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Brandon Sanderson / Re: WoK: Top 5 Villians That Really Really Need to Die (*Spoilers*)
« on: September 08, 2010, 02:09:18 AM »
Taravangian is an interesting fellow.

I'm really not sure if he is a "bad guy" or not, in the sense of him being part of the "voidbringer cause."

I can understand what he is doing, and I can even see the sense in it, even if it is something horrible.  But collecting those pre-death statements very well COULD be a clue to help in their survival.  If that is the case, then he's a monster, yes, but a monster who helped save the world...

However, I can't help but wonder why he believes that uniting the Highprinces is something that they wouldn't want...

The problem with all of the villains presented in this book is that they're not utterly, no-doubt-about it bad. I like that. I'd prefer to almost agree with a villain than hate him outright.  It makes for more tension.

I'll wait a few more books before I make my determination of who is truly evil and who is just a jerk.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: WOK Spoilers: Parshmen
« on: September 08, 2010, 12:49:39 AM »
Well, wait a minute. Why can't the Parshmen be voidbringers, and the Parshendi be something else? Or maybe the parshmen can be controlled by voidbringers, or whoever it is that enslaves them?

The Parshendi act strange.  Beyond strange, really, but what if they're really GOOD "people"?

Crackpot Theory Alert.

Consider:

- The Parshendi are not hostile when first they meet humans.
- The Parshendi arrive around the same time that people start saying crazy stuff while dying
- The Parshendi then have Gavilar assassinated, take the blame for it, and run.
- The Parshendi draw the ten highprinces of Alethkar out in a (supposedly) unified war against them
- The Parshendi fight with "honor"
- The Parshendi Shardbearer recognizes Dalinar, and doesn't kill him.
- The Parshendi leave Kaladin be when he exhibits Surgebinding powers.

It seems as if the Parshendi have a "hive mind" like others have mentioned. Wouldn't this, then, imply that all their memories could be "preserved" over the years?  This would explain why they recognize Kaladin for what he is, or what his magic represents... a Radiant.

Why would the Voidbringers NOT attack a Radiant?

No, no, something is wrong with that.

The Parshendi killed Gavilar to draw the highprinces out to war.  They recognize Dalinar, the man who is charged with uniting Alethkar.  They recognize -- and almost revere -- Kaladin's abilities.  They have weapons far more sophisticated than they should - remnants from the older wars?  They arrive when people start predicting the Desolation.  Just because two events occur at the same time does not mean one caused the other.... Perhaps when the "death talks" happened it occurred within their own people as well, and they recognized it for what it was and set out?

It seems as if they're trying to push Alethkar into becoming what it once was: a nation of united fighters who will stand together against the voidbringers. (Which begs the question, is this really a GOOD thing?  Taravangian seems to think not. Hmm....)

My thought?  They fought on the side of the Radiants, and they remember it, and they're certainly NOT what they seem.

Of course, none of that makes any sense when you consider that they're killing Alethi people.  But it is the beginning of an explanation, at least.

The Parshmen, though, aren't the same as the Parshendi.  And they very well COULD be the voidbringers.

And I think there's certainly something to their "respect of the dead." There's definitely something to that... but what?

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