tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post3711472798713981518..comments2024-01-14T15:52:43.644-05:00Comments on The Thirteenth Depository - A Wheel of Time Blog: The Gathering Storm Read-Through #39: Chapter 36 - The Death of TuonDominichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610557134981958201noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-53573593792724397162011-08-12T23:00:14.520-04:002011-08-12T23:00:14.520-04:00you actually said omg out loud are you a 12 year o...you actually said omg out loud are you a 12 year old girl with a twilight poster on your wall.<br /><br />i never read the chapter list unless im looking for something<br /><br />i tried to reply to this yesterday but i couldnt get the comment part to open it kept saying 503 errorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-81822943045016179612011-08-10T22:55:51.911-04:002011-08-10T22:55:51.911-04:00I remember the day The Gathering Storm came out. ...I remember the day The Gathering Storm came out. I was at the bookstore at 9am to pick it up. Standing in line, I was reading the chapter titles and actually said out loud "OMG, NO!" when I read this chapter title.Dolphineushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06638714146994874378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-30896188978863565402011-08-10T17:49:08.216-04:002011-08-10T17:49:08.216-04:00well i did say that they werent trained for that
...well i did say that they werent trained for that <br />but they are not competent assansins as i dont think of them as asssasins really they have one trick and no real back up plan so if one fails send more and if some figures out how there powers work they die as failures.<br /><br />what they do they do well but what they do is pitiful compared to actual assasins with multiple styles of combat and more than one way of achieving the goal.<br />tuon wouldnt have tried this if she knew about grey men as she would know tar valon expects to have assasins you cant see trying to knock off the top brass and have their own in the warders with their silly cloaks that work as well in poorly lit areas.<br /><br />and they have to kill her but are dead anyway it doesnt matter to them win or lose they are never going home and cant really be punished.<br />gawyn cant die until they do or he dies knowing he failed egwene and that his death was pointless but he also cant live if she dies or living would be meaninglessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-65910467153946476642011-08-10T15:22:20.318-04:002011-08-10T15:22:20.318-04:00Have to disagree about the Blood Knives being inco...Have to disagree about the Blood Knives being incompetent. Gawyn is, most likely, the first person they ran into that a Blood Knife wasn't able to kill with little effort. Nowhere are Blood Knives described as expert swordsmen. They are described at the empires most dangerous weapon. Their effectiveness is due to their stealth.<br /><br />When Gawyn encountered the lone Blood Knife outside Egwene's quarters he surprised him. Even though the BK was spotted, he still expected to be able to dispatch Gawyn fairly effortlessly. When he didn't, he fled.<br /><br />The sul'damane Gawyn meets in Camelyn tells him that if they have only killed a few, it is because they are probing for weaknesses and will most likely launch a furious strike before the end. <br /><br />Gawyn is the only person to have survived a BK attack, and the BKs are afraid of him. This is why all three come to attack Egwene. <br /><br />The BKs have a mission to finish ... kill Egwene, and then most likely, as many AS as they can. To complete their mission, they must defeat Gawyn and survive. <br /><br />Gawyn has a mission, to protect Egwene. As long as he kills the BKs first, he can die.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-35148193013673569282011-08-09T15:00:39.574-04:002011-08-09T15:00:39.574-04:00ok please describe the correct way of being gacked...ok please describe the correct way of being gacked??????????????<br />what is gacked??????<br />im sure gawyn would have enjoyed getting whacked as egwene is to lazy to offerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-71349254817125367882011-08-09T14:49:54.724-04:002011-08-09T14:49:54.724-04:00August 9, 2011 2:42 PM ?
