No, there is no sense that the Shadow can or will win.
Tom Send a noteboard - 01/12/2009 09:23:47 PM
We are forced to suspend our disbelief in order for there to be a sense of dynamism in the book, or simply to derive our pleasure from seeing HOW good wins. However, at no point in the series has there ever been a situation in which the Shadow was plausibly poised to win.
This gets me back to the point I just made on the SF/F Board about the shortcomings of science fiction and fantasy. Good almost always wins. It's as predictable as a Hollywood blockbuster.
This gets me back to the point I just made on the SF/F Board about the shortcomings of science fiction and fantasy. Good almost always wins. It's as predictable as a Hollywood blockbuster.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
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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