Posts posted by SpiralOut
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Enjoyed the finale.
Only real problem I have is in regards to Rand and how he is being handled.
SpoilerBook Rand kills Turak in a swordfight. He doesn't want to do it. It weighs heavily on him. Kinda a watershed moment for him starting to become the killer he's going to have to be as the Dragon Reborn and the peaceful country bumpkin he used to be. Instead, in the show, he just insta-murks Turak and like 10 other people with the Power. Not a second's remorse or hesitation.
As far as the final confrontation with Ishy, the show is deciding to go the whole Emond's Field Five Superfriends route. Rand has all his pals there to help him. Except that kind of butchers Rand's character. In the books, he has to fight Ishy alone. He's totally not ready for that, but he uses Lan's training and he truly becomes the Dragon Reborn in that fight. Why? Because he takes the first step to realizing he has to commit to dying and sacrificing himself. That's why he "takes the blow" so he can get the opening to kill Ishy. In the show he doesn't have to challenge himself whatsoever. He gets shielded, is going to go out like a bitch, and then the wound he gets is from the SL dagger and Mat doing dumbass Mat things. Then everyone shows up to hold his hand.
Book Rand has a journey as a character. He starts an innocent country bumpkin, but then from having the weight of the entire world on his shoulders and having to do shit like fight Ishy by himself, becomes a hardass. He gets harder and more emotionally distant and commits atrocities and almost ends up committing suicide before stepping back from the edge. He finally truly comes to terms with having to die. He "embraces death" as the Wise Ones say. That's a character arc. Shows growth, maturity, etc. Show Rand is skipping all of this, seemingly and instead will just rely on all his buddies to be there to save his ass.
I will say, Show Forsaken are miles better than Book Forsaken so far.
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Just now, David Dennison said:
And if we finish 11-1?
When has a Sark run football team not dropped a game to a bullshit opponent at some point in the season?
With how many mistakes this team makes and how they play down to the competition, every week is going to be a challenge even with how utter dogshit the Big 12 is this year.
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