im confused why is this ...August 9, 2011 2:42 PM ?<br /><br />im confused why is this a link i just clicked on one to see what would happen and all it did was refresh the pageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-390455434966643322011-08-09T14:42:23.326-04:002011-08-09T14:42:23.326-04:00no a competent assasin would have used a long bow ...no a competent assasin would have used a long bow from a corner while the silly bint was walking in the tower or poisoned her food.<br />killing a blademasters who is expecting you and has back up isnt an assasins job.<br /><br />and who ever said they were competent they use those stupid rings to make up for the fact that they are barely above average skilled morons with nothing to live for serving a fake cause.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-56272638687897252962011-08-09T14:35:32.376-04:002011-08-09T14:35:32.376-04:00I don't buy that. assasins don't make it a...I don't buy that. assasins don't make it a straight fight. If they were competent they would have gacked Gawyn with the classic stab in the back move before he knew he was in a fight or perhaps two guys jumps gawyn while the third whacks Egwene. As well, competent assasins should have skill that isn't based on magic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-24675209752608931182011-08-09T13:50:21.515-04:002011-08-09T13:50:21.515-04:00i realise rereading my comment that i didnt finish...i realise rereading my comment that i didnt finish my point about gawyns fight.<br /><br />they have everyone in seanchan scared but gawyn went into it confident and he couldnt afford to lose but they are already dead.<br />if your enemy is to scared to think clearly it is easy to win gawyn wasnt scared. he saw what they could do and how then kept them back until he could see a way to win. <br /><br />and they did ok considering but they were never trained to fight an enemy without their biggest advantage and would have killed him but losing such a big advantage was a shock that they didnt have time to recover from and they ware now on his turf against a skilled opponent.<br /><br />they were never trained to face a blademaster as equals in the dark which would have made it harder.<br /><br />i would feel sorry for them if they had at least killed Egwene and you know weren't evil seanchan suicide troopsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-53460830482156053562011-08-09T13:37:28.932-04:002011-08-09T13:37:28.932-04:00C'mon. Three supposedly high-skilled magic-pow...C'mon. Three supposedly high-skilled magic-powered assasins with the mentality of a RL suicide bomber and they still fail to kill their target?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-37838542461818941982011-08-09T12:59:34.854-04:002011-08-09T12:59:34.854-04:00i dont think the bloodknives inept as you put it. ...i dont think the bloodknives inept as you put it. they have had a thousand plus years of people knowing and fearing them and fear is their best weapon. in seanchan anyone who faced them would know what was happening and crap themselves knowing that even if they lived the empress would send others. Gawyn faced one and lived and the only other time he has faced seanchan troops he had a fairly easy time compared to fighting warders and aiel.<br />reputation counts in war, lan and the warders had been considered the finest soldiers on the mainland for 3000 years but both perrin and mat have proven themselves better in single combat a little over a year after they first picked up weapons.<br />muhammad ali in a bar fight (30 years ago) if you knew who he was you back off and stay clear, if you dont you smack him in the head with your bar stool and move on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-63586290696999281702011-08-09T12:26:08.682-04:002011-08-09T12:26:08.682-04:00her mood? wrong time of the month maybe.
she just ...her mood? wrong time of the month maybe.<br />she just seemed like a smarter less excitable faile before never really new what mood she was in unless her boyfriend did something even i know was stupid around a girl under about 25<br /><br />actually thats kind of scary this world is pretty much run by 20 odd prob menopausal woman who have been told they are right for 200 plus years no wonder no one trusts aes sedai.<br /><br />and now ive had to google the spellings for impotence and menopausal<br />so that looks good on my web history ive never had to spell the first and have avoided the second when possibleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-90628065810202175792011-08-09T06:04:50.539-04:002011-08-09T06:04:50.539-04:00LOL, so I did! And in between the ever popular nin...LOL, so I did! And in between the ever popular ninjas.<br /><br />Magic didn't take that long to research: I had two potential consultants in my sons. I've seen them play it so when I read this chapter the rings' powers rang a bell. I asked my younger son about leech life and shroud powers.<br /><br />I deliberately chose the depiction of Devi with Shiva at her feet. It seemed appropriate to Tuon's mood.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14767984732078916662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-6754150037912403322011-08-09T04:57:16.734-04:002011-08-09T04:57:16.734-04:00The Bloodknives as seen in this chapter appears to...The Bloodknives as seen in this chapter appears to be rather formidable only to become inept in later chapters. Maybe it's plot armour protection at work or poor writing skill( or reading skill!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833204375789249557.post-83423737588329755312011-08-08T14:41:07.897-04:002011-08-08T14:41:07.897-04:00i think rands 3 lovers and 2 brats will argue his ...i think rands 3 lovers and 2 brats will argue his impotence without her.<br />as would the half dozen countries he conquered and forsaken he blew up.<br /><br />i was disappointed with this chapter as the title made me hope that mats slippery friend was going to rip her head off to hurt him and cause the seanchan on this side of the ocean to fall apart as well.<br /><br />and you went from referencing some of the oldest known literature to magic the gathering.<br /> wonder which took you the longest to researchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com