That is a well crafted dissection, Effaeldm. You conclude it with the punctuation mark of the chapter itself, and I think you provide a meaningful interpretation of a plot point that I think some experienced as a flop or disappointment. The I AM MYSELF! certainly jarred me when I read it, caught me ...

Effaeldm,

Thanks so much for the offer to share. Truth is, I would love to dissect a chapter. Looks like you're still slated to do the last chapter and the epilogue. Do you prefer one over another? I do not...

It's been quite a while since I've been around the Watch here, but I am more than game to step in for a chapter if needed or desired.

native wrote: I note that the narrative structure of the story arc and the structure of the arch of time react to the breaking of rules in roughly the same way. I don't know if this was intentional but the narrative structure of the story also collapsed towards the end. Maybe SRD was trying to say ...

And that is pretty much exactly how I visualized that sentence. Almost like the end of whatever season of Lost it was when the bomb went off and the screen went all white. I saw the three of them-Linden, TC and Jerry-surrounded by white firelight which flooded the whole scene when they "rose to...

Yep, Linden used wild magic to heal on two occasions in Runes. She used it to heal the Ramen Cord, and then later she used it to heal Stave after his fight with Esmer at the Verge of Wandering. As for Covenant using wild magic via the krill for distance travel, I have no problem with it. The interna...

I'm Murrin wrote: (On the other hand, Linden used wild magic for healing in the 2nd Chrons, something she seems to have forgotten in the Last Chrons.) But didn't Linden use wild magic to heal Stave after he got is ass handed to him by Esmer back in Runes? I seem to recall that pretty clearly. Lemme...

Savor Dam wrote: Koric, Sill and Doar did purpose to directly oppose Corruption. That their attempt failed so utterly is a bitter racial memory to the Haruchai, so much so that they eschewed any such conflict for 7,000 years...and led to a variety of the oddities of their Mastery in the LCs, most p...

bluefoxicy wrote: Covenant, Linden, and Jeremiah are immortal. They are now of white gold and of power. All power. This is made pretty clear. Covenant has remained the Timewarden, and he and the others even rebuilt the arch. The Insequent are also immortal. Kenaustin Ardenol is shown wandering thro...

You know, I had a moment while I was reading TLD when Covenant was talking to someone or ruminating to himself about the Haruchai, and I associated that content with the marrowmeld sculpture of Covenant that Elena made. That sculpture was what enabled Mhoram to understand how the Oath of Peace was r...

TheWormoftheWorld'sEnd wrote: The Haruchai seem like very simple duty-minded people. Why couldn't some sense of duty or honor send them to face Despite What we see in their actions would support that interpretation, sure. I think the Haruchai believe that the worth of service lies in the quality of...

TheWormoftheWorld'sEnd wrote:

But the question is: without emotion, could any haruchai be persuaded to confront the Despiser?

I don't believe so. At least the text does not support that they would.

I think Bannor would not. He wouldn't even join Covenant and Foamfollower on their trip to Foul's Creche. But Branl just might in light of the following: Something had strung a primal nerve in them: primal and intimate. They had been hurt in a place at once carefully hidden and exquisitely raw. The ...

TheWormoftheWorld'sEnd wrote: If I was one of your students, each day I was in your class would be like a personal caamora for you. Painful, yet in a way cleansing. Ha! I love having question machines as students. :D That is the surest way to have fun teaching, and to hit the bottle. :lol: The rout...

TheWormoftheWorld'sEnd wrote: And what is the surest route to wisdom? Bro, you're putting me to the fires here... :D The surest route to wisdom? Hellfire if I know! :biggrin: But seriously, I would have to say that it involves integrating knowledge within oneself and being able to apply it to any s...

Yeah, handling the krill was an immediate reason that he named, but there was more to his deeming leprosy necessary to what he would have to do than just that. The surest route to knowledge depends on the individual and the area of knowledge we're talking about (experimental sciences, history, langu...

TheWormoftheWorld'sEnd wrote: What do you mean by "a way of knowing"? What do you think of Ayn Rand's theory of knowledge? Not sure if you're familiar, but there is an 11th/12th grade curriculum known as the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. A central part of that program is a ...

What part of the book did that conversation take place? Emotions are definitely a way of knowing. I have taught this in a Theory of Knowledge class. They can also be impediments to knowledge, though... Humans are emotional beings, and TC and Linden are examples of that. Extreme examples, yes, but st...

I don't think the 'one word' was ever supposed to be an actual word. To me, the important bit there is the 'one.' It could be an action, or an interpretation of expectations or something. It's certainly up for debate. Covenant himself states in the text that the Lords had either misremembered the pr...

TheWormoftheWorld'sEnd wrote:

We know something about them - his father was a preacher and they lived in India when he was a child.

Nice.