I hear you and understand what you mean about not using more things like Sammael or thirteen myrddral or whatever, but the DO is a pretty convincing threat. Basically it seems like if he's freed, everybody and everything is toast. Rand is the only possible thing that can beat him. If he fails, pufff... and none of the minor baddies ever mattered.
Really though, when I think about it, how could any human stand against a supreme being who is powerful enough to stop the wheel of time and vaporize the pattern? Even if the hero had the Choedan Kal? Oops! Scratch the the Choedan Kal. When I think about it, Rand seems as insignificant as the Forsaken. We know the DO won't win or the whole series will be a wash, but the threat is pretty palpable and as of now, until we see how things unfold, it appears the good guys are headed for a loss. "How do I work this stupid glass sword!"
Really though, when I think about it, how could any human stand against a supreme being who is powerful enough to stop the wheel of time and vaporize the pattern? Even if the hero had the Choedan Kal? Oops! Scratch the the Choedan Kal. When I think about it, Rand seems as insignificant as the Forsaken. We know the DO won't win or the whole series will be a wash, but the threat is pretty palpable and as of now, until we see how things unfold, it appears the good guys are headed for a loss. "How do I work this stupid glass sword!"
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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