Elayne and Rand...?

[nolirion]

Well the first time she saw rand it was way more eventful than you say , the fall of the tree , the bandagin , the queen meet him and Elaida foretelling , is blade master sword .

That plus is status as a more-than-fine-looking-man he was impressive and he made quite an impression on woman especially on Elayne then those feeling got foster for more than a year . When Elayne meet Rand at Falme you don't see them on top of each other , neither she or Min ,well min was on top of him at some point but it is not that big of a deal , and at the time Rand was just wounded by Ishamael and Lanfear paid her "visit" .

Then at the stone after much girly deliberation they decide to develop their relation ship into the next level .

So yeah 3 year for one kiss , that is one quick relationship they have ....

 

The sarcasm does not seem necessary. My point and I believe the OP's point was that the 3 years you are referring to equaled about 10 days of actually being around the each other. It seems difficult to me to develop a relationship by merely thinking about someone but that is just my opinion.

Well I agree the sarcasm was not necessarily the best way to finish my post , but I was in a hurry , and to answer the op point and yours there have been way more then 10 days spent together , and if you think of what they did during those day you are less surprised by the time it took them .

 

What I was saying is that during there adventure Rand ,or Elayne for that matter , thought about each other , Elayne spoke about him to Egwene and when they finally meet again she is a novice who helped find a way to free Egwene and He is The freaking dragon Reborn .

Despite that her feeling doesn't change , yet he took her another year or so to kiss him .

My point is that in reality when you find a woman or a man or a you woman and a young man thing either last forever between you say hi and I like you a lot or go fast it depend on the person .

You see a trick of the plot when I see only a normal relationship between two extraordinary people , who are yet plagued by many of the realistic young people relationship problem .

 

I see what you're saying. I think you're right that it does completely depend on the person and is possible. Every relationship develops at a different speed. My biggest grief with the situation is that we just don't see very much of a relationship developed. They have to spend time together for that to happen and we really don't ever get that.

And I agree with you the relationship thing is , a part from pivotal moment , the little thing of their Romance , the build up are kept behind the scene . This was much more developed with Aviendha and on a lesser hand Min .

But I don't think they where room in the story to put those scene of "kissing" in more detail , and quite frankly it would have been a bit sickening .

That's my opinion .

[thisguy]

I recently finished my reread of the first bit of WOT (up through Winter's Heart) and I realized something rather strange about Elayne and Rand's relationship, other than the fact that there are three girls lined up for Rand.

 

If we look at Elayne's timeline (I just used Encyclopedia WOT), the first time Elayne and Rand meet is when he falls into the garden during TEOTW Ch 39, 40. That encounter is not only extremely awkward, rightly so i suppose, but lasts no longer than say 2 hours, 3 tops. The two have no further encounters, though both think of each other a bit during TGH. The only possible encounter was after Falme, when Rand was unconscious and Elayne was drawn to him. Regardless, though, Elayne and Egwene left for Tar Valon before Rand wakes up.

 

The next time we see them together is in the Stone of Tear, where Egwene and Elayne try to teach Rand to channel (TSR 7). Egwene at this point renounces her love for Rand, and Elayne and Rand talk about their feelings for each other and stuff, and miraculously end up kissing. It seems rather strange that two people who have known each other for at this point a few days at best would suddenly declare their "fondness" for each other, but love at first sight etc etc. I get it.

 

Now, after spending 4 days together, Rand and Elayne separate for several months. In the meanwhile, Rand has picked up another chick (Avi), and although Avi constantly reminds Rand that Elayne is the one for him, there seems to be minimal contact between Rand and Elayne (the only thing i can think of is Egwene conveying messages through TAR). Furthermore, Avi and Rand... well... i'm sure we all remember TFoH Ch 31 (Far Snows).

 

Now fast-foreward a couple books. Rand and Elayne have had no contact (at least on the personal level), and Rand makes an effort to avoid Elayne even though he could have easily made a gateway to talk to her (or escort her to Camelyn). Now, all of a sudden, in WH Ch 12, Elayne, Min, and Avi have bonded Rand, professed their love for him, and Elayne and Rand do it.

 

Maybe this is just me, but doesn't it seem strange that Rand, who grew up in the Two Rivers, with its strict Women's Circle and such, would be willing to have sex with someone he knew for maybe 10 days (or at least was in the company of for 10 days)? Compound this with the fact that Rand wanted Avi to marry him after they had sex, and it just seems that Rand's characterization should have been at least uncomfortable with his relationship with Elayne. I can sort of understand Rand and Avi's relationship, and maybe Rand and Min's, but this one seems really strange. Idk, i just sort of feel that the whole Rand/Elayne thing was really unrealistic, but who knows, maybe i'm missing something.

 

Whew, long first post. Maybe i should have used this time 2 write my college essays.... oops

 

While I understand what you're saying, I'm going to have to disagree. Ta'Veren, the Wheel and all that stuff. They've been destined.

 

Also, he's a guy who thinks he's going to die and she's a super hot chick who knows and doesn't care. They're both no older than 20 or so. It's on.