Timewaster's Guide Archive

Someone said Madjius was deleted already.

Looks to me like he's reincarnated as NordlandDrake.

Congratulations, Ookla!

What this actually will mean is maddeningly cryptic hints throughout the actual books, not just on the forum ahead of time.

I'm going to Chicago this weekend - round trip from Kansas City for $17 (I love Megabus!).  The purpose of the trip is to see some friends and have a fun time before becoming a responsible, self-sacrificing mother next month.  I'm excited!

On the Faile vs. Berelain, I'm completely on Faile's side.  Berelain knows perfectly well that Perrin isn't interested in her, that he loves Faile and is committed to her, but she keeps intentionally getting him in trouble with Faile and trying to threaten their relationship.  What is she even hoping to accomplish?  She knows Perrin won't choose her, all I can see is she's trying to make his life difficult - and usually succeeding.

I can see why people get frustrated with Faile for expecting Perrin to read her mind, and for not trusting him, but I find her a much more likeable as well as respectable character.

I don't quite see how Berelain and Mat are alike, other than their self-centeredness and love of luxury.  It's not like Mat goes around seducing people for his own devious Machiavellian purposes.

It seems to me that a lot of the fan anger is due to Robert Jordan's broken promise.  That promise has turned out to be essentially un-fulfillable, even (as Tom and Harriet have both said) if he had lived to attempt to fulfill it himself.

I remember when he first announced his illness, that at that time he basically promised his fans that he wouldn't die before finishing the writing he had planned.  His estimate at that time was that the stories he wanted to tell would take another 30 years, so he intended to live that long at the very least.

If he'd been able to keep this second promise, then he would be around to take the flak for the breaking of the first promise, which in my opinion would be right and fair.  Robert Jordan, not Tor or Harriet or Brandon Sanderson or the bookstores, deserves the blame for this situation.  But fans cannot admit that they are angry at their favorite author who's lost his courageous battle to a terrible disease.  So they transfer that anger to others, who didn't make the rash, stupid promise that is now being broken.

I always think it's a bad idea to make promises that are not in your power to keep - promises of outcomes over which the person making the promise has limited control.

I commend Tor, Harriet, and especially Sanderson for their excellent handling of this whole situation which, in my view, was not their fault in the first place.  It seems to me that they've made the best decisions they could with the cards they were dealt.  I'm confident that they'll continue to work towards getting the best book they can out, as quickly as is practical.  But I seriously hope that Sanderson especially will not sacrifice his marriage, his family life, his health and sanity, or his own writing in an effort to assuage the wrath of the Jordan fans.

I suspect sarah is female

Oh, no, my secret is out!  (What was your first clue?)   

Sarcasm aside, thanks for the defense, Cosmic.  As you said, I was just trying to help Kaz get acquainted with forum culture.

Quote from: The Jade Knight on March 26, 2009, 06:54:27 AM

heavy philosophical undertones

I tried explaining that to someone at work the other day and using the lack of it as one of the reasons I dislike the Twilight series.  She was like. . . . urhm, what're you talking about. ha ha.

I actually think the Twilight series does have some interesting philosophy in it.  I especially appreciated the overarching sexual metaphor of the vampire world.

Of course I realize that admitting I found some value in Twilight essentially relinquishes my claim to any particle of intellectual or literary sophistication.  Most of you will now lose whatever little respect for me you may once have had.   

Welcome back, Vegas.  You make me laugh.