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PLEASE TRY TO AVOYD SPOILERS FOR BEYOND EOTW AND TGH
Ok, so I finished the second book and just subscribed the this website sonI can ask the two major doubts that nag me since the beginning:
DOUBT #1: ON REINCARNATION
Ok, so people reincarnates in this universe, I understand, but is that everyone or just the relevant people?
Because when Mat blows the horn, all this dead heroes show up and address Rand as Lews Therin, but shouldn’t Lews Therin himself show up also as a ghost? And also, haven’t the dead heroes also reincarnated? Shouldn’t some of their reincarnations also show up for the battle?
DOUBT NUMERO 2: YOUR DAILY DOSE OF EXISTENTIAL DREAD
”The wheel weaves as the wheel wills” is an expression commonly uttered in this world to accept whatever turns of fate, whether bad or good, affect people, as in saying “it is meant to happen and we can but accept it”.
It baffles me that people just accepts this whithout question and moves on whithout having constant fits of existential dread, because if the wheel determines our fate, doesn’t that mean that there’s no free will? What power of decision does the people in this world have if everything is subjected to the will of the wheel of time? If Rand being the Dragon reborn and fighting The Dark One is meant to be, why does he have to try anything or worry about the outcome of battles?
Long story short: To which extent is everything determined by the wheel? Do people’s choices and actions matter in this world? Why is there nobody in the world that wonders about this things or questions this?
If you’re asking yourself: Yes, I tend to overthink things.
Finished The Great Hunt and two MAJOR doubts nag at me
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Posted · Edited by Sanchezserious
Avoiding spoilers
PLEASE TRY TO AVOYD SPOILERS FOR BEYOND EOTW AND TGH
Ok, so I finished the second book and just subscribed the this website sonI can ask the two major doubts that nag me since the beginning:
DOUBT #1: ON REINCARNATION
Ok, so people reincarnates in this universe, I understand, but is that everyone or just the relevant people?
Because when Mat blows the horn, all this dead heroes show up and address Rand as Lews Therin, but shouldn’t Lews Therin himself show up also as a ghost? And also, haven’t the dead heroes also reincarnated? Shouldn’t some of their reincarnations also show up for the battle?
DOUBT NUMERO 2: YOUR DAILY DOSE OF EXISTENTIAL DREAD
”The wheel weaves as the wheel wills” is an expression commonly uttered in this world to accept whatever turns of fate, whether bad or good, affect people, as in saying “it is meant to happen and we can but accept it”.
It baffles me that people just accepts this whithout question and moves on whithout having constant fits of existential dread, because if the wheel determines our fate, doesn’t that mean that there’s no free will? What power of decision does the people in this world have if everything is subjected to the will of the wheel of time? If Rand being the Dragon reborn and fighting The Dark One is meant to be, why does he have to try anything or worry about the outcome of battles?
Long story short: To which extent is everything determined by the wheel? Do people’s choices and actions matter in this world? Why is there nobody in the world that wonders about this things or questions this?
If you’re asking yourself: Yes, I tend to overthink things.