QuickTidal, on 28 November 2010 - 09:34 PM, said:
Terez, on 28 November 2010 - 09:12 PM, said:
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Rand. Okay sir, you are without a doubt a HUGE mega dick at this point in the series and are behaving like a spoiled petulant child. You deserved to have your thankless ass beaten down by the Maidens.
There are some reasons for this. Part of it is taint madness. Part of it is something that you already have clues for, but won't really understand until book 11 or 12. Personally, I would have been incredibly bored if Rand was yet another perfect savior, which is why I LOVE his plotline from...oh, about book 4 or 5 to ... well, the end probably. We still don't really know what's going on in his head. It's great.
Oh don't get me wrong. I like also like that Rand is not your typical fantasy patriot superman saviour...and I'd probably be a bit insane too treating people poorly if I had to deal with these things....I think at this point he is being unrepentant about it and it's really off-kilter and at odds with who he started out as and who he needs to eventually be. I mean I realize he has to snap to take on the Last Battle without reservations and I realize that Jordan was driving him there, but it just seemed over-the-top here.
I know what you mean, but trust me, there is a reason for it, and I found it to be a pretty interesting reason when it became clear.
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Put it this way, having him be so nasty to everyone is almost becoming status-quo and doesn't that risk THAT idea becoming boring?
I don't think so, because it's a complicated situation. To me it was always interesting - you might say he hits rock bottom in TPOD - again, there is a reason - but it doesn't continue on in the same way really. Part of Rand senses that something is horribly wrong with him, and he essentially goes into hiding not far in the future, and we don't see much of him. We're just left to wonder what the hell is going on in his head until book 11 or so.
A good question to ask at this point - what do you think about the whole Lews Therin phenomenon? Also, did you notice this?
RJ said:
TITLE - The Path of Daggers
CHAPTER: 21 - Answering the Summons
You must kill him before he kills you, Lews Therin giggled. They will, you know. Dead men can’t betray anyone. The voice in Rand’s head turned wondering. But sometimes they don’t die. Am I dead? Are you?
Rand pushed the words down to a fly’s buzzing, just on the edge of notice. Since his reappearance inside Rand’s head, Lews Therin seldom went silent unless forced. The man seemed madder than ever most of the time, and usually angrier as well. Stronger sometimes, too. That voice invaded Rand’s dreams, and when he saw himself in a dream, it was not always himself at all that he saw. It was not always Lews Therin, either, the face he had come to recognize as Lews Therin’s. Sometimes it was blurred, yet vaguely familiar, and Lews Therin seemed startled by it, too. That was an indication how far the man’s madness went. Or maybe his own.
Any thoughts? There are some more hints in the next book as to what the hell is going on here.
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BTW, Terez....your input about this series is always kind and informative and I am endlessly appreciative of that. So thanks my dear!
It is my pleasure, of course.
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