This was a crazy nostalgia ride. Not necessarily a pleasant one, but not altogether unpleasant.

Hope you're all doin' well (I think Lily and Nyn might be the only ones around who I know...)

Okay, I pretty much disagree with the Moridin/sickness theory. Seizing of the power, even in early books is frequently followed by "the sweet essence of life itself, covered with a sicking slime" or something along those lines.

 

Along with the increased parania/attempt to become cuendelair, I attributed the progression from "sicking slime" to physical manifestavation of throwing up to the progession of the taint.

Except no other male channeller (aside from Moridin) experiences what Rand does.

He who does not share dirty DVDs is too evil for us.

Dammit! The worst kind of sorcery! The inherently contradictory kind!

I think I'm going to have a stroke. Pictures of Hax WITHOUT alcohol!?

What sorcery is this!?

Holy crap. Seeing Hax's transformation from fratboy to sophisticated alcoholic is mind-blowing.

I'm guessing Sanderson wasn't a class-clown type and just isn't really that funny; and there's nothing wrong with that.

I can tell you from Sanderson's appearances on reddit.com (especially when Ken Jennings did an Ask Me Anything) that Sanderson has a great sense of humor.

Of course, I can also tell you that I find dead baby jokes pretty hilarious.

So what you may find funny does not necessarily coincide with what someone else may find funny. And just because you don't find someone in particular very funny doesn't mean that they don't have a good sense of humor.

P.S. I hate Sanderson's Mat and find him nigh insufferable most times.

It's fun, though.

This thread is to punish me, isn't it?

Do we need to add sarcasm tags?

Even the Ebou Dari, whom have a strong matriarchal control, agreed that what Tylin was doing was wrong.

That's the only response I can give you, Paviel.

Ya, I never found Mat's situation with Tylin pleasant or amusing. I found it disturbing and annoying. I wanted Mat to kill her...figuratively. When she was killed, I wasn't happy. No one deserves that death.

Going by simple visible observation of how they looked wouldn't of been wise with teh knowledge she had at this time of the story.

Why not? Moiraine searched a long time for Rand. She knew that the person she was looking for had been born on or around Dragonmount. Rand was obviously not born in the Two Rivers, simply by the looks of the people who lived in the Two Rivers. No one looks like Rand. He was taller than everyone, with odd eyes and odd hair. Without even knowing that Rand was Aiel, just simple observation tells you that he wasn't born in the Two Rivers.

She also did not think the other two were important.

Oh really?

In any case you could argue that the 3 boys pushed the pattern to all be taken. I doubt that the pattern would of allowed one to be taken away at that point without the others.

Agreed.

... but Ishy did not at that point and all three were targets.

So? Ishy didn't know that Rand was the Dragon Reborn specifically, but that doesn't mean that Moiraine wasn't almost certain.

I'm quite sure she knew that Rand was the Dragon Reborn once she arrived in the town and had it narrowed to the three boys. I'm also fairly certain that she recognized Mat and Perrin's importance in events to come rather than just assuming Rand would be the only key.

I didn't bother to set the date and time.

I must say, you're also, you know, a swimmer. Whereas I am, you know, a nerd. :-p Give me a few months of working out, and I'll look better than you.

You can't see my nipples!

I told you I'd come back after I turned 18.

Taken just a couple of minutes ago.

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When I was 15:
16:
And now:

And just for fun, I'll come back in 19 days when I turn 18 a post a picture of myself.

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Roka already answered this question. Go check his thread.

*grin* It certainly made me snicker a little. Made me feel good too. Surprisingly, there was a lack of hair on it. *shrugs* Anyway. I'm surprised it even got to me. Takes 3 months for a postcard from Tess to get to me. And she lives far closer to me than Roka.

I finally received your postcard. Heh. I'll make sure to keep that in mind. *grin*

Normally I'd go for Chuck, but Flubber is a pretty powerful opponent. I mean did you see how badly he kicked those guys asses in that movie? That was bad.

Considering that I don't like Monca, I don't care.

Also considering that if I were in the SS I'd probably have 15 times my post count.

Especially with me around. Something like all the spam getting erased would definitely bring me back in full force. *laughs evilly* If I have to regain 15k posts, then I'll sure as hell do it.