Random timewasting

[sholio]

For those in my flist/circle who, like me, suffered through what felt like about 500 Wheel of Time books (okay, more like 7 or 8) waiting for something to happen -- or, really, those of us who grew up on Tolkein-ripoff fantasy in general ... this rant about Robert Jordan and Terry Goodkind is pretty awesome. And then I got to this description of Rand al'Thor, the protagonist of Wheel of Time, and I *died*.

"Rand was an ass out of which Robert Jordan could pull anything he needed, not a character."

So true. So very true. I'm not sure why that particular turn of phrase cracked me up so much, but omg, I'm still giggling.

Comments

[penfork.livejournal.com]

i know, right. :| i've had it happen with some tv shows, too. but then the rare book is just as good or even better, because things you didn't notice or realise the significance of before you now understand. it's a rarity, though. i'm fairly certain i'd still like goodkind's books. a few things bugged me even then, but in general it was fun and interesting.