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Quote from: miyabi on June 27, 2009, 06:37:33 AM

Does Min come back later?

Yes.  The Law of Conservation of Characters might as well have been written specifically for the Wheel of Time.  There are a great many minor characters that come back later and get more important.  Min is one of them.

Unlike the prophecy woman in Eragon, much more interesting character.

Quote from: miyabi on June 27, 2009, 06:37:33 AM

Was the one Child of light actually a Drakghar?

Draghkar don't really disguise well, and no shadowspawn have shapechanging abilities (with one very special exception you'll learn about later.  Much later).

Quote from: miyabi on June 27, 2009, 06:37:33 AM

Is it possible that all three of the boys have the ability to become the Dragon?

No.  The Dragon Reborn is Lews Therin Telamon reincarnated.  His identity was determined at or before birth.

How did you come to these theories?

Quote from: miyabi on June 27, 2009, 06:37:33 AM

I really want to know how much more the Aes Sedai can do.  So far I've seen her heal, but for some of that she needed the uhm, that thing that helped her do better, but she didn't need it for making her self HUGE.  So I think Aes Sedai better at certain types of magic.

I think the Giant Moiraine thing was mostly just illusion, though it's never really explained how that let her get to the other side of the wall and she never does it again.  The thing that increases her power is an angreal.

I think she did use the giant as an illusion and simply walked through the gate because the WC were distracted and watching the giant Moriane. It's one of those things that may never get explained though and only be in theory.

Quote from: miyabi on June 27, 2009, 06:37:33 AM

Nynaeve will eventually learn at least something about Aes Sedai magic, if even only so that she can find some reason to hate it more.

RAFO.

Yeah she'll learn a little bit about Channeling.

Your all wrong, Books 2 and 3 are not the high points, that's 4 and 5. Though I found book 8 to be good, book 9 to be kick ass. Book 10 though is the one that's really the problem of the series, though it picks back up in book 11.

I guess I'm one of the few that enjoys the fact that this is such a long series. I mean sometimes a Stand-alone or Trilogy just isn't enough for me.

I've also found that just because someone is smart and has good opinions you don't always have to agree with them. I still think the Pros of this series far out-weigh the Cons.

Frankly I can't wait for that 10 book Epic Fantasy Brandon keeps talking about. *hehe*

Why DO people keep asking "Who Killed Asmo?" when the authors always answer with a RAFO. They must just like hearing the sound coming from them, RJ and BS.

Okay Update!! Finished Crossroads of Twilight! Sorry the update is late but I have been VERY busy.

Okay, I'm sorry to admit that I didn't enjoy this one as much as the others. It was very slow and it really seemed like NOTHING happened. Some of the other books went on too long, but they had some major events in there and all had spectacular endings. This one just ends unfortunately. Don't worry I haven't given up. I do have Knife of Dreams and I am currently 180 pages into it. Now THIS is a good book. But this update will be for CoT.

*clap* Glad you got through it, it's understandable if your busy just glad you finished and already on to the next book to boot! With CoT what I think RJ was attempting to do was to show the Cleansing from other people's point of views that were not there. He wanted reactions to it that I think would not have fit in Winter's Heart, so what you have is a book full of build up. So unlike some fans I don't think RJ was milking it, he just tried a different way of telling this part of the story that didn't get a good reaction from the fandom. Where in previous books as you point out we get major climaxes at least, this one just seems one long intrigue story that doesn't really conclude.

-First off, the section of the book dealing with Elayne and her politics was the hardest part to get through. It just went on for so long and nothing happened. I'm getting frustrated with her storyline. Why does it have to go on for so long. I understand she can't just jump right on the throne, but a lot of it is just needless. It doesn't really expand the story for me, it just bogs things down.

Yeah these Elayne chapters were pretty hard to digest, it does seem silly in some ways to play such games when the Apocalypse is on the Horizon.

-Mat and his gang catch up with Luca and his traveling show. Boy this guy just shows up everywhere lol. He still has Tuon but she keeps calling him Toy and acts as if she's allowing this all to go on. Despite her attitude, and the negative attitudes of her servants, Mat keeps trying to win her affections. He brings her flowers, a necklace, and tries playing stones with her. This is kind of odd actually. I mean, the ONLY reason he's doing this is because of Min's viewing. He's not naturally falling for her. If Min didn't have that viewing, then he wouldn't even keep Tuon. Oddly enough, I actually like Tuon. She's feisty. lol

First it wasn't Min's visions it was the Finn's stating he had to marry the Dot9m. Also for this I think we do need to see them developing their relationship otherwise as you point out it will just feel forced and not natural.

