11-11-2021, 03:41 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-11-2021, 03:44 AM by Marcus DuBois.)
I admit it. I'm hooked. I love all the stuff coming out. I was thinking about the last post. It makes sense that the mystery is who is the dragon reborn. And that it could be any of them, including egwene, is interesting. It might show the difference between Rand and Egwene in that she NEVER shied away from moving on toward more power. That she is not reluctant where he is. (Having souls divorced from gender doesn't really break much. Arangar is the only difficulty and given that the DO did that, it could a function of the special circumstances. A soul was captured by the DO and still had its connection to the power (Saidin) so the body it went into still channeled that power.)
I like the idea that the dragon is built up as a terrifying figure who will save or destory (or both) the world. Color that with demonstrable danger from a false dragon like Logain (and hopefully they lean heavy into talking about the madness so the idea of someone with that kind of power going man really gets across) and you really have a season that emphasizes that the savior of RJ's story is NOT one that has been hoped for.,
There are no prophesied angels the herald his birth. No downtrodden looking to shelter under him. No hopes of a better life. Nope. In RJs world, the dragon was, at most, the one who would save you from the Dark One. And the world might just break in the process of that salvation.
RJ once said that one of the inspirations for his story was the idea of what if someone tapped you on the shoulder and told you you were the savior of the world. Most people would find that overwhelming and run from it. Couple that with the legacy of the last dragon and the breaking of the world (unfairly blamed on LTT, but there all the same), well...
It puts a lot more of the emotional weight on Rand, when it becomes clear it is him. His desperate attempts to fight that destiny in book 2- driving matt and perrin and loial away, being pushed by nynaeve to accept his destiny, Fain and his barbs...only make the collar snapping around his neck more clear and terrifying. OF COURSE he snaps in book 3 and runs off, trying to bring an end to it once and for all, with Baalzamon hounding him in his dreams. Now it is clear why Rand left and why he is desperate to get to Tear and end it once and for all.
I love the emotional setup that makes all of that stand out sharp and clear., Rand really was a boy in books 1-3 before he finally accepted his destiny., And then began act 2. So making the mystery of the DR a central part of the first season works for a number of reasons as it fully lays out why no normal person would EVER want to be the DR.
How they actually lay out the storylines, otherwise, IDK. Still no hint on the eye of the world or the green man. I think thal is right that it will likely be pruned (little pun there for ya.) The hunt for the horn is pivotal, as are the seanchan. hopefully they have all that mapped out as those things from book 2 run through the rest of the series.
But I am excited. (I guess I never learn).
I like the idea that the dragon is built up as a terrifying figure who will save or destory (or both) the world. Color that with demonstrable danger from a false dragon like Logain (and hopefully they lean heavy into talking about the madness so the idea of someone with that kind of power going man really gets across) and you really have a season that emphasizes that the savior of RJ's story is NOT one that has been hoped for.,
There are no prophesied angels the herald his birth. No downtrodden looking to shelter under him. No hopes of a better life. Nope. In RJs world, the dragon was, at most, the one who would save you from the Dark One. And the world might just break in the process of that salvation.
RJ once said that one of the inspirations for his story was the idea of what if someone tapped you on the shoulder and told you you were the savior of the world. Most people would find that overwhelming and run from it. Couple that with the legacy of the last dragon and the breaking of the world (unfairly blamed on LTT, but there all the same), well...
It puts a lot more of the emotional weight on Rand, when it becomes clear it is him. His desperate attempts to fight that destiny in book 2- driving matt and perrin and loial away, being pushed by nynaeve to accept his destiny, Fain and his barbs...only make the collar snapping around his neck more clear and terrifying. OF COURSE he snaps in book 3 and runs off, trying to bring an end to it once and for all, with Baalzamon hounding him in his dreams. Now it is clear why Rand left and why he is desperate to get to Tear and end it once and for all.
I love the emotional setup that makes all of that stand out sharp and clear., Rand really was a boy in books 1-3 before he finally accepted his destiny., And then began act 2. So making the mystery of the DR a central part of the first season works for a number of reasons as it fully lays out why no normal person would EVER want to be the DR.
How they actually lay out the storylines, otherwise, IDK. Still no hint on the eye of the world or the green man. I think thal is right that it will likely be pruned (little pun there for ya.) The hunt for the horn is pivotal, as are the seanchan. hopefully they have all that mapped out as those things from book 2 run through the rest of the series.
But I am excited. (I guess I never learn).