05-20-2006, 10:41 AM | #241 |
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I think I'm starting to see the Ta'veren in Perrin. I'm prob not going to read new spring until I'm through with the series. Unless I'm done with book 11 before Memory of Light comes out
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05-21-2006, 10:44 PM | #242 |
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Perrin is most definitely a ta'veren, although it shows in more subtle ways than in Rand and Mat. I love Mat's ta'veren ability.
You really don't want to read New Spring until you're well into the series, preferably past about Book 9 or so. And...I've finally done it. Knife of Dreams. A fairly good book, not as good as Crown of Swords, but with some great setup action. And I loved the big battle with the Trollocs-yes, the Trollocs return! And Rand gets to do even better stuff this time!
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05-22-2006, 04:22 PM | #243 |
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http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...n/d8158e92.jpg
This is a little picture I did, inspired by everyone's favorite gambling ta'veren! Hope you like it!
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05-22-2006, 05:35 PM | #244 |
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Isn't that the Old Tounge? And what does it say?
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05-22-2006, 06:05 PM | #245 |
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Yup, that's the Old Tongue. It's Mat's favorite saying: "It's time to roll the dice."
I took special care to get all the pips right...RJ has a cool way of doing them.
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05-22-2006, 06:14 PM | #246 |
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That's cool
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05-22-2006, 08:46 PM | #247 |
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I also stuck some Mat symbols in there: the ruby-hilted dagger on top, and nine moons on the bottom. (The moons become very important later on)
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05-23-2006, 01:31 PM | #248 |
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I've been wondering why people keep say "Nine Moons" and "Mat" in the same sentence.
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05-23-2006, 09:57 PM | #249 |
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It's from a prophecy found in, I think, Fires of Heaven (I might be wrong...I always mix up those snakey people...Aelfinn and Eelfinn, I think...). It becomes a pretty important sub-plot.
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05-25-2006, 02:03 PM | #251 |
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Ah, don't worry about it. It was an interesting idea, though. I never thought of it that way.
Here's a question to mull over: why does The Eye of the World have so many minor parallels to Lord of the Rings (Moiraine-Gandalf, Shadar Logoth-Moria, Rand/Mat/Perrin-Aragorn/Legolas/Gimli, Thom Merrilin-Tom Bombadil, Horn of Valere-Boromir's Horn), and why aren't there parallels like this in the later books? Also, what do you think of the parallels between some of the main characters and Norse gods?
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05-25-2006, 03:55 PM | #252 |
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almost done with Crown Of Swords. i loved Lord of Chaos!Crown of Swords is really good so far!!
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05-25-2006, 05:14 PM | #253 |
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I think I've said this before, but Crown has the best climax moment of them all. It's my favorite book.
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Acally, where are you in the series now? There's a major WoT plot that everyone talks about that happens in FoH. Let's just say...it's Wheel of Time meets Clue.
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06-05-2006, 03:53 PM | #256 |
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Finishing up with SR. I just bought one and I can't remember which one it was.
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Ok just finished SR, is it me or does Rand have a duel at the end of each book? And I have another theory( )
How exactly did Nyneve block herself? Was it when they met the Seachan the first time? I heard someone say that one of the events in FoHinvolving
I bought Crossroads of Twilight and New Spring
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Rand ends pretty much every book with a duel...except for Book 10. And Book 9, although some might dispute that. You'll get what I mean when you get there.
And Nynaeve blocked herself because she was a wilder. Any woman who learns to channel on her own, without guidance, develops a block. This helps them to deny the fact that they're channeling, if only to themselves. Nynaeve's block is that she can't channel unless she's angry. An Accepted named Theodrin used to be a wilder, and she had an unusual block: she couldn't channel unless a boy was in the room. Nynaeve was blocked long before the books began. That whole time she was a Wisdom, she was able to channel. She just didn't know it. That's why she was a Wisdom. Hey, like my new siggy?
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I can't wait until you get to the end of the series...there's so many things that happen! And you won't believe all the crazy theories that are out there! Oh, and that someone is right about the event in Fires of Heaven. That's not the event I was referring too. Hopefully, you didn't hear too much about the event.
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