-Perrin's storyline was dissapointing. He, along with Two Rivers soldiers, Aes Sedai, and Asha'man have located the Shaido camp where Faile and Alliandre are being kept. There are thousands of them, way too many for Perrin to risk an assault. He does have the benefit of Traveling from the Asha'man. Since the Shaido have no male channelers, their movements are hidden. It's too bad that this storyline just ended too. I really wanted to see how this played out. It winds up with Perrin considering a truce with the Seanchan. I didn't expect that I'll admit, but it does make sense. They would be a powerful ally and Tarmon Gai'don IS coming soon. High time everybody teamed up together.

This is the storyline that most of the fandom complains about that it just drags on and on. It doesn't help when many even think that Faile doesn't deserve Perrin and how he constantly pines and whines for her. When you said storyline ended you don't mean Perrin Rescuing Faile do you? Cause it's not over in this book for sure.

-In my favorite chapter, Alvarian gets put in her place by Elaida, for leaving the Tower in a time of seige. Back at her room she uses an emergency call box of some kind to send for Mesaana. She comes, but so does Shadar Haren. Shadar ties Mesanna up with some type of power (I thought he couldn't channel.) He asks Alvarian if she wants to witness Mesaana's execution. She says no and he makes Alvarian his official pet. He marks her with the Dark One's touch. I thought this was pretty cool. Just as I thought Alvarian had spun her last web, she gets a promotion!!! I'm still interested to see what Elaida will do when/if she finds all this out.

This probably is my favorite chapter as well and it's entitled "The Mark", which made me think she had been made a new Forsaken. Sadly no she's just been picked out as a favorite "pet" for Shadar Haran. So I'm not so sure this is a promotion as someone saying "This is my favorite Dog, see that it is treated well." RJ confirmed this in a Q&A since others wondered if she had just been made a new Choosen.

-Rand's storyline was very short too. He also decides to make a truce with the Seanchan. They send someone to meet him called the Daughter of the Nine Moons. This I don't get. I'm not sure if Tuon ISN'T the DotNM or that the book jumped timelines again. Tuon is still with Mat and they aren't near Rand. I'm interested to see how this truce goes and see what they demand of Rand in return.

Oh Toun is the Dot9m and she is indeed with Mat, so if the Seachan SAY they are sending Toun and yet do not actually have Toun. What do you think that means then?

-Egwene still has the White Tower under seige. At the end she is captured after sabotaging the harbor. I originally thought she had cut the giant chain using a gateway, but I've now learned that she turned it into cuendillar. Very nice plan I must say. Very bad that she is captured. I like Egwene and I don't want to see anything bad happen to her. Their seige certainly isn't going the way I thought it would.

That's for sure, I think RJ managed to surprise us all with Egwene's WT storyline.

-Rand, Mat, and Perrin all have colors swirling in their head anytime they think of eachother. They almost form pictures of the one they are thinking about. I'm not sure where this came from, but perhaps it'lll end up being a way for them to communicate with eachother??

One would hope so but you know how stubborn they can be about somethings.

Okay guys. Sorry for the crappy update, I just didn't have many positive things to say about this one. Don't worry, I'm very much enjoying KoD. I'm almost caught up!!! Take care guys!!

Enjoy Knife of Dreams, after that you can read New Spring. Then it's waiting until November for the next book.

I think a little more than that happened.

Yeah just a little.

Quote from: douglas on June 08, 2009, 03:54:20 PM

The main thing I remember from CoT is that it seemed like half the book was just various groups of channelers staring off into the distance with dropped jaws and saying something to the effect of "Holy **** that's a lot of power!"

And that will probably be the whole of Joe C's recap :-)

That is one of the bigger things that happened but there are some others, like Alvarin being choosen as Shadar Haran's favorite Pet.

hah, well jordan was in his prime in the 60's... 

What's that supposed to mean exactly?

You can read it quickly, return it, and then buy it again next week.

Or just buy two copies, I'm sure Brandon won't mind that at all.