about the shadow's wins. We dont even know, really, about the shadow's losses! Did the DO mean for semmy to get off'd and for Rand to use the TP? We dont know!
Shortcoming of the series is that we dont know whats going on with the forces of the dark. Jordan wanted us to feel anxiety about whether the light side would win or not. I dont think this goal has been met or ever will be met.
It would have been awsome to know what mazrim taim's deal was from the get go and not almost after the fact.
It would have been awsome if moiraine didnt get lost through the portal but instead got turned by 13 myrdraal and for us to see it as it happened!
All of this so that we could have felt more dread and more like the shadow could possibly win.
As it is, i have no doubt that the inept shadow will succumb to the good guys! Bah!
Shadow win?
- 01/12/2009 04:20:36 PM
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The Shadow kind of has a big trump card
- 01/12/2009 04:30:38 PM
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If the Dark One wins, and destroys the Pattern, becomes the Creator and the Creator becomes the DO
- 01/12/2009 06:36:47 PM
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I used to hope for that, but the DO quotes and his choice of followers make it hard to like him. *NM*
- 01/12/2009 07:21:01 PM
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Fact is, people don't enjoy reading about doom and gloom.
- 01/12/2009 04:33:35 PM
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Yes they do. They're called the Malazaniacs ... They love emo to the max ...
- 02/12/2009 06:57:42 AM
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The DO is the real threat
- 01/12/2009 04:46:32 PM
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This is why fanfiction of soap operas and comics can be more entertaining than the real thing.
- 01/12/2009 06:09:17 PM
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Only if the DO isn't quite what we think he/it is.
- 01/12/2009 07:19:44 PM
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No, there is no sense that the Shadow can or will win.
- 01/12/2009 09:23:47 PM
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And RPA Reiterates Part of My Response.
- 02/12/2009 12:10:40 AM
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Beowulf did end badly, though
- 02/12/2009 05:40:52 AM
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With the Deck So Heavily Stacked in the DO's Favor, the Rest Just Makes Things Competitive.
- 02/12/2009 12:24:18 AM
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I always had the sense that the DO's minions are really just meant to be distractions
- 02/12/2009 06:30:27 AM
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