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Re: not a wish ranagrande Send a noteboard - 03/09/2009 05:01:33 PM
You may be right, but the Snakes at least left him preoccupied with his destiny and convinced that it must come true. Would have looked at Tuon twice had he not known about the prophecy? I honestly don't think so.
Oh I completely agree with you on that, which is what I meant with the self-fulfilling prophecy line. It's a tactic that has been around nearly as long as literature has and is perhaps most famously seen in Oedipus Rex. He hears a prophecy and decides to avoid it, so he radically alters the course of his life with the end result being that he causes the prophecy to come true. Mat has a fairly similar experience.

The counter-argument is that because it was destiny, or fate, it would have happened anyway without the interference of the Oracle/Snake people. My counter-counter-argument is that counter-history is dumb, because there is no way to ever possibly know.
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There is not enough Egwene hate. Three days without ANY is too long. Cannoli - 02/09/2009 12:05:29 AM 3210 Views
Re: There is not enough Egwene hate. Three days without ANY is too long. Handel - 02/09/2009 12:57:07 AM 1246 Views
Re: There is not enough Egwene hate. Three days without ANY is too long. SSJPabs - 02/09/2009 01:50:29 AM 1239 Views
What I like about Egwene al'Vere BlackAdder - 02/09/2009 02:52:54 AM 1758 Views
Her capabilty to love is astonishing. AliasRY - 02/09/2009 05:23:24 AM 1273 Views
I particularly like how her declaration of love is practically the first thing she ever says to him. Cannoli - 02/09/2009 06:24:01 AM 1306 Views
Re: Her capabilty to love is astonishing. Corwin - 02/09/2009 06:38:55 AM 1253 Views
Re: Her capabilty to love is astonishing. lilltempest - 03/09/2009 02:48:58 AM 1187 Views
Re: Her capabilty to love is astonishing. Corwin - 03/09/2009 05:34:35 AM 1140 Views
Re: Her capabilty to love is astonishing. Sidious - 02/09/2009 04:42:43 PM 1163 Views
Re: Her capabilty to love is astonishing. AliasRY - 02/09/2009 04:50:12 PM 1118 Views
Re: Her capabilty to love is astonishing. Sidious - 02/09/2009 04:54:43 PM 1011 Views
I take objection to Mat. entyti - 03/09/2009 02:34:37 AM 1147 Views
I don't really agree Sidious - 03/09/2009 05:13:46 AM 1098 Views
not a wish ranagrande - 03/09/2009 01:30:30 PM 1061 Views
Re: not a wish Sidious - 03/09/2009 04:42:53 PM 1089 Views
Re: not a wish ranagrande - 03/09/2009 05:01:33 PM 1249 Views
I think you're being a bit unfair entyti - 04/09/2009 12:50:19 AM 1175 Views
Oh goodie another useless cannoli post---let me know if you ever come up with something original *NM* NaClH2O - 02/09/2009 11:56:27 AM 562 Views
Funny, I can't recall ANYTHING you've contributed for like, months back, now. Cannoli - 04/09/2009 11:32:05 PM 1226 Views
Bah... here's my version Sidious - 02/09/2009 04:40:00 PM 1274 Views
Re: Bah... here's my version ranagrande - 02/09/2009 07:20:21 PM 1246 Views
I'll dispute #2 and #4 beetnemesis - 02/09/2009 09:36:55 PM 1165 Views
OK RugbyPlayingAshaman - 02/09/2009 10:10:26 PM 983 Views
Re: OK Sidious - 03/09/2009 05:10:46 AM 1037 Views
Re: OK RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/09/2009 04:12:07 PM 1054 Views
Yes, I have always wondered about that. AliasRY - 03/09/2009 08:31:43 AM 1005 Views
Re: Bah... here's my version BlackAdder - 03/09/2009 02:22:24 AM 1051 Views
Rand had to do the same thing, though. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/09/2009 04:14:22 PM 1226 Views
Bah right back. Cannoli - 04/09/2009 11:54:30 PM 1384 Views
Re: Bah right back. BlackAdder - 05/09/2009 03:04:09 PM 1096 Views
Ah, just like the good ol' days Dai Shan of Malkier - 02/09/2009 07:31:36 PM 1051 Views
Hear, hear! *NM* beetnemesis - 02/09/2009 09:37:43 PM 485 Views
... entyti - 02/09/2009 09:37:50 PM 1085 Views
Now you just need your 35 part series on her... lilltempest - 03/09/2009 02:45:16 AM 1286 Views
That is a Wise One approach. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/09/2009 04:43:53 PM 1119 Views
So what? Cannoli - 04/09/2009 11:30:28 PM 1176 Views
Re: Now you just need your 35 part series on her... ßelals Girl - 03/09/2009 09:07:22 PM 1150 Views
Why do you hate me so much? *NM* Egwene - 04/09/2009 09:40:34 PM 526 Views
I'm rereading FoH right now, and it's so weird now that I pay attention to Egwene beetnemesis - 04/09/2009 09:41:19 PM 1110 Views
Enough... please Itachi - 01/11/2009 01:13:15 PM 1008 Views